As the 63rd National Film Awards, 2015 were given; a lot have changed for Moumita Roy, a student of Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI). As now she have the recognition to get more projects. Moumita and Christo Tomy both the students of SRFTI have bagged National Awards in the non-feature film category for their diploma films.

Christo has won the Swarna Kamal (prize money worth Rs 1,50,000) for best direction for his ‘Kamuki’. Moumita has bagged the Rajat Kamal (prize money worth Rs 50,000) for Best Audiography in ‘Edpa Kana’.

Talking over phone from Delhi, excited Moumita shared her happiness with this Journalist, “I am very happy with the Award and I am thankful to my Institutes and my professors, who has given me the platform to showcase my talent”.

Moumita’s film, made in the Kurukh language, is about a boy from Jharkhand’s Oraon tribe. The film is all about an inter caste love story, where the boy suffers the conflict between the tribal world in one hand and modern society in the other.

Kolkata based Moumita is a Freelance Sound Recordist and Designer. After completing her graduation in Bachelor in Media Science she joined Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute to pursue Sound Recording and Design.

The Film ‘Edpa Kana’ for which she received the Award was her final year project at SRFTI. The film was shot in Dhanbad, Durgapur and Kolkata and is in Kurukh language.

An adventurist and a born struggler Moumita started working professionally while studying in the institute and have worked in films like Mrs. Sen (2013), A Political Murder (2013), Phoring (2013), Pakaram (2015).

“They have made the institute proud. This award will motivate other students as well,” said Debanjan Chakrabarti, Director, SRFTI.

In the 63rd National Film Awards, 2015, Baahubali was chosen as the Best Feature Film while megastar Amitabh Bachchan has been picked as Best Actor for Piku and popular actress Kangana Ranaut as the Best Actress for Tanu Weds Manu Returns.

Sanjay Leela Bhansali has been chosen for the Best Direction award for his film Bajirao Mastani.

This year’s National Film Awards included a special award given to the state of Gujarat for being the most film friendly state in the country.

The following are the awards:

1. BEST FEATURE FILM: BAAHUBALI
Producer: SHOBU YARLAGADDA and ARKA MEDIAWORKS (P) LTD., Director: S.S RAJAMOULI

2. INDIRA GANDHI AWARD FOR BEST DEBUT FILM OF A DIRECTOR: MASAAN
Producer: PHANTOM FILMS, Director: NEERAJ GHAYWAN

3. BEST POPULAR FILM PROVIDING WHOLESOME ENTERTAINMENT: BAJRANGI BHAIJAAN
Producer: SALMA KHAN, SALMAN KHAN, ROCKLINE VENKTESH, Director: KABIR KHAN

4. NARGIS DUTT AWARD FOR BEST FEATURE FILM ON NATIONAL INTEGRATION: NANAK SHAH FAKIR
Producer: GURBANI MEDIA PVT. LTD.

5. BEST FILM ON SOCIAL ISSUES: NIRNAYAKAM
Producer: JAIRAJ FILMS, Director: V.K PRAKASH

6. BEST FILM ON ENVIRONMENT CONSERVATION/PRESERVATION: VALIYA CHIRAKULLA PAKSHIKAL
Producer: ANANTHAKRISHNA PILLAI, Director: DR. BIJU

7. BEST CHILDREN’S FILM: DURONTO
Producer: CODE RED FILMS, Director : SOUMENDRA PADHI

8. BEST DIRECTION: BAJIRAO MASTANI
DIRECTOR: SANJAY LEELA BANSALI

9. BEST ACTOR
AMITABH BACHCHAN (PIKU)

10. BEST ACTRESS
KANGANA RANAUT (TANU WEDS MANU RETURNS)

11. BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
SAMUTHIRAKANI (VISAARANAI)

12. BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
TANVI AZMI (BAJIRAO MASTANI)

13. BEST CHILD ARTISTE:
GAURAV MENON (BEN)

14. BEST MALE PLAYBACK SINGER
MAHESH KALE (KATYAR KALIJAT GHUSLI)

15. BEST FEMALE PLAYBACK SINGER
MONALI THAKUR, (DUM LAGA KE HAISA) SONG: MOH MOH KE DHAGE

16. BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
SUDEEP CHATERJEE (BAJIRAO MASTANI)

17. BEST SCREENPLAY:
i) Screenplay Writer (Original): PIKU and TANU WEDS MANU RETURN — JUHI CHATURVEDI and HIMANSHU SHARMA
ii) Screenplay Writer (Adapted): TALVAR — VISHAL BHARDWAJ
iii) Dialogues: PIKU and TANU WEDS MANU RETURN — JUHI CHATURVEDI and HIMANSHU SHARMA

18. BEST AUDIOGRAPHY
i) Location Sound Recordist
SANJAY KURIAN ( TALWAR)

ii) Sound Designer
BISWADEEP CHATTERJEE (BAJIRAO MASTANI )

iii) Re-Recordist of the final mixed track
JUSTIN GOSE (BAJIRAO MASTANI)

19. BEST EDITING
LATE KISHORE T.E (VISAARANAI)

20. BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
SHRIRAM IYENGAR, SALONI DHATRAK and SUJEET SAWANT (BAJIRAO MASTANI)

21. BEST COSTUME DESIGNER
PAYAL SALUJA (NANAK SHAH FAKIR)

22. BEST MAKE-UP ARTIST
PREETISHEEL G SINGH AND CLOVER WOOTTON (NANAK SHAH FAKIR)

23. BEST MUSIC DIRECTION:
a) Songs: ENNU NINTE MOIDEEN — M JAYACHANDRAN, SONG: KAATHIRUNNU KAATHIRUNNU
b) Background Score: THAARAI THAPPATTAI — ILAIYARAAJA

