67th National Film Awards bestow honours on films and artistes for the year 2019

The 67th National Film Awards that were delayed by almost a year due to the pandemic, has finally announced the list of winners on Monday. The National Film Awards ceremony is held on 3rd May, every year. However, due to the ongoing pandemic, last year's ceremony was postponed. On Monday, in a press conference at the National Media Centre, New Delhi announced the names of the winners. The whole ceremony was broadcasted live on PIB India's official YouTube channel.

The Best Feature Film bestows on Director Priyadarshan's Malayalam war epic Marakkar— Lion of the Arabian Sea also headlined as Mohanlal while An Engineered Dream, a Hindi film has bagged the award for Best Non-Feature Film. And Kastoori has been awarded the Best Children’s Film award. The best acting awards were honoured to Manoj Bajapayee for Bhonsle, Dhanush for Tamil film Asuran, and Kangana Ranaut for two of her films— Panga and Manikarnika— The Queen of Jhansi.

The supporting actor awards went to Vijay Sethupathi for Super Deluxe and Pallavi Joshi for The Tashkent Files, while director Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan was conferred eBahattar Hoorain.

In the Feature Film category, there were 461 films, in the Non-Feature Film category 220 films, and in most film-friendly states, there were entries from 13 states, this year.

Here is the list of the 67th National Film Awards winners:

Most film-friendly state— Sikkim
Best Book on Cinema— A Gandhian Affair— India's Curious Portrayal of Love in Cinema by Sanjay Suri
Best Film Critic— Sohini Chattopadhyay

Best Screenplay
Original Screenplay— Jyeshthoputri
Adapted Screenplay— Gumnaami
Dialogue Writer— The Tashkent Files (Hindi)
Best Cinematography— Jallikkettu (Malayalam)
Best Female Playback Singer— Bardo (Marathi)
Best Male Playback Singer— Kesri, Teri Mitti (Hindi)
Best Supporting Actress— The Tashkent Files, Pallavi Joshi
Best Supporting Actor— Super Deluxe, Vijaya Sethupathi
Best Actress— Kangana Ranaut (Manikarnika, Panga)
Best Actor— Manoj Bajpayee for Bhonsle and Dhanush for Asuran
Best Direction— Bahattar Hoorain
Best Children Film— Kastoori (Hindi)
Best Film on Environment Conservation— Water Burial
Best Feature Film— Marakkar Arabikadalinte Simham (Malayalam)
Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of Director— Helen (Malayalam)

Best Music Direction
Songs— Viswasam (Tamil)
Music Direction— Jyeshthoputro
Make-Up Artist— Helen
Best Production Design— Anandi Gopal
Best Editing— Jersey (Telugu)
Best Audiography— lewduh (Khasi)

Best Action Direction Award
Best Stunt— Avane Srimannarayana (Kannada)
Best Choreography— Maharshi (Telugu)
Best Special Effects— Marakkar Arabikadalinte Simham (Malayalam)
Special Jury Award— Oththa Seruppu Size-7 (Tamil)
Best Lyrics— Kolaambi (Malayalam)

FEATURE FILMS
Special Mention— Biryani (Malayalam), Jonaki Porua (Assamese), Lata Bhagwan Kare (Marathi), Picasso (Marathi)
Best Tulu Film— Pingara
Best Paniya Film— Kenjira
Best Mishing Film— Anu Ruwad
Best Khasi Film— Lewduh
Best Haryanvi Film— Chhoriyan Chhoron Se Kam Nahi Hoti
Best Chattisgarhi Film— Bhulan The Maze
Best Telugu Film— Jersey
Best Tamil Film— Asuran
Best Punjabi Film— Rab Da Radio 2
Best Odiya Film— Sala Budhar Badla and Kalira Atita
Best Manipuri Film— Eigi Kona
Best Malayalam Film— Kalla Nottam
Best Marathi Film— Bardo
Best Konkani Film— Kaajro
Best Kannada Film— Akshi
Best Hindi Film— Chhichhore
Best Bengali Film— Gumnaami
Best Assamese Film— Ronuwa- Who Never Surrender

NON FEATURE FILMS
Best Narration— Wild Karnataka, Sir David Attenborough
Best Editing— Shut Up Sona, Arjun Gourisaria
Best Audiography— Radha (Musical), Allwin Rego and Sanjay Maurya
Best On-Location Sound Recordist— Rahas (Hindi), Saptarshi Sarkar
Best Cinematography— Sonsi, Savita Singh
Best Direction— Knock Knock Knock (English/Bengali), Sudhanshu Saria
Best Film on Family Values— Oru Paathiraa Swapnam Pole (Malayalam)
Best Short Fiction Film— Custody (Hindi/English)
Special Jury Award— Small Scale Societies (English)
Best Animation Film— Radha (Musical)
Best Investigative Film— Jakkal
Best Exploration Film— Wild Karnataka (English)
Best Education Film— Apples and Oranges (English)
Best Film on Social Issues— Holy Rights (Hindi) and Ladli (Hindi)
Best Environment Film— The Stork Saviours (Hindi)
Best Promotional Film— The Shower (Hindi)
Best Art and Culture Film— Shrikshetra-Ru-Sahijata (Odia)
Best Biographical Film— Elephants Do Remember (English)
Best Ethnographic Film— Charan-Atva The Essence of Being a Nomad (Gujarati)
Best Debut Non-Feature Film of a Director— Khisa (Marathi)
Best Non-Feature Film— An Engineered Dream (Hindi)