63rd National Film Awards

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63rd National Film Awards
Awarded forBest of Indian cinema in 2015
Awarded byDirectorate of Film Festivals
Presented by Pranab Mukherjee
(President of India)
Announced on28 March 2016 (2016-03-28)
Presented on3 May 2016 (2016-05-03)
Official website dff.nic.in
Highlights
Best Feature Film Baahubali: The Beginning
Best Non-Feature Film Amdavad Ma Famous
Best Book Dr. Rajkumar Samagra Charithre
Best Film Critic Meghachandra Kongbam
Dadasaheb Phalke Award Manoj Kumar
Most awards Bajirao Mastani (7)

The 63rd National Film Awards was an award ceremony during which the Directorate of Film Festivals of India presented its annual National Film Awards to honour the best films of 2015 in Indian cinema. The awards were announced on 28 March 2016 and the ceremony was held on 3 May 2016. [1]

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Selection process

The Directorate of Film Festivals invited nominations for the awards in January 2016. The acceptable last date for entries was until 13 January 2016. Feature and Non-Feature Films certified by Central Board of Film Certification between 1 January 2015, and 31 December 2015, were eligible for the film award categories. Books, critical studies, reviews or articles on cinema published in Indian newspapers, magazines, and journals between 1 January 2015, and 31 December 2015, were eligible for the best writing on cinema section. Entries of dubbed, revised or copied versions of a film or translation, abridgements, edited or annotated works and reprints were ineligible for the awards. [1]

For the Feature and Non-Feature Films sections, films in any Indian language, shot on 16 mm, 35 mm, a wider film gauge or a digital format, and released in cinemas, on video or digital formats for home viewing were eligible. Films were required to be certified as a feature film, a featurette or a Documentary/Newsreel/Non-Fiction by the Central Board of Film Certification. [1]

Best Film Friendly State

The awards aim at encouraging study and appreciation of cinema as an art form and dissemination of information and critical appreciation of this art-form through a State Government Policy.

AwardName of StateCitation
Best Film Friendly StateState of Gujarat Film Policy for Promotion of Gujarati Cinema.

Dadasaheb Phalke Award

Introduced in 1969, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award is the highest award given to recognise the contributions of film personalities towards the development of Indian cinema and for distinguished contributions to the medium, its growth and promotion. [2]

A committee consisting five eminent personalities from Indian film industry was appointed to evaluate the lifetime achievement award, Dadasaheb Phalke Award. Following were the jury members. [3]

 • Lata Mangeshkar
 • Asha Bhosle
 • Nitin Mukesh
 • Salim Khan
 • Anup Jalota
Name of AwardImageAwardee(s)Awarded AsAwards
Dadasaheb Phalke Award Manoj Kumar at Esha Deol's wedding at ISCKON temple 10.jpg Manoj Kumar Actor, filmmakerSwarna Kamal, ₹1 million (US$13,000) and a Shawl

Feature films

Feature films will be awarded at All India as well as regional level. Following will be the awards given in each category:

Juries

A committee headed by Ramesh Sippy was appointed to evaluate the feature films awards. Following were the jury members: [4]

All India Award

Following will be the awards given:

Golden Lotus Award

Official Name: Swarna Kamal

All the awardees are awarded with 'Golden Lotus Award (Swarna Kamal)', a certificate and cash prize.

Name of AwardName of FilmLanguageAwardee(s)Cash Prize
Best Feature Film Baahubali: The Beginning TeluguProducer: Shobu Yarlagadda & Arka Media Works (P) LTD.
director: S. S. Rajamouli 		₹ 250,000/- Each
Best Debut Film of a Director Masaan HindiProducer: Phantom Films
Director: Neeraj Ghaywan 		₹ 1,25,000/- Each
Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment Bajrangi Bhaijaan HindiProducer: Salman Khan & Rockline Venkatesh
Director: Kabir Khan 		₹ 200,000/- Each
Best Children's Film Duronto HindiProducer: Code Red Films
Director: Soumnedra Padhi		₹ 150,000/- Each
Best Direction Bajirao Mastani Hindi Sanjay Leela Bhansali ₹ 250,000/-

Silver Lotus Award

Official Name: Rajat Kamal

All the awardees are awarded with 'Silver Lotus Award (Rajat Kamal)', a certificate and cash prize.

