Akshay Kumar to be given Best Actor
award for the film Rustom;
Uttar Pradesh awarded Most Film Friendly
State Award; Jharkhand given the Special Mention Award
Ms. Surabhi awarded Best Actress for the Malayalam movie Minnaminungu-The Firefly
Rajesh Mapuskar given Best Direction Award for Marathi movie Ventilator
The
64th National Film Awards 2016 were announced today by the
Chairpersons of the juries on Feature Films, Non Feature Films, Best Writing on
Cinema and Most Film Friendly State Award. The Feature Film Central panel was
headed by Shri Priyadarshan, an eminent Film filmmaker popularly known for his
Malayalam movie Kanchivaram. The Chairperson for Non – Feature Film Jury was
Shri Raju Mishra while the Chairperson for Writing Jury was Ms. Bhawana
Somaaya. The Most Film Friendly State award which was introduced as a new
category was announced by Shri Radha Krishna Jagarlamudi, a popular Director in
Telugu film industry. The National Film Awards would be presented by Hon’ble
President of India on May 3rd, 2017.
Prior
to the announcement of awards, the Jury Members of the 64th National Film
Awards for Best Writing on Cinema submitted its report to the Minister of State
for Information & Broadcasting, Col. Rathore today. The Jury Members for
the Feature and Non- Feature categories submitted the reports yesterday to the
Minister for Information & Broadcasting Shri Venkaiah Naidu.
Some
of the prominent winners in various categories for this year National Film
Awards included Kasaav in Best Feature Film category and Fireflies in the Abyss
in the Non-Feature Film Category. Ms. Sonam Kapoor was awarded Special Mention
Award in the Feature Films Category for her role in the movie Neerja. Movies in
the languages other than those specified in the VIII Schedule of the
constitution in the feature Film categories were also awarded. The award for
the best Moran Film was given to Haanduk while best Tulu film was given to
Madipu.
Best
Film Critic award was given to G. Dhananjayan for his in depth analysis on a
wide range of topics such as film genres, brands, new strategies in movie
watching, taxation impact and ticket pricing. Special Mention Award was given
to the K.P. Jayashankar and Anjali Monteiro for the book ‘A fly in the Curry’.
Best Book on Cinema award was given to ‘Lata- Sur Gatha’ authored by Yatindra
Mishra.
Special Jury
Award in the Feature category was given to Mohanlal for his mastery in dealing
with characters of various shades with unparallel acting brilliance.
Special
Jury Award in the Non-Feature category was given to ‘The Cinema Travellers’.
This year a new category ‘Best on-location Sound Recordist’ in the Non-Feature
Film section of the National Film Awards was also introduced.
The
state of Uttar Pradesh was awarded the Most Film Friendly State award for
implementing a unique film policy. The State’s Film Policy included various
measures to create a suitable environment, which not only invited shooting of
films on a large scale in the State but also promoted other activities related
to various aspects of film production including financial incentives for
filmmakers.
The
state of Jharkhand was given Special Mention Award for
their Film Policy which provided growth opportunities to the local filmmaking
talent from within the State.
Click here to see List of National
Film Award Winners in Various Categories.
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