65th National Film awards - Wikipedia 65th National Film awards 65th National Film Awards Awarded for Best of Indian cinema in 2017 Awarded by Directorate of Film Festivals Presented by Directorate of Film Festivals Announced on 13 April 2018 ( 2018 - 04 - 13 ) Presented on 3 May 2018 ( 2018 - 05 - 03 ) Official website dff.nic.in Highlights Best Feature Film Village Rockstars Best Non-Feature Film Not awarded Best Book Matamgi Manipur : The first Manipuri Feature Film Best Film Critic Giridhar Jha Dadasaheb Phalke Award Vinod Khanna Most awards Nagarkirtan Village Rockstars ( 4 ) ← 64th National Film Awards The 65th National Film Awards ceremony is an event during which the Directorate of Film Festivals presented its annual National Film Awards by The President of Republic Of India to honour the best films of 2017 in Indian cinema. The awards were announced on 13 April 2018. The awards ceremony was held on 3 May 2018. Contents 1 Selection process 2 Dadasaheb Phalke Award 3 Feature Film 3.1 Golden Lotus Awards 3.1. 1 Golden Lotus Award 3.1. 2 Silver Lotus Award 3.2 Regional Awards 4 Non-Feature Films 4.1 Golden Lotus Award 4.2 Silver Lotus Award 5 Best Writing on Cinema 5.1 Golden Lotus Award 6 References 7 External links Selection process The Directorate of Film Festivals invited online entries and the acceptable last date for entries was until 2 March 2018. Feature and Non-Feature Films certified by Central Board of Film Certification between 1 January 2017, and 31 December 2017, were eligible for the film award categories. Books, critical studies, reviews or articles on cinema published in Indian newspapers, magazines, and journals between 1 January 2017, and 31 December 2017, were eligible for the best writing on cinema section. Entries of dubbed, revised or copied versions of a film or translation, abridgements, edited or annotated works and reprints were ineligible for the awards. For the Feature and Non-Feature Films sections, films in any Indian language, shot on 16 mm, 35 mm, a wider film gauge or a digital format, and released in cinemas, on video or digital formats for home viewing were eligible. Films were required to be certified as a feature film, a featurette or a Documentary / Newsreel / Non-Fiction by the Central Board of Film Certification. Dadasaheb Phalke Award Introduced in 1969, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award is the highest award given to recognise the contributions of film personalities towards the development of Indian cinema and for distinguished contributions to the medium, its growth and promotion. '' A committee consisting five eminent personalities from Indian film industry was appointed to evaluate the lifetime achievement award, Dadasaheb Phalke Award. Name of Award Awardee ( s ) Awarded As Awards Dadasaheb Phalke Award Vinod Khanna ( Posthumous ) Actor Swarna Kamal, ₹ 1 million ( US $15,000 ) and a shawl Feature Film Golden Lotus awards Golden Lotus Award Official Name : Swarna Kamal All the awardees are awarded with ' Golden Lotus Award ( Swarna Kamal ) ', a certificate and cash prize. Name of Award Name of Film Language Awardee ( s ) Cash Prize Best Feature Film Village Rockstars Assamese Producer : Rima Das Director : Rima Das ₹ 250,000 / - Each Best Debut Film of a Director Sinjar Jasari Producer : Shibu G. Suseelan Director : Sandeep Pampally ₹ 125,000 / - Each Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment Baahubali 2 : The Conclusion Telugu Producer : Arka Media Works Director : S.S. Rajamouli ₹ 200,000 / - Each Best Children 's Film Mhorkya Marathi Producer : Kalyan Rajmogli Padal Director : Amar Bharat Deokar ₹ 150,000 / - Each Best Direction Bhayanakam Malayalam Jayaraj ₹ 250,000 / - Silver Lotus Award