The 64th National Film Awards have been declared.

There were 344 feature films in 26 languages from which the awards were chosen this year.

Here's the list of the awards this year:

• Uttar Pradesh is selected ' Most Film Friendly State' Special mention Award to Jharkand
• G Dhananjayan selected for Best writing on Films
• Best book On cinema goes to Lata Surgatha- a book that narrates the story of legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar
• Best Music goes to Leeches, Best Short fiction goes to Aba
• Best Animation: Hum Chitra Banate Hain
• Best Educational Film: The Waterfalls
• Best Environment Film: The Tiger Who Crossed the Line 
• Best Investigative Film: Placebo
• Best Biographical/Historical reconstruction: Zikr Uss Parivash Ka
• Best Non-Feature Film: Fireflies in the Abyss
• Special Mention (Feature Film): Kadwi Hawa, Mukti Bhavan, Adil Hussain for Mukti Bhavan and Sonam Kapoor for Neerja
• Best Tamil Film: Joker
• Best Gujarati Film: Wrong Side Raju
• Best Marathi Film: Dashakriya
• Best Hindi Film: Neerja
• Best Bengali Film: Bisarjan
• Best Kannada Film: Reservation
• Best Malayalam film: Maheshinite Pratikaram
• Best Visual Effects: Shivaay
• Best Female Playback Singer: Iman Chakraborty
• Best Male Playback Singer: Sunder Iyer
• Special Jury Mention (acting): Mohanlal (Munthiri Vallikal Thalirkkumbol)
• Best Actor: Akshay Kumar for Rustom
• Best Children's Film: Dhanak, Hindi
• Best Supporting Actress: Zaira Wasim for Dangal
• Best Film On Social Issues: Pink
• Best Action Choreography: Peter Hein for Pulimurugan
• Best Feature Film: Kasav, Marathi film
• Best Director: Rajesh Mapuskar, for Ventilator
• Special Mention Award: The Eyes of Darkness
• Best Actress: Surabhi
• Best Sound Recording: Kaadu Pookkunna Neram
• Best Screenplay: Maheshinite Pratikaram
• Best Non-feature Film: Malayalam documentary Chembai: My Discovery of a Legend
• Best Child Artiste: Adish Praveen and two others

Courtesy : India Today