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