National Film Awards 2016 Complete List of Winners PDF Download

* The 63rd National Film Awards 2015 were announced on 28 March 2016 by the Chairpersons of the three juries on Feature Films, Non Feature Films and Best Writing on Cinema.

* Baahubali has won the Best Film award at 63rd National Film Award. Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan won the Best Actor award for his role in ‘Piku’while Kangana Ranaut won Best Actress for her role in ‘Tanu Weds Manu Returns

* The Feature Film Central panel was headed by Shri Ramesh Sippy, a popular director & producer in Hindi cinema.

* The Central panel comprised of 11 members including Chairman. The Non Feature jury was headed by Shri Vinod Ganatra and comprised of 7 members including the Chairman. The jury on Best Writing on Cinema was headed by Ms. Advaita Kala and comprised of 3 members including the Chairperson. 

Here is the complete list of winners: You can download the PDF from below link. 

1. Best Feature Film - Baahubali

2. Indira Gandhi award for Best Debut Film of a Director - Neeraj Ghaywan, Masaan

3. Best Popular Film providing wholesome entertainment - Bajrangi Bhaijaan

4. Best Film on Social Issues - Niranayakam

5. Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation - Valiya Chirakulla Pakshikal

6. Best Children's Film - Duronto

7. Best Direction - Sanjay Leela Bhansali, ‘Bajirao Mastani’

8. Best Actor - Amitabh Bachchan, Piku

9. Best Actress - Kangana Ranaut, Tanu Weds Manu Returns

10. Best Supporting Actor - Samuthirakani for  Visaaranai

11. Best Supporting Actress - Tanvi Azmi, Bajirao Mastani

12. Best Child Artist - Gaurav Menon, Ben

13. Best Male Playback Singer - Mahesh Kale for Katyar Kalijat Ghusli

14. Best Female Playback Singer - Monali Thakur, Moh Moh Ke Dhage

15. Best Cinematography - Sudeep Chaterjee for Bajirao Mastani

16. Best Screenplay- 

i. Screenplay Writer (Original): Juhi Chaturvedi for Piku and Himanshu Sharma for Tanu Weds Manu Returns

ii. Screenplay Writer (Adapted) : Vishal Bhardwaj For Talvar

iii. Dialogues : Juhi Chaturvedi for Piku and Himanshu Sharma For Tanu Weds Manu Returns

17. Best Audiography:

i. Location Sound Recordist: Sanjay Kurian For Talwar

ii. Sound Designer: Biswadeep Chatterjee For Bajirao Mastani

iii.  Re-recordist of the final mixed track: Justin Gose For Bajirao Mastani

18. Best Editing - Late Kishore TE for Visaaranai

19. Best production Design - Shriram Iyengar, Saloni Dhatrak And Sujeet Sawant for Bajirao Mastani

20. Best Costume Designer -Payal Saluja For Nanak Shah Fakir

21. Best Make-Up Artist - Preetisheel G Singh And Clover Wootton for Nanak Shah Fakir

22. Best Music Direction -

a) Songs: M Jayachandran for the song Kaathirun Nu Kaathirunnu from Ennu Ninte Moideen