Name of AwardName of FilmLanguageAwardee(s)Cash Prize
Best Feature Film on National Integration Nanak Shah Fakir PunjabiProducer: Gurbani Media
Director:  –		₹ 150,000/- Each for
Best Film on Other Social Issues Nirnayakam MalayalamProducer: Jayraj Films
Director: V. K. Prakash 		₹ 150,000/- Each
Best Film on Environment/Conservation/Preservation Valiya Chirakulla Pakshikal MalayalamProducer: Dr. A. K. Pillai
Director: Dr. Biju 		₹ 150,000/- Each
Best Actor Piku Hindi Amitabh Bachchan ₹ 50,000/-
Best Actress Tanu Weds Manu Returns Hindi Kangana Ranaut ₹ 50,000/-
Best Supporting Actor Visaranai Tamil Samuthirakani ₹ 50,000/-
Best Supporting Actress Bajirao Mastani Hindi Tanvi Azmi ₹ 50,000/-
Best Child Artist BenMalayalamGaurav Menon₹ 50,000/-
Best Male Playback Singer Katyar Kaljat Ghusali
(For the song "Aruni Kirani")		Marathi Mahesh Kale ₹ 50,000/-
Best Female Playback Singer Dum Laga Ke Haisha
(For the song "Moh Moh Ke Dhaage")		Hindi Monali Thakur ₹ 50,000/-
Best Cinematography Bajirao Mastani Hindi Sudeep Chatterjee ₹ 50,000/-
Best Screenplay
 • Screenplay Writer (Original) 		Piku Hindi Juhi Chaturvedi ₹ 50,000/-
Tanu Weds Manu Returns Hindi Himanshu Sharma
Best Screenplay
 •Screenplay Writer (Adapted)		 Talvar Hindi Vishal Bhardwaj ₹ 50,000/-
Best Screenplay
 • Dialogues 		Piku Hindi Juhi Chaturvedi ₹ 50,000/-
Tanu Weds Manu Returns Hindi Himanshu Sharma
Best Audiography
 • Location Sound Recordist 		Talvar HindiSanjay Kurian₹ 50,000/-
Best Audiography
 • Sound designer 		Bajirao Mastani HindiBiswadeep Chatterjee₹ 50,000/-
Best Audiography
 • Re-recordist of the Final Mixed Track 		Bajirao Mastani Hindi Justin Jose ₹ 50,000/-
Best Editing Visaranai Tamil Kishore Te ₹ 50,000/-
Best Art Direction Bajirao Mastani Hindi •Shriram Iyengar
 •Saloni Dhatrak
 •Sujeet Sawant		₹ 50,000/-
Best Costume Design Nanak Shah Fakir PunjabiPayal Saluja₹ 50,000/-
Best Make-up Artist Nanak Shah Fakir Punjabi •Preetisheel Singh
 •Clover Wootton		₹ 50,000/-
Best Music Direction
 • Songs 		Ennu Ninte Moideen
(For the song "Kathirunnu")		Malayalam M. Jayachandran ₹ 50,000/-
Best Music Direction
 • Background Score 		Tharai Thappattai Tamil Ilaiyaraaja ₹ 50,000/-
Best Lyrics Dum Laga Ke Haisha
(For the song "Moh Moh Ke Dhaage")		Hindi Varun Grover ₹ 50,000/-
Best Special Effects Baahubali : The Beginning Telugu V. Srinivas Mohan ₹ 50,000/-
Best Choreography Bajirao Mastani
(For the song "Deewani Mastani")		Hindi Remo D'Souza ₹ 50,000/-
Special Jury Award Margarita with a Straw Hindi Kalki Koechlin (Actress)₹ 200,000/-
Special Mention Sairat Marathi Rinku Rajguru (Actress)Certificate only
 • Su Su Sudhi Vathmeekam
 • Lukka Chuppi 		Malayalam Jayasurya (Actor)
Irudhi Suttru Tamil Ritika Singh (Actress)

Regional Awards

The award is given to best film in the regional languages in India.

