Vishal Bhardwaj directed Haider wins five Awards at 62nd National Film Awards

New Delhi: Bollywood hindi movie ‘Haider’, a Kashmir-set modern adaptation of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, won five honours. Its helmer Vishal Bhardwaj was named the best music director but lost out the bestdirector award to Bengali filmmaker Srijit Mukherji (‘Chotushkone’).

Vishal Bhardwaj directed Haider wins five Awards at 62nd National Film Awards
Vishal Bhardwaj directed Haider wins five Awards at 62nd National Film Awards

Bhardwaj was also named for best dialogues in the movie while Sukhwinder Singh clinched the best male playback singer for the song ‘Bismil’. Its other two wins were in the categories of choreography and costume design.

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Here complete list:

Best Feature Film: Court (Marathi, Hindi, Gujarati & English)

Best Actor: Vijay for Nanu Avanalla Avalu (Kannada)

Best Supporting Actor: Bobby Simhaa for Jigarthanda (Tamil)

Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director: Asha for Jaoar Majhe

Best Direction: Srijit Mukherji for Chotushkone (Bengali)

Best Supporting Actress: Baljinder Kaur for Pagdi The Honour (Haryanavi)

Best Female Playback Singer: Saivam (Tamil) and Uttara Unnikrishanan (Song: Azhagu)

Best Music Direction Background Score:Nineteen Eighty Three (Malayalam)

Best Assamese Film: Othello

Best Bengali Film: Nirbashito

Best Rabha Film: Orong

Best Haryanvi Film: Pagdi The Honour

Best Punjabi Film: Punjab 1984

Best Tamil Film: Kuttram Kadithal

Best Telugu Film: Chandamama Kathalu

Best Malayalam Film: Ain

Best Marathi Film: Killa

Best Odiya Film: Aadim Vichar

Best Kannada Film: Harivu

Best Konkani Film: Nachom – IA Kumpasar Killa (Marathi)

Best Film on Environment Consevation/Preservation: Ottaal (Malayalam)

Best Educational Film: Komal & Behind the Glass Wall

Best Exploration/ Adventure Film: Life Force – India’s Western Ghats

Best Investigative Film: Phum Shang

Best Animation Film:Sound of Joy

Best Short Fiction Film: Mitraa

Best Film Critic: Tanul Thakur