b) Background Score:  Ilaiyaraaja for Thaarai Thappattai

23. Best Lyrics - Varun Grover For The Song Moh Moh Ke Dhage From Dum Laga Ke Haisa

24. Special Jury Award -

1. Kalki Kochlin for Margarita With Straw

25. Best Choreography - Remo D'Souza for the song Deewani Mastani from Bajirao Mastani

26. Nargis Dutt Award For Best Feature Film On National Integration - Nanak Shah Fakir

27. Best Special Effect - V Srinivas Mohan for Baahubali

26. Best Feature Film in Each of the Language Specified in Schedule VIII of the Constitution-

* Best Assamese Film : Kothanodi

* Best Bengali Film: Shankhachil           

* Best Hindi Film: Dum Laga Ke Haisha

* Best Kannada Film: Thithi

* Best Konkani Film: Enemy

* Best Malayalam Film: Pathemari

* Best Marathi Film: Ringan

* Best Odiya Film: Pahada Ra Luha

* Best Punjabi Film: Chauthi Koot        

* Best Tamil Film: Visaaranai

* Best Telugu Film: Kanche

* Best Sanskrit Film: Priyamanasam

* Best Maithili Film: Mithila Makhaan

* Best Mizo Film: Kima's Lode Beyond The Class

* Best Manipuri Film: Eibusu Yaohanbiyu

27. Best Feature Film in Language other than specified in VIII Constitution -

* Best Wancho Film - The Head Hunter

* Best Haryanvi Film: Satrangi

* Best Khasi Film - Onaatah

* Best Bodo Film - Dau Huduni Methai

28. Special Mention

a) Rinku Rajguru for Sairat

b) Jayasurya for Su Su Sudhi Vathmeekam & Lukka Chuppi

c) Ritika Singh for Irudhi Suttru

29. Awards for Writing on Cinema

Best Film Critic: Meghachandra Kongbam

Best Book On Cinema: Dr Rajakumar Samagra Charithre by Doddahulluru Rukkoji

Best Book on Cinema - Special Mention : Forgotten Masters of Hindi Cinema by Satish Chopra

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Current Affairs Quiz – 13 March 2016

Hi Aspirants, here is the Current Affairs Quiz for 13 March 2016. Attempt Quiz!!

1) Union Finance Ministry has recently announced to withdraw its budget 2016 proposal to tax _____ withdrawals?

(A) New Pension Scheme

(B) Bonus

(C) Employee Provident Fund (EPF)

(D) Bank

2) Tourism campaign titled ‘New Worlds’ of which state has recently won the prestigious ‘Golden City Gate Award’ at the at the Internationale Tourismus-Börse Berlin (ITB-Berlin) 2016?

(A) Gujarat

(B) Kerala

(C) Jammu and Kashmir

(D) Assam

3) Justice Ajit Singh on 12 March 2016 sworn in as the Chief Justice (CJ) of which High Court?

(A) Madras High Court

(B) Kerala High Court

(C) Delhi High Court

(D) Gauhati High Court

4) India and International Monetary Fund (IMF) have recently decided to set up South Asia Regional Training and Technical Assistance Centre (SARTTC) at?

(A) New Delhi, India

(B) Daka, Bangladesh

(C) Colombo, Srilanka

(D) None of these

5) Mahindra & Mahindra Chairman and Managing Director (MD) Anand Mahindra was recently conferred with Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur (Knight of the Legion of Honour) by which country?

(A) Spain

(B) Italy

(C) Russia

(D) France

6) Who was on 12 March 2016 appointed as the Deputy Chief of Army Staff?

(A) Lt Gen Vijay Kumar Singh

(B) Lt Gen Bipin Chandra Joshi

(C) Lt Gen NPS Hira

(D) None of these

7) What is the name given by Union government to the LED-based Domestic Efficient Lighting Programme launched recently?

(A) JYOTI

(B) ROSHNI

(C) KIRAN

(D)  UJALA

Ans. (D)  UJALA

8) Which city was recently ranked the world's most expensive city by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)?

(A) New York

(B) Singapore

(C) Tokyo

(D) Paris

9) Kakrapar Atomic Power Station in which state was on 11 March 2016 shut down after leakage of heavy water?

(A) Gujarat

(B) Tamil Nadu

(C) Rajasthan

(D) Haryana

10) Which Bollywood actress was recently appointed as the brand ambassador of Reebok India?

(A) Aishwarya Rai

(B) Deepika Padukone

(C) Kangana Ranaut

(D) Alia Bhatt

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Current Affairs Multiple Choice Quiz – 12 March 2016

Hi Aspirants..Here is the Current Affairs Quiz for 12 March 2016 with Multiple Choice Options. Trending topics include Aadhaar Bill, 2016, 21st Law Commission of India, Irani Cup Cricket Title 2015-16 etc. Attempt the Quiz and check more details. 

