63rd Indian National Film Awards

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Winners of the National Awards (2015 Films):

Best Film: "Baahubali" (Telugu/Tamil)
Best Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali, "Bajirao Mastani" (Hindi)
Best Actor: Amitabh Bachchan, “Piku” (Hindi)
Best Actress: Kangana Ranaut, “Tanu Weds Manu Returns” (Hindi)
Best Supporting Actor: Samuthirakani “Visaaranai” (Tamil)
Best Supporting Actress: Tanvi Azmi, “Bajirao Mastani”
Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of A Director: Neeraj Ghaywan, “Masaan” (Hindi)
Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment: “Bajrangi Bhaijaan”
Best Music Direction-Song: M Jayachandran, “Kaathirunnu Kaathirunnu” from “Ennu Ninte Moideen” (Malayalam)
Best Music Direction-Background Score: Ilaiyaraaja, “Thaarai Thappattai” (Tamil)
Best Female Playback Singer: Monali Thakur, “Moh Moh Ke Dhage” (Hindi)
Best Male Playback Singer: Mahesh Kale, for the song from "Katyar Kaljat Ghusali" (Marathi)
Best Choreography: Remo D’Souza, “Deewani Mastani” song in “Bajirao Mastani”
Best Cinematography: Sudeep Chaterjee, “Bajirao Mastani”
Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration: “Nanak Shah Fakir” (Hindi)
Best Screenplay Writer (Original): Juhi Chaturvedi, “Piku”; and Himanshu Sharma, “Tanu Weds Manu Returns”
Best Screenplay – Dialogues: Juhi Chaturvedi, “Piku”; and Himanshu Sharma, “Tanu Weds Manu Returns”
Best Film on Social Issue: “Niranayakam” (Malayalam)
Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation: “Valiya Chirakulla Pakshikal” (Malayalam)
Best Children’s Film: “Duronto” (Hindi)
Best Malayalam Film: “Pathemari”
Best Tamil Film: “Visaaranai”
Best Telugu Film: “Kanche”
Best Hindi Film: “Dum Laga Ke Haisha”
Best Sanskrit Film: “Priyamanasam”
Best Kannada Film: “Thithi”
Best Marathi Film: “Ringan”
Best Maithili Film: “Mithila Makhaan”
Best Punjabi Film: “Chauthi Koot”
Best Bengali Film: “Sankhachil”
Best Konkani Film: “Enemy”
Best Assamese Film: “Kothanodi”
Best Haryanvi Film: “Satrangi”
Best Wancho Film: “The Head Hunter”
Best Khasi Film: “Onaatah”
Best Manipuri Film: “Eibusu Yaohanbiyu”
Best Mizo Film: “Kima’s Lode Beyond the Class”
Best Odiya Film: “Pahada Ra Luha”
Special Mention: “Irudhi Suttru” (Tamil/Hindi)
Best Editing: Late Kishore T.E for Visaranai
Best Costume Designer and Best Make-up Artist: Hindi film “Nanak Shah Fakir”

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Why Baahubali, why not Visaaranai? A critic’s view of National Awards

By Gautaman Bhaskaran; Hindustan Times, March 29, 2016

"A far better choice in the Best Film category could have been Vetrimaaran’s Visaaranai -- a brutally powerful look at police highhandedness that premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2015."

http://www.hindustantimes.com/regional-movies/a-farce-called-national-film-awards/story-Sw73Kou0MUsfrbaawNKMQN.html


National Awards are complete farce this year: Director of Chauthi Koot

“All the main awards have gone to commercial films. Baahubali, which is a totally crap film has got the Best Film award. I think it is a BJP award and not National Award,”

http://www.hindustantimes.com/regional-movies/national-awards-are-complete-farce-this-year-director-of-chauthi-koot/story-qYXeAxVRTAMV5JUMxbOzSN.html?utm_source=read

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From obscurity to the limelight

Presenting the National Award to films in languages such as Wancho, Maithili and Kurukh helps us understand little-known cultures.

http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/from-obscurity-to-the-limelight/article8423519.ece?homepage=true

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National Award for documentary on Kasaravalli

http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/national-award-for-documentary-on-kasaravalli/article8424691.ece?homepage=true