National Film Awards 2018: Full list of winners
The National Film Awards announced in Delhi on Friday posthumously awarded two icons of Indian cinema - Sridevi for Best Actress for her performance in MOM, the revenge thriller that was her swan song; Vinod Khanna, who died last year, will receive the Dadasaheb Phalke award, India's highest film honour.
The best actor recognition went to Riddhi Sen for the Bengali film "Nagarkirtan". "Newton" was named the best Hindi film while S S Rajamauli's "Baahubali: The Conclusion" was the best popular film providing wholesome entertainment. Khanna died on April 27 last year at the age of 70 after a fight with cancer. Sridevi passed away at the age of 54 on February 25 this year, shocking the country.
Sridevi, whose filmography spanned across 50 years and in 300 films in languages such as Tamil, Telugu and Hindi, was recognised for her role of an angry mother seeking justice for her daughter in rape revenge drama, "Mom". Her death, at the age of 54 in February this year, had shocked the country.
Here is the full list of National Film Awards 2018
Dada Saheb Phalke Award | Vinod Khanna |
Best Director | Jayaraj for Bhayanakam (Malayalam) |
Best Feature Film | Village Rockstars (Assamese) |
Best Film Critic | Giridhar Jha |
Special Mention for Film Criticism | Sunil Mishra of Madhya Pradesh |
Best Regional Film | Ladhakh |
Best Marathi Film | Kaccha Limbu |
Best Malayam Film | Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum |
Best Hindi Film | Newton |
Best Bengali Film | Mayurakshi |
Best Assamese Film | Ishu |
Best Tamil Film | To Let |
Best Telugu film | Gazi |
BEST Gujarati film | DHH |
Best Kannada film | Hebbettu Ramakka |
Best Action Direction | Baahubali 2 |
Best choreography | Toilet Ek Prem Katha (Ganesh Acharya is the choreographer) |
Best Special Effects | Baahubali 2 |
Special Jury Award | Nagar Kirtan(Bengali) |
Best Lyrics | Muthu Ratna(Song)for Kannada film March 22 |
Best Music Direction | A R Rahman for Kaatru Veliyidai |
Background score | A R Rahman for Mom |
Best Make Up artist | Ram Razak for Nagar Kirtan |
Best Production Design | Santosh Rajan (Malayalam) |
Best Editing | Reema Das (for an Assamese film) |
Best Original Screenplay | Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum |
Best Adapted Screenplay | Bhayankam, to Jairaj |
Best Film playback Singer | Shasha Tirupati (Vaan Varuvaan song) |
Best Male Playback Singer | Yesudas |
Best Supporting Actress | Divya Dutta, Irada (Hindi Film) |
Best Supporting Actor | Fahadh Faasil |
Best Actress | Sridevi for Mom |
Best Actor | Ridhhi Sen, Nagar Kirtan |
Best Film for National Integration | Dhappa (Marathi) |
Best Popular Film | Baahubali 2 |
Best film on Social Issues | Aalorukkam |
Best Child artist | Bhanita Das (Village Rockstars) |
Special Mention Award | Marathi Film - Murakhiya; Odia film: Hello RC; Take Off- Malayalam; Pankaj Tripathi bags a Special Mention award for Newton; Malayalam actor Parvathy too gets a special mention |