67th National Film Awards: Winners list
'Akshi' bags best Kannada film award; 'Pingara', the Best Tulu film
New Delhi, Mar 22 : Filmmaker Priyadarshan's "Marakkar: Arabikadalinte Simham" was named the best film, while Bollywood actors Kangana Ranaut, Manoj Bajpayee and Dhanush were declared best actors at the 67th National Film Awards, announced here on Monday.
While Ranaut won the best actress award for her performances in "Manikarnika" and "Panga", Bajpayee was named best actor for Devashish Makhija's "Bhonsle". The actor shared the honour with Dhanush, who earned the honour for "Asuran".
Here is the complete list of winners of the 67th National Film Awards:
Feature Film Awards: Best Feature Film: 'Marakkar: Arabikkadalinte Simham" (Malyalam) Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment: "Maharshi" (Telugu) Best Director: Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan for "Bahattar Hoorain" (Hindi) Best Hindi Film: "Chhichhore" Best Actor (shared): Manoj Bajpayee for "Bhonsle" (Hindi), and Dhanush for "Asuran"(Tamil) Best Actress: Kangana Ranaut for "Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi (Hindi) and "Panga" (Hindi) Best Supporting Actor: Vijaya Sethupathi for "Super Deluxe" (Tamil) Best Supporting Actress: Pallavi Joshi for "The Tashkent Files" (Hindi) Best Screenplay (Original): Kaushik Ganguly for "Jyeshthoputro" (Bengali) Best Screenplay (Adapted): Srijit Mukherji for "Gumnaami" (Bengali) Best Screenplay (Dialogue Writer): Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri "The Tashkent Files" (Hindi) Best Music Direction: D Imman for "Viswasam" (Tamil) Best Background Music: Prabuddha Banerjee for "Jyeshthoputro" (Bengali) Best Lyrics: Prabha Varma for "Arodum Parayuka Vayya", "Kolaambi" (Malayalam) Best Male Playback Singer: B Praak for "Teri Mitti", "Kesari" (Hindi) Best Female Playback Singer: Savani Ravindra, for "Raan Petala", "Bardo" (Marathi) Best Choreography: Raju Sundaram for "Maharishi" (Telugu) Best Cinematography: Gireesh Gangadharan for "Jallikattu" (Malayalam) Best Editing: Navin Nooli for "Jersey" (Telugu) Special Jury Award: "Oththa Seruppu Size 7" (Tamil) Best Children's Film: "Kastoori" (Hindi) Best Child Artist: Naga Vishal for "Kruppu Durai" (Tamil) Best Production Design: Sunil Nigwekar and Nilesh Wagh for "Anandi Gopal" (Marathi) Best Costume Designer: Sujith Sudhakaran and V Sai for "Marakkar: Arabikkadalinte Simham" (Malyalam) Best Make-up Artist: Ranjith for "Helen" (Malayalam) Best Special Effects: Siddharth Priyadarshan for "Marakkar: Arabikkadalinte Simham" (Malyalam) Best Action Direction: Vikram Mor for "Avane Srimannarayana" (Kannada) Best Audiography (Location Sound Recordist): Debajit Gayan for "Iewduh" (Khasi) Best Audiography (Re-recordist of the final mixed track): Resul Pookutty for "Oththa Seruppu Size 7" (Tamil) Best Audiography (Sound Designer) : Mandar Kamalapurkar for "Trijya" (Marathi)
Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration : "Tajmahal" (Marathi) Best Film on Social Issues: "Anandi Gopal" (Marathi) Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director: Mathukutty Xavier for "Helen" (Malayalam) Best Film on Environment Conservation/ Preservation: "Water Burial" (Monpa) Best Bengali Film: "Gumnaami" Best Tamil Film: "Asuran" Best Telugu Film: "Jersey" Best Marathi Film: "Bardo" Best Malayalam Film: "Kala Nottam" Best Assamese Film: "Ronuwa- Who Never Surrender" Best Manipuri Film: "Eigi Kona" Best Kannada Film: "Akshi" Best Konkani Film: "Kaajro" Best Odia Film (shared): "Sala Budhar Badla" and "Kalira Atita" Best Punjabi Film: "Rab Da Radio 2" Best Haryanvi Film: "Chhoriyan Chhoron Se Kam Nahi Hoti" Best Chhattisgarhi Film: "Bhulan The Maze" Best Khasi Film: "Iewduh" Best Mishing Film: "Anu Ruwad" Best Paniya Film: "Kenjira" Best Tulu Film: "Pingara" Special Mention (Director): Sajin Babu for "Biryani" (Malayalam), Abhijeet Mohan Warang for "Picaso" (Marathi) Special Mention (Actor): Benjamin Daimary for "Jonaki Porua" (Assamese) Special Mention (Actress): Lata Kare for "Lata Bhagwan Kare" (Marathi)
Non-Feature Film Awards:
Best Non-Feature Film: An Engineered Dream (Hindi) Best Biographical Film: "Elephants Do Remember" Best Ethnographic Film: "Charan-Atva" Best Environment Film: "The Stork Saviours" Best Promotional film: "The Shower" Best Debut Non-Feature Film: "Khisa"
Best Explorative Film: "Wild Karnataka" Best Narration: "Wild Karnataka" (David Attenborough)
Audiography (musical): "Radha" On Location Sound Recordist: "Rahas"
Best Cinematography: "Sonsi"
Best Direction: "Knock Knock Knock" Best Film on Family Values: "Oruu Pathira" Best Short Fiction: "Custody" Special Jury Award: "Small Scale Values".
Best Animation: "Radha" Best Investigative Film: "Jakkal" Best Education Film: "Apples and Oranges" Best Film on Social Issues: "Holy Rites" and "Ladli".
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BJP will bring back electoral bonds after wider consultations, says Nirmala Sitharaman
New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced on Friday that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) plans to reintroduce electoral bonds, which were declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, in some form after wider consultations if the party is re-elected in the Lok Sabha elections, as reported by the Hindustan Times.
The scheme was struck down by a five-judge bench of the Supreme Court on February 15, citing violations of voters' right to information and the potential for quid pro quo arrangements between donors and political parties.
Sitharaman stated that the Centre has not yet decided whether to file a review petition against the judgement.
“We still have to do a lot of consultation with stakeholders and see what is it that we have to do to make or bring in a framework which will be acceptable to all, primarily retain the level of transparency and completely remove the possibility of black money entering into this,” she said in an interview with the Hindustan Times.
The finance minister claimed that the electoral bonds scheme had brought in transparency, and that what prevailed before it “was just free-for-all”.
Sitharaman echoed the claims made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 15 during an interview with ANI, in which he contended that it was because of electoral bonds that a money trail could be found in political funding.
“If there were no electoral bonds, then in which system of power would they have been able to find out where the money came from and where it went?” Modi asked. “This is the success story of electoral bonds.”
The Supreme Court had on February 15 directed the State Bank of India to issue details of the political parties that received electoral bonds from April 12, 2019, and submit them to the Election Commission. In the initial set of data released on court orders, the State Bank of India had not revealed the unique alphanumeric numbers and serial numbers of the electoral bonds.
It was only after petitioners in the case approached the court that the bank shared the alphanumeric and serial numbers of electoral bonds that were used to match donations with the parties that received them.
On April 17, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi asked why the BJP had hidden the names of those who had donated money to the party through electoral bonds if the aim of the scheme was to increase transparency. “And why did you hide the dates on which they gave you the money?” he added.
Electoral bonds were monetary instruments that citizens or corporate groups could buy from the State Bank of India and give to a political party, which then redeemed them.
Under the scheme, buyers were not required to declare their purchase of these interest-free bonds and political parties did not need to show the source of the money. Only the total amount received through the electoral bonds was revealed to the Election Commission through the audited accounts statements.
However, the Centre could access information about these donors as it controls the State Bank of India.
Analysis of the data shared by the State Bank of India revealed that the BJP received the lion’s share of electoral bond donations. Some of the buyers of the electoral bonds were companies that had faced raids by central agencies.
