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Winners of the 71st National Film Awards were announced on Friday, August 1. Superstar Shah Rukh Khan is set to receive his first National Award for the action film Jawan, directed by Atlee. He will share the award for best actor in a leading role with Vikrant Massey for 12th Fail.
Rani Mukerji won best actress in a leading role for Mrs Chatterjee vs Norway.
Sudipto Sen won best direction for The Kerala Story, a propaganda film widely panned for its exaggerated, false narrative that has been equated to hate speech.
Here’s the partial list of winners:
Best Feature Film: 12th Fail by Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Vijayaraghavan for Pookkaalam (Malayalam) and Muthupettai Somu Bhaskar for Parking (Tamil)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Urvashi for Ullozhukku (Malayalam) and Janki Bodiwala for Vash (Gujarati)
Best Child Artist - Sukriti Veni Bandreddi for Gandhi Tatha Chettu (Telugu), Kabir Khandare for Gypsy (Marathi) and Treesha Thosar, Shrinivas Pokale & Bhargav for Naal 2 (Marathi)
Best Male Playback Singer - PVN S Rohit for Baby (Premisthunna) (Telugu)
Best Female Playback Singer - Shilpa Rao for Jawan (Chaliya) (Hindi)
Best Cinematography - Prasantanu Mohapatra for The Kerala Story (Hindi)
Best Dialogue Writer - Deepak Kingrani for Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai (Hindi)
Best Sound Design - Sachin Sudhakaran and Hariharan Muralidharan for Animal (Hindi)
Best Editing - Midhun Murali for Pookkaalam (Malayalam)
Best Production Designer - Mohandas for 2018 (Malayalam)
Best Costume Designer - Sachin Lovalekar, Divvya Gambhir & Nidhhi Gambhir for Sam Bahadur (Hindi)
Best Makeup - Shrikant Desai for Sam Bahadur (Hindi)
Best Music Director (Songs) - GV Prakash Kumar for Vaathi (Tamil)
Best Music Director (Background Music) - Harshavardhan Rameshwar for Animal (Hindi)
Best Lyrics - Kasarla Shyam for Balagam (Ooru Palleturu) (Telugu)
Best Choreography - Vaibhavi Merchant for Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani (Dhindhora Baje Re) (Hindi)
Best Action Direction (Stunt Choreography) - Nandu and Prudhvi for Hanu-Man (Telugu)
Best Feature Film In Kannada - Kandeelu, The Ray of Hope directed by K Yashoda Prakash
Best Feature Film In Malayalam - Ullozhukku directed by Christo Tomy
Best Feature Film In Tamil - Parking directed by Ramkumar Balakrishnan
Best Feature Film In Telugu - Bhagavanth Kesari (I Don’t Care) directed by Anil Ravipudi
Best Feature Film In Hindi - Kathal - A Jackfruit Mystery directed by Yashowardhan Mishra
The final list of awardees was submitted by the jury to Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw last week, in the presence of Minister of State Dr L Murugan and Information and Broadcasting Secretary Sanjay Jaju. The awards announcement was live-streamed through official government channels.