On August 9, 2019, The annual National Film Awards 2019 were announced by by jury heads Rahul Rawail, AS Kanal and Utpal Bhorpujari. It was the 66th Edition. This year, a total of 419 films had competed for the awards. The awards are given in 31 categories. The announcement was made at Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi.
i.Film friendly state: Uttarakhand bagged an award for the film friendly state. This new award was instituted in 2019.
List of Winners:
Feature Films Section:
| S.NO. | Title of Film | Name Of Film | Awardee |
| 1 | Best Feature Film | HELLARO (Gujarati) | Producer: Saarthi Productions LLP
Director: Abhishek Shah |
| 2 | Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director | NAAL (Marathi) | Producer: Mrudhgandh Films LLP
Director: Sudhakar Reddy Yakkanti |
| 3 | Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment | BADHAAI HO (Hindi) | Producer: Junglee Pictures Limited
Director: Amit Sharma |
| 4 | Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration | ONDALLA ERADALLA (Kannada) | Producer: D N Cinemas
Director: Satya Prakash D |
| 5 | Best Film on Social Issues | PADMAN (Hindi) | Producer: Hope Productions Pvt. Ltd.
Director: R. Balki |
| 6 | Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation | PAANI (Marathi) | Producer: Purple Pebble Pictures
Director: Addinath Kothare |
| 7 | Best Children’s Film | SARKARI HIRIYA PRATHAMIKA SHALE KASARGODU (Kannada) | Producer : Rishab Shetty Films
Director: Rishab Shetty |
| 8 | Best Direction | URI : THE SURGICAL STRIKE (Hindi) | Director: Aditya Dhar |
| 9 | Best Actor (Shared) | ANDHADHUN (Hindi) & URI : THE SURGICAL STRIKE (Hindi) | Ayushmann Khurrana & Vicky Kaushal |
| 10 | Best Actress | MAHANATI (Telugu) | Keerthy Suresh |
| 11 | Best Supporting Actor | CHUMBAK (Marathi) | Supporting Actor:Swanand Kirkire |
| 12 | Best Supporting Actress | BADHAAI HO (Hindi) | Supporting Actress: Surekha Sikri |
| 13 | Best Child Artist | ONDALLA ERADALLA (Kannada)
HARJEETA (Punjabi) HAMID (Urdu) NAAL (Marathi) |
P V Rohith
Sameep Singh Talha Arshad Reshi Shrinivas Pokale |
| 14 | Best Male Playback Singer | PADMAAVAT (Hindi) | Arijit Singh Song “ Binte Dil Misriya mein …. ” |
| 15 | Best Female Playback Singer | NATHICHARAMI (Kannada) | Bindhu Malini Song “ Maayavi Manave…..” |
| 16 | Best Cinematography | OLU (Malayalam) | Cameraman: M J Radhakrishnan |
| 17 | Best Screenplay | CHI ARJUN LA SOW (Telugu)
ANDHADHUN (Hindi) TARIKH (Bengali)
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Screenplay writer (original): Rahul Ravindran
Screenplay writer (adapted): Sriram Raghavan , Arijit Biswas, Yogesh Chandekar, Hemant Rao & Pooja Ladha Surti Dialogue Writer: Churni Ganguly |
| 18 | Best Audiography | TENDLYA (Marathi)
URI :THE SURGICAL STRIKE (Hindi) RANGASTHALAM (Telugu) |
Location Sound Recordist (for sync sound films only) : Gaurav Verma
Sound Designer : Bishwadeep Dipak Chatterjee Re- recordist of the final mixed track: Raja Krishnan M.R |
| 19 | Best Editing | NATHICHARAMI (Kannada) | Editor: Nagendra K Ujjani |
| 20 | Best Production Design | KAMMARA SAMBHAVAM (Malayalam) | Production Designer: Bangalan |
| 21 | Best Costume Designer | MAHANATI (Telugu) | Costume Director: Indrakshi Pattanaik, Gaurang Shah & Archana Rao |
| 22 | Best Make-up Artist | AWE (Telugu) | Make-up Artist: Ranjith |
| 23 | Best Music Direction | PAADMAAVAT (Hindi)
URI :THE SURGICAL STRIKE (Hindi)
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Music Director (Songs): Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Music Director (Background Music): Shashwat Sachdev |
| 24 | Best Lyrics | NATHICHARAMI (Kannada) | Lyricist: Manjunatha S (Manasor)
Song “ Maayavi Manave….” |
| 25 | Special Jury Award | HELLARO (Gujarati)
& KEDARA (Bengali) |
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 &
Director : Indradip Dasgupta |
| 26 | Best Special Effects | AWE (Telugu)
& KGF (Kannada) |
Srushti Creative Studio & Unifi Media |
| 27 | Best Choreography | PADMAAVAT (Hindi) | Kruti Mahesh Madya & Jyoti Tomar Song: Ghoomar |
| 28 | Best Action Direction Award (Stunt Choreography) | KGF (Kannada)) | Vikram More & Anbu Ariv |
Best Feature Film in each of the language specified in the Schedule VIII of the Constitution:
| S.No | Name of Award | Title of Film | Awardee |
| 1 | Best Gujarati Film | REVA | Producer: Brainbox Studios
Director: Rahul Surendrabhai Bhole & Vinit Kumar Ambubhai Kanojiya |
| 2 | Best Punjabi Film | HARJEETA | Producer: Sizzlin Productions
Director: Vijay Kumar Arora |
| 3 | Best Assamese Film
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BULBUL CAN SING | Producer: Flying River Films
Director: Rima Das |
| 4 | Best Konkani Film | AMORI | Producer: Opus Ga La
Director: Dinesh P Bhonsle |
| 5 | Best Kannada Film | NATHICHARAMI | Producer: Tejaswini Enterprises
Director: Manjunatha S. (Mansore) |
| 6 | Best Telugu Film | MAHANATI | Producer: Swapna Cinema
Director: Nag Ashwin |
| 7 | Best Malayalam Film | SUDANI FROM NIGERIA | Producer: The Happy Hours Entertainments
Director: Zakariya |
| 8 | Best Bengali Film | EK JE CHHILO RAJA | Producer: SVF Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
Director: Srijit Mukherjee |
| 9 | Best Urdu Film | HAMID | Producer: Saregama India Limited
Director: Aijaz Khan |
| 10 | Best Hindi Film | ANDHADHUN | Producer: Matchbox Pictures Pvt. Ltd.
