S.No.

Name of Award

Name of Film

Awardees

Medal

& Cash Prize

Citation

1.       

BEST FEATURE FILM 

Court

(Marathi, Hindi, Gujarati & English)

Producer:

Zoo Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.

Director :

Chaitanya Tamhane

Swarna Kamal and

 2,50,000/- each to

the Producer and Director

COURT is a powerful and stark depiction of the mundaneness of judicial procedure revealed brilliantly by the film’s form, forcing us to reflect on the heart-wrenching insensitivity of institutional structures.

2.       

INDIRA GANDHI AWARD FOR BEST DEBUT FILM OF A DIRECTOR 

Asha Jaoar Majhe

(Bengali)

Producer: F.O.R Films Pvt. Ltd.

Director :

Aditya Vikram Sengupta

Swarna Kamal and

 1,25, 000/- each to

the Producer and Director

For the portrayal of routine ordinary life with extraordinary cinematic finesse.

3.       

BEST POPULAR FILM PROVIDING WHOLESOME ENTERTAINMENT

Mary Kom

(Hindi)

Producer:

Viacom 18 Motion Pictures

Director :

Omung Kumar

Swarna Kamal and

 2,00,000/- each to

the Producer and Director

For an inspiring tale of a woman who becomes a national icon through her determined pursuit of sporting excellence.

4.       

BEST FILM ON SOCIAL ISSUES

Chotoder Chobi

(Bengali)

Producer:

Shree Venkatesh Films Pvt. Ltd.

Director :

Kaushik Ganguly

Rajat Kamal and

 1,50,000/- each to

the Producer and Director

For its empathetic portrayal of marginalized people and their struggle for a life of dignity.

5.       

BEST FILM ON ENVIRONMENT CONSERVATION/

PRESERVATION

Ottaal

(Malayalam)

Producer:

Director Cutz Film Company (P) Ltd.

Director :

Jayaraj

Rajat Kamal and

 1,50,000/- each to

the Producer and Director

Ottal, a visual poem, expresses the beauty and serenity of the protagonist’s rural environment and a way of life whose value is measured by the poignancy of its loss.

6.       

BEST CHILDREN’S FILM

Kaakkaa Muttai

(Tamil)

&

Elizabeth Ekadashi

(Marathi)

Producer:

Grass Root Film Company

Director :

Manikandan M

&

Producer:

Essel Vision Productions Ltd.

Director :

Paresh Mokashi

Swarna Kamal and

 1,50,000/- each to

the Producer and Director

(Cash component to be shared between films)

Kaakkaa Muttai for narrating a charming story of two brothers who are unaware of their deprived status and have a confrontation with the tastelessness of globalization.

Elizabeth Ekadashi is a delightful tale that reaffirms children's ability to negotiate the complexities of life with relative ease.

7.       

BEST DIRECTION

Chotushkone

(Bengali)

Srijit Mukherji

Swarna Kamal and

        2,50,000/-

For its brilliantly reflexive use of the cinematic idiom through a playful and innovative mise-en-scene that tautens to an unexpected and gripping climax.

8.       

BEST ACTOR

Nanu Avanalla Avalu (Kannada)

Vijay

Rajat  Kamal and

  50,000/- 

For his subtle and non-stereotypical playing of a woman trapped in a man’s body, portraying a gamut of emotions as s/he struggles through confusion, rejection and humiliation to finally chart her own course with confidence and dignity.

9.       

BEST ACTRESS

Queen

(Hindi)

Kangana Ranaut

Rajat  Kamal and

  50,000/-

For an endearingly etched out performance that is grounded in contextual specificity and at the same time is disarmingly spontaneous as to appear almost improvisatory.

10.   

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Jigarthanda (Tamil)

Bobby Simhaa

Rajat  Kamal and

        50,000/-

For an engaging portrayal of a dreaded Mafia don who plays both the villain and the comic with a rare flamboyance and abandon.

11.   

