National Film Awards 2018: Janhvi, Khushi collect Sridevi's Best Actress Award (courtesy AFP)
Highlights
- Sridevi was honoured with her first ever National Award
- She won Best Actress for her role in 2017 movie MOM
- Sridevi's daughters and her husband collected her National Award
New Delhi:
Two months after she died tragically, Sridevi's daughters Janhvi and Khushi and husband Boney Kapoor collected the late star's Best Actress National Award at a ceremony in New Delhi's Vigyan Bhawan on Thursday. Janhvi, an aspiring actress,
wore one of her mother's sarees for what designer Manish Malhotra described on social media as an "emotional and precious moment." Sridevi, who drowned in Dubai in February, was honoured with her first ever National Award posthumously - she won Best Actress for her role in 2017 movie
MOM, in which she played a mother seeking revenge for her daughter's rape. Ahead of the ceremony, Janhvi Kapoor told reporters, "I want to thank the jury and the government of India for recognising the hard work my mother has done. It is very special for us as a family," reports news agency PTI.
Janhvi, Khushi and Boney Kapoor at the National Awards (courtesy AFP)
Sridevi's Chandni co-star Vinod Khanna, who died last year, was honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award - India's highest film honour - and collecting the award was his son, actor Akshaye Khanna (who co-starred with Sridevi in MOM), and wife Kavita.
Vinod Khanna's son Akshaye and wife Kavita at the National Awards (courtesy DD, YouTube)
Other awardees included Assamese Film
Village Rockstars, which won the National Award for Best Film while Riddhi Sen won Best Actor for his performance in Bengali film
Nagar Kirtan. Rajkummar Rao's
Newton won Best Hindi Film Award while crowd favourite
Baahubali: The Conclusion also won in three categories.
Sridevi's family flew into
New Delhi for National Awards rehearsals a day ago. Speaking to DD News, Boney Kapoor said, "She would have been happy, very happy being here. We feel elated, proud that she's been recognised for the hard work she's put in in this film." Before the ceremony, he said "
I wish she was here. She truly deserved this award. It's so unfortunate that she is not here with us today to celebrate. I am grateful to the government of India, the I&B Ministry and the jury. It is a proud moment for all of us but sadly she is not here," reports PTI.
The National Awards were presented by President Ram Nath Kovind, Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Minister Smriti Irani, Minister of State, I&B, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore and I&B Secretary Narendra Kumar Sinha.
Here is the complete list of winners of the 65th National Film Awards:
Best Feature Film:Village Rockstars (Assamese)
Best Actress: Sridevi for
MOMBest Actor:Ridhhi Sen for Nagar KirtanBest Director: Jayaraj for
BhayanakamBest Supporting Actress: Divya Dutta for
IradaBest Supporting Actor: Fahad Fazil for
Thondimuthalum DriksakshiyumBest Child Artiste: Bhanita Das for
Village RockstarsBest Popular Film:Baahubali: The ConclusionDada Saheb Phalke Award: Vinod Khanna
Best Action Direction:Baahubali 2Best Choreography:Toilet: Ek Prem Katha (song:
Gori Tu Latth Maar)
Best Special Effects:Baahubali: The ConclusionSpecial Jury Award:Nagar Kirtan (Bengali)
Best Debut Film Of A Director:Sinjar (Jesari)
Best Short Film Fiction:MaiyatBest Film On Family Values: Happy Birthday
Best Film for National Integration:DhappaBest Educational Film: The Girls We Were And The Women We AreBest Anthropological Film: Name Place Animal Thing,
Slave GenesisBest Cinematography: Eye Test,
DonBest Adventure Film:Ladakh Chale Rickshaw WaaleBest Editing:MrityubhojBest Music:Sword Of LibertyBest Narration:The Lion Of LadhakhBest Book On Cinema: Matamgi ManipurBest Critic On Cinema Award: Giridhar Jha, Special Mention to Sunil Mishra
Best Lyrics:March 22 (song:
Mutthu Ratna)
Best Music Director: A R Rahman for
Kaatru VeliyidaiBest Background Score: A R Rahman for
MOMBest Make-Up Artiste: Ram Razak for
Nagar KirtanBest Costume: Govinda Mondal for
Nagar KirtanBest Production Design: Santosh Rajan for
Take OffBest Editing:Village RockstarsBest Sound Designer and Re-Recordist: Samuel George, Justin A Jose for
Walking With The FilmBest On Location Sound Recordist:UnrservedBest Location Sound: Mallika Das for
Village RockstarsBest Original Screenplay:Thondimuthalum DriksakshiyumBest Adapted Screenplay:BhayankamBest Playback Singer (Female): Shasha Tirupati for
Vaan Varuvaan) from
Kaatru VeliyidaiBest Playback Singer (Male): Yesudas for
Poyi Maranja Kaalam from
Viswasapoorvam MansoorSpecial Mention Awards:Maurkhiya (Marathi)
Hello Arsi(Odiya)
Parvathy for
Take Off (Malyalam)
Pankaj Tripathy for
NewtonBest Regional Films Awards:Best Hindi Film:NewtonBest Bengali Film: MayurakshiBest Ladakhi Film:Walking With The WindBest Tullu Film: PaddayiBest Odiya Film:Hello ArsiBest Marathi Film: Kaccha NimbuBest Malyalam Film:Thondimuthalum DriksakshiuamBest Kannada Film:Hebbetu RamakkaBest Jesari Film: SinjarBest Assamese Film: Ishu Best Tamil Film: To LetBest Telugu Film:GhaziBest Gujarati Film:DhhThe winners of the National Film Awards were announced last month.