New Delhi: The long-delayed National Awards for films were announced today. Sushant Singh Rajput Starrer  Chhichhore won Best Hindi Film. Actor Kangana Ranaut has been awarded best actress for ‘Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi’ and ‘Panga’. The National Award for Best Actor was shared by Manoj Bajpayee for his performance in Bhonsle and Dhanush for Asuran which also won Best Tamil Film.

The event is organised by the Directorate of Film Festivals, which is regulated by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. This time, there are 461 films in the Feature Film category and 220 films in the Non-Feature Film category.

Here’s the full list:

Best Feature Film: Marakkar-Arabikkadalinte-Simham

Best Actor: Manoj Bajpayee for Bhonsle and Dhanush for Asuran

Best Actress: Kangana Ranaut Manikarnika and Panga

Best Child Artist: Naga Vishal

Best Direction: Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan for Bahattar Hoorain

Best Original Screenplay: Kaushik Ganguly for Jyeshtoputro

Best Adapted Screenplay: Srijit Mukherji for Gumnaami

Best Dialogue Writing: Vivek Agnihotri for Tashkent Files

Best Supporting Actress: Pallavi Joshi for Tashkent Files

Best Supporting Actor: Vijay Sethupathi for Super Delux

Best Film on Social Issues: Anandi Gopal

Special Mention in Feature Film category: Biryani (Malyalam), Jonaki Porua (Assamese), Lata Bhagwan Kare, Picasso (Marathi)

Best Hindi Film: Chhichhore

Best Bengali Film: Gumnaami

Best Telugu Film: Jersey

Best Tamil Film: Asuran

Non-feature Films Category

Best Film on Family Values: Oru Paathiraa Swapnam Pole

Best Short Fiction Film: Custody

Special Jury Award: Small scale Societies

Best Animation Film: Radha

Best Investigation Film: Jakkal

Best Exploration Film: Wild Karnataka

Best Educational Film: Apples and Oranges

Best Film on Social Issue: Holy Rights and Ladli

Best Environmental Film: The Stork Saviours

Best Promotional Film: The Shower

Best Arts and Cultural Film: Shrikshetra Ru-Sahijita

Best Biographical Film : Elephants Do Remember

Best Debut non-feature film of a Director: Khisa

Best Non-Feature Film: An Engineered Dream

Best Narration: Wild Karnataka (David attenbrogh)

Best Audiography: Radha (Musical)

Best Editing: Shut Up Sona

Charan-Arva The Essence of Being a Nomad

Best on Location Sound Recordist: Rahas, Saptarishi Sarkar

Best Cinematography: Sonsi, Savita Singh

Best Direction: Knock Knock Knock Sudhansu Saria

Best Film Critic: Sohini Chattopadhyay

Most Film-friendly State: Sikkim

Best Book on Cinema: A Gandhian Affair: India’ Curious Portrayal of Love in cinema by Sanjay Suri