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Pagdi The Honour

(Haryanavi)

Baljinder Kaur

Rajat  Kamal and

 50,000/- 

For a very expressive performance as a gritty rustic woman who struggles as wife and mother to keep her family intact in a society obsessed with patriarchal honour.

12.   

BEST CHILD ARTIST

Kaakkaa Muttai

(Tamil)

J. Vignesh

&

Ramesh

Rajat  Kamal and

  50,000/-

(cash component to be shared)

For their portrayal of inseparable siblings living in a slum who innocently struggle with rare dignity to acquire what attracts them in this vast market of products unleashed by a liberal economy only to realise the harsh reality of invincible class boundaries.

13.   

BEST MALE PLAYBACK SINGER

Haider

(Hindi)

Sukhwinder Singh

(Song: Bismil)

Rajat  Kamal and

  50,000/-

For a powerful rendition which effectively reflects the agony and anger of the protagonist.

14.   

BEST FEMALE PLAYBACK SINGER

Saivam

 (Tamil)

Uttara Unnikrishanan

(Song: Azhagu)

Rajat  Kamal and

  50,000/-

For evoking an emotional resonance through the purity and innocence of her voice.

15.   

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Chotushkone

(Bengali)

Sudeep Chatterjee

Rajat  Kamal and

        50,000/-  each

For exhibiting a wide spectrum of space and time while effortlessly knitting   the emotional fabric of the film.

16.   

BEST SCREENPLAY

i)  Screenplay Writer (Original):

ii)  Screenplay Writer (Adapted) :

iii)  Dialogues :

  i.      Chotushkone

        (Bengali)

       ii.            Ottal

(Malayalam)

      iii.            Haidar (Hindi)

Srijit Mukherji

Joshy Mangalath

Vishal Bhardwaj

Rajat  Kamal and

 50,000/-


Rajat  Kamal and

 50,000/- 

Rajat  Kamal and

 50,000/-

Chotushkone for the masterful telling of a taut suspense thriller which weaves a sinister web around the journey and lives of four egotistical characters.  

Ottal for beautifully transposing Anton Chekov’s short  story onto a canvas of nature that enhances the shades of the original.

Haider for the multi layered and resonant dialogues that evoke angst and passion with crispness and brevity.

17.   

BEST AUDIOGRAPHY

i)    Location Sound Recordist

ii)   Sound Designer

iii)   Re-recordist of the final mixed track

        i.            Khwada

       (Marathi)

      ii.            Asha Jaoar Majhe

          (Bengali)

      iii.            Nirbashito (Bengali)

Mahaveer Sabbanwal






Anish John

Anirban Sengupta & Dipankar Chaki

Rajat  Kamal  and

 50,000/-

Rajat  Kamal and

 50,000/-

Rajat  Kamal  and

        50,000/-

Khwada for its excellent live sound quality which skillfully captures all the ambient sounds with the right tonal balance.

Asha Jaoar Majhe for creating a brilliant soundscape which enhances the narrative even in the absence of the spoken word.

Nirbashito for the seamless movement from chaos into the quietness of solitude while integrating various elements of sound.

18.   

BEST EDITING 

Jigarthanda (Tamil)

Vivek Harshan

Rajat  Kamal and

        50,000/-

For structuring the different narratives of raw cruelty and urban cunning that eventually intermingle with positive and humourous overtones through skillful editing.

19.   

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Nachom – IA Kumpasar

(Konkani)

Aparna Raina

Rajat  Kamal and

 50,000/-

For convincingly recreating spaces from a different era and with minute attention to detail.

20.   

BEST COSTUME DESIGNER

Haider (Hindi)

Dolly Ahluwalia

Rajat  Kamal and

  50,000/-

For capturing the essence of the characters and moods with creative flourish.

21.   

BEST MAKE-UP ARTIST

Nanu Avanalla Avalu (Kannada)

Nangaraju
&

Raju

Rajat  Kamal and

  50,000/-

For the realistic creation of gender duality in a character through different phases of life.

22.   

