65th National Film Awards to be announced today
The prestigious 65th National Film Awards are expected to be announced today on Friday. The jury of the coveted awards is headed by noted filmmaker Shekhar Kapur. The jury panel consists of 10 members including Parinda screenwriter Imtiaz Hussain, lyricist Mehboob, South Indian actress Gautami Tadimalla and Kannada director P Sheshadri. Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury, Ranjit Das, Rajesh Mapuskar, Tripurari Sharma and Rumi Jaffrey are also included in the panel.
Last year, Malayalam industry won big after the actress Surabhi Lakshmi bagged the Best Actress Award, bringing the title to the industry after a gap of many years. The panel was also headed by Mollywood director Priyadarshan.
The awards will be given to the respective winners on May 3, following the schedule like every year.
Here are the LIVE updates on 65th National Film Awards 2018:
12:11 pm: Best VFX: Baahubali
12:10 pm: Best Telegu Film: Ghazi
Best Gujarati Film: DHH
Best Action Direction: Baahubali
Best Choreography: Toilet: Ek Prem Katha (Gori Tu Latth Maar) by Ganesh Acharya
12:09 pm: Best Tamil Film: To Let
12:08pm: Best Bengali Film: Mayurakshi
12:07 pm: Best Hindi Film: NEWTON, directed by Amit Masurkar, star cast: Rajkummar Rao
12:05 pm: Best Kannada Film: Hebbettu Ramakka
12:01 pm: Best Oriya film: Hello Aarsi
12:00 pm: Best Film in Jasari- Sinjar
11:59 am: Special Mention Awards
Marathi Film- Morkhya
Oriya Film- Hello Mirror
Parvathy, Take Off
Pankaj Tripathi, Newton
11:52 am: Shekhar Kapur is announcing the awards for Best Feature Films category
11:49 am: Best Critic On Cinema Award goes to Giridhar Jha, Special Mention to Sunil Mishra
11:47 am: Best Short Film Fiction- Maiyat
Best Film On Family Values- Happy Birthday
Best Direction- Pravash Ch Nivandan, Nagraj Manule
Best Cinematography- Eye Test, Don
11:46 am: Best Investigative Film- 1984 When The Sun Did Not Rise
Best Animation Film- Fish Curry, Maachar Jhol
Special Jury Award: The Old Man, Monday
11:45 am: Best Adventure Film: Ladakh Chale Rickshaw Waale.
11:44 am: Non-Feature Films: Best Educational Film The Girls We Were and The Women We Are.
In 2017, Akshay Kumar bagged the National Film Award for Best Actor for his film Rustom while Surabhi Lakshmi for Minnaminungu- the Firefly. Young actress Zaira Wasim won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress in Dangal and Sonam Kapoor won the special mention for her critically-acclaimed performance in Neerja.