Winners of the long-delayed and much-awaited 66th National Film Awards are announced today at Shastri Bhawan in New Delhi. Director Rahul Rawail read out the names of the other jury members. Jury head Rahul Rawail, Non-feature film jury head AS Kanal, Jury head for the best writing Utpal Bhojpuari are present at National Film Awards 2019 announcement.
Prakash Javadekar told PTI, “They made a lot of efforts for the last two months. I am very sure that they would have picked the best films, the best directors. They will announce that at the press conference today. This is 66th year of film awards and they have become a prestigious institute.”
Here is the full list of 66th National Film Awards winners
Most film-friendly state
Uttarakhand
Special mention award in the feature film category
Sruthi Hariharan, Chandrachoor Rai, Jojo George and Savithri
Best Rajasthani film
Turtle
Best Garu Film
Mama
Best Marathi film
Bhonga
Best Hindi film
Andhadhun
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Best Urdu Film
Hamid
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Best Malayalam Film
Sudani from Nigeria
Best Telugu Film
Mahanati
Best Tamil Film
Baaram
Best Assamese Film
Best Punjabi Film
Harjeeta
Best Action
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Best Special Effects
Telugu film Awe and Kannada film KGF: Chapter 1
Best Lyrics
Kannada film Nathicharami
Best Music Director
Sanjay Leela Bhansali for Padmaavat
Best Makeup Artist
Telugu film Awe
Best Costume Designer
Telugu film Mahanati
Best Production Design
Malayalam film Kammara Sambhavam
Best Editing
Kannada film Nathicharami
Best Sound Designer
Uri
Best Original Screenplay
Chi La Sow
Best Adapted Screenplay
Andhadhun
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Best Choreography
Kruti Mahesh Midya and Jyoti D Tommar for Padmaavat song “Ghoomar” (Padmaavat)
Best Dialogue
Bengali film Tarikh
Best Female Playback Singer
Bindhumalinif for Nathicharami song “Maayavi Manave“
Best Male Playback Singer
Arijit Singh for Padmaavat song “Binte Dil“
Best Child Artist
PV Rohit, Sahib Singh, Talha Arshad Reshi and Shrinivas Pokale
Best Supporting Actress
Surekha Sikri for Badhaai Ho
Best Supporting Actor
Swanand Kirkire for Chumbak
Best Film on Environment Conversation
Marathi film Paani
Best Film on Social Issues
Padman
Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment
Badhaai Ho
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Nargis Dutt Award
Kannada film Ondalla Eradalla
Best Debut Film of a Director
Naal director Sudhakar Reddy Yakkanti
Best Actor
Andhadhun actor Ayushmann Khurrana and Uri actor Vicky Kaushal
Best Actress
Mahanati actor Keerthy Suresh
Best Director
Uri director Aditya Dhar
Best Film
Gujarati film Ellaru
