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New Delhi: The coveted National Awards were announced on Tuesday in the national capital sending ripples across the film industry.

Winners of the prestigious 62nd National Film Awards has been revealed by the Directorate of Film Festivals.

Though they are not as glamourous as their distant Bollywood cousins, the National Film Awards are the most revered and respected film awards of the lot. 

The function, in its 62nd edition this year, were announced in the presence of Union Finance and I&B Minister Arun Jaitley.

Here is the list of winners of the awards:

Best Feature Film (Marathi, Hindi, Gujarati, English): Court

Best Hindi Film: Queen

Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut of Film Director: Asha Jaoar Majhe (Bengali)

Best Popular Film providing wholesome entertainment: Mary Kom

Best Film on Environment Preservation/Conservation: Ottal (Malayalam)

Best Actress: Kangana Ranaut for Queen

Best Music Direction: Vishal Bharadwaj for Haider

Best Actor: Kannada film actor Vijay for Nanu Avanalla Avalu

Best Supporting Actor: Bobby Simha for Jigarthanda (Tamil)

Best Supporting Actress: Baljinder Kaur for ‘Pagdi: The Honour’ (Haryanvi)

Best Choreography: Haider for the song ‘Bismil’

Best Direction: Srijit Mukherji for Chotushkone

Best Male Playback Singer: Sukhvinder for Bismil from Haider

Best Female Playback Singer: Saivam for Azhagu from Uttara Unnikrishanan

Best Costume Designer: Dolly Ahluwalia for Haider

Best Background Score: Nineteen Eighty Three (Malayalam)

Best Bengali Film: Nirbashito

Best Assamese Film: Othello

Best Kannada Film: Harivu

Best Konkani Film: Nachom – IA Kumpasar

Best Malayalam Film: Ain

Best Marathi Film: Killa

Best Odiya Film: Aadim Vichar

Best Punjabi Film: Punjab 1984

Best Tamil Film: Kuttram Kadithal

Best Telugu Film: Chandamama Kathalu

Best Rabha Film: Orong

Best Haryanvi Film: Pagdi The Honour

Feature Films: Special Mention Ain (Malayalam) Nachom – IA Kumpasar (Konkani) Killa (Marathi) & Bhootnath Returns (Hindi)

Best Educational Film: Komal & Behind the Glass Wall

Best Exploration/Adventure Film: Life Force – India’s Western Ghats

Best Investigative Film: Phum Shang

Best Animation Film: Sound of Joy

Best Short Fiction Film: Mitraa

Best Film Critic: Tanul Thakur

Best Writing on Cinema: Silent Cinema: (1895-1930)- Pasupuleti Purnachandra Rao