65th National Film Awards

65th National Film Awards
Awarded for	Best of Indian cinema in 2017
Awarded by	Directorate of Film Festivals
Presented by	Ram Nath Kovind (President of India)
Announced on	13 April 2018 (2018-04-13)
Presented on	3 May 2018 (2018-05-03)
Official website	dff.nic.in
Highlights
Best Feature Film	Village Rockstars
Best Non-Feature Film	Not awarded
Best Book	Matmagi Manipur: The first Manipuri Feature Film
Best Film Critic	Giridhar Jha
Dadasaheb Phalke Award	Vinod Khanna
Most awards	• Nagarkirtan  • Village Rockstars (4)
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The 65th National Film Awards ceremony was an event during which the Directorate of Film Festivals presented its annual National Film Awards to honour the best films of 2017 in Indian cinema. The awards were announced on 13 April 2018. ^[1] The award ceremony was held on 3 May 2018. ^[2]

Selection process

The Directorate of Film Festivals invited online entries and the acceptable last date for entries was until 2 March 2018. Feature and Non-Feature Films certified by Central Board of Film Certification between 1 January 2017, and 31 December 2017, 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 2017, and 31 December 2017, 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. ^[3]

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. ^[3]

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." ^[4]

A committee consisting five eminent personalities from Indian film industry was appointed to evaluate the lifetime achievement award, Dadasaheb Phalke Award.

Name of Award	Image	Awardee(s)	Awarded As	Awards
Dadasaheb Phalke Award		Vinod Khanna (Posthumously)	Actor	Shadan Azeez, ₹1 million (US$13,000) and a shawl

Feature film

All India Awards

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 Award	Name of Film	Language	Awardee(s)	Cash Prize
Best Feature Film	Village Rockstars	Assamese	Producer: Rima Das Director: Rima Das	₹ 250,000/- Each
Best Debut Film of a Director	Sinjar	Jasari	Producer: Shibu G. Suseelan Director: Pampally	₹ 125,000/- Each
Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment	Baahubali 2: The Conclusion	Telugu	Producer: Prasad Devineni Director: S. S. Rajamouli	₹ 200,000/- Each
Best Children's Film	Mhorkya	Marathi	Producer: Kalyan Rajmogli Padal Director: Amar Bharat Deokar	₹ 150,000/- Each
Best Direction	Bhayanakam	Malayalam	Jayaraj	₹ 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 Award	Name of Film	Language	Awardee(s)	Cash Prize
Best Feature Film on National Integration	Dhappa	Marathi	Producer: Sumatilal Popatlal Shah Director: Nipun Dharmadhikari	₹ 150,000/- Each
Best Film on Other Social Issues	Aalorukkam	Malayalam	Producer: Jolly Lonappan Director: V. C. Abhilash	₹ 150,000/- Each
Best Film on Environment/Conservation/Preservation	Irada	Hindi	Producer: Irada Entertainment Director: Aparnaa Singh	₹ 150,000/- Each
Best Actor	Nagarkirtan	Bengali	Riddhi Sen	₹ 50,000/-
Best Actress	Mom	Hindi	Sridevi (Posthumous)	₹ 50,000/-
Best Supporting Actor	Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum	Malayalam	Fahadh Faasil	₹ 50,000/-
Best Supporting Actress	Irada	Hindi	Divya Dutta	₹ 50,000/-
Best Child Artist	Village Rockstars	Assamese	Bhanita Das	₹ 50,000/-
Best Male Playback Singer	Viswasapoorvam Mansoor (For the song "Poy Maranja Kalam")	Malayalam	K. J. Yesudas	₹ 50,000/-
Best Female Playback Singer	Kaatru Veliyidai (For the song "Vaan Varuvaan")	Tamil	Shashaa Tirupati	₹ 50,000/-
Best Cinematography	Bhayanakam	Malayalam	Nikhil S Praveen	₹ 50,000/-
Best Screenplay  • Screenplay Writer (Original)	Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum	Malayalam	Sajeev Pazhoor	₹ 50,000/-
Best Screenplay  •Screenplay Writer (Adapted)	Bhayanakam	Malayalam	Jayaraj	₹ 50,000/-
Best Screenplay  • Dialogues	Hello Arsi	Odia	Sambit Mohanty	₹ 50,000/-
Best Audiography  • Location Sound Recordist	Village Rockstars	Assamese	Mallika Das	₹ 50,000/-
Best Audiography  • Sound designer	Walking with the Wind	Ladakhi	Sanal George	₹ 50,000/-
Best Audiography  • Re-recordist of the Final Mixed Track	Walking with the Wind	Ladakhi	Justin Jose	₹ 50,000/-
Best Editing	Village Rockstars	Assamese	Rima Das	₹ 50,000/-
Best Production Design	Take Off	Malayalam	Santhosh Raman	₹ 50,000/-
Best Costume Design	Nagarkirtan	Bengali	Gobinda Mandal	₹ 50,000/-
Best Make-up Artist	Nagarkirtan	Bengali	Ram Rajjak	₹ 50,000/-
Best Music Direction  • Songs	Kaatru Veliyidai	Tamil	A. R. Rahman	₹ 50,000/-
Best Music Direction  • Background Score	Mom	Hindi	A. R. Rahman	₹ 50,000/-
Best Lyrics	March 22 (For the song "Mutthu Ratna")	Kannada	J. M. Prahlad	₹ 50,000/-
Best Special Effects	Baahubali 2: The Conclusion	Telugu	R. C. Kamalakannan	₹ 50,000/-
Best Choreography	Toilet Ek Prem Katha (For the song "Gori Tu Latth Maar")	Hindi	Ganesh Acharya	₹ 50,000/-
Best Stunt Choreographer	Baahubali 2: The Conclusion	Telugu	•King Solomon  •Lee Whittaker  •Kecha Khamphakdee	₹ 50,000/-
Special Jury Award	Nagarkirtan	Bengali	Producer: Sani Ghose Ray Director: Kaushik Ganguly	₹ 2,00,000/-
Special Mention	Newton	Hindi	Pankaj Tripathi (Actor)	Certificate only
	Take Off	Malayalam	Parvathy (Actress)
	Hello Arsi	Odia	Prakruti Mishra (Actress)
	Mhorkya	Marathi	Yasharaj Karhade (Child artist)

