Giving a loud hand to the Best of Indian Films, VP Naidu hands National Film Awards out to the winners

New Delhi, December 23: The National Awards ceremony finally took place in New Delhi's Vigyan Bhawan today, with Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu handing the awards out to the winners. This year's Dadasaheb Phalke awardee Amitabh Bachchan, though could not attend, having shared the evening before that he was down with fever.

 

VP Naidu termed words of appreciation in his speech, calling Bachchan an institution by himself, not many would disagree. Prakash Javadekar, Minister for Information and Broadcasting, noted the popularity of Indian films abroad, particularly China.

 

 

He also made special mentions of some of the awardees, including Best Actors Ayushmann Khurrana and Vicky Kaushal, Best Actress Keerthy Suresh, and Akshay Kumar, whose movie PadMan won the award for Best Film on Social Issues.

 

 

 

The four winners of the Best Child Artiste award, P V Rohith for Ondalla Eradalla, Shrinivas Pokale for Naal, Sameep Ranaut for Harjeeta and Talha Arshad Reshi for Hamid brought the house down. Here's the list of winners of this year's National Film Awards

 

Best Feature Film - Hellaro (Gujarati)

 

Best Director - Aditya Dhar for Uri (Hindi)

 

Indira Gandhi Award For Best Debut Film Of A Director - Sudhakar Reddy Yakanti for Naal (Marathi)

 

Best Actress - Keerthy Suresh for Mahanati (Telugu)

 

Best Actor - Ayushmann Khurrana (AndhaDhun) and Vicky Kaushal (Uri)

 

Supporting Actress - Surekha Sikri for Badhaai Ho (Hindi)

 

Supporting Actor - Swanand Kirkire for Chumbak (Marathi)

 

Best Child Artiste - P V Rohith (Ondalla Eradalla), Sameep Singh (Harjeeta), Talha Arshad Resi (Hamid), Shrinivas Pokale (Naal)

 

 

Best Children's Film - Sarkari Area Prathamika Shaale Kasaragod

 

Nargis Dutt Award For Best Film On National Integration - Ondalla Eradalla (Kannada)

 

Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment - Badhaai Ho (Hindi)

 

Best Film On Environmental Conservation - Paani (Marathi)

 

Best Film on Social Issues - PadMan (Hindi)

 

Special Mention - Sruthi Hariharan (Nathicharami), Chandrachud Rai, Joju George (Joseph), Savithri Sreedharan (Sudani From Nigeria)

 

 

Best Rajasthani Film - Turtle

 

Best Marathi Film - Bhonga

 

Best Tamil Film - Baaram

 

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

 

Several awardees received rousing cheers from the gathering, Best Supporting Actress Surekha Sikri, who received her prize in a wheelchair, got a standing ovation. Sikri was awarded for her performance in Badhaai Ho. The winners of the Best Music Direction prizes - Sanjay Leela Bhansali for 'Padmaavat' and Shashwat Sachdev for 'Uri: The Surgical Strike', also received a big hand.