Official Name : Rajat Kamal All the awardees are awarded with ' Silver Lotus Award ( Rajat Kamal ) ', a certificate and cash prize. Name of Award Name of Film Language Awardee ( s ) Cash Prize Best Feature Film on National Integration Dhappa Marathi Producer : Sumatilal Popatlal Shah Director : Nipun Dharmadhikari ₹ 150,000 / - Each Best Film on Other Social Issues Aalorukkam Malayalam Producer : Jolly Lonappan Director : V.C. Abhilash ₹ 150,000 / - Each Best Film on Environment / Conservation / Preservation Irada Hindi Producer : Irada Entertainment Director : Aparnaa Singh ₹ 150,000 / - Each Best Actor Nagarkirtan Bengali Riddhi Sen ₹ 50,000 / - Best Actress Mom Hindi Sridevi ₹ 50,000 / - Best Supporting Actor Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum Malayalam Fahadh Faasil ₹ 50,000 / - Best Supporting Actress Irada Hindi Divya Dutta ₹ 50,000 / - Best Child Artist Village Rockstars Assamese Bhanita Das ₹ 50,000 / - Best Male Playback Singer Viswasapoorvam Mansoor ( For the song `` Poy Maranja Kalam '' ) Malayalam K.J. Yesudas ₹ 50,000 / - Best Female Playback Singer Kaatru Veliyidai ( For the song `` Vaan Varuvaan '' ) Tamil Shashaa Tirupati ₹ 50,000 / - Best Cinematography Bhayanakam Malayalam Nikhil S Praveen ₹ 50,000 / - Best Screenplay Screenplay Writer ( Original ) Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum Malayalam Sajeev Pazhoor ₹ 50,000 / - Best Screenplay Screenplay Writer ( Adapted ) Bhayanakam Malayalam Jayaraj ₹ 50,000 / - Best Screenplay Dialogues Hello Arsi Odia Sambit Mohanty ₹ 50,000 / - Best Audiography Location Sound Recordist Village Rockstars Assamese Mallika Das ₹ 50,000 / - Best Audiography Sound Designer Walking With The Wind Ladakhi Sanal George ₹ 50,000 / - Best Audiography Re-recordist of the Final Mixed Track Walking With The Wind Ladakhi Justin Jose ₹ 50,000 / - Best Editing Village Rockstars Assamese Rima Das ₹ 50,000 / - Best Production Design Take Off Malayalam Santhosh Raman ₹ 50,000 / - Best Costume Design Nagarkirtan Bengali Gobinda Mandal ₹ 50,000 / - Best Make - up Artist Nagarkirtan Bengali Ram Rajjak ₹ 50,000 / - Best Music Direction Songs Kaatru Veliyidai Tamil A.R. Rahman ₹ 50,000 / - Best Music Direction Background Score Mom Hindi A.R. Rahman ₹ 50,000 / - Best Lyrics March 22 ( For the song `` Mutthu Ratna '' ) Kannada J.M. Prahlad ₹ 50,000 / - Best Special Effects Baahubali 2 : The Conclusion Telugu R.C. Kamal Kannan ₹ 50,000 / - Best Choreography Toilet Ek Prem Katha ( For the song `` Gori Tu Latth Maar '' ) Hindi Ganesh Acharya ₹ 50,000 / - Best Stunt Choreographer Baahubali 2 : The Conclusion Telugu King Solomon Lee Whittaker Kecha Khamphakdee ₹ 50,000 / - Special Jury Award Nagarkirtan Bengali Producer : Sani Ghose Ray Director : Kaushik Ganguly ₹ 2, 00,000 / - Special Mention Newton Hindi Pankaj Tripathi ( Actor ) Certificate only Take Off Malayalam Parvathy ( Actress ) Hello Arsi Odia Prakruti Mishra ( Actress ) Mhorkya Marathi Yasharaj Karhade ( Child artist ) Regional awards National Film Awards are also given to the best films in the regional languages of India. Awards for the regional languages are categorised as per their mention in the Eighth schedule of the Constitution of India. Awardees included producers and directors of the film. No films in languages other than those specified in the Schedule VIII of the Constitution were eligible. Name of Award Name of Film Awardee ( s ) Cash Prize Best Feature Film in Assamese Ishu Producer : Children 's Film Society Director : Utpal Borpujari ₹ 1, 00,000 / - each Best Feature Film in Bengali Mayurakshi Producer : Firdausul Hasan, Prabal Halder Director : Atanu Ghosh ₹ 1, 00,000 / - each Best Feature Film in Gujarati Dhh Producer : Amruta Parande Director : Manish Saini ₹ 1, 00,000 / - each Best Feature Film in Hindi Newton Producer : Drishyam Films Director : Amit V Masurkar ₹ 1, 00,000 / - each Best Feature Film in Kannada Hebbet Ramakka Producer : S.A. Puttaraju Director : N.R. Nanjunde Gowda ₹ 1, 00,000 / - each Best Feature Film in Malayalam Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum Producer : Urvasi Theatres Director : Dileesh Pothan ₹ 1, 00,000 / - each Best Feature Film in Marathi Kachcha Limboo Producer : Mandar Devasthali Director : Prasad Oak ₹ 1, 00,000 / - each Best Feature Film in Odia Hello Arsi Producer : Ajaya Routray Director : Sambit Mohanty ₹ 1, 00,000 / - each Best Feature Film in Tamil To Let Producer : Prema Chezhian Director : Chezhiyan ₹ 1, 00,000 / - each Best Feature Film in Telugu The Ghazi Attack Producer : Prasad V. Potluri Director : Sankalp Reddy ₹ 1, 00,000 / - each Best Feature Film in Each of the Language Other Than Those Specified In the Schedule VIII of the Constitution Name of Award Name of Film Awardee ( s ) Cash Prize Best Feature Film in Jasari Sinjar Producer : Shibu G. Suseelan Director : Sandeep Pampally ₹ 1, 00,000 / - each Best Feature Film in Ladakhi Walking With The Wind Producer : Mahesh Mohan Director : Praveen Morchhale ₹ 1, 00,000 / - each Best Feature Film in Tulu Paddayi Producer : Nithyananda Pai Director : Abhaya Simha ₹ 1, 00,000 / - each Non-Feature films Short Films made in any Indian language and certified by the Central Board of Film Certification as a documentary / newsreel / fiction are eligible for non-feature film section. Golden Lotus Award Official Name : Swarna Kamal All the awardees are awarded with ' Golden Lotus Award ( Swarna Kamal ) ', a certificate and cash prize. Name of Award Name of Film Language Awardee ( s ) Cash Prize Best Director in Non-Feature Film Pavasacha Nibandha Marathi Nagraj Manjule ₹ 150,000 / - Silver Lotus Award Official Name : Rajat Kamal All the Awardees are awarded with ' Silver Lotus Award ( Rajat Kamal ) ' and cash prize. Name of Award Name of Film Language Awardee ( s ) Cash Prize Best First Non-Feature Film Water Baby Producer : Varun Shah Director : Pia Shah ₹ 75,000 / - Each Best Biographical Film / Best Historical Reconstruction / Compilation Film Naachi se Baanchi Producer : Films Division of India Director : Biju Toppo ₹ 50,000 / - Each ( Cash Component to be shared ) Sword of Liberty Producer : R.C. Suresh Director : Shiny Jacob Benjamin Best Arts / Cultural Film Girija Producer : Madhu Chandra, Sudha Datta Director : Debapriya Adhikary, Samanwaya Sarkar ₹ 50,000 / - Each Best Environment Film including Best Agricultural Film The Pangti Story Producer : Rajiv Mehrotra Director : Sesino Yhoshu ₹ 50,000 / - Each Best Promotional Film Poetry on Fabric : Chendari Nama Producer : Sanjay Gupta for Pro Art India Director : Rajendra Janglay ₹ 50,000 / - Each Best Film on Social Issues I am Bonnie Producer : Films Division of India Director : Satarupa Santra ₹ 50,000 / - Each ( Cash Component to be shared ) Veil Done Producer : Juhi Bhatt Director : Rajiv Mehrotra Best Educational / Motivational / Instructional Film The Little Girl We Were and the Women We Are Producer : Rahi Foundation Director : Vaishali Sood ₹ 50,000 / - Each Best Anthropological / Ethnographic Film Name, Place, Animal, Thing Producer and Director : Nithin R. ₹ 50,000 / - Each ( Cash Component to be shared ) Slave Genesis Producer and Director : Aneez K.M. Best Exploration / Adventure Film ( including sports ) Ladakh Chale Richawala Producer : Films Division of India Director : Indrani Chakrabarti ₹ 50,000 / - Each Best Investigative Film 1984, When the Sun Did n't Rise Producer and Director : Teenaa Kaur ₹ 50,000 / - Each Best Animation Film Tokri - The Basket