63rd National Film Awards
63rd National Film Awards (2016)
It was Bollywood and box office biggies all the way at the 63rd National Film Awards on Monday. Southern magnum opus "Baahubali: The Beginning" was named Best Feature Film, while the Best Actor and Best Actors awards were taken by Hindi film stars Amitabh Bachchan and Kangana Ranaut, leading many to question why regional cinema and talent was sidelined..
63rd National Film Awards winner
| Best Feature Film | Baahubali |
| Indira Gandhi award for best Debut Film of a Director | Masaan |
| Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment | Bajrangi Bhaijaan |
| Nargis Dutt Award for best Feature Film on National Integration | Nanak Shah Fakir |
| Best Film On Social Issues | Nirnayakam |
| Best film on Environment Conservation/Preservation | Valiya Chirakull A Pakshikal |
| Best Children’s Film | Duronto |
| Best Direction | Bajirao Mastani by Sanjay Leela Bansali |
| Best Actor | Amitabh Bachchan for PIKU |
| Best Actress | Kangana Ranaut for Tanu Weds Manu Returns |
| Best Supporting Actor | Samuthirakani for Visaaranai |
| Best Supporting Actress | Tanvi Azmi for Bajirao Mastani |
| Best ChildArtist | Gaurav Menon for BEN |
| Best Male Playback Singer | Mahesh Kale for Katyar Kalijat Ghusli |
| Best Female Playback Singer | Monali Thakur for Dum Laga Ke Haisa |
| Best Cinemato Graphy | Sudeep Chaterjee for Bajirao Mastani |
| Best Screenplay Writer | Juhi Chaturvedi for PIKU, Himanshu Sharma for Tanu Weds Manu Returns and Vishal Bhardwaj for Talvar |
| Best Dialogues | Juhi Chaturvedi for PIKU, Himanshu Sharma for Tanu Weds Manu Returns |
| Best Audiography | Sanjay Kurian for Talvar, Biswadeep Chatterjee and Justin Gose for Bajirao Mastani |
| Best Editing | Late Kishore T. E for Visaaranai |
| Best Production Design | Shriram Iyengar, Saloni Dhatrak And Sujeet Sawant for Bajirao Mastani |
| Best Costume Designer | Payal Saluja for Nanak Shah Fakir |
| Best Make-up Artist | Preetisheel G Singh And Clover Wootton for Nanak Shah Fakir |
| Best Music Direction | M Jayachandran for Ennu Ninte Moideen and Ilaiy Araaja for Thaarai Thappattai |
| Best Lyrics | Varun Grover for Dum Laga Ke Haisa |
| Special Jury Award | Kalki Kochlin for Margarita With Straw |
| Best Choreography | Remo D’souza for Bajirao Mastani |
| Best Special Effect | V. Srinivas Mohan for Baahubali |
| Best Assamese Film | Kothanodi |
| Best Bengali Film | Shankhachil |
| Best Hindi Film | Dum Laga Ke Haisha |
| Best Kannada Film | Thithi |
| Best Konkani Film | Enemy |
| Best Malayalam Film | Pathemari |
| Best Marathi Film | Ringan |
| Best Odiya Film | Pahada Ra Luha |
| Best Punjabi Film | Chauthi Koot |
| Best Tamil Film | Visaaranai |
| Best Telugu Film | Kanche |
| Best Sanskrit Film | Priyamanasam |
| Best Maithili Film | Makhaan |
| Best Mizo Film | Kima’s Lode Beyond The Class |
| Best Manipuri Film | Eibusu Yaohanbiyu |
| Best Wancho Film | The Head Hunter |
| Best Haryanvi Film | Satrangi |
| Best Khasi Film | Onaatah |
| Best Bodo Film | Dau Huduni Methai |
| Best Promotional Film | Weaves of Maheshwar |
| Best Environment Film Including Agriculture | The Man who Dwarfed the Mountains and God On The Edge |
| Best Film On Social Issues | Auto Driver |
| Best Educational Film | Paywat |
| Best Investigative Film | Tezpur1962 |
| Best Animation Film | Fisherwoman and TukTuk |
| Best Short Fiction Film | Aushadh |