President Pranab Mukherjee presented the 62nd National Film Awards Sunday May 03,2015

President Pranab Mukherjee presented the 62nd National Film Awards on Sunday at a glittering ceremony here studded with talent representing the diversity of the Indian film industry.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Rathore also attended the award ceremony.

With 45 awards in Feature Film category and a total of 21 awards in the Non-Feature film category, the award ceremony was attended by talents from Bollywood along with regional film industries Bengali, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu and Assamese.

Shashi Kapoor, honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke award this year, couldn't attend and the veteran actor will be feted in Mumbai soon.
A special film on Shashi Kapoor was also shown on the occasion, where Pallavi Joshi and Rajat Kapoor played the hosts

 

 

Bobby Simhaa also walked away with National Award for Best Supporting Actor for his villainous act in 'Jigarthanda'.  Singer Uttara Unnikrishanan bagged the Best Female Playback Singer award for the song 'Azhugu' from Tamil film 'Saivam'.  'Kaakkaa Muttai' grabs best Children's film and editor Vivek Harshah got best editor for movie 'Jigarthanda'.

Best Actor: Vijay/ Nan Avanalla Avalu (Kannada)

Best Actress: Kangana Ranaut/ Queen (Hindi)

Best Feature Film:Court (Marathi, Hindi, Gujarati & English)

Best Popular Film Providing Wholesom Entertainment: Mary Kom (Hindi)

Best Film On Envrionment Conservation: Ottaal (Malayalam)

Best Direction: Chtotushkone (Bengali)/Srijith Mukherjee

Best Bengali Film: Nirbashito

Best Hindi Film: Queen

Best Kannada Film: Harivu

Best Malayalam Film: Ain

Best Marathi Film: Killa

Best Odiya Film: Aadim Vichar

Best Punjabi Film: Punjab 1984

Best Tamil Film: Kuttram Kadithal

Best Telugu Film: Chandamama Kathalu

Best Rabha Film: Orong

Best Haryanvi Film: Pagdi The Honour

Best Educational Films: Komal, Behind The Glass Wall

Best Debut Film Of A Director: Asha Jaor Majhe (Bengali)

Best Supporting Actor: Bobby Simha/ Jigarthanda (Tamil)

Best Supporting Actress: Baljinder Kaur/ Pagdi The Honour (Haryanvi)

Best Male Playback Singer: Sukhvinder Singh/ Haider (Hindi)

Best Female Playback Singer: Uttara Unnikrishnan/ Saivam (Tamil)

Best Costume Designer: Dolly Ahluvalia/ Haider (Hindi)

Best Music Direction: Vishal Bharadwaj/ Haider (Hindi)

Best Background Score: Gopi Sundar/ 1983 (Malyalam)

Best Choreography: Haider (Hindi)

Best Assamese Film : Othello

Best Editor: Vivek Harshah /Jigardhanda (Tamil)

Best Exploration/ Adventure Films: Life Force-India’s Western Ghats

Best Investigative Film: Phum Shang

Best Animation Film: Sound Of Joy

Best Short Fiction Film: Mitraa

Best Film Critic: Tanul Thakur

Best Writing On Cinema: Silent Cinema (1895-1930) by Pasupuleti Purnachandra Rao

Best Child Artist: J Vignesh and Ramesh - Kaakkaa Muttai (Tamil)

Best Children's Film: Kaakkaa Muttai (Tamil)

Special Mentions:-

Feature Films: Ain (Malayalam), Nachom IA Kumpasar (Konkani), Killa (Marathi), Bhoothnath Returns (Hindi)

Best Writing On Cinema (Special Mention): Pride Of Tamil Cinema by G. Dhananjayan