Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (DC)
Mangaluru/Mumbai, Apr 13: Kannada movie 'March 22' produced by NRI entreprenuer Harish Sherigar has bagged a National Award under the category of best lyrics for its song: 'Muthuratna' by J M Prahlad.
'Paddayi' by Abhaya Simha has won Best Tulu Film and 'Hebbettu Ramakka' won Best Kannada Film. The 65th National Film Awards were announced here at PIB Conference Room, Shastri Bhawan in New Delhi on Friday April 13.
The awards were announced by the 10-member jury panel headed by director Shekhar Kapur. The actual awards ceremony will be held on May 3 and will be presented by President Ram Nath Kovind.
Kannada movie 'March 22', a maiden cinema venture of NRI entrepreneur Harish Sherigar and Sharmila Sherigar under the banner of 'ACME Movies International' was released on August 25, 2017 all over Karnataka. The film directed by Kodlu Ramakrishna was praised by film buffs as well as critics. It is based on a unique story of communal harmony and scarcity of water. There was positive response to the film on social media too.
The film cast includes veteran Kannada actor Anant Nag, Geetha, Sharath Lohitashwa, Ashish Vidhyarthi, Sadhu Kokila, Jai Jagadish, Ravi Kale, Vinaya Prasad, Padmaja Rao, Ramesh Bhat, Srinivas Murthi, Ravindranath, Aryavardhan, Kiran Raj, Meghashree, Deepthi Shetty, Kishore, Srajan Rai, Shanta Acharya, Dubai drama artiste Chidananda Poojary, Suvarna Sathish, and Prabhoshitha.
Manikant Kadri and Ravi Shanker have composed the music. S P Balasubrahmanyam, Kailash Kher, Karthik, Anuradha Bhat, Harish Sherigar, Ravishekar Rajamaga and Askhatha Rao have sung the songs which are already a hit.
List of National Award Winners:
Best Director: Jayaraj (Bhayanakam)
Best Actress: Sridevi for 'Mom'.
Best Male Playback Singer: Yesudas
Best Child Artist: Anita Das for 'The Village Rockstar'
Best Screenplay (Original): 'Thondimuthalum Driksaakshiyum'
Best Screenplay (Adapted): 'Bhayanakam'
Best Cinematography: 'Bhayankam'
Best Female Playback Singer: Waang by Sasha Tirupathi ('Kaatru Veliyidai')
Best Sound Design: Walking With The Wind ('Ladakhi Film')
Best Location Sound Recordist: 'The Village Rockstar'
Best Music Director: 'Kaatru Veliyidai' by Mani Ratnam
Best Song: Kaatru Veliyidai (AR Rahman)
Best Background Score: 'Mom' (AR Rahman)
Best Makeup Artist: Ram Rajak
Best Costume: Govinda Mandal for 'Nagar Kirtan'
Best Production Design: 'Take Off' (Malayalam) Santosh Raman
Best Editing: 'Village Rockstar' (Assamese) - Reema Das
Best VFX: 'Baahubali 2'
Special Jury Award: Nagar Kirtan
Best Lyrics: 'March 22' (Kannada film) song: 'Muthuratna'
Best Telegu Film: 'Ghazi'
Best Gujarati Film: 'DHH'
Best Action Direction: 'Baahubali 2'
Best Choreography: 'Toilet: Ek Prem Katha' (Gori Tu Latth Maar) by Ganesh Acharya
Best Tamil Film: 'To Let'
Best Bengali Film: 'Mayurakshi'
Best Hindi Film: 'Newton', directed by Amit Masurkar, star cast: Rajkummar Rao
Best Kannada Film: 'Hebbettu Ramakka'
Best Oriya film: 'Hello Aarsi'
Best Film in Jasari: 'Sinjar'
Special Mention Awards:
Marathi Film: 'Morkhya'
Oriya Film: 'Hello Mirror'
Parvathy, 'Take Off'
Pankaj Tripathi, 'Newton'
Best Critic On Cinema Award: Giridhar Jha, Special Mention to Sunil Mishra
Best Short Film Fiction: 'Maiyat'
Best Film On Family Values: 'Happy Birthday'
Best Direction: Pravash Ch Nivandan, Nagraj Manule
Best Cinematography: 'Eye Test', 'Don'
Best Investigative Film: '1984 When The Sun Did Not Rise'
Best Animation Film: 'Fish Curry', 'Maachar Jhol'
Special Jury Award: 'The Old Man', 'Monday'
Best Adventure Film: 'Ladakh Chale Rickshaw Waale'
Non-Feature Films: Best Educational Film 'The Girls We Were' and 'The Women We Are'