63rd National Film awards - Wikipedia 63rd National Film awards 63rd National Film Awards Awarded for Best of Indian cinema in 2015 Awarded by Directorate of Film Festivals Presented by Directorate of Film Festivals Announced on 28 March 2016 ( 2016 - 03 - 28 ) Presented on 3 May 2016 ( 2016 - 05 - 03 ) Official website dff.nic.in Highlights Best Feature Film Baahubali : The Beginning Best Non-Feature Film Amdavad Ma Famous Best Book Dr. Rajkumar Samagra Charithre Best Film Critic Meghachandra Kongbam Most awards Bajirao Mastani ( 7 ) ← 62nd National Film Awards 64th → The 63rd National Film Awards was an award ceremony during which the Directorate of Film Festivals of India presents its annual National Film Awards to honour the best films of 2015 in the Indian cinema. The awards were announced on 28 March 2016 and the ceremony was held on 3 May 2016. Contents 1 Selection process 2 Best Film Friendly State 3 Dadasaheb Phalke Award 4 Feature Films 4.1 Juries 4.2 All India Award 4.2. 1 Golden Lotus Award 4.2. 2 Silver Lotus Award 4.3 Regional Awards 5 Non-Feature Films 5.1 Golden Lotus Award 5.2 Silver Lotus Award 6 Best Writing on Cinema 6.1 Golden Lotus Award 7 References 8 External links Selection process The Directorate of Film Festivals invited nominations for the awards in January 2016. The acceptable last date for entries was until 13 January 2016. Feature and Non-Feature Films certified by Central Board of Film Certification between 1 January 2015, and 31 December 2015, 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 2015, and 31 December 2015, 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. Best Film friendly State 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 a State Government Policy. Award Name of State Citation Best Film Friendly State State of Gujarat Film Policy for Promotion of Gujarati Cinema. 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. Following were the jury members. Jury Members Lata Mangeshkar Asha Bhosle Salim Khan Nitin Mukesh Anup Jalota Name of Award Awardee ( s ) Awarded As Awards Dadasaheb Phalke Award Manoj Kumar Actor, Filmmaker Swarna Kamal, ₹ 1 million ( US $16,000 ) and a Shawl Feature Films Feature films will be awarded at All India as well as regional level. Following will be the awards given in each category : Juries A committee headed by Ramesh Sippy was appointed to evaluate the feature films awards. Following were the jury members : Jury Members Ramesh Sippy ( Chairperson ) Gangai Amaran Sandip Datta John Matthew Matthan Dharam Gulati Gyan Sahay S.R. Leela K. Vasu Satish Kaushik Shyamaprasad Munin Barua All India award Following will be the awards given : 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 Baahubali : The Beginning Telugu Producer : Shobu Yarlagadda and Arka Media Works ( P ) LTD. Director : S.S. Rajamouli ₹ 250,000 / - Each Best Debut Film of A Director Masaan Hindi Producer : Phantom Films Director : Neeraj Ghaywan ₹ 1, 25,000 / - Each Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment Bajrangi Bhaijaan Hindi Producer : Salman Khan and Rockline Venkatesh Director : Kabir Khan ₹ 200,000 / - Each Best Children 's Film Duronto Hindi Producer : Code Red Films Director : Soumnedra Padhi ₹ 150,000 / - Each Best Direction Bajirao Mastani Hindi Sanjay Leela Bhansali ₹ 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 Nanak Shah Fakir Punjabi Producer : Gurbani Media Director : -- ₹ 150,000 / - Each for Best Film on Other Social Issues Nirnayakam Malayalam Producer : Jayraj Films Director : V.K. Prakash ₹ 150,000 / - Each Best Film on Environment / Conservation / Preservation Valiya Chirakulla Pakshikal Malayalam Producer : Dr. A.K. Pillai Director : Dr. Biju ₹ 150,000 / - Each Best Actor Piku Hindi Amitabh Bachchan ₹ 50,000 / - Best Actress Tanu Weds Manu Returns Hindi Kangana Ranaut ₹ 50,000 / - Best Supporting Actor Visaranai Tamil Samuthirakani ₹ 50,000 / - Best Supporting Actress Bajirao Mastani Hindi Tanvi Azmi ₹ 50,000 / - Best Child Artist Ben Malayalam Gaurav Menon ₹ 50,000 / - Best Male Playback Singer Katyar Kaljat Ghusali ( For the song `` Aruni Kirani '' ) Marathi Mahesh Kale ₹ 50,000 / - Best Female Playback Singer Dum Laga Ke Haisha ( For the song `` Moh Moh Ke Dhaage '' ) Hindi Monali Thakur ₹ 50,000 / - Best Cinematography Bajirao Mastani Hindi Sudeep Chatterjee ₹ 50,000 / - Best Screenplay Screenplay Writer ( Original ) Piku Tanu Weds Manu Returns Hindi Juhi Chaturvedi Himanshu Sharma ₹ 50,000 / - Best Screenplay Screenplay Writer ( Adapted ) Talvar Hindi Vishal Bhardwaj ₹ 50,000 / - Best Screenplay Dialogues Piku Tanu Weds Manu Returns Hindi Juhi Chaturvedi Himanshu Sharma ₹ 50,000 / - Best Audiography Location Sound Recordist Talvar Hindi Sanjay Kurian ₹ 50,000 / - Best Audiography Sound Designer Bajirao Mastani Hindi Biswadeep Chatterjee ₹ 50,000 / - Best Audiography Re-recordist of the Final Mixed Track Bajirao Mastani Hindi Justin Jose ₹ 50,000 / - Best Editing Visaranai Tamil Kishore Te ₹ 50,000 / - Best Art Direction Bajirao Mastani Hindi Shriram Iyengar Saloni Dhatrak Sujeet Sawant ₹ 50,000 / - Best Costume Design Nanak Shah Fakir Punjabi Payal Saluja ₹ 50,000 / - Best Make - up Artist Nanak Shah Fakir Punjabi Preetisheel G. Singh Clover Wootton ₹ 50,000 / - Best Music Direction Songs Ennu Ninte Moideen ( For the song `` Kathirunnu '' ) Malayalam M. Jayachandran ₹ 50,000 / - Best Music Direction Background Score Tharai Thappattai Tamil Ilaiyaraaja ₹ 50,000 / - Best Lyrics Dum Laga Ke Haisha ( For the song `` Moh Moh Ke Dhaage '' ) Hindi Varun Grover ₹ 50,000 / - Best Special Effects Baahubali : The Beginning Telugu V. Srinivas Mohan ₹ 50,000 / - Best Choreography Bajirao Mastani ( For the song `` Deewani Mastani '' ) Hindi Remo D'Souza ₹ 50,000 / - Special Jury Award Margarita with a Straw Hindi Kalki Koechlin ( Actress ) ₹ 200,000 / - Special Mention Sairat Marathi Rinku Rajguru ( Actress ) Certificate only Su Su Sudhi Vathmeekam Lukka Chuppi Malayalam Jayasurya ( Actor ) Irudhi Suttru Tamil Ritika Singh ( Actress ) Regional awards The award is given to best film in the regional languages in India. Name of Award Name of Film Awardee ( s ) Cash Prize Best Feature Film in Assamese Kothanodi Producer : Anurupa Hazarika Director : Bhaskar Hazarika ₹ 100,000 / - Each Best Feature Film in Bengali Shankhachil Producer : Nideas Creations & Productions Pvt Ltd. Director : Goutam Ghose ₹ 100,000 / - Each Best Feature Film in Bodo Dau Huduni Methai Producer : Shankarlal Goenka Director : Manju Borah ₹ 100,000 / - Each Best Feature Film in Hindi Dum Laga Ke Haisha Producer : Maneesh Sharma & Yash Raj Films Director : Sharat Katariya ₹ 100,000 / - Each Best Feature Film in Kannada Thithi Producer : Prspctvs Productions Pvt Ltd. Director : Raam Reddy ₹ 100,000 / - Each Best Feature Film in Konkani Enemy Producer : A Durga Prasad Director : Dinesh P. Bhonsle ₹ 100,000 / - Each Best Feature Film in Maithili Mithila Makhaan Producer : Neetu Chandra & Samir Kumar Director : Nitin Chandra ₹ 100,000 / - Each Best Feature Film in Malayalam Pathemari Producer : Allens Media Director : Salim Ahamed ₹ 100,000 / - Each Best Feature Film in Manipuri Eibusu Yaohanbiyu Producer : Yunman Hitalar ( Neta ) Singh Director : Maipaksana Haorongbam ₹ 100,000 / - Each Best Feature Film in Marathi Ringan Producer : My Role Motion Pictures Director : Makarand Mane ₹ 100,000 / - Each Best Feature Film in Oriya Pahada ra luha Producer : Mohapatra Movie Magic Pvt. Ltd. Director : Sabyasachi Mohapatra ₹ 100,000 / - Each Best Feature Film in Punjabi Chauthi Koot Producer : NFDC & Kartikeya Singh Director : Gurvinder Singh ₹ 100,000 / - Each Best Feature Film in Sanskrit Priyamanasam Producer : Baby Mathew Somatheeram Director : Vinod Mankara ₹ 100,000 / - Each Best Feature Film in Tamil Visaranai Producer : Wunderbar Films Director : Vetri Maaran ₹ 100,000 / - Each Best Feature Film in Telugu Kanche Producer : Y. Rajeev Reddy Director : Radha Krishna Jagarlamudi ( Krish ) ₹ 100,000 / - 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 Haryanvi Satrangi Producer : Punam Deswal Sharma Director : Sundeep Sharma ₹ 100,000 / - Each Best Feature Film in Khasi Onaatah Producer : Pomu Das & Marjina Kurbah Director : Pradip Kurbah ₹ 100,000 / - Each Best Feature Film in Mizo Kima 's Lode Beyond the Class Producer : Children 's Film Society Director : Zualaa Chhangte ₹ 100,000 / - Each Best Feature Film in Wancho The Head Hunter Producer : Splash Films Private Limited Director : Nilanjan Datta ₹ 100,000 / - 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 Non-Feature Film Amdavad Ma Famous Gujrati Producer : Akanksha Tewari & Arya A. Menon Director : Hardik Mehta ₹ 100,000 / - Each Best Non-Feature Film Direction Kamuki Malayalam Producer : Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute Director : Christo Tomy ₹ 50,000 / - Each 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 Daaravtha Marathi Producer : Nishantroy Bombarde Director : Nishantroy Bombarde ₹ 50,000 / - Each Best Anthropological / Ethnographic Film Aoleang English Producer : Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Stuidies Director : Ranajit Ray Assistant Director - Goutam Sharma ₹ 50,000 / - Each Best Biographical Film / Best Historical Reconstruction / Compilation Film Life in Metaphors : A Portrait of Girish Kasaravalli English And Kannada Producer : Reelism Film Director : O.P. Shrivastava ₹ 50,000 / - Each Best Arts / Cultural Film A Far Afternoon - A Painted Saga Yazhpanam Thedchanamoorthy - Music Beyond Boundaries Hindi, English Tamil Producer : Piramal Art Foundation Director : Sruti Harihara Subramanian Producer : Siddhartha Productions Director : Amshan Kumar ₹ 50,000 / - Each ( Cash Component to be shared ) Best Environment Film including Best Agricultural Film The Man who Dwarfed the Mountains God On The Edge Hindi, English English, Bengali Producer : Rajiv Mehrotra, PSBT Director : Ruchi Shrivastava & Sumit Sunderlal Khanna Producer : Elements Picture Studio Director : Ashok Patel ₹ 50,000 / - Each ( Cash Component to be shared ) Best Promotional Film Weaves of Maheshwar Hindi, English Producer : Storyloom Films Director : Keya Vaswani & Nidhi Kamath ₹ 50,000 / - Each Best Film on Social Issues Auto Driver Manipuri Producer : Oinam Doren, Longjam Meenadevi Director : Longjam Meenadevi ₹ 50,000 / - Each Best Educational / Motivational / Instructional Film Paywat Marathi Producer : Mithunchandra Chaudhari Director : Nayana Dolas & Mithunchandra Chaudhari ₹ 50,000 / - Each Best Exploration / Adventure Film Dribbling with their Future English, Tamil & Kannada Producer : N. Dinesh Raj Kumar & Mathew Varghese Director : Jacob Varghese ₹ 50,000 / - Each Best Investigative Film Tezpur 1962 English Producer : Films Division of India Director : Samujjal Kashyap ₹ 50,000 / - Each Best Animation