The 63rd National Film Awards ceremony is an upcoming event during which the Directorate of Film Festivals of India presents its annual National Film Awards to honour the best films of 2015 in the Indian cinema. The awards were announced on 28 March 2016 and the ceremony will be held on 3 May 2016.

Name of the categoryNameFilm
Best FilmBaahubali – The Beginning
Best DirectorSanjay Leela BhansaliBajirao Mastani
Best Actor (Male)Amitabh BachchanPiku
Best Actor (Female)Kangana RanautTanu Weds Manu Returns
Best Supporting Actor (Male)SamuthrakaniVisaaranai
Best Supporting Actor (Female)Tanvi AzmiBajirao Mastani
Best Music DirectorM JayachandranEnnu Ninte Moideen
Best Child ArtistGaurav MenonBen
Best Screenplay WriterJuhi Chaturvedi and Himanshu SharmaPiku and Tanu Weds Manu Returns
Best Playback Singer – MaleMahesh KaleKatyar Kaljat Ghusili
Best Playback Singer – FemaleMonali ThakurMoh Moh Ke Dhage

TECHNICAL AWARDS

Best ChoreographyRemo D’SouzaBajirao Mastani
Best Visual EffectsBaahubali – The Beginning
Best EditorT.E KishoreVisaaranai
Best Music Direction Background ScoreIlaiyaraajaTharai Thappattai
Best CinematographySudeep ChaterjeeBajirao Mastani
Best Costume Designer and Make-up ArtistNanak Shah Fakir
Best DialoguesJuhi Chaturvedi and Himanshu SharmaPiku and Tanu Weds Manu Returns

REGIONAL FILM AWARDS

Best Bodo filmDau Huduni Methai
Best Wancho filmThe Head Hunter
Best Maithili FilmMithila Makhaan
Best Bengali FilmShankhachil
Best Assamese FilmKothanodi
Best Hindi FilmDum Laga Ke Haisha
Best Punjabi FilmChauthi Koot
Best Tamil FilmVisaaranai
Best Telugu FilmKanche
Best Malayalam FilmPathemari
Best Marathi FilmRingan
Best Odiya FilmPahada Ra Luha
Best Kannada FilmTithi
Best Konkani FilmEnemy
Best Haryanvi FilmSatrangi
Best Manipuri FilmEibusu Yaohanbiyu
Best Mizo FilmKima’s Lode Beyond the Class
Best Sanskrit FilmPriyamanasam
Best Khasi FilmOnaatah

SPECIAL AWARDS

Best Jury AwardKalki Koechlin (Margarita, with a Straw)
Special MentionRitika Singh (Irudhi Suttru)
Special MentionRinku Rajguru (Sairat)
Special MentionJayasurya (Su Su Sudi Vathmeekam & Lukka Chuppi)
Best Children’s FilmDuronto
Best Film on Social IssueNiranayakam
Best Film on Environment Conservation/PreservationValiya Chirakulla Pakshikal
Best Popular Film for Providing Wholesome EntertainmentBajrangi Bhaijaan
Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National IntegrationNanak Shah Fakir
Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film Of A DirectorNeeraj Ghaywan, Masaan
Best Animation Award‘Fisherwoman and Tuktuk’
Best Short Fiction FilmMarathi film ‘Aushad’
Best BiographicalLife in a Metaphor
Best Art Cultural FilmA Far Afternoon – A Painted Saga
Best Non Feature FilmGujarati film ‘Amdavad Ma Famous’
Best Music‘A Far Afternoon’ (Non feature)
Best Social Film AwardAutodriver