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Sridevi wins the National Award for MOM; Here’s the full list of winners

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Sridevi has posthumously won her first National Award for Best Actress for her performance in MOM, the revenge thriller that was her final performance.

MOM, in which she was cast as a mother bent on avenging the rape and murder of her daughter, was Sridevi’s third film after returning to acting recently with English Vinglish and Tamil film Puli. Before she died, Sridevi filmed a cameo appearance for the film Zero, starring Shah Rukh Khan, Anushka Sharma and Katrina Kaif, and releasing this December.

A R Rahman won Best Music Direction for director Mani Rathnam’s Kaatru Veliyidai, and Best Background Score for MOM. Kaatru Veliyidai also won Best Female Playback Singer for Sasha Thirupati. Malayalam singer Yesudas won Best Male Playback Singer.

The Dada Saheb Phalke Award has been conferred to late actor Vinod Khanna.

The best feature film award has been given to Village Rockstars.

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Sinjar, a film from Lakshadweep, won Best Jasari Film receiving a special shout-out from Shekhar Kapur. Walking With The Wind won Best Ladakhi Film, which was also awarded for Best Sound.

BEST DIRECTION: Director- Jayaraj (BHAYANAKAM)

BEST ACTOR: Riddhi Sen (NAGARKIRTAN)

BEST CHILD ARTIST: Bhanita Das (Village Rockstars)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Divya Dutta (IRADA)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Fahad Fazil (Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum)

BEST FEMALE PLAYBACK SINGER: Kaatru Veliyidai
SONG: Shashaa Tirupati (VAAN)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Bhayanakam

BEST ACTION: Baahubali

Kachha Nimbu won Best Marathi Film; Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum won Best Malayalam Film and Best Screenplay; To Let won Best Tamil Film; Rana Daggubati’s Ghazi won Best Telugu Film; Dhh won Best Gujarati Film; Hibethu Ramada won Best Kannada Film.
Feature film jury head Shekhar Kapur, who announced the National Awards, reserved words of praise for regional cinema. Mr Kapur, who hasn’t made a film in India since Bandit Queen, said, “It’s time to make a film in India because the standard of regional cinema is world beating.”

Newton won Best Hindi Film with actor Pankaj Tripathi winning a Special Mention, as did Malayalam actress Parvathy for Take Off. Take Off also won Best Production Design.

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 Mayurakshi, starring Prosenjit and Soumitra Chatterjee, won Best Bengali Film; Ishu won Best Assamese Film. Baahubali: The Conclusion won Best Action and Best Special Effects; Best Choreography was taken by Toilet: Ek Prem Katha’s song Gori Tu Laath Maar.

The  65th National Awards ceremony will be held on May 3 this year.

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