Ayushman & Vicky Share National Award for Best Actor, Keerthy Best Actress, ‘Hellaro’ Best Feature Film

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New Delhi : Gujarati film ‘Hellaro’ was declared the Best Feature Film while ‘Badhai Ho’ bagged the award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment at the 66^th National Film Awards announced on August 9, 2019.  Hindi movie ‘Padman’ was declared Best Film on Social Issues, while Kannada film ‘Ondalla Eradalla’ got Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration.

Ayushman Khurana and Vicky Kaushal jointly won Best Actor Award for their performances in ‘Andhadhun’ and ‘Uri: The Surgical Strike’ respectively, while Keerthy Suresh was declared winner of Best Actress trophy for her performance in Telugu movie ‘Mahanati’. Aditya Dhar won Best Director Award for ‘Uri: The Surgical Strike’. Marathi movie ‘Naal’ got the Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director.

The 66^th National Film Awards were announced at a press conference by Rahul Rawail, Chairperson, A S Kanal, Chairperson, Non-Feature Film Category, and Utpal Borpujari, Chairperson, Best Writing on Cinema. The Chairpersons and other Jury Members earlier on August 9y submitted a report on 66^th National Film Awards to Union I & B Minister Prakash Javadekar.

The Jury unanimously conferred the award for the Most Film Friendly State to the State of Uttarakhand for furthering the growth of the film industry in the State including creating an environment for ease of filming in the State, encouraging skill/talent development, incentivising the re-opening of closed cinema halls, formation of film development fund, continuing with the earlier incentive plan for filming, formation of Utttarakhand Film Development Council among other pro-active initiatives.

The Committee noted that the amendment of the Uttarakhand Film Policy as per office memorandum/ communication dated  February 6, 2019, clearly highlights the above-mentioned initiatives. It also noted that the State was in the process of setting up a dedicated web portal www.udfc.gov.in for online submission for seeking permissions, payments, and approvals etc. and has done away with the levy of any shooting charges, according to a PIB release.