Film Fisherwoman and TukTuk No Dialogues Producer : Nilima Eriyat Director : Suresh Eriyat Animator : Studio Eeksaurus Productions Private Limited ₹ 50,000 / - Each Best Short Fiction Film Aushadh Marathi Producer : Amol Deshmukh Director : Amol Deshmukh ₹ 50,000 / - Each Best Film on Family Welfare Best Friends Forever English Producer : Syed Sultan Ahmed ( Edumedia India Pvt. Ltd. ) Director : Sandeep Modi ₹ 50,000 / - Each Best Cinematography Benaras - The Unexplored Attachments Bengali Cameraman : Amartya Bhattacharyya Laboratory Processing : ₹ 50,000 / - Each Best Audiography Edpa Kana Kudukh Moumita Roy ₹ 50,000 / - Best Editing Breaking Free English Parvin Angre and Sridhar Rangayan ₹ 50,000 / - Best Music Direction A Far Afternoon - A Painted Saga Hindi, English Aravind - Shankar ₹ 50,000 / - Special Jury Award In Search Of Fading Canvas Hindi Producer : Films Division Director : Manohar Singh Bisht ₹ 50,000 / - Each Special Mention The Chameleone English Arun Shankar Certificate only Amma Malayalam Neelan Syaahi Marathi Varun Tandon 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 ' Golden Lotus Award ( Swarna Kamal ) ' and cash prize. Name of Award Name of Book Language Awardee ( s ) Cash Prize Best Book on Cinema Dr. Rajkumar Samagra Charithre Kannada Author : Doddahulluru Rukkoji Publisher : Preeti Pustaka Prakashana ₹ 75,000 / - Each Best Film Critic Manipuri Meghachandra Kongbam ₹ 75,000 / - Special Mention Forgotten Masters of Hindi Cinema Author : Satish Chopra Certificate Only References ^ Jump up to : `` Call for entries ; 63rd National Film Awards for 2015 '' ( PDF ). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 17 March 2016. Jump up ^ `` 17th National Film Awards '' ( PDF ). Directorate of Film Festivals. p. 38. Retrieved 12 April 2013. Jump up ^ Venugopal, Vasudha ( 12 April 2016 ). `` This year 's Dadasaheb Phalke award recipient Manoj Kumar was rejected at least twice for the same honour ''. The Economic Times. Retrieved 14 April 2016. Jump up ^ `` 63rd National Film Awards '' ( PDF ). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 28 March 2016. External links Official Page of the 63rd National Film Awards, Directorate of Film Festivals, India National Film Awards Directorate of Film Festivals Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Cinema of India Special Award Dadasaheb Phalke Award Feature Films Golden Lotus Awards Best Feature Film Best Director Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment Best Children 's Film Best First 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 ) Assamese Bodo Bengali English Dogri Gujarati Hindi Kannada Kashmiri Konkani Maithili Malayalam Manipuri Marathi Odia Punjabi Sanskrit Tamil Telugu Urdu Bhojpuri Khasi Kodava Kokborok Mishing Mizo Monpa Rabha Sherdukpen Tulu Wancho Discontinued Awards Second Best Feature Film Third Best Feature Film Best Story 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 ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=63rd_National_Film_Awards&oldid=792266819 '' Categories : National Film Awards ( India ) 2015 Indian film awards Hidden categories : Use Indian English from January 2016 All Wikipedia articles written in Indian English Use dmy dates from January 2016 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 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Bahasa Indonesia മലയാളം తెలుగు Edit links This page was last edited on 25 July 2017, at 14 : 45. 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Question: who won the best actress award at the 63rd national film awards in 2016
Answer: Kangana Ranaut