Producer : Nilima Eriyat Director : Suresh Eriyat Animator : Studio Eeksaurus ₹ 50,000 / - Each ( Cash Component to be shared ) The Fish Curry Hindi English Producer : Munish Tewari Director and Animator : Abhishek Verma Best Short Fiction Film Mayat Marathi Producer and Director : Suyash Shinde ₹ 50,000 / - Each Best Film on Family Welfare Happy Birthday Producer : FTII Director : Medhpranav Babasaheb Powar ₹ 50,000 / - Each Best Cinematography Eye Test Cameraman : Appu Prabhakar ₹ 50,000 / - Each ( Cash Component to be shared ) Dawn Cameraman : Arnold Fernandes Best Audiography Pavasacha Nibandha Marathi Avinash Sonawane ₹ 50,000 / - Best Audiography Location Sound Recordist The Unreserved Samarth Mahajan ₹ 50,000 / - Best Editing Mrityubhoj The Death Feast Marathi Sanjiv Monga Tenzin Kunchok ₹ 50,000 / - ( Cash Component to be shared ) Best Music Direction Sword of Liberty Ramesh Narayanan ₹ 50,000 / - Best Narration / Voice Over The Lion of Laddak Francois Castellino ₹ 50,000 / - Special Jury Award A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings Producer : Films Division of India Director : Prateek Vats ₹ 50,000 / - Each ( Cash Component to be shared ) Monday Producer : FTII Director : Arun K Special Mention Rebirth Jayaraj ( Director ) Certificate only Cake Story Rukshana Tabassum ( Director ) Afternoon Swapnil Vasant Kapure ( Director ) Best writing on cinema The awards aim at encouraging study and appreciation of cinema as an art form and dissemination of information and critical appreciation of this art - form through publication of books, articles, reviews etc. Golden Lotus Award Official Name : Swarna Kamal All the awardees are awarded with the Golden Lotus Award ( Swarna Kamal ) accompanied with a cash prize. Name of Award Name of Book Language Awardee ( s ) Cash Prize Best Book on Cinema Matamgi Manipur : The first Manipuri Feature Film Author : Bobby Wahengbam Publisher : Angomningthou Preservation and Documentation ₹ 75,000 / - Each Best Film Critic NA English Giridhar Jha ₹ 75,000 / - Special Mention ( Film Critic ) NA Hindi Sunil Mishra Certificate Only References Jump up ^ `` 65th National Film Awards LIVE : Sridevi Posthumously Awarded Best Actress ; Vinod Khanna Honoured With Dada Saheb Phalke Award ''. News 18date = 13 April 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2018. Jump up ^ Press Trust of India ( 3 May 2012 ). `` Nat Film Awards ceremony to be held on May 3 every year : Soni ''. Business Standard. Retrieved 3 May 2012. ^ Jump up to : `` Call for entries ; 65th National Film Awards for 2017 '' ( PDF ). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 25 February 2018. `` Call for entries ; 65th National Film Awards for 2017 '' ( PDF ). Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity. Retrieved 25 February 2018. Jump up ^ `` 17th National Film Awards '' ( PDF ). Directorate of Film Festivals. p. 38. Retrieved 12 April 2013. External links Official Page of the 65th National Film Awards, Directorate of Film Festivals, India National Film Awards Archives 65th National Film Awards PDF at filmyfocus National Film Awards Directorate of Film Festivals Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Cinema of India Lifetime Achievement Dadasaheb Phalke Award Feature Films Golden Lotus Awards Best Feature Film Best Director Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment Best Children 's Film Best Debut Film of a Director Best Animated Film Silver Lotus Awards Best Actor Best Actress Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Child Artist Best Music Direction Best Male Playback Singer Best Female Playback Singer Best Lyrics Best Production Design Best Audiography Best Choreography Best Cinematography Best