BEST  MUSIC DIRECTION

a)      Songs

b)      Background Score

Haider

(Hindi)

Nineteen Eighty Three (Malayalam)

Vishal Bhardwaj

Gopi Sunder

Rajat  Kamal and

  50,000/-

Rajat  Kamal and

  50,000/-

For developing the conflict of the inner and outer landscape through haunting music.


For maintaining the tempo of the film with an in-sync background score.

23.   

BEST LYRICS

Saivam (Tamil)
(Azhagu)

NA. Muthukumar

Rajat  Kamal and

        50,000/-

For embodying the world as seen through the eyes of a child using common place images to make an appeal to an adult world.  

24.   

SPECIAL JURY AWARD

Khwada (Marathi)

Director: Bhaurao Karhade

Rajat  Kamal and

 2,00,000/-

For a hard-hitting but restrained narration of the harsh realities of a nomadic shepherd community who are in search of stability.

25.   

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY

Haider (Hindi)

(Bismil)

Sudesh Adhana

Rajat  Kamal and

  50,000/-

For the evocative fusion of performative grammars, interweaving a staccato whirling of masculinised bodies with larger than life puppets, to create a dance that is firmly embedded within the narrative. 

26.   

BEST FEATURE FILM IN EACH OF THE LANGUAGE SPECIFIED IN THE SCHEDULE VIII OF THE CONSTITUTION

a)

 
BEST ASSAMESE FILM

Othello

Producer:

 Artha Films

Director :

Hemanta Kumar Das

Rajat  Kamal and

 1,00,000/- each

to the Producer and Director

For its tangential evocation of the Shakespeare play as it explores mistrust and prejudice in a society ridden with political turmoil.

   b)

 
BEST BENGALI FILM

Nirbashito

Producer:

Kaushik Ganguly Productions

Director :

Churni Ganguly

Rajat  Kamal and

 1,00,000/- each

to the Producer and Director

For its poignant articulation of the suffocation one experiences when exiled in a land that is not one’s own, as a price that is paid for asserting one’s right to freedom of expression.

c)

BEST HINDI FILM

Queen

Producer:

Phantom Films Pvt. Ltd. & Viacom 18 Motion Pictures

Director :

Vikas Bahl

Rajat  Kamal and

 1,00,000/- each

to the Producer and Director

For a delightful portrayal of a young girl who emerges from her cocoon of diffidence and middle-class mores to discover the pleasure and fulfillment of a life lived on her own terms.

d)

BEST KANNADA  FILM

Harivu

Producer:

Om Studio

Director :

Manjunath S. (Mansore)

Rajat  Kamal and

 1,00,000/- each

to the Producer and Director

For the lingering pathos of a father’s struggle to provide medical treatment to his only child and his long trek back home with his son’s corpse.

e)

BEST KONKANI FILM

Nachom – IA Kumpasar

Producer: Goa Folklore Productions

Director: Bardroy Barretto

Rajat  Kamal and

 1,00,000/- each

to the Producer and Director

For its nostalgic recovery of a distinctive musical legacy, as told through the rollercoaster lives of its practitioners, that has remained unsung despite its influence upon Bombay cinema.

f)

BEST MALAYALAM FILM

Ain

Producer: 1: 1: Enternatments

Director: Sidhartha Siva

Rajat  Kamal and

 1,00,000/- each

to the Producer and Director

For its gently nuanced narrative in which a carefree young man embraces responsibility and compassion for the lives of others.

g)

BEST MARATHI FILM

Killa

Producer: JAR Pictures & M R Film Works

Director: Avinash Arun

Rajat  Kamal and

 1,00,000/- each

to the Producer and Director

For its warm portrait of a young boy as he emerges from the shadows of dislocation and loss in an unfamiliar environment to embracing what life has to offer.

h)

BEST ODIYA  FILM

Aadim Vichar

Producer:

Mohapatra Movie Magic Pvt. Ltd.

Director:

Sabyasachi Mohapatra

Rajat  Kamal and

 1,00,000/- each

to the Producer and Director

For its vibrant portrayal of a tribal community whose enabling humanism shows a way out of pettiness and prejudice.

i)

BEST PUNJABI FILM

Punjab 1984

Producer: White Hill Production India Pvt. Ltd.

