On March 22, 2021, the 67th edition of annual National Film Awards was announced, it bestows honours on films and artists for the year 2019.
The National Film Awards are given out by the Directorate of Film Festivals, an organisation which comes under the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting.
i.The awards are categorised in three sections –
- Feature Films,
- Non-Feature Films &
- Best Writing on Cinema.
ii.The awards were announced by Jury heads – N. Chandra, Chairman, Central Panel, Shri Arun Chaddha, Chairman, Non Feature Films Jury, Shaji N Karun, Chairman, Most Film Friendly State Jury & Saibal Chatterjee, Chairman Best Writing on Cinema Jury.
iii.Feature and Non-Feature Films certified by Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) between 1 January 2019, and 31 December 2019, were eligible for the film award categories.
Notable Awards
- Best Non-Feature Film – An Engineered Dream (Hindi Film)
- Best Feature Film – Marakkar-Arabi Kadalinte-Simham (Malayalam)
- Best Children’s Film award – Kastoori (Hindi)
- Best Arts and Culture Film – Shrikshetra-Ru-Sahijata (Odia)
- Most Film Friendly State – Sikkim (Medal – Rajat Kamal)
- Best Cinematography – Gireesh Gangadharan for Malayalam film Jallikattu
List of Winners
Feature Films Section
| S. No | Category | Title | Awardee |
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| 1 | Best Feature Film | Marakkar-Arabi Kadalinte-Simham (Malayalam) |
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| 2 | Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director | HELEN (Malayalam) |
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| 3 | Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment | MAHARSHI (Telugu) |
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| 4 | Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration | TAJMAL (Marathi) |
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| 5 | Best Film on Social Issues | ANANDI GOPAL (Marathi) |
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| 6 | Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation | WATER BURIAL (Monpa) |
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| 7 | Best Children’s Film | KASTOORI (Hindi) |
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| 8 | Best Direction | BAHATTAR HOORAIN (Hindi) |
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| 9 | Best Actor | BHONSLE (Hindi) & ASURAN (Tamil) |
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| 10 | Best Actress | MANIKARNIKA-THE QUEEN OF JHANSI (Hindi) & PANGA (Hindi) | Actress : Kangana Ranaut |
| 11 | Best Supporting Actor | SUPER DELUXE (Tamil) | Supporting Actor: Vijaya Sethupathi |
| 12 | Best Supporting Actress | THE TASHKENT FILES (Hindi) | Supporting Actress: Pallavi Joshi |
| 13 | Best Child Artist | KD(A) KARUPPU DURAI (Tamil) | Child Artist : Naga Vishal |
| 14 | Best Male Playback Singer | KESARI (Hindi) | Singer : B Praak for song “Teri Mitti” |
| 15 | Best Female Playback Singer | BARDO (Marathi) | Singer : Savani Ravindra for song “Raan Petala” |
| 16 | Best Cinematography | Jallikattu (Malayalam) | Cameraman: Gireesh Gangadharan |
| 17 | Best Screenplay | JYESHTHOPUTRO (Bengali) & GUMNAAMI (Bengali) & THE TASHKENT FILES (Hindi) |
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| 18 | Best Audiography | IEWDUH (Khasi) & TRIJYA (Marathi) & OTHTHA SERUPPU SIZE-7 (Tamil) |
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| 19 | Best Editing | JERSEY (Telugu) | Editor: Navin Nooli |
| 20 | Best Production Design | ANANDI GOPAL (Marathi) | Production Designer: Sunil Nigwekar & Nilesh Wagh |
| 21 | Best Costume Designer | MARAKKAR-ARABIK KADALINTE-SIMHAM (Malayalam) | Costume Designer: Sujith Sudhakaran & V. Sai |
| 22 | Best Make-up Artist | HELEN (Malayalam) | Make-up Artist: Ranjith |
| 23 | Best Music Direction | VISWASAM (Tamil) JYESHTHOPUTRO (Bengali) |
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| 24 | Best Lyrics | KOLAAMBI (Malayalam) | Lyricist: Prabha Varma for the Song “ Arodum Parayuka Vayya” |
| 25 | Special Jury Award | OTHTHA SERUPPU SIZE-7 (Tamil) | Producer & Director : Radhakrishnan Parthiban |
| 26 | Best Special Effects | MARAKKAR-ARABIK KADALINTE-SIMHAM (Malayalam) | Special Effects Creator : Siddharth Priyadarshan |
| 27 | Best Choreography | MAHARSHI (Telugu) | Raju Sundaram |
| 28 | Best Action Direction Award (Stunt Choreography) | AVANE SRIMANNARAYANA (Kannada) | Vikram Mor |
Best Feature Film in each of the language specified in the Schedule VIII of the Constitution
| S No | Name of the Award | Title | Awardee |
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| 1 | Best Assamese Film | RONUWA – WHO NEVER SURRENDER |
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| 2 | Best Bengali Film | GUMNAAMI |
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| 3 | Best Hindi Film | CHHICHHORE |
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| 4 | Best Kannada Film | AKSHI |
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| 5 | Best Konkani Film | KAAJRO |
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| 6 | Best Marathi Film | BARDO | Producer: Ritu Films Cut LLP |
| 7 | Best Malayalam Film | KALLA NOTTAM |
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| 8 | Best Manipuri Film | EIGI KONA |
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| 9 | Best Odia Film | SALA BUDHAR BADLA & Kalira Atita |
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| 10 | Best Punjabi Film | RAB DA RADIO 2 |
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| 11 | Best Tamil Film | ASURAN |
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| 12 | Best Telugu Film | JERSEY |
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Best Feature Film in each of the languages other than those specified in Schedule VIII of the Constitution
| S.No | Name of the Award | Title | Awardee |
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| 1 | Best Chhattisgarhi Film | BHULAN THE MAZE | Producer: Swapnil Film Productions Director: Manoj Verma |
| 2 | Best Haryanvi Film | CHHORIYAN CHHORON SE KAM NAHI HOTI | Producer: Essel Vision Productions Limited & Satish Kaushik Entertainment, Director: Rajesh Amar Lal Babbar |
| 3 | Best Khasi Film | IEWDUH | Producer: Shiven Arts Director: Pradip Kurbah |
| 4 | Best Mishing Film | ANU RUWAD | Producer: Obonori Pictures, Director: Dilip Kumar Doley |
| 5 | Best Paniya Film | KENJIRA | Producer: Neru Films, Director: Manoj Kana |
| 6 | Best Tulu Film | PINGARA | Producer: DMR Productions, Director: R Preetham Shetty |
| 7 | Special Mention | BIRIYAANI (Malayalam) & JONAKI PORUA (Assamese) & LATA BHAGWAN KARE (Marathi) & PICASSO (Marathi) | Director : Sajin Babu & Actor: Benjamin Daimary & Actress: Lata Kare & Director: Abhijeet Mohan Warang |
Non-Feature Films section
| S.No | Category | Title | Awardee |
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| 1 | BEST NON-FEATURE FILM | AN ENGINEERED DREAM (HINDI) | Producer & Director : Hemant Gaba |