Regional Awards

National Film Awards are also given to the best films in the regional languages of India. Awards for the regional languages are categorised as per their mention in the Eighth schedule of the Constitution of India. Awardees included producers and directors of the film. No films in languages other than those specified in the Schedule VIII of the Constitution were eligible.

Name of Award	Name of Film	Awardee(s)	Cash Prize
Best Feature Film in Assamese	Ishu	Producer: Children's Film Society Director: Utpal Borpujari	₹ 1,00,000/- each
Best Feature Film in Bengali	Mayurakshi	Producer: Firdausul Hasan, Prabal Halder Director: Atanu Ghosh	₹ 1,00,000/- each
Best Feature Film in Gujarati	Dhh	Producer: Amruta Parande Director: Manish Saini	₹ 1,00,000/- each
Best Feature Film in Hindi	Newton	Producer: Drishyam Films Director: Amit V Masurkar	₹ 1,00,000/- each
Best Feature Film in Kannada	Hebbet Ramakka	Producer: S. A. Puttaraju Director: N. R. Nanjunde Gowda	₹ 1,00,000/- each
Best Feature Film in Malayalam	Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum	Producer: Urvasi Theatres Director: Dileesh Pothan	₹ 1,00,000/- each
Best Feature Film in Marathi	Kachcha Limboo	Producer: Mandar Devasthali Director: Prasad Oak	₹ 1,00,000/- each
Best Feature Film in Odia	Hello Arsi	Producer: Ajaya Routray Director: Sambit Mohanty	₹ 1,00,000/- each
Best Feature Film in Tamil	To Let	Producer: Prema Chezhian Director: Chezhiyan	₹ 1,00,000/- each
Best Feature Film in Telugu	The Ghazi Attack	Producer: Prasad V. Potluri Director: Sankalp Reddy	₹ 1,00,000/- each

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

Name of Award	Name of Film	Awardee(s)	Cash Prize
Best Feature Film in Jasari	Sinjar	Producer: Shibu G. Suseelan Director: Sandeep Pampally	₹ 1,00,000/- each
Best Feature Film in Ladakhi	Walking with the Wind	Producer: Mahesh Mohan Director: Praveen Morchhale	₹ 1,00,000/- each
Best Feature Film in Tulu	Paddayi	Producer: Nithyananda Pai Director: Abhaya Simha	₹ 1,00,000/- 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 Award	Name of Film	Language	Awardee(s)	Cash Prize
Best Director in Non-Feature Film	Pavsacha Nibandh	Marathi	Nagraj Manjule	₹ 150,000/-

