All the winners at the 64th National Film Awards 2017 – Akshay Kumar wins Best Actor, Surabhi Lakshmi wins Best Actress
The Directorate of Films announced the 64th National Film Awards 2017 on April 7. Actor Akshay Kumar won the Best Actor Award for his performance in the movie Rustom, in which he played the role of a navy officer. Actress Surabhi Lakshmi has won the Best Actress award for her performance in the movie Minnaminungu.
The Best Hindi Film award goes to Sonam Kapoor starrer Neerja, which is a biopic on martyred air hostess, Neerja Bhanot. A special mention was made about Sonam Kapoor for her ‘convincing performance of a real life icon’ in the movie. Malayalam superstar Mohanlal’s name was specially mentioned for his role in Pulimurugan.
The actor who played young Geeta Phogat in Dangal, Zaira Wasim won the award for Best Supporting Actress. Actor Manoj Joshi won the Best Supporting Actor award for the Marathi movie Dashakriya. The Best Film with a Social Message Award went to the movie Pink.
Here is the entire list of other winners of the 64th National Film Awards 2017
Best Actor – Akshay Kumar
Best Actress – Surabhi Lakshmi
Best Supporting Actress – Zaira Wasim
Best Supporting Actor – Manoj Joshi
Best Children’s Film – Dhanak
Popular Film – Sathamanam Bhavathi (Telugu)
Best Environmental Film – The Tiger Who Crossed The Line
Best Film on Social Issues – I am Jija and Sanath
Best Film with a Social Message – Pink
Best Bengali Film – Bisorjon
Best Kannada Film – Reservation
Best Marathi Film – Dashakriya
Best Gujarati Film – Wrong Side Raju
Best Hindi Film – Neerja
Best Tamil Film – Joker
Best Short Fiction Film – Abba
Special Animation Film Award – Hum Picture Banate Hai
Special Mentions – Kadvi Hawa, Mukti Bhavan, Adil Hussain (for Mukti Bhavan)
Best Male Playback Singer – Sundara Iyer for Joker
Best Female Playback Singer – Emaan Chakraborty for Praktan
Best Child Artistes – Kunju Devam, Ardish Praveen and Shaj Pathak
Best Action Direction – Pulimurugan
Best Book on Cinema – Lata — Sur Gatha
Best Movie Critic – G Dhananjayan
Most Film Friendly State – Uttar Pradesh
Best Special Effect – Shivaay
Best Lyrics – Endha Pakkam from Dharma Durai
Best Cinematography – 24
Photo Credits: Viral Bhayani
