National Film Awards – 2013

61st National Film Awards – 2013

The 61st National Film Awards ceremony was an event during which the Directorate of Film Festivals of India presented its annual National Film Awards to honour the best films of 2013 in the Indian cinema. The ceremony was held on May 3, 2014.

Feature Films

All the winners are awarded with a Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus Award), a certificate and a cash prize.

1.     Best Feature Film                     -           Ship of Theseus (English, Hindi)

2.     Best Debut Film of a Director (Indira Gandhi Award)       -           Fandry (Marathi)

3.     Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment          - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (Hindi)

4.     Best Children's Film                 -           Kaphal (Hindi)

5.     Best Direction                          -           Shahid (Hindi) Hansal Mehta

All the winners were awarded with a Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus Award), a certificate and a cash prize.

1.     Best Feature Film on National Integration (Nargis Dutt Award)- Thalaimuraigal (Tamil)

2.     Best Film on Social Issues       -           Tuhya Dharma Koncha (Marathi)

3.     Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation - Perariyathavar (Malyalam)

4.     Best Actor - Rajkummar Rao (Shahid, Hindi)  and Suraj Venjaramoodu (Perariyathavar, Malayalam)

5.     Best Actress                             -           Geetanjali Thapa (Liar's Dice, Hindi)

6.     Best Supporting Actor              -           Saurabh Shukla (Jolly LLB)

7.     Best Supporting Actress          -           Amruta Subhash (Astu) and Aida El Kashef (Ship Of Theseus)

8.     Best Child Artist                       -            Somnath Avghade ( Fan dry), Baby Sadhana (Thanga Meenkal)

9.     Best Male Playback Singer       -           Rupankar Bagchi (Jaatishwar, Bengali)

10.  Best Female Playback Singer   -           Bela Shende (Tuhya Dharma Koncha, Marathi)

11.  Best Cinematography               -           Liar's Dice (Hindi) Rajeev Ravi

12.  Best Original Screenplay          -           December 1 (Kannada) P. Sheshadri

13.  Best Adapted Screenplay         -           Prakruti (Kannada) Panchakshari

14.  Best Dialogue                           -           Astu (Marathi) Sumitra Bhave

15.  Best Location Sound Recordist -          Madras Cafe (Hindi) Nihar Ranjan Samal

16.  Best Sound Design                  -           Madras Cafe (Hindi) Bishwadeep Chatterjee

17.  Best Re-recordist of the Final Mixed Track – Swapaanam (Malayalam) D Yuvaraj

18.  Best Editing                             -           Vallinam (Tamil) V.J. Sabu Joseph

19.  Best Production Design           -           Miss Lovely (Hindi) Ashim Ahluwalia, Tabsheer Zutshi, Parichit Paralkar

20.  Best Costume Designer            -           Jaatishwar (Bengali) Sabarni Das

21.  Best Songs                              -           Jaatishwar,  Kabir Suman

22.  Best Background Score            -           Na Bangaaru Talli, Bengali, Shantanu Moitra

23.  Best Lyrics                               -           Thanga Meengal, Tamil, Na. Muthukumar

24.  Special Effects                         -           Jal (Hindi)

25.  Best Choreography                  -           Bhaag Milkha Bhaag Ganesh Acharya  

26.  Special Jury Awards                -           Yellow (Marathi) Miss Lovely (Hindi)

27.  Special Mention                       -           Gauri Gadgil and Sanjana Rai for ‘Yellow’ (Marathi), Anjali Patil Na Bangaaru Talli (Telgu)

Non Feature Films

All the winners were awarded with Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus Award), a certificate and cash prize.

1.     Best Non Feature Film              -           Rangbhoomi (Hindi)

2.     Best Direction (Non Feature)     -           Chidiya Udh

All the winners were awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus Award) and cash prize.

1.     Best First Non-Feature Film      -           Kanyaka (Malayalam)

2.     Best Biographical Film / Best Historical Reconstruction Film   - The Last Adieu (English)

3.     Best Educational Film              -           The Quantum Indians (English)

4.     Best Environmental Film including Agriculture            -           Foresting Life (Hindi, Assamese)

5.     Best Arts / Cultural Film           - The Lost Behrupiya (Hindi), O Friend, This Waiting! (English-Telgu)

6.     Best Film on Social Issues       - Gulabi Gang (Hindi, Bundelkhandi)

7.     Best Short Fiction Film & Cinematography      -           Mandrake! Mandrake! (Hindi)

8.     Best Audiography        -           Chidiya Udh

9.     Best Editing                 -           Gulabi Gang (Hindi)

10.  Best Music Direction    -           Yugadrashta (Assamese)

11.  Special Jury Award      -           Ananthamurthy – Not A Biography...But A Hypothesis (English), Tamaash (Kashmiri)

All the winners were awarded with Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus Award), cash prize and a certificate.

1.     Best Book on Cinema: Cinema Ga Cinema (Telgu) by Nandagopal

2.     Best Film Critic:                       Alaka Sahani (English)