| 2 | BEST DEBUT NON FEATURE FILM OF A DIRECTOR | KHISA (MARATHI) | Producer : P P Cine Production Director : Raj Pritam More |
| 3 | BEST ETHNOGRAPHIC FILM | CHARAN-ATVA THE ESSENCE OF BEING A NOMAD (GUJARATI) | Producer : Films Division Director : Dinaz Kalwachwala |
| 4 | BEST BIOGRAPHICAL FILM | ELEPHANTS DO REMEMBER (ENGLISH) | Producer : Films Division Director : Swati Pandey, Viplove Rai Bhatia & Manohar Singh Bisht |
| 5 | BEST ARTS and CULTURE FILM | CULTURE FILM SHRIKSHETRARU-SAHIJATA (ODIA) | Producer & Director : Ashutosh Pattnaik |
| 6 | BEST PROMOTIONAL FILM | THE SHOWER (HINDI) | Producer : Little Lamb Films Pvt. Ltd. Director : Bauddhayan Mukherji |
| 7 | BEST ENVIRONMENT FILM | THE STORK SAVIOURS (HINDI) | Producer: Rajiv Mehrotra, PSBT Director : Ajay Bedi & Vijay Bedi |
| 8 | BEST FILM ON SOCIAL ISSUES | HOLY RIGHTS (HINDI) & LADLI (HINDI) | Producer: Priyanka Pradeep More Director : Farha Khatun & Producer & Director : Sudipta Kundu |
| 9 | BEST EDUCATIONAL FILM | APPLES AND ORANGES (ENGLISH) | Producer: LXL Ideas Private Limited Director : Rukshana Tabassum |
| 10 | BEST EXPLORATION FILM | WILD KARNATAKA (ENGLISH) | Producer: Amoghavarsha J S Director : Amoghavarsha JS, Kalyan Varma, Sarath Champati & Vijaya Mohan Raj |
| 11 | BEST INVESTIGATIVE FILM | JAKKAL (MARATHI) | Producer: Neo n Reel Creation Director : Vivek Wagh |
| 12 | BEST ANIMATION FILM | RADHA (MUSICAL) | Producer : Fairy Cows Director : Bimal Poddar Animator : Niti n Kharkar |
| 13 | SPECIAL JURY AWARD | SMALL SCALE SOCIETIES (ENGLISH) | Director : Vipin Vijay |
| 14 | BEST SHORT FICTION FILM | CUSTODY (HINDI/ENGLISH) | Producer & Director : Ambiecka Pandit |
| 15 | BEST FILM ON FAMILY VALUES | ORU PAATHIRAA SWAPNAM POLE (MALAYALAM) | Producer: Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute Director : Sharan Venugopal |
| 16 | BEST DIRECTION | KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK (ENGLISH/ BENGALI) | Director : Sudhanshu Saria |
| 17 | BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY | SONSI (HINDI) | Cameraman: Savita Singh |
| 18 | BEST ON-LOCATION SOUND RECORDIST | RAHAS (HINDI) | On location sound recordist : Saptarshi Sarkar |
| 19 | BEST AUDIOGRAPHY | RADHA (Musical) | Re-recordist (final mixed track) : Allwin Rego & Sanjay Maurya |
| 20 | BEST EDITING | SHUT UP SONA (HINDI/ENGLISH) | Editor : Arjun Gourisaria |
| 21 | BEST MUSIC DIRECTION | KRANTI DARSHI GURUJI-AHEAD OF TIMES (HINDI) | Music Director: Bishakhjyoti |
| 22 | BEST NARRATION/ VOICE OVER | WILD KARNATAKA (ENGLISH) | Voice Over : Sir David Attenborough |
Best Book/Writing on Cinema
| S. No | Title of the Book | Language | Name of the Author | Name of the Publisher |
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| 1 | A GANDHIAN AFFAIR: INDIA’S CURIOS PORTRAYAL OF LOVE IN CINEMA | English | Sanjay Suri | HarperCollins Publishers India |
Special Mention
| S.No | Title of the Book | Language | Name of the Author |
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| 1 | CINEMA PAHANARA MANUS | Marathi | Ashok Rane |
| 2 | KANNADA CINEMA: JAGATHIKA CINEMA VIKASA-PRERANE-PRABHAVA | Kannada | P R Ramadasa Naidu |
Best Film Critic
| S.No | Name of the Critic | Language |
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| 1 | Sohini Chattopadhyay | English |
About Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC):
Chairperson – Prasoon Joshi
Head Office – Mumbai, Maharashtra
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