Director: Anurag Singh

Rajat  Kamal and

 1,00,000/- each

to the Producer and Director

For its searing portrayal of how ordinary lives and simple dreams are shattered in a time of militancy.

j)

BEST TAMIL FILM 

Kuttram Kadithal

Producer:

JSK Film Corporation

Director:

Bramma.G

Rajat  Kamal and

 1,00,000/- each

to the Producer and Director

For the pervasive empathy with which it examines the guilt and the anger that follows upon a school teacher’s impulsive slapping of a student.

k)

BEST TELUGU FILM 

Chandamama Kathalu

Producer:  Working Dream Production

Director: Praven Sattaru

Rajat  Kamal and

 1,00,000/- each

to the Producer and Director

For its skilful interweaving of stories featuring a variety of characters bound together by a common anxiety about securing their future.

27.

BEST FEATURE FILM IN EACH OF THE LANGUAGE SPECIFIED OTHER THAN SCHEDULE VIII OF THE CONSTITUTION

a)

BEST HARYANVI   FILM

Pagdi The Honour

Producer: V R Entertainers

Director:

Rajeev Bhatia

Rajat  Kamal and

 1,00,000/- each

to the Producer and Director

For capturing honestly the abrasive fabric of a patriarchal society that places an inordinate premium on honour, and also offering the possibility of liberation through an acknowledgement of others’ pain.

b)

BEST RABHA FILM

Orong

Producer: Suraj Kr. Duwarah,

Aucto Creation

Director: Suraj Kr. Duwarah

Rajat  Kamal and

 1,00,000/- each

to the Producer and Director

For its sensitive portrayal of a young man as he drifts through a life that offers little promise or excitement.

28.

SPECIAL MENTION

a)

Ain (Malayalam)

Musthafa

CERTIFICATE

For the minute and nuanced manner in which he assays the imperceptible transformation of a carefree youth into a compassionate and responsible young man.

b)

Nachom – IA Kumpasar

(Konkani)

Palomi Ghosh

CERTIFICATE

For her extraordinarily energetic performance as a girl whose infectious passion for singing and love comes at enormous personal cost.

c)

Killa (Marathi)
&
Bhootnath Returns (Hindi)

Parth  Bhalerao

CERTIFICATE

For lovable portrayals with rare aplomb of an impish and caring child in both Killa and Bhootnath Returns.

S. No.

Name of Award

Name of Film

Awardee

Medal & Cash Prize

Citation

1.       

BEST NON FEATURE FILM

Tender is the Sight

Producer: Films Division

Director: Torsha Banerjee

SWARNA KAMAL

&

 1,50,000/-

each to the Producer & Director

For its sensitive and lyrical portrayal of ten-year-old Hassirbullah, who, though visually challenged, creates a symphony of sounds. The film captures his universe, his life and his talent, softly and gently.

2.       

BEST DEBUT FILM OF A DIRECTOR

Goonga Pahalwan

Producer: Drishti Media

Director:  Mit Jani, Prateek Gupta & Vivek Chaudhary

RAJAT  KAMAL

&

 75,000/- each to the Producer &

 Director *

For its fun, yet mature portrayal of its protagonist, a champion at the Deaf Olympics. It pointedly questions the politics that impede this capable athlete’s route to the Rio Olympics.

3.       

BEST ANTHROPOLOGICAL/

ETHNOGRAPHIC FILM

Qissa – e – Parsi : The Parsi Story

Producer: Public Service Broadcasting Trust

Director: Divya Cowasji & Shilpi Gulati

RAJAT  KAMAL

&

 50,000/- each to the Producer

&

 50,000/-  Director *

For its light-hearted yet comprehensive telling of the story of India’s much loved community, the Parsis. It explores their history, the philosophy of their faith, their enterprise and their way of life, with delight and laughter.

4.       

