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Feature Films
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#
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Name
of
the
Award
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Name
of the Film
(Languages)
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Awardees
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Medal
& Cash Prize (all in Rs)
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Citation
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1
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Best
Feature Film
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Court
(Marathi,
Hindi,
Gujarati
& English)
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Producer:
Zoo
Entertainment
Director:
Chaitanya
Tamhane
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Swarna
Kamal
&
Rs. 250000 to each
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Court
is a powerful and stark depiction of the mundaneness of judicial procedure
revealed brilliantly by the film’s form, forcing us to reflect on the
heart-wrenching insensitivity of institutional structures.
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2
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Indira
Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director
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Asha
Jaoar Majhe
(Bengali)
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Producer:
FOR
Films
Director:
Aditya
Vikram
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Swarna
Kamal
&
Rs. 125000 to each
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For
the portrayal of routine ordinary life with extraordinary cinematic finesse.
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3
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Best
Popular Film providing wholesome Entertainment
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Mary
Kom
(Hindi)
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Producer:
Viacom
18
Director:
Omung
Kumar
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Swarna
Kamal
&
Rs. 200000 to each
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For
an inspiring tale of a woman who becomes a national icon through her
determined pursuit of sporting excellence.
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4
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Best
Film on Social Issues
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Chotoder
Chobi
(Bengali)
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Producer:
Shree
Venkatesh Films
Director:
Kaushik
Ganguly
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Rajat
Kamal
&
Rs. 150000 to each
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For
its empathetic portrayal of marginalized people and their struggle for a life
of dignity.
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5
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Best
Film on Environment Conservation / Preservation
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Ottaal
(Malayalam)
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Producer:
Cutz
Film
Director:
Jayaraj
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Rajat
Kamal
&
Rs. 150000 to each
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Ottal,
a visual poem, expresses the beauty and serenity of the protagonist’s rural
environment and a way of life whose value is measured by the poignancy of its
loss.
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6
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Best
Children’s Film
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Kaakkaa
Muttai
(Tamil)
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Producer:
Grass
Root Film
Director:
Manikandan
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Swarna
Kamal & Rs. 150000 [cash shared b/w all]
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Kaakkaa
Muttai for narrating a charming story of two brothers who are unaware of
their deprived status and have a confrontation with the tastelessness of
globalization.
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Elizabeth
Ekadashi
(Marathi)
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Producer:
Essel Vision
Director:
Paresh Mokashi
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Elizabeth
Ekadashi is a delightful tale that reaffirms children`s ability to negotiate
the complexities of life with relative ease.
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7
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Best Direction
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Chotushkone
(Bengali)
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Srijit Mukherji
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Swarna Kamal & Rs. 250000
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For its brilliantly reflexive use of
the cinematic idiom through a playful and innovative mise-en-scene that
tautens to an unexpected and gripping climax.
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8
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Best Actor
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Nanu Avanalla Avalu (Kannada)
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Vijay
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Rajat Kamal &
Rs. 50000
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For his subtle and non-stereotypical
playing of a woman trapped in a man’s body, portraying a gamut of emotions as
s/he struggles through confusion, rejection and humiliation to finally chart
her own course with confidence and dignity.
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9
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Best Actress
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Queen (Hindi)
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Kangana Ranaut
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Rajat Kamal &
Rs. 50000
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For an endearingly etched out
performance that is grounded in contextual specificity and at the same time
is disarmingly spontaneous as to appear almost improvisatory.
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10
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Best Supporting Actor
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Jigarthanda
(Tamil)
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Bobby Simhaa
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Rajat Kamal &
Rs. 50000
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For an engaging portrayal of a
dreaded Mafia don who plays both the villain and the comic with a rare
flamboyance and abandon.
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11
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Best Supporting Actress
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Pagdi The Honour
(Haryanavi)
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Baljinder Kaur
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Rajat Kamal &
Rs. 50000
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For a very expressive performance as
a gritty rustic woman who struggles as wife and mother to keep her family
intact in a society obsessed with patriarchal honour.
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12
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Best
Child Artist
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Kaakaa
Muttai
(Tamil)
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J
Vignesh and Ramesh
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Rajat
Kamal &
Rs.
50000 [cash to be shared]
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For
their portrayal of inseparable siblings living in a slum who innocently
struggle with rare dignity to acquire what attracts them in this vast market
of products unleashed by a liberal economy only to realise the harsh reality
of invincible class boundaries.
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13
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Best
Male Playback Singer
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Haider
(Hindi)
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Sukhwinder
Singh
(Song:
Bismil…)
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Rajat
Kamal &
Rs.
50000
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For
a powerful rendition which effectively reflects the agony and anger of the
protagonist.
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14
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Best
Female Playback Singer
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Saivam
(Tamil)
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Uttara
Unnikrishnanan
(Song:
Azhagu…)
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Rajat
Kamal &
Rs.
50000
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For
evoking an emotional resonance through the purity and innocence of her voice.