Name of AwardName of FilmAwardee(s)Cash Prize
Producer(s)Director
Best Feature Film in Assamese Kothanodi Anurupa HazarikaBhaskar Hazarika₹ 100,000/- Each
Best Feature Film in Bengali Shankhachil Nideas Creations & Productions Pvt Ltd Goutam Ghose ₹ 100,000/- Each
Best Feature Film in Bodo Dau Huduni Methai Shankarlal Goenka Manju Borah ₹ 100,000/- Each
Best Feature Film in Hindi Dum Laga Ke Haisha  • Maneesh Sharma
 • Yash Raj Films 		Sharat Katariya ₹ 100,000/- Each
Best Feature Film in Kannada Thithi Prspctvs Productions Pvt Ltd. Raam Reddy ₹ 100,000/- Each
Best Feature Film in Konkani Enemy A. Durga PrasadDinesh P. Bhonsle₹ 100,000/- Each
Best Feature Film in Maithili Mithila Makhaan  • Neetu Chandra
 •Samir Kumar		Nitin Chandra₹ 100,000/- Each
Best Feature Film in Malayalam Pathemari Allens Media Salim Ahamed ₹ 100,000/- Each
Best Feature Film in Manipuri Eibusu Yaohanbiyu Yunman Hitalar (Neta) SinghMaipaksana Haorongbam₹ 100,000/- Each
Best Feature Film in Marathi Ringan My Role Motion PicturesMakarand Mane₹ 100,000/- Each
Best Feature Film in Oriya Pahada ra luha Mohapatra Movie Magic Pvt. Ltd. Sabyasachi Mohapatra ₹ 100,000/- Each
Best Feature Film in Punjabi Chauthi Koot  • NFDC
 •Kartikeya Singh		 Gurvinder Singh ₹ 100,000/- Each
Best Feature Film in Sanskrit Priyamanasam Baby Mathew Somatheeram Vinod Mankara ₹ 100,000/- Each
Best Feature Film in Tamil Visaranai Wunderbar Films Vetri Maaran ₹ 100,000/- Each
Best Feature Film in Telugu Kanche Y. Rajeev Reddy Radha Krishna Jagarlamudi (Krish) ₹ 100,000/- Each

Best Feature Film in Each of the Language Other Than Those Specified in the Schedule VIII of the Constitution


Name of AwardName of FilmAwardee(s)Cash Prize
Producer(s)Director
Best Feature Film in Haryanvi SatrangiPunam Deswal SharmaSundeep Sharma₹ 100,000/- Each
Best Feature Film in Khasi Onaatah •Pomu Das
 •Marjina Kurbah		Pradip Kurbah₹ 100,000/- Each
Best Feature Film in MizoKima's Lode Beyond the Class Children's Film Society Zualaa Chhangte₹ 100,000/- Each
Best Feature Film in WanchoThe Head HunterSplash Films Private LimitedNilanjan Datta₹ 100,000/- Each

Non-Feature Films

Short Films made in any Indian language and certified by the Central Board of Film Certification as a documentary/newsreel/fiction are eligible for non-feature film section.

Golden Lotus Award

Official Name: Swarna Kamal

All the awardees are awarded with 'Golden Lotus Award (Swarna Kamal)', a certificate and cash prize.

Name of AwardName of FilmLanguageAwardee(s)Cash Prize
Best Non-Feature Film Amdavad Ma Famous GujratiProducer: Akanksha Tewari & Arya A. Menon
Director: Hardik Mehta		₹ 100,000/- Each
Best Non-Feature Film Direction KamukiMalayalamProducer: Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute
Director: Christo Tomy		₹ 50,000/- Each

Silver Lotus Award

Official Name: Rajat Kamal

All the Awardees are awarded with 'Silver Lotus Award (Rajat Kamal)' and cash prize.