24. BEST LYRICS
VARUN GROVER, SONG: MOH MOH KE DHAGE (DUM LAGA KE HAISA)

25. SPECIAL JURY AWARD
KALKI KOCHLIN (MARGARITA WITH STRAW)

26. BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
REMO D’SOUZA, SONG: DEEWANI MASTANI (BAJIRAO MASTANI)

27. BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS
V. SRINIVAS MOHAN (BAAHUBALI)

28. BEST FEATURE FILM IN EACH OF THE LANGUAGE SPECIFIED IN THE SCHEDULE VIII OF THE CONSTITUTION
a) BEST ASSAMESE FILM
KOTHANODI — Producer: ANURUPA HAZARIKA, Director: BHASKAR HAZARIKA

b) BEST BENGALI FILM: SHANKHACHIL — Producer: NIDEAS CREATIONS & PRODUCTIONS PVT LTD., Director: GOUTAM GHOSE

c) BEST HINDI FILM: DUM LAGA KE HAISHA — Producer: MANEESH SHARMA & YASH RAJ FILMS, Director: SHARAT KATARIYA

d) BEST KANNADA FILM: THITHI — Producer: PRSPCTVS PRODUCTIONS PVT LTD., Director : RAAM REDDY

e) BEST KONKANI FILM: ENEMY — Producer: A DURGA PRASAD, Director: DINESH P. BHONSLE

f) BEST MALAYALAM FILM: PATHEMARI — Producer: ALLENS MEDIA, Director: SALIM AHAMED

g) BEST MARATHI FILM: RINGAN — Producer: MY ROLE MOTION PICTURES, Director: MAKARAND MANE

h) BEST ODIYA FILM: PAHADA RA LUHA — Producer: MOHAPATRA MOVIE MAGIC PVT. LTD., Director: SABYASACHI MOHAPATRA

i) BEST PUNJABI FILM: CHAUTHI KOOT — Producer: NFDC & KARTIKEYA SINGH, Director: GURVINDER SINGH

j) BEST TAMIL FILM: VISAARANAI — Producer: WUNDERBAR FILMS, Director: VETRI MAARAN

k) BEST TELUGU FILM: KANCHE — Producer: Y. RAJEEV REDDY, Director: RADHA KRISHNA JAGARLAMUDI (KRISH)

l) BEST SANSKRIT FILM: PRIYAMANASAM — Producer: BABY MATHEW SOMATHEERAM, Director: VINOD MANKARA

m) BEST MAITHILI FILM: MITHILA MAKHAAN — Producer: NEETU CHANDRA & SAMIR KUMAR, Director: NITIN CHANDRA

n) BEST MIZO FILM: KIMA’S LODE BEYOND THE CLASS —
Producer: CHILDREN’S FILM SOCIETY, Director: ZUALAA CHHANGTE

o) BEST MANIPURI FILM: EIBUSU YAOHANBIYU — Producer: YUNMAN HITALAR (NETA) SINGH, Director: MAIPAKSANA HAORONGBAM

29. BEST FEATURE FILM IN EACH OF THE LANGUAGE SPECIFIED OTHER THAN SCHEDULE VIII OF THE CONSTITUTION
a) BEST WANCHO FILM: THE HEAD HUNTER — Producer: SPLASH FILMS PRIVATE LIMITED, Director: NILANJAN DATTA

b) BEST HARYANVI FILM: SATRANGI — Producer: PUNAM DESWAL SHARMA, Director: SUNDEEP SHARMA

c) BEST KHASI FILM: ONAATAH — Producer: POMU DAS- MARJINA KURBAH, Director: PRADIP KURBAH

d) BEST BODO FILM: DAU HUDUNI METHAI — Producer: SHANKARLAL GOENKA, Director: MANJU BORAH
30. SPECIAL MENTION
a) SAIRAT — RINKU RAJGURU — CERTIFICATE
b) SU SU SUDHI VATHMEEKAM & LUKKA CHUPPI — JAYASURYA — CERTIFICATE
c) IRUDHI SUTTRU — RITIKA SINGH — CERTIFICATE

NON-FEATURE FILMS
1. BEST NON-FEATURE FILM: Amdavad Ma Famous
Producer: Akanksha Tewari & Arya A. Menon, Director: Hardik Mehta

2. BEST DEBUT FILM OF A DIRECTOR: Daaravtha — Producer: Nishantroy Bombarde, Director: Nishantroy Bombarde

3. BEST ANTHROPOLOGICAL/ ETHNOGRAPHIC FILM: Aoleang — Producer: Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Director: Ranajit Ray

4. BEST BIOGRAPHICAL / HISTORICAL RECONSTRUCTION:
Life in Metaphors: A Portrait of Girish Kasaravalli, Producer: Reelism Film, Director: O.P Shrivastava

5. BEST ARTS /CULTURAL FILM: 1. A Far Afternoon- A Painted Saga — Producer: Piramal Art Foundation, Director: Sruti Harihara Subramanian AND 2. Yazhpanam Thedchanamoorthy -Music Beyond Boundaries — Producer: Siddhartha Productions,
Director: Amshan Kumar

6. BEST PROMOTIONAL FILM (to cover tourism, exports, crafts, industry etc): Weaves of Maheshwar — Producer: Storyloom Films, Director: Keya Vaswani & Nidhi Kamath

7. BEST ENVIRONMENT FILM INCLUDING AGRICULTURE:
1. The Man who Dwarfed the Mountains — Producer: Rajiv Mehrotra, PSBT, Director: Ruchi Shrivastava & Sumit Sunderlal Khanna AND 2. God On The Edge — Producer: Elements Picture Studio, Director: Ashok Patel

8. BEST FILM ON SOCIAL ISSUES: Auto Driver — Director: Longjam Meena Devi, Producer: Oinam Doren & Longjