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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sohini Chattopadhyay | English |
About Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC):
Chairperson – Prasoon Joshi
Head Office – Mumbai, Maharashtra
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