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National Film Awards : Sridevi best actress for Mom, Newton best Hindi film

| @indiablooms | Apr 13, 2018, at 06:39 pm

Mumbai, Apr 13 (IBNS) : Departed star Sridevi was adjudged best actress for her film Mom while Newton was declared best Hindi film as the  65th National Film Awards were announced on Friday.

Assamese film, Village Rockstars was adjudged the best film. The film also boasts of another award as Bhanita Das was declared best child artist for her role in the movie.

The award for best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment  went to Baahubali 2 (Telugu).  Bahubali 2 also got the award for special effects. Special jury award goes to Bengali film Nagarkirtan

The awards for best Playback Singer under female and male categories went respectively  to  Sasha Trupati (Vaan) and  Yesudas.

Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film for National Integration went to Marathi film, Dhappa, while the best original screenplay  isThondimuthalum Driksakshiyum.

Best Adapted Screenplay award goes to Malayalam film, Bhayanakam. The same film won Best Cinematography as well.

The honour for best supporting actor went to Fahad Fazil for Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum while Divya Dutta is the best supporting actress.

Special jury award  went to  Bengali film Nagarkirtan and Riddhi Sen was dclared best actor for his portrayal in the film.

Pankaj Tripathi get a special mention for Newton at National Film Awards. In the same category, Marathi Film, Morkhya; Oriya Film, HelloRC and Malayalam actor Parvathy, forTake Off were also awarded.

Headed by Shekhar Kapoor, a 10-member jury panel decided the awardees.

The members of the panel, among others, are screenwriter Imtiaz Hussain, lyricist Mehboob, actress Gautami Tadimalla, Kannada director P Sheshadri, Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury, Ranjit Das, Rajesh Mapuskar, Tripurari Sharma and Rumi Jaffrey.

Chairman of the jury of national film awards Shekhar Kapoor said he is surprised by the Standard of regional cinema in India.

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