Silver Lotus Award

Official Name: Rajat Kamal

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

Name of Award	Name of Film	Language	Awardee(s)	Cash Prize
Best First Non-Feature Film	Water Baby		Producer: Varun Shah Director: Pia Shah	₹ 75,000/- Each
Best Biographical Film / Best Historical Reconstruction / Compilation Film	Naachi se Baanchi		Producer: Films Division of India Director: Biju Toppo	₹ 50,000/- Each (Cash Component to be shared)
	Sword of Liberty		Producer: R. C. Suresh Director: Shiny Jacob Benjamin
Best Arts / Cultural Film	Girija		Producer: Madhu Chandra, Sudha Datta Director: Debapriya Adhikary, Samanwaya Sarkar	₹ 50,000/- Each
Best Environment Film including Best Agricultural Film	The Pangti Story		Producer: Rajiv Mehrotra Director: Sesino Yhoshü	₹ 50,000/- Each
Best Promotional Film	Poetry on Fabric : Chanderinama		Producer: Sanjay Gupta for Pro Art India Director: Rajendra Janglay	₹ 50,000/- Each
Best Film on Social Issues	I am Bonnie		Producer: Films Division of India Director: Satarupa Santra	₹ 50,000/- Each (Cash Component to be shared)
	Veil Done		Producer: Juhi Bhatt Director: Rajiv Mehrotra
Best Educational / Motivational / Instructional Film	The Little Girl We Were and the Women We Are		Producer: Rahi Foundation Director: Vaishali Sood	₹ 50,000/- Each
Best Anthropological/Ethnographic Film	Name, Place, Animal, Thing		Producer and Director: Nithin R.	₹ 50,000/- Each (Cash Component to be shared)
	Slave Genesis		Producer and Director: Aneez K Mappila
Best Exploration / Adventure Film (including sports)	Ladakh Chale Richawala		Producer: Films Division of India Director: Indrani Chakrabarti	₹ 50,000/- Each
Best Investigative Film	1984, When the Sun Didn't Rise		Producer and Director: Teenaa Kaur Pasricha	₹ 50,000/- Each
Best Animation Film	Tokri – The Basket		Producer: Nilima Eriyat Director: Suresh Eriyat Animator: Studio Eeksaurus	₹ 50,000/- Each (Cash Component to be shared)
	The Fish Curry	•Hindi  •English	Producer: Munish Tewari Director and Animator: Abhishek Verma
Best Short Fiction Film	Mayat	Marathi	Producer and Director: Suyash Shinde	₹ 50,000/- Each
Best Film on Family Welfare	Happy Birthday		Producer: FTII Director: Medhpranav Babasaheb Powar	₹ 50,000/- Each
Best Cinematography	Eye Test		Cameraman: Appu Prabhakar	₹ 50,000/- Each (Cash Component to be shared)
	Dawn		Cameraman: Arnold Fernandes
Best Audiography	Pavsacha Nibandh	Marathi	Avinash Sonawane	₹ 50,000/-
Best Audiography  • Location Sound Recordist	The Unreserved		Samarth Mahajan	₹ 50,000/-
Best Editing	Mrityubhoj The Death Feast	Marathi	Sanjiv Monga and Tenzin Kunchok	₹ 50,000/- (Cash Component to be shared)
Best Music Direction	Shored of Liberty		Ramesh Narayanan	₹ 50,000/-
Best Narration / Voice Over	The Lion of Laddak		Francois Castellino	₹ 50,000/-
Special Jury Award	A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings		Producer: Films Division of India Director: Prateek Vats	₹ 50,000/- Each (Cash Component to be shared)
	Monday		Producer: FTII Director: Arun K
Special Mention	Rebirth		Jayaraj (Director)	Certificate only
	Cake Story		Rukshana Tabassum (Director)
	Afternoon		Swapnil Vasant Kapure (Director)

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 the Golden Lotus Award (Swarna Kamal) accompanied with a cash prize.

Name of Award	Name of Book	Language	Awardee(s)	Cash Prize
Best Book on Cinema	Matmagi Manipur: The first Manipuri Feature Film		Author: Bobby Wahengbam Publisher: Angomningthou Preservation and Documentation	₹ 75,000/- Each
Best Film Critic	NA	English	Giridhar Jha	₹ 75,000/-
Special Mention (Film Critic)	NA	Hindi	Sunil Mishra	Certificate Only

References

1. "65th National Film Awards LIVE: Sridevi Posthumously Awarded Best Actress; Vinod Khanna Honoured With Dada Saheb Phalke Award". News 18. 13 April 2018. Archived from the original on 3 September 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
2. Press Trust of India (3 May 2012). "Nat Film Awards ceremony to be held on May 3 every year: Soni". Business Standard. Archived from the original on 3 September 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
3. "Call for entries; 65th National Film Awards for 2017" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 February 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
   • "Call for entries; 65th National Film Awards for 2017" (PDF). Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 February 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
4. "17th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. p. 38. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.

External links

• National Film Awards Archives
• Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India