President to give National Film Awards tomorrow
The National Film Awards are being conferred every year on May 3 for films produced in the previous calendar year, the day on which, in 1913, India’s first feature length film Raja Harish Chandra was released.
A total of 21 Awards will be given by the Honourable President in the Non-Feature film category while the number of awards in Feature Film category is 45.
Three Awards will be given to Best Writing on Cinema.
The Award for the Best Feature Film will be given to Court (Marathi, Hindi, Gujarati & English) produced by Zoo Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. and directed by Chaitanya Tamhane.
Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director will be given to Asha Jaoar Majhe (Bengali) Directed by Aditya Vikram Sengupta and Producer: F.O.R Films Pvt. Ltd.
The Award for the Best Popular Film providing Wholesome Entertainment will be given to Mary Kom (Hindi) produced by Viacom 18 Motion Pictures and Directed by Omung Kumar.
The Award for the Best Film on Social Issues to be given to Chotoder Chobi (Bengali) produced by Shree Venkatesh Films Pvt. Ltd. and Directed by Kaushik Ganguly
The Award for the Best Director will be given to Shri Srijit Mukherji for the Film Chotushkone(Bengali).
The Award for the Best Actor will be given to Shri Vijay for the film Nanu Avanalla Avalu (Kannada) and the Award for the Best Actress to be given to Ms. Kangana Ranaut for the film, Queen (Hindi).
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