Hindi cinema bagged the lion’s share of the 66th National Film Awards 2018, with ‘Uri: The Surgical Strike’ winning four, ‘Andhadhun’ and the controversial ‘Padmaavat’ three and ‘Badhaai Ho’ getting two awards each in various categories. The best feature film was bagged by Gujarati film ‘Hellaro’, a film on women empowerment in a patriarchal society.
‘Badhaai Ho’ won the award for best popular film providing wholesome entertainment. Surekha Sikri also won the award for best supporting actor (female) for her role in the 2018 blockbuster film.‘Chalo Jeete Hain’, a short film inspired by events from the childhood days of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, won the National Award for best non-feature film on family values. AS Kanal, chairman of the non-feature films jury, said the film was judged on the basis of its content and the jury was not aware that the film was inspired by the PM’s childhood. The josh was high for the biggest winner of the day, ‘Uri’, which won awards for best direction, best audiography, and best music direction. The film’s lead actor, Vicky Kaushal, also shared the best actor award with ‘Andhadhun’ actor Ayushmann Khurrana.
Full list of winners:
Best non feature film: 'Son Rise' by Vibha Bakshi and 'The Secret Life of Frogs' by Ajay and Vijay Bedi; Best Educational Film: 'Sarala Virala'; Best Director: Uri : The Surgical Strike- Aditya Dhar;
Best Feature Film: 'Hellaro' a Gujarati film directed by Abhishek Shah
Best Actor: Ayushmann Khuranna for 'Andhadhun' and Vicky Kaushal for 'Uri: The Surgical Strike';
Best Actress: Keerthy Suresh for 'Mahanati'; Best Supporting Actor - Swanand Kirkire for 'Chumbhak;' Best supporting actress - Surekha Sikri for 'Badhaai Ho'; Best Action Direction: 'KGF Chapter I'; Best Choreography: 'Padmaavat' for Goomar
Best Film for National Integration: 'Ondalla Eradalla' (Kannada); Best Cinematography – 'Olu' (Malayalam) to MJ Radhakrishnan; Best Popular Film: 'Badhaai Ho'; Best film on Environment issues – 'Paani'; Best Debut Film of a Director: 'Naal' (Marathi); Best film on Social Issues: 'Padman'
Best Child artist: P V Rohith (Kannada), Sameep Singh (Punjabi), Talha Arshad Reshi (Urdu) and Shrinivas Pokale (Marathi); Best Children's Film: 'Sarkari Area Prathamika Shaale' Kasaragod
Best Cinematography: MJ Radhakrishnan for Olu, Malayalam
