64th National Film Awards 2017 announced: Akshay Kumar, Surabhi Lakshmi are best actors; check full winners list

The much-awaited winners of the 64th National Film Awards for the films released in 2016 were declared during a press conference at 11:30 am at National Media Centre in New Delhi on Friday, April 7. Filmmaker Priyadarshan was the chairperson of the jury in feature films category, while nationally acclaimed cinematographer and a writer Raju Misra was the chairperson in non-feature category.

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The award distribution ceremony will be held on May 3, 2017.

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Feature Films awards

• Best Feature Film - Kasaav (Marathi)
• Best stunt choreoraphy - Peter Hein for Pulimurugan (Malayalam)
• Best Children's Film - Dhanak (Hindi)
• Best Film on social issue - Pink (Hindi)
• Best Direction - Rajesh Mapuskar for Ventilator (Marathi)
• Best Actor - Akhay Kumar for Rustom (Hindi)
• Best Actress - Surabhi Lakshmi for Minnaminungu (Malayalam)
• Best Supporting Actor - Manoj Joshi for Dashakriya (Marathi)
• Best Supporting Actress - Zaira Wasim for Dangal (Hindi)
• Best Child Artist - Adhish Praveen (Kunju Daivam - Malayalam), Nur Islam and Samiul Alam (Sahaj Pather Gappo - Bengali), Manohara (Railway Children - Kannada)
• Best Male Playback Singer - Sundharayyar for he song Jasmine E from Joker (Tamil)
• Best Female Playback Singer - Iman Chakraborty for the song Tumi Jaake Bhalo Basho from Praktan (Bengali)
• Best lyrics - Vairamuthu for Entha Pakkam song from Dharma Durai (Tamil) and Anupam Roy for the song Tumi Jaake Bhalo Basho from Praktan (Bengali)
• Best Screenplay (original) - Syam Pushkaran for Maheshinte Prathikaram (Malayalam)
• Best Screenplay (adapted) - Sanjay Krishnaji Patel for Dashakriya (Marathi)
• Best Dialogues - Tarun Bhascker for Peli Chuplu (Telugu)
• Best Editing - Rameshwar for Ventilator (Marathi)
• Best Special Effect - Naveen Paul for Shivaay (Hindi)
• Best Choreography - Raju Sundaram for Janatha Garage (Telugu)
• Best Sound designer - Jayadevan for Kaadu Pookunna Neram (Malayalam)
• Best re-recordist of the final mixed track - Alok De for Ventilator (Marathi)
• Best Animation Film - Mahayodha Rama (Hindi)
• Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment - Sathamanam Bhavathi (Telugu)
• Best Film on Environmental Conservation - Loktak Lairembee (Manipuri)
• Best Cinematohgraphy - S. Thirunavukarasu for 24 (Tamil)
• Best Production Design - Subrata Chakraborthy, Shreyas Khedekar and Amit Ray for 24 (Tamil)
• Best Costume Designer - Sachin Lovalekar for Cycle (Marathi)
• Best Environmental film including agriculture - The Tiger who crossed the line
• Best Make-up Artist - MK Ramakrishna for Allama (Kannada)
• Best Music Direction - Babu Padmanabha for Allama (Kannada)
• Indira Gandhi award for Best Debut Director - Deep Choudhury for Alifa (Bengali)
• Special Mention - Kadvi Hawa (Hindi)
• Mukti Bhawan (Hindi)
• Maj Rati Keteki (Assamese)
• Sonam Kapoor for Neerja (Hindi)
• Special Jury award for Mohanlal for Pulimurugan, Munthirivallikal Thalirkkumbol (Malayalam) and Janatha Garage (Telugu)

CHECK FULL WINNERS' LIST HERE

Best feature films in regional languages

• Madipur (Tulu)
• Joker (Tamil)
• Wrongside Raju Gujarati
• Pelli Chupulu (Telugu)
• Dashakriya (Marathi)
• Bisarjan' (Bengali)
• Maheshinte Prathikaram (Malayalam)
• Ke Sara Sara (Konkini)
• Reservation (Kannada)
• Bisorjon (Marathi)
• Maj Rati Keteki (Assamese)
• Neerja (Hindi)

12: 00 pm: Best non-feature film - Fireflies in the Abyss

11: 59 pm: Best Educational Film - The Waterfall

11: 55 pm: Best Short Fiction - Aaba

11: 50 pm: Non feature film categories  

• (One Special mention award goes to a Malayalam film, which the jury members couldn't pronounce correctly)
• Eyes of Darker

11:49 pm: Out of 33 books submitted, the best film critic award goes to G Dhananjayan.

11: 48 pm: Best book on cinema - Lata Surgatha

11:47 pm: Uttar Pradesh has been declared as the  film friendly state in India.

Special mention goes to the state of Jharkhand. 

11:46 am: Film director Radha Krishna Jagarlamudi is the jury member for film friendly award.

11:44 am: The jury considered 344 films from 26 languages for the feature films category of awards.