Questions for the day. Click the ‘START QUIZ’ button to start the quiz.

1) Lok Sabha on 11 March 2016 passed the Aadhaar (Target Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Bill, 2016. It was a ___ bill?

(A) Finance Bill

(B) Money Bill

(C) Ordinary Bill

(D) Constitutional Amendment Bill

2) Who was recently appointed as the Chairman of the 21st Law Commission of India?

(A) Justice Balbir Singh Chauhan

(B) Justice P Sathasivam

(C) Justice A P Shah

(D) Justice H L Dattu

3) Which team has recently has won the Irani Cup Cricket Title 2015-16?

(A) Mumabi

(B) West zone

(C) East Zone

(D) Rest of India

4) ISRO on 10 March 2016 has successfully launched India’s sixth navigation Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System (IRNSS) 1F satellite.It was launched by ISRO’s workhorse satellite launch vehicle?

(A) PSLV-C30

(B) PSLV-C31

(C) PSLV-C32

(D) GSLV -D4

5) Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has recently approved Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) for providing free of cost LPG (cooking gas) connections to?

(A) All BPL families

(B) Women from BPL Households

(C) Widow Womens in the country

(D) All the above

6) Garuda Shakti IV which began in Magelang on 10 March 2016 is the Joint Training Exercise between India and which country?

(A) Bhutan

(B) Sri Lanka

(C) Indonesia

(D) Nepal

7) Naná Vasconcelos who passed away on 10 March 2016 is a acclaimed musician from which country?

(A) Brazil

(B) Argentina

(C) Chile

(D) Spain

8) Which bank on 9 March 2016  has rolled out iWork@Home programme for its women employees for up to a year?

(A) SBI

(B) Bharatiya Mahila Bank

(C) Axis Bank

(D) ICICI Bank

9) How many countries will take part in the first Maritime India Summit 2016 scheduled to be held in April 2016 in Mumbai, Maharashtra?

(A) 57

(B) 55

(C) 41

(D) 24

10) Which state government has recently launched Mukhyamantri Santwana Harish Yojana to provide free medical treatment to road accident victims for the first 48 hours (2 days) in the nearest government or private hospital?

(A) Kerala

(B) Karnataka

(C) Delhi

(D) West Bengal

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Current Affairs MCQ Quiz – 8 March 2016

Hi Aspirants, here is the Current Affairs Quiz for 8 March 2016. Trending topics for the day include International Women’s Day, “world’s longest” all-women-operated flight by Air India, Mahila E-HAAT etc. Attempt the quiz to check details of each topic. 

1) International Women’s Day is celebrated on?

(A) 8 March

(B) 9 March

(C) 7 March

(D) 6 March

2) What is the theme of International Women’s Day 2016 observed on 8 March 2016?

(A) Empowering Women, Empowering Humanity: Picture it!

(B) Equality for Women is Progress for All

(C) A Promise is a Promise: Time for Action to End Violence Against Women

(D) Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality

3) Air India on 7 March 2016 flew the “world’s longest” all-women-operated flight from Delhi to which city?

(A) New York

(B) Sydney

(C) Singapore

(D) San Francisco

4) Which country has recently decided to partner with India’s smart city programme and will help developing Kochi (Kerala), Bhubaneswar (Odisha) and Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) as smart cities?

(A) Australia

(B) Germany

(C) France

(D) Japan

5) Which women tennis player was on 8 March 2016 provisionally suspended after failing drugs test at Australian Open?

(A) Sania Mirza

(B) Martina Hingis

(C) Maria Sharapova

(D) Serena Williams

6) Who was recently conferred prestigious 2016 Mahindra Samriddhi India Agri Lifetime Achievement Award also known as the Krishi Shiromani Samman?

(A) Dr Amrita Patel

(B) Sobha Koshy

(C) Nalini Netto

(D) Shalini Nair

7) Union Government on 8 March 2016 launched an online marketing platform ____ to facilitate women entrepreneurs to sell their products to buyers?

