The 66th National Film Awards have been announced by the jury headed by renowned filmmaker Rahul Rawail.
KRC TIMES Desk
The 66th National Film Awards have been announced by the jury headed by renowned filmmaker Rahul Rawail today on 9 August 2019. The awards are given in 31 different categories each year. In the Feature Films category, 419 Films were received this year. After 45 days of film screening, the eminent Jury, constituted by the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, have selected films under various categories.
The Non- Feature Film category gives out Awards in 23 Categories. A total of 256 movies were received in the Non-feature Category this year. After screening of Films for 28 days, the eminent Jury constituted by Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, selected films under various categories.
Under the category, Ayushman Khurana and Vicky Kaushal jointly won Best Actor Award for their performances in ‘Andhadhun’ and ‘Uri: The Surgical Strike’, while Keerthy Suresh was declared the winner of Best Actress trophy for her performance in Telugu movie ‘Mahanati’. Aditya Dhar won Best Director Award for ‘Uri: The Surgical Strike’. Marathi movie ‘Naal’ got the Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director.
Gujarati film ‘Hellaro’, directed by Abhishek Shah has been awarded as the best feature film. ‘Badhai Ho’ film has bagged the best popular film providing wholesome entertainment. Hindi movie ‘Padman’ was declared Best Film on social issues, while Kannada film ‘Ondalla Eradalla’ got Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration.
The 66th National Film Awards were announced in a press conference today by Rahul Rawail, Chairperson, Feature Film Category, A S Kanal, Chairperson, Non-Feature Film Category and Utpal Borpujari, Chairperson, Best Writing on Cinema. The Chairpersons and other Jury Members earlier today submitted a report on 66th National Film Awards to Union Minister Prakash Javadekar.
The Jury unanimously conferred the award for the Most Film Friendly State to the State of Uttarakhand for furthering the growth of the film industry in the State including creating an environment for ease of filming in the State, encouraging talent development, incentivising the re-opening of closed cinema halls, formation of film development fund, continuing with the earlier incentive plan for filming, formation of Uttarakhand Film Development Council among other pro-active initiatives.
The Committee noted that the amendment of the Uttarakhand Film Policy as per communications dated 6th February 2019 clearly highlights the above-mentioned initiatives. It also noted that the State was in the process of setting up a dedicated web portal www.udfc.gov.in for online submission for seeking permissions, payments, and approvals, etc. and has done away with the levy of any shooting charges.
