National Film Awards: Malayalam bags main awards: Details inside

The announcement 66th National Film Awards is continuing.31 awards will be given in the feature film category. In the non-feature film, there will be 23 awards. Around 419 fils were contested for awards in the feature film category. In the non-feature film, category 253 movies.22 books and 19 articles were contested in the writing category

Malayalam film ‘Sudani from Nigeria’ selected as the best Malayalam film. Savitri has won a special mention for her acting in the film. Malayali actor Joju George has also won the special mention for his performance in the film ‘Joseph’.

Apart from Joju and Savitri, Sruti Hariharan, Chadrachud Rai also got a special mention

Awards Declared:

Best films in the Feature Film category

Best Rajasthani Film: Turtle

Best Panchanga Film: In The Land Of Poisonous Women

Best Garo Film: Anna

Best Marathi Film: Bhonga

Best Tamil Film: Baram

Best Hindi Film: Andhadhun

Best Urdu Film: Hamid

Best Bengali Film: Ek Je Chhilo Raja

Best Malayalam Film: Sudani From Nigeria

Best Telugu Film: Mahanati

Best Kannada Film: Nathicharami

Best Konkani Film: Amori

Best Assamese Film: Bulbul Can Sing

Best Punjabi Film: Harjeeta

Best Gujarati Film: Reva

Best Cinematographer: M.J.Radhakrishnan – Oalu

The winners for the Non-Feature films category are as follows:

Special Mention Award – Mahaan Hutatma (director Sagar Puranik)

Laddoo: (directors Sameer Sadhwani and Kishore Sadhwani)

Best Narration – Madhubani: The Station Of Colour

Best Music – Jyoti (Kedar Divekar)

Best Editing – Sunrise (Hemanti Sarkar)

Best Audiography – Children Of Soil (Biswadeep Chatterjee)

Best Location and Sound – The Secret Life of Frogs (Ajay Bedi)

Best Cinematography – The Secret Life of Frogs (Ajay Bedi and Vijay Bedi)

Best Director – Gautam Vaze (Aai Shapat)

Best Film on Family Values: Chalo Jeetey Hai

Best Short Film: Kasab

Social Justice: Why Me, Ekant

Best Investigation Film: Amoli

Best Sports Film: Swimming Through The Darkness

Best Educational Film: Sarlabh Virala

Best Film on Social Issue: Talate Kunji

Best Environmental Film: The World’s Most Famous Tiger

Best Promotional Film: Rediscovering Jahannum

Best Film on Science and Technology: GD Naidu The Edison of India

Best Arts and Cultural Film: Munkar

Best Debut Film of a Director: Feluda

Best Non-Feature Film: Sunrise, The Secret Life of Frogs