Director: Sriram Raghavan |
| 11 | Best Tamil Film | BAARAM | Producer: Reckless Roses
Director: Priya Krishnaswamy |
| 12 | Best Marathi Film | BHONGA | Producer: Nalinee Productions
Director: Shivaji Lotan Patil |
| Best Feature Film in each of the languages other than those specified in Schedule VIII of the Constitution: | |||
| 1 | Best Garo Film | MA’AMA | Producer: Anna Films
Director: Dominic Sangma |
| 2 | Best Sherdukpan Film | MISHING | Producer: BB Entertainment Trade Private Limited
Director: Bobby Sarma Baruah |
| 3 | Best Pangchenpa Film | IN THE LAND OF POISON WOMEN | Producer: Aaas Productions
Director: Manju Borah |
| 4 | Best Rajasthani Film | TURTLE | Producer: Shivazza Films & Entertainment
Director: Dinesh S Yadav |
| 5 | Special Mention | NATHICHARAMI(Kannada)
KADAKH (Hindi) JOSEPH (Malayalam) SUDANI FROM NIGERIA (Malayalam) |
Sruthi Hariharan (Actress)
Chandrachoor Rai (Actor) Joju George (Actor) Savithri (Actress) |
Non-Feature Films Section:
| S.No. | Name of Award | Title of Film | Awardee |
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BEST NON-FEATURE FILM | Son Rise
& The Secret Life of Frogs |
Producer: V2 Films & Design Pvt. Ltd.
Director : Vibha Bakshi& Producer: Bedi Universal Director : Ajay Bedi & Vijay Bedi |
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BEST DEBUT NON-FEATURE FILM OF A DIRECTOR | Feluda_50 Years Rays Detective | Producer & Director :Sagnik Chatterjee |
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BEST ARTS and CULTURE FILM | Bunkar: The Last of The Varanasi Weavers | Producer: Narrative Pictures & S apana Sharma
Director : Satyaprakash Upadhyay |
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BEST SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FILM
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G.D.Naidu : The Edison Of India | Producer: Films Division
Director : Renjith Kumar |
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BEST PROMOTIONAL FILM | Rediscovering Jajam | Producer: Rachel Bracken Singh
Director : Avinash Maurya & Kriti Gupta |
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BEST ENVIRONMENT FILM | The World’s Most Famous Tiger | Producer: Natural History Unit India
Director: Subbiah Nallamuthu |
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BEST FILM ON SOCIAL ISSUES | Taala Te Kunjee | Producer: Simardeep Singh Bhatia
Director : Shilpi Gulati |
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BEST EDUCATIONAL FILM
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Sarala Virala | Producer: Sujatha H R
Director : Eregowda |
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BEST FILM ON SPORTS | Swimming Through The Darkness | Producer: Perspective
Director : Supriyo Sen |
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BEST INVESTIGATIVE FILM | Amoli | Producer: Culture Machine Media Pvt. Ltd.
Director : Jasmine Kaur Roy & Avinash Roy |
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SPECIAL JURY AWARD
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Why Me? – Director & Ekaant – Art Direction |
Director : Harish Shah &
Art Director : Neeraj Singh |
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BEST SHORT FICTION FILM
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Kharvas | Producer: Shree Mahalasa Productions Ponda
Director : Aditya Suhas Jambhale |
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BEST FILM ON FAMILY VALUES | Chalo Jeete Hain | Producer: Sundial Ventures Pvt. Ltd.
Director : Mangesh Hadawale |
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BEST DIRECTION | Aai Shappath | Director : Gautam Vaze |
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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY | The Secret Life of Frogs | Cameraman: Ajay Bedi & Vijay Bedi |
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BEST ON-LOCATION SOUND RECORDIST | The Secret Life of Frogs | On location sound recordist : Ajay Bedi |
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BEST AUDIOGRAPHY | Children of The Soil | Re-recordist (final mixed track) : Bishwadeep Chatterjee |
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BEST EDITING | Son Rise | Editor : Hemanti Sarkar |
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BEST MUSIC DIRECTION | Jyoti | Music Director: Kedar Divekar |
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BEST NARRATION/ VOICE OVER | Madhubani – The Station of Colours | Deepak Agnihotri & Urvija Upaddhyay |
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SPECIAL MENTION |
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Director : Sagar Puranik
Director : Ramana Dumpala Director : Sameer Sadhwani & Kishor Sadhwani |
Best Book on Cinema:
| S. No. | Title of the Book | Name of the Author | Name of the Publisher |
| 1 | Mouna Prathanapole (Malayalam) | Author : S Jayachandran Nair | Kerala State Chalachitra Academy |
| Special Mention | |||
| 1 | In A Cult Of Their Own: Bollywood Beyond Box Office (English) | Author :Amborish Roychoudhury | Rupa Publications India Pvt. Ltd |
Award for Best Film Critic:
| S. No. | Name of Critic | Language |
| 1. | Blais Johny & Anant Vijay | Malayalam & Hindi |
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♦ President: Brijendra Pal Singh