(A) Mahila Sahay

(B) Mahila E-Market

(C) Mahila Jyoti

(D) Mahila E-HAAT

8) _____ on 6 March 2016 became the first financial entity in India to get Small Financial Bank Licence by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?

(A) Disha Microfin

(B) Janalakshmi Financial Services

(C) Capital Local Area Bank

(D) Ujjivan Financial Services

9) Raymond Tomlinson who died on 7 March 2016 is the Internet pioneer and inventor of?

(A) Microsoft Office

(B) Gmail

(C) Blogger

(D) Orkut

10) Which country won the 2016 Asia Cup T20 trophy cricket tournament?

(A) India

(B) Pakistan

(C) Bangladesh

(D) Srilanka

Answers

1) Ans. (A) 8 March

Note: International Women’s Day was first observed as a popular event after 1977 after the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has proclaimed to observe March 8 as the UN Day for Women’s Rights and World Peace.

2) Ans. (D) Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for Gender Equality

3) Ans. (D) San Francisco

Note: The flight was operated as part of International Women’s Day celebrations and travelled a distance of around 14,500 kilometres in close to 17 hours. The non-stop flight to San Francisco took off on 6th March 2016 from New Delhi.

4) Ans. (B) Germany

5) Ans. (C) Maria Sharapova

6) Ans. (A) Dr Amrita Patel

7) Ans. (D) Mahila E-HAAT

8) Ans. (C) Capital Local Area Bank

9) Ans. (B) Gmail

10) Ans. (A) India

Note: In the final match played at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur Indian team overhauled the chasing target of 121 runs set by Bangladesh by seven balls to spare.

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Online Current Affairs Quiz – 6 March 2016

Hi Aspirants, here is the Current Affairs Online Quiz for 6 March 2016 useful for all upcoming competitive exams. Attempt the quiz and share your score. 

Questions for the day. Click the ‘START QUIZ’ button to start the quiz.

1) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 4 March 2016 has launched Setu Bharatam Project to make all national highways free of railway crossings by which year?

(A) 2017

(B) 2018

(C) 2019

(D) 2020

2) PA Sangma who died on 4 March 2016 was a former?

(A) Lok Sabha Speaker

(B) Vice President of India

(C) Chief Justice of India

(D) Governor of RBI

3) Name the Indian who recently won Gold medal in the 50m Pistol Men final event at the International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) World Cup held in Bangkok, Thialand?

(A) Jaspal Rana

(B) Ronjan Sodhi

(C) Omkar Singh

(D) Jitu Rai

4) World’s most expensive train station was recently opened in which country?

(A) Japan

(B) China

(C) USA

(D) UK

5) Who among the following was on 4 March 2016 conferred the 47th Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2015?

(A) Raj Kumar

(B) Gulsar

(C) Adoor Gopalakrishnan

(D) Manoj Kumar

6) Flipkart on 3 March 2016 launched its own ____ named Flipkart Money?

(A) Courier Service

(B) Digital Wallet

(C) Payment Gateway

(D) Payments Bank

7) ____ has recently become the first state/UT in the country to launch the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine as a public health programme for school children?

(A) Delhi

(B) Kerala

(C) Tamil Nadu

(D) Andaman and Nicobar

8) Which under-23 cricket team has recently won the Col CK Nayudu Trophy for the season 2015-16?

(A) Kerala

(B) Karnataka

(C) Bengal

(D) Mumbai

9) Who was recently appointed as managing director (MD) and chief executive officer (CEO) of Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX), country’s largest commodity exchange?

(A) Parveen Kumar Singhal

(B) Mrugank Paranjape

(C) Raman Srivastava

(C) Arjun Kapoor

10) Who recently won the title of the world’s richest person in the Forbes’ 30th annual ranking of the world’s billionaires list (2016 edition)?

(A) Warren Buffett

(B) Amancio Ortega

(C) Bill Gates

(D) Jeff Bezos 

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