In the main feature film section which comprises of 37 awards and 29 categories – excluding the individual Best Feature Film awards for regional languages – the richly deserving Mollywood leads the pack with the lion's share of nine awards, followed by Bollywood’s six, Bengali industry’s four which shares its place with the surprise entrant in Assamese with four honors.Īlso read: National Film Awards 2018 complete winners list: Sridevi named Best Actress Newton is Best Hindi Filmįor an industry which has been consistently churning out path-breaking yet simple films – interspersed with rooted stories – at regular intervals, Mollywood has made the right noise and fetched its due recognition this year.ĭirector Dileesh Pothan’s highly-celebrated sophomore drama Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyumbagged two awards including the Best Supporting Actor for Fahadh Faasil (his first national award) and Best Original Screenplay for Sajeev Pazhoor. The most notable milestones for southern cinema this year include the domination of Malayalam film industry – a record nine awards in the main feature film category – Oscar award-winning composer AR Rahman eclipsing Maestro’s Ilaiyaraja record and veteran playback singer KJ Yesudas bagging his eighth award after 25 years. The 65th National Film Awards for the year 2017 were announced earlier today by the jury headed by director Shekhar Kapur, who showered lavish praise on the growth and domination of regional cinema and also strongly advocated the inclusion of more women in the panel next year.
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