BEST BIOGRAPHICAL/ HISTORICAL RECONSTRUCTION

Aamaar Katha : Story of Binodini

Producer:  Films Division

Director: Tuhinabha Majumdar

RAJAT  KAMAL

&

 50,000/- each to the Producer & Director

For its stylistic and poetic portrayal of the 19^th century theatre actress Binodini Devi’s autobiography.

5.       

BEST ARTS /CULTURAL FILM

Kapila

Producer: Films Division

Director: Sanju Surendran

RAJAT  KAMAL

&

 50,000/- each to the Producer & Director

For its unique and expressive rendering of Kapila’s sheer artistry over Kudiyattam, the world’s oldest theatrical art form.

6.       

BEST PROMOTIONAL FILM (to cover tourism, exports, crafts, industry etc)

Documentation of Clay Image Makers of Kumartuli

 Producer: Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts

Director: Ranajit Ray

RAJAT  KAMAL

&

 50,000/- each to the Producer & Director

For its extensive study of the craft and community of the clay makers in the context of changing times.

7.       

BEST ENVIRONMENT FILM  INCLUDING AGRICULTURE

I Cannot Give You My Forest

Producer: Top Quark Films Pvt. Ltd.

Director: Nandan Saxena  & Kavita Bahl

RAJAT  KAMAL

&

 50,000/- each to the Producer & Director

For its concerned and empathetic exploration of the tribal communities in Rayagada, Orissa, who derive their sustenance and identity from the forest.

8.       

BEST FILM ON SOCIAL ISSUES

Can’t Take This Shit Anymore

 
&

Daughters of Mother India

Director: Vinod Kapri

Producer: Bhagirathi Films

Director: Vibha Bakshi
Producer: V2 Film & Design Pvt. Ltd.

RAJAT  KAMAL

&

 50,000/- each Producer & Director

(Cash Component to be shared)

For incisively highlighting the acute desperation of rural women and the problems they face from the lack of basic and essential facilities for sanitation.

For explicitly and determinedly turning the spotlight on the burning issue of rape in the country and the brutal mentality that drives it.

9.      b

BEST EDUCATIONAL FILM

Komal

&

Behind the Glass Wall

Producer: Climb Media India Pvt. Ltd.

Director: Prashant Shikare

&

Producer: Gaahimedia

Director:

Aruna Raje Patil

RAJAT  KAMAL

&

 50,000/- each to the Producer & Director

(Cash Component to be shared)

KOMAL – For effectively and concisely communicating essential information to children to protect themselves from sexual abuse.

BEHIND THE GLASS WALL –For its exhaustive exploration of the world and challenges of the autistic and their caregivers.

10.   

BEST EXPLORATION/

ADVENTURE FILM (TO INCLUDE SPORTS)

Life Force – India’s Western  Ghats

Producer: Grey Films India Pvt. Ltd.

Director: Nallamuthu Subbiah

RAJAT  KAMAL

&

 50,000/- each to the Producer & Director

For taking the viewer deep into the Western Ghats and engagingly revealing its rare and incredible biodiversity.

11.  11

BEST INVESTIGATIVE FILM

Phum Shang

Producer: Films Division

Director: Haobam Paban Kumar

RAJAT  KAMAL

&

 50,000/- each to the Producer & Director

For its quiet and fair-hearted investigation of the fishermen communities and their floating dwellings on Loktak Lake, Manipur, even as government agencies and conservationists struggle to save the lake.

12.   

BEST  ANIMATION FILM

Sound of Joy

Producer: Aura Cinematics

Director: Sukankan Roy

Animator: Rishi Sanay

RAJAT  KAMAL

&

 50,000/- each to the Producer, Director & Animator

For its flowing and engaging animation style in telling the stories from Vivekananda’s childhood and its emphasis on developing the power of concentration.

13.   

SPECIAL JURY AWARD

A Poet, A City & A Footballer

Producer: Films Division

Director: Joshy Joseph

RAJAT  KAMAL

&

 50,000/- each to the Producer & Director

For demonstrating the power of cinema in weaving together life, poetry and reflections of its protagonist in the face of impending death.

