Check out the pictures and winners of 66th national Film Awards:
The National Awards ceremony was held in the capital yesterday, Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu presented the awards out to the winners. The event took place at Vigyan Bhawan, Delhi.
Vice President @MVenkaiahNaidu honours winners for outstanding contributions in Films at 66th #NationalFilmAwards
Actor @SrBachchan to be honoured with 50th #DadasahebPhalkeAward on 29th December
Details here: https://t.co/MnwZUCAUeZ pic.twitter.com/Qie3ymN38A
— PIB India (@PIB_India) December 23, 2019
This year’s Dasasaheb Phalke awardee winner Amitabh Bachchan could not attend the event, but the vice-president himself paid tribute to Amitabh Bachchan in his speech calling him “an institution by himself”.
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Down with fever .. ! Not allowed to travel .. will not be able to attend National Award tomorrow in Delhi .. so unfortunate .. my regrets ..— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) December 22, 2019
Some special mentions were made to a few awardees including Best Actors Ayushmann Khurrana and Vicky Kaushal, Best Actress Keerthy Suresh, and Akshay Kumar, whose movie PadMan won the award for Best Film on Social Issues.
Best Actor (Feature Films Section) goes to @vickykaushal09 for #URI: The Surgical Strike for effectively conveying a realistic character of an army officer. #NationalFilmAwards pic.twitter.com/J39YnXGugd
— PIB India (@PIB_India) December 23, 2019
Actor @akshaykumar received the award for the film #Padman at 66th #NationalFilmAwards. pic.twitter.com/9TtIWK2PAC
— Prasar Bharati News Services (@PBNS_India) December 23, 2019
The winners of the Best Music Direction are- Sanjay Leela Bhansali for “Padmaavat” and Shashwat Sachdev for Uri: The Surgical Strike were also praised.
Here is the complete list of all the awardees that were announced in August this year.
Best Feature Film: Hellaro
Best Direction: Aditya Dhar, Uri: The Surgical Strike
Best Actor (Male): Ayushmann Khurrana (Andhadhun), Vicky Kaushal (Uri: The Surgical Strike)
Best Actor (Female): Keerthy Suresh (Mahanati)
Best Supporting Actor (Male): Swanand Kirkire (Chumbak)
Best Supporting Actor (Female): Surekha Sikri (Badhaai Ho)
Best Popular Film providing wholesome entertainment: Badhaai Ho
Best Hindi Film: Andhadhun
Best Original Screenplay: Chi La Sow, Rahul Ravindran
Best Adapted Screenplay: Andhadhun, Sriram Raghavan, Arijit Biswas, Yogesh Chandekar, Hemant Rao & Pooja Ladha Surti
Best Film on Social Issues: Padman
Best Music Direction: Padmaavat, Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Best Background Score: Uri: The Surgical Strike, Shashwat Sachdev
Best Female Playback Singer: Bindu Malini (Maayavi Manave – Nathicharami)
Best Male Playback Singer: Arjit Singh (Binte Dil – Padmaavat)
Best Lyrics: “Maayavi Manave…” from Nathicharami
Special Mention Awards: Sruthi Hariharan, Chandrachoor Rai, Joju George and Savithri
Special Jury Award: Hellaro actresses Shraddha Dangar, Shachi Joshi, Denisha Ghumra, Neelam Paanchal, Tarjani Bhadla, Brinda Nayak, Tejal Panchasara, Kaushambi Bhatt, Ekta Bachwani, Kamini Panchal, Jagruti Thakore, Riddhi Yadav, Prapti Mehta and Kedara director Indradip Dasgupta
Best Cinematography: Olu, MJ Radhakrishnan
Best Dialogue: Tarikh
Best Action Direction: KGF, Vikram More & Anbu Ariv
Best Choreography: Padmaavat, Kruti Mahesh Madya & Jyoti Tomar for Ghoomar
Best Costume Design: Mahanati
Best Special Effects: Awe (Srushti Creative Studio) and KGF (Unifi Media)
Best Makeup artist: Awe, Ranjith
Best Editing: Nathicharami, Nagendra K Ujjani
Best Production Design: Kammara Sambhavam, Bangalan
Best Sound Design: Uri: The Surgical Strike, Bishwadeep Dipak Chatterjee
Best Location Sound Recordist: Tendlya, Gaurav Verma
Best Re-recordist of the final mixed track: Rangasthalam, Raja Krishnan MR
Nargis Dutt Award for Best Film on National Integration: Ondalla Eradalla
Best Child Artist: PV Rohit, Sahib Singh, Talha Arshad Reshi and Shrinivas Pokale
Best Debut Film of a Director: Naal (Sudhakar Reddy Yakkanti)
Best Malayalam Film: Sudani from Nigeria
Best Marathi Film: Bhonga
Best Urdu Film: Hamid
Best Tamil Film: Baaram
Best Rajasthani Film: Turtle
Best Telugu Film: Mahanati
Best Assamese Film: Bulbul Can Sing
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Best Punjabi Film: Harjeeta
Best Bengali Film: Ek Je Chhilo Raja
Best Garo Film: Maama
Best Kannada Film: Nathicharami
Best Konkani Film: Amori
Best Gujarati Film: Reva
Best Sherdukpan Film: Mishing
Best Panchanga Film: In The Land Of Poisonous Women
Best Film on Environment Conservation: Paani
Best Children’s Film: Sarkari Hiriya Prathamika Shale Kasargodu