The
62nd National Film Awards function will be held tomorrow, 3rd May
at Vigyan Bhawan. The Awards will be given away by the Hon’ble President of
India. Union Minister of Finance, Corporate Affairs and Information & Broadcasting,
Shri Arun Jaitley and Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting, Shri
Rajyavardhan Rathore will also be present on the occasion.
The
highlights of the 62nd National Film Awards are as follows:
· A
total of 21 Awards will be given by the Honourable President in the Non-Feature
film category while the number of awards in Feature Film category is 45. Three Awards will be given to Best Writing on Cinema.
·
The Award for the Best Feature Film will be given to Court (Marathi,
Hindi, Gujarati & English) produced by Zoo Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. and
directed by Chaitanya Tamhane.
· Indira
Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director will be given
to Asha Jaoar Majhe (Bengali) Directed by Aditya Vikram Sengupta and
Producer: F.O.R Films Pvt. Ltd.
· The
Award for the Best Popular Film providing Wholesome
Entertainment will be given to Mary Kom (Hindi) produced by Viacom 18
Motion Pictures and Directed by Omung Kumar.
· The
Award for the Best Film on Social Issues to be
given to Chotoder Chobi (Bengali) produced by Shree
Venkatesh Films Pvt. Ltd. and Directed by Kaushik Ganguly
·
The Award for the Best
Director will be given to
Shri Srijit Mukherji for the Film Chotushkone (Bengali).
·
The Award for the Best
Actor will be given to Shri
Vijay for the film Nanu Avanalla Avalu (Kannada) and the Award
for the Best Actress to be given to Ms. Kangana Ranaut for the film, Queen
(Hindi).
CP/GV