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64th National Film Awards honouring best films and film related performances for the year 2016 were announced on 7th April 2017.64th National Awards - Complete list of winners

  • Over 300 films were in the race for honours this year. The National Film Awards would be presented by Honourable President of India at a ceremony which is scheduled to be held on 3rd May 2017.
  • From this edition, a new category ‘The Most Film Friendly State Award’ has been included. This inaugural award will be presented to State of Uttar Pradesh. State of Jharkhand also got ‘Special Mention’ for State Govt.’s overall efforts in fostering the growth of film industry.

Chairpersons of the Juries:

CategoryChairperson of the Jury
Feature FilmsShri Priyadarshan
Non Feature FilmsShri Raju Mishra
Best Writing on CinemaMs. Bhawana Somaaya


64th National Film Awards: Winners List

CategoryFilmAwardee/s
Best FEATURE FILMKasaav (Marathi)Director: Sumitra Bhave & Sunil Sukthankar
Producer: Sumittra Bhave, Sunil Sukthankar & Mohan Aghase
BEST POPULAR FILM PROVIDING WHOLESOME ENTERTAINMENTSathamanam Bhavathi (Telugu)Director: Satish Vagesna Producer: V.Venkata Ramana Reddy
BEST FILM ON SOCIAL ISSUESPink (Hindi)Director: Anniruddha Roy Chowdhury
Producer: Rashmi Sharma Films
BEST FILM ON ENVIRONMENT CONSERVATION/ PRESERVATIONLoktak Lairembee (Manipuri)Director & Producer: Haoban Paban Kumar
BEST CHILDREN’S FILMDhanak (Hindi)Director: Nagesh Kukunoor Producer: Drishyam Film
BEST ANIMATION FILMMahayodha Rama (Hindi)Director: Rohit Vaid
Producer: Contiloe Pictures Pvt. Ltd.
Animator: Deepak S.V
NARGIS DUTT AWARD FOR BEST FEATURE FILM ON NATIONAL INTEGRATIONDikchow Banat Palaax (Assamese)Director: Sanjib Sabha Pandit Producer: Canvascope
BEST ACTORRustom (Hindi)Akshay Kumar
BEST ACTRESSMinnaminungu – the Firefly (Malayalam)Surabhi C.M
BEST CHILD ARTISTa). Kunju Daivam (Malayalam) b) Sahaj Pather Gappo (Bengali) c) Railway Children (Kannada)a) Adish Praveen
b) Nur Islam and Samiul Alam
c) Manohara. K
BEST SUPPORTING ACTORDashakriya (Marathi)Manoj Joshi
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESSDangal (Hindi)Zaira Wasim
BEST MALE PLAYBACK SINGERFilm: Praktan (Bengali) Song : Tumi Jaake Bhalo BashoIman Chakraborty
BEST FEMALE PLAYBACK SINGERFilm: Joker (Tamil) Song : Jasmine ESundharayyar
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY24 (Tamil)S. Thirunavukarasu
BEST Screenplay Writer (Original)Maheshinte Prathikooram (Malayalam)Syam Pushkaran
BEST Screenplay Writer (Adapted)Dashakriya (Marathi)Sanjay Krishnaji Patil
BEST DialoguesPeli Chuplu (Telugu)Tarun Bhascker
BEST EDITINGVentilator (Marathi)Rameshwar
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN24 (Tamil)Subrata Chakraborthy, Shreyas Khedekar & Amit Ray
BEST COSTUME DESIGNERCycle (Marathi)Sachin Lovalekar
BEST MAKE-UP ARTISTAllama (Kannada)NK Ramakrishna
BEST SPECIAL EFFECTShivaay (Hindi)Naveen Paul
BEST CHOREOGRAPHYJanatha Garrage (Telugu)Raju Sundaram
BEST MUSIC DIRECTION – Song & Background ScoreAllama (Kannada)Bapu Padmanabha
SPECIAL JURY AWARDMunthirivallikal Thalirkkumbol, Janatha Garrage and Pullimurugan,Mohan Lal
SPECIAL MENTIONNeerja (Hindi)Sonam Kapoor
SPECIAL MENTIONMukti Bhawan (Hindi) & Maj Rati Keteki (Assamese)Adil Hussain
SPECIAL MENTIONMukti Bhawan (Hindi)Producer: Red Carper Moving Pictures And Director: Shubhashish Bhutiani
SPECIAL MENTIONKadvi Hawa (Hindi)Producer: Eleeanora Images Private Ltd. And Director: Nila Madhab Panda
BEST ENVIRONMENT FILM INCLUDING AGRICULTUREThe Tiger Who Crossed The LineProducer & Director: Krishnendu Bose Director
BEST SHORT FICTION FILMAabaProducer: Raj Kumar Gupta Director: Amar Kaushik
BEST NON FEATURE FILMFireflies In The AbyssProducer & Director: Chandrashekhar Reddy


Best Movies in languages that are specified in the Schedule VIII of Indian Constitution)

Joker Tamil
Wrong Side Raju Gujarati
Peli Chuplu Telugu
Dashakriya Marathi
Maheshinte Prathikaaram Malayalam
K Sera Sera Ghodpachen Ghoddtelem Konkani
Reservation Kannada
Bisorjon Bengali
Maj Rati Keteki Assamese
Neerja Hindi

Dhananjayan has been adjudged as the best Film Critic.

‘Lata : Sur Gatha’ authored by Yatindra Mishrahas been adjudged as the Best Book on Cinema, whereas book titled ‘A Fly in the Curry’ authored by K.P. Jayashankar – Anjali Monteiro has got ‘Special Mention’.

About National Film Awards:

The National Film Awards are most prestigious film awards in India.

  • First Awarded on: 10th October 1954
  • Presented by: Directorate of Film Festivals