By Admin 
Today, the 71st National Film Award Ceremony was held at Vigyan Bhawan in Delhi, the capital of the country. Where President Draupadi Murmu honored the Winners by giving the National Award in different categories. Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan received the National Award for the first time in a 33 -year career. At the same time, Rani Mukherjee was also awarded the National Award for the first time. Apart from this, Mohanlal was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award.
- Shah Rukh Khan was given the first National Award for Best Actor for the film ‘Jawa’.
- Rani Mukherjee was awarded the Best Actress Award for the film ‘Mrs. Chatterjee Verses Norway’.
- Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s film ’12th Fail’ (Hindi) received the Basch feature film award.
- Vikrant Massey was given the National Award for Best Actor for ’12th Fail’.
- Karan Johar’s film ‘Rocky Aur Rani’s Prem Kahani’ won the Best Popular Film Award.
- Sudipato Sen was awarded the Best Director Award for ‘The Kerala Story’.
Awards given in music and singing
| Category | Winner | Film/song | Language |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best Mail Playback Singer | PVNS Rohit | Premistunna (Baby) | Telugu |
| Best Female Playback Singer | Shilpa Rao | Called (young) | Hindi |
| Best Music Directions (songs) | Yes. V. Prakash Kumar | Vaathi | Tamil |
| Best Music Direction (Background Score) | Harshvardhan Rameshwar | Animal | Hindi |
| Best liricist | Kasarla Shyam | Oru Palleturu (Balagam) | Telugu |
| Best choreography | Vaibhavi Merchant | Dhindora Baje Re (Rocky and Rani’s love story) | Hindi |
Non-feature film award winners
| Award category | name of the movie |
|---|---|
| Best non-feature film | Flowing man |
| Best non-feature direction | The first movie |
| Best Director Debut (Non-Feature) | Mau: The Spirit Dreams of Cherrao |
National Award also received in Technical Category
| Category | Winner | movie | Language |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best cinematography | Prasantanu mohapatra | The Kerala Story | Hindi |
| Best script (original) | Sai Rajesh / Ramkumar Balakrishnan | Baby / Parking | Telugu / Tamil |
| Best dialog writing | Deepak Kingrani | There is only one man | Hindi |
| Best sound design | Sachin Sudikaran, Hariharan Muralitharan | Animal | Hindi |
| Best Editing | Madhun Murali | Pukkalam | Malayalam |
| Best production design | Mohandas | 2018 | Malayalam |
| Best costume design | Sachin Lowlekar, Divya and Nidhi Gambhir | Sam Bahadur | Hindi |
| Best makeup | Shrikant desai | Sam Bahadur | Hindi |
| Best Stunt Choreography | Nandu, Pravi | Hanuman | Telugu |
These films won the Award in Regional Film Category