14.   

BEST SHORT FICTION FILM

Mitraa

Producer: Athaansh Communications

Director: Ravindra Jadhav

RAJAT  KAMAL

&

 50,000/-  each to the Producer & Director

For its empathetic portrayal of its pivotal character’s sexual orientation, and the question of freedom around it. Shot in monochrome, the film adds to the antiquity for the era it is set in.

15.   

BEST FILM ON FAMILY VALUES

Towards the Silver Lining

Producer: Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute

 Director: Bhabani Tamuli

RAJAT  KAMAL

&

 50,000/- each to the Producer & Director

For its sensitive portrayal of a paraplegic girl who builds a house for her mother, and the touching bond between them.

16.   

BEST DIRECTION

Aaranyak

Director: Renu Savant

SWARNA KAMAL

&

 1,50,000/-

For its existential definition of layered thoughts and emotion that move through a reflective search to end in an ironic arrival into the real.

17.   

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Aamaar Katha: Story of Binodini

Cameraman:  Indraneel Lahiri

RAJAT  KAMAL

&

 50,000/- to Cameraman

For its stunning and sensual visual imagery that brings the story of Binodini alive.

18.   

BEST AUDIOGRAPHY

Tender is the Sight

Audiographers :

Anindit Roy,

Ateesh Chattopadhyay,

&

Ayan Bhattacharya

RAJAT  KAMAL

&

 50,000/-*

The film travels through the imaginary line of manifest and unmanifest worlds of visual and sound that balance effortlessly, imprinting the audience with a haunting aural experience.

19.   

BEST EDITING

Tigress Blood

Editor: Andi Campbell Waite

RAJAT  KAMAL

&

 50,000/-

For seamlessly structuring the inner worlds of four tigress sisters through an incisive cinematic arrangement of their outer spaces.

20.   

BEST NARRATION/ VOICE OVER

Nitya Kalyani – Oru Mohiniyattam Patham

Narrator: Ambooty Devi

RAJAT  KAMAL

&

 50,000/-

For the depth of its research and its poetic rendition of the history of Mohinyattam across the mighty empires along the riverbanks of Tungabhadra to Thanjavur.

21.   

SPECIAL MENTION

a)  Gunjaa

b) Seek and Hide

c) 5 O’Clock Accident

 Director: Mrinal Dev

Director: Manoj Kumar Nitharwal

Director: Ruchir Arun

CERTIFICATE

For poignantly telling the story of Gunjaa, a young girl in Bihar, and her innocent but ironic understanding of death.

For its fine juxtaposition of a child’s expression of fear with the unawareness of the parents to elucidate a complex story of paedophelia.

For its gritty story and compelling treatment of a voyeuristic teenager and the darkness that comes with his obsession.

Title of the Book

Author

Publisher

Citation

Silent Cinema:
 (1895-1930)

Swarna Kamal and Rs 75000/- to the Author: Pasupuleti Purnachandra Rao

Swarna Kamal and Rs 75000/- to the Publisher: EMESCO BOOKS

Pasupuleti Purnachandra Rao’s work on silent cinema commands attention. It is as worthy of a scholar’s consideration as a common cinegoer’s time. He walks down the memory lane to come up with a work that is likely to go down as a benchmark for serious research in Indian cinema.

Title of the Book

Author

Citation

Pride of Tamil Cinema (1931-2013

Only Certificate:
G. Dhananjayan

G. Dhananjayan’s Pride of Tamil Cinema deserves careful consideration for the sheer expanse of the work. The book is a painstaking effort which will have a relevance many years down the line.

Name of the Critic

Citation

Swarna Kamal and Rs 75000/- to the Critic: Tanul Thakur

Tanul Thakur’s work is like a breath of fresh air. In brevity lies the strength of Thakur’s analysis of crests and troughs of Indian cinema. Without being didactic, Thakur is able to provide a different perspective to seemingly disparate elements and string them together in a lucid fashion.