Name of AwardName of FilmLanguageAwardee(s)Cash Prize
Best First Non-Feature Film DaaravthaMarathiProducer: Nishantroy Bombarde
Director: Nishantroy Bombarde		₹ 50,000/- Each
Best Anthropological / Ethnographic Film AoleangEnglishProducer: Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies
Director: Ranajit Ray

Assistant Director – Goutam Sharma

₹ 50,000/- Each
Best Biographical Film / Best Historical Reconstruction / Compilation Film Life in Metaphors: A Portrait of Girish KasaravalliEnglish And KannadaProducer: Reelism Film
Director: O.P. Shrivastava		₹ 50,000/- Each
Best Arts / Cultural Film  •A Far Afternoon – A Painted Saga

 •Yazhpanam Thedchanamoorthy – Music Beyond Boundaries		Hindi, English

Tamil		Producer: Piramal Art Foundation
Director: Sruti Harihara Subramanian

Producer: Siddhartha Productions
Director: Amshan Kumar		₹ 50,000/- Each (Cash Component to be shared)
Best Environment Film including Best Agricultural Film  •The Man who Dwarfed the Mountains

 •God on the Edge		Hindi,English

English, Bengali		Producer:Rajiv Mehrotra, PSBT
Director: Ruchi Shrivastava & Sumit Sunderlal Khanna

Producer:Elements Picture Studio
Director:Ashok Patel		₹ 50,000/- Each (Cash Component to be shared)
Best Promotional Film Weaves of MaheshwarHindi, EnglishProducer: Storyloom Films
Director:Keya Vaswani & Nidhi Kamath		₹ 50,000/- Each
Best Film on Social Issues Auto Driver ManipuriProducer: Oinam Doren, Longjam Meena Devi
Director: Longjam Meena Devi		₹ 50,000/- Each
Best Educational / Motivational / Instructional Film PaywatMarathiProducer: Mithunchandra Chaudhari
Director: Nayana Dolas & Mithunchandra Chaudhari		₹ 50,000/- Each
Best Exploration / Adventure Film Dribbling with their FutureEnglish, Tamil & KannadaProducer: N. Dinesh Raj Kumar & Mathew Varghese
Director: Jacob Varghese		₹ 50,000/- Each
Best Investigative Film Tezpur 1962EnglishProducer: Films Division of India
Director: Samujjal Kashyap		₹ 50,000/- Each
Best Animation Film Fisherwoman and TukTukNo DialoguesProducer: Nilima Eriyat
Director: Suresh Eriyat
Animator: Studio Eeksaurus Productions Private Limited		₹ 50,000/- Each
Best Short Fiction Film AushadhMarathiProducer: Amol Deshmukh
Director: Amol Deshmukh		₹ 50,000/- Each
Best Film on Family Welfare Best Friends ForeverEnglishProducer: Syed Sultan Ahmed (Edumedia India Pvt. Ltd.)
Director: Sandeep Modi		₹ 50,000/- Each
Best Cinematography Benaras- The Unexplored AttachmentsBengali Cameraman: Amartya Bhattacharyya
Laboratory Processing:		₹ 50,000/- Each
Best Audiography Edpa KanaKudukhMoumita Roy₹ 50,000/-
Best Editing Breaking FreeEnglishParvin Angre and Sridhar Rangayan₹ 50,000/-
Best Music Direction A Far Afternoon- A Painted SagaHindi, EnglishAravind – Shankar₹ 50,000/-
Special Jury Award In Search Of Fading CanvasHindiProducer: Films Division
Director: Manohar Singh Bisht		₹ 50,000/- Each
Special Mention The ChameleoneEnglishArun ShankarCertificate only
Amma Malayalam Neelan
Syaahi Marathi Varun Tandon

Best Writing on Cinema

The awards aim at encouraging study and appreciation of cinema as an art form and dissemination of information and critical appreciation of this art-form through publication of books, articles, reviews etc.

Golden Lotus Award

Official Name: Swarna Kamal

All the awardees are awarded with 'Golden Lotus Award (Swarna Kamal)' and cash prize.

Name of AwardName of BookLanguageAwardee(s)Cash Prize
Best Book on Cinema Dr. Rajkumar Samagra CharithreKannadaAuthor: Doddahulluru Rukkoji Publisher: Preeti Pustaka Prakashana₹ 75,000/- Each
Best Film Critic ManipuriMeghachandra Kongbam₹ 75,000/-
Special MentionForgotten Masters of Hindi CinemaAuthor: Satish ChopraCertificate Only

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