Costume Design Best Editing Best Make - up Best Screenplay Best Special Effects Best Film on Environment Conservation / Preservation Best Film on Family Welfare Best Film on National Integration Best Film on Other Social Issues Special Jury Award Special Mention Silver Lotus Awards ( Regional ) Languages specified in the Eighth schedule of the Constitution of India : Assamese Bodo Bengali English Dogri Gujarati Hindi Kannada Kashmiri Konkani Maithili Malayalam Meitei Marathi Odia Punjabi Sanskrit Tamil Telugu Urdu Languages other than those specified in the Eighth schedule of the Constitution : Bhojpuri Haryanvi Jasari Khasi Kodava Kokborok Ladakhi Mishing Mizo Monpa Rabha Sherdukpen Tulu Wancho Discontinued Awards Second Best Feature Film Third Best Feature Film Best Story Best Film Based on High Literary Work Non-Feature Films Golden Lotus Awards Best Non-Feature Film Best Director Silver Lotus Awards Best First Film of a Director Best Audiography Best Cinematography Best Editing Best Music Direction Best Narration / Voice Over Best Agriculture Film Best Animation Film Best Anthropological / Ethnographic Film Best Arts / Cultural Film Best Biographical Film Best Educational / Motivational / Instructional Film Best Environment / Conservation / Preservation Film Best Exploration / Adventure Film Best Film on Family Welfare Best Historical Reconstruction / Compilation Film Best Investigative Film Best Promotional Film Best Scientific Film Best Short Fiction Film Best Film on Social Issues Special Jury Award Special Mention Discontinued Awards Best Experimental Film Best Filmstrip Best Industrial Film Best News Review Best Newsreel Cameraman Writing on Cinema Golden Lotus Awards Best Book on Cinema Best Film Critic Special Awards Special Jury Award / Special Mention ( Book on Cinema ) Special Jury Award / Special Mention ( Film Critic ) Awards by year 1953 -- 1960 1953 ( 1st ) 1954 ( 2nd ) 1955 ( 3rd ) 1956 ( 4th ) 1957 ( 5th ) 1958 ( 6th ) 1959 ( 7th ) 1960 ( 8th ) 1961 -- 1980 1961 ( 9th ) 1962 ( 10th ) 1963 ( 11th ) 1964 ( 12th ) 1965 ( 13th ) 1966 ( 14th ) 1967 ( 15th ) 1968 ( 16th ) 1969 ( 17th ) 1970 ( 18th ) 1971 ( 19th ) 1972 ( 20th ) 1973 ( 21st ) 1974 ( 22nd ) 1975 ( 23rd ) 1976 ( 24th ) 1977 ( 25th ) 1978 ( 26th ) 1979 ( 27th ) 1980 ( 28th ) 1981 -- 2000 1981 ( 29th ) 1982 ( 30th ) 1983 ( 31st ) 1984 ( 32nd ) 1985 ( 33rd ) 1986 ( 34th ) 1987 ( 35th ) 1988 ( 36th ) 1989 ( 37th ) 1990 ( 38th ) 1991 ( 39th ) 1992 ( 40th ) 1993 ( 41st ) 1994 ( 42nd ) 1995 ( 43rd ) 1996 ( 44th ) 1997 ( 45th ) 1998 ( 46th ) 1999 ( 47th ) 2000 ( 48th ) 2001 -- present 2001 ( 49th ) 2002 ( 50th ) 2003 ( 51st ) 2004 ( 52nd ) 2005 ( 53rd ) 2006 ( 54th ) 2007 ( 55th ) 2008 ( 56th ) 2009 ( 57th ) 2010 ( 58th ) 2011 ( 59th ) 2012 ( 60th ) 2013 ( 61st ) 2014 ( 62nd ) 2015 ( 63rd ) 2016 ( 64th ) 2017 ( 65th ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=65th_National_Film_Awards&oldid=851827185 '' Categories : National Film Awards ceremonies 2018 Indian film awards Hidden categories : Use Indian English from February 2018 All Wikipedia articles written in Indian English Use dmy dates from February 2018 Pages using infobox film awards with the award org parameter Pages using infobox film awards with the presenting org parameter Pages using infobox film awards with the best book parameter Pages using infobox film awards with the best critic parameter Pages using infobox film awards with the lifetime achievement parameter Talk Contents About Wikipedia हिन्दी മലയാളം తెలుగు Edit links This page was last edited on 24 July 2018, at 21 : 22 ( UTC ). 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Question: who has been chosen as the best actor in the 65th national filmfare award 2018
Answer: Riddhi Sen