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15
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Best
Cinematography
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Chotushkone
(Bengali)
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Sudeep
Chatterjee
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Rajat
Kamal &
Rs.
50000
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For
exhibiting a wide spectrum of space and time while effortlessly knitting the emotional fabric of the film.
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16
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Best
Screenplay Writer (original)
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Chotushkone
(Bengali)
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Srijit
Mukherjee
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Rajat
Kamal &
Rs.
50000
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Chotushkone
for the masterful telling of a taut suspense thriller which weaves a sinister
web around the journey and lives of four egotistical characters.
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17
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Best
Screenplay Writer (adapted)
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Ottal
(Malayalam)
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Joshy
Mangalath
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Rajat
Kamal &
Rs.
50000
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Ottal
for beautifully transposing Anton Chekov’s short story onto a canvas of nature that enhances
the shades of the original.
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18
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Best
Dialogues
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Haider
(Hindi)
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Vishal
Bharadwaj
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Rajat
Kamal &
Rs.
50000
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Haider
for the multi layered and resonant dialogues that evoke angst and passion
with crispness and brevity.
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19
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Best
Audiography (Location Sound Recordist)
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Khadwa
(Marathi)
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Mahaveer
Sabbanwal
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Rajat
Kamal &
Rs.
50000
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Khwada
for its excellent live sound quality which skillfully captures all the
ambient sounds with the right tonal balance.
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20
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Best
Audiography (Sound Designer)
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Asha
Joar Majhe
(Bengali)
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Anish
John
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Rajat
Kamal &
Rs.
50000
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Asha
Jaoar Majhe for creating a brilliant soundscape which enhances the narrative
even in the absence of the spoken word.
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21
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Best
Audiography (Re-recordist)
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Nirbashito
(Bengali)
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Anirban
Sengupta and Dipankar Chaki
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Rajat
Kamal &
Rs.
50000
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Nirbashito
for the seamless movement from chaos into the quietness of solitude while
integrating various elements of sound.
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22
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Best
Editing
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Jigarthanda
(Tamil)
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Vivek
Harshan
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Rajat
Kamal &
Rs.
50000
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For
structuring the different narratives of raw cruelty and urban cunning that
eventually intermingle with positive and humourous overtones through skillful
editing.
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23
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Best
Production Design
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Nachom
– IA Kumpasar (Konkani)
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Aparna
Raina
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Rajat
Kamal &
Rs.
50000
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For
convincingly recreating spaces from a different era and with minute attention
to detail.
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24
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Best
Costume Design
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Haider
(Hindi)
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Dolly
Ahluwalia
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Rajat
Kamal &
Rs.
50000
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For
capturing the essence of the characters and moods with creative flourish.
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25
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Best
Make-up Artist
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Nanu
Avanalla Avalu
(Kannada)
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Nangaraju
& Raju
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Rajat
Kamal &
Rs.
50000
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For
the realistic creation of gender duality in a character through different
phases of life.
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26
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Best
Music Direction (Songs)
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Haider
(Hindi)
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Vishal
Bharadwaj
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Rajat
Kamal &
Rs.
50000
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For
developing the conflict of the inner and outer landscape through haunting
music.
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27
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Best
Music Direction (Background)
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Nineteen
Eighty Three
(Malayalam)
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Gopi
Sunder
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Rajat
Kamal &
Rs.
50000
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For
maintaining the tempo of the film with an in-sync background score.
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28
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Best
Lyrics
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Saivam
(Tamil)
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Na.
Muthukumar
(Azhagu..)
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Rajat
Kamal &
Rs.
50000
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For
embodying the world as seen through the eyes of a child using common place
images to make an appeal to an adult world.
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29
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Special
Jury Award
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Khwada
(Marathi)
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Director:
Bhaurao
Karhade
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Rajat
Kamal &
Rs.
200000
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For
a hard-hitting but restrained narration of the harsh realities of a nomadic
shepherd community who are in search of stability.
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30
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Best
Choreography
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Haider
(Hindi)
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Sudesh
Adhana
(Bismil….)
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Rajat
Kamal &
Rs.
50000
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For
the evocative fusion of performative grammars, interweaving a staccato
whirling of masculinised bodies with larger than life puppets, to create a
dance that is firmly embedded within the narrative.
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Best Films in
selected Languages
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1
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Assamese
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Othello
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Rajat Kamal &
Rs. 100000 to each
[Producer and
Director]
Language Haryanvi: Haryana
Language Rabha: Assam, West Bengal
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2
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Bengali
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Nirbashito
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3
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Hindi
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Queen
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4
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Kannada
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Harivu
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5
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Konakani
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Nachom – IA
Kumpasar
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5
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Malayalam
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Ain
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6
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Marathi
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Killa
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7
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Odiya
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Aadim Vichar
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8
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Punjabi
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Punjab 1984
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9
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Tamil
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Kuttram Kadithal
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10
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Telugu
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Chandamama Kathalu
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11
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Haryanvi
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Pagdi The Honour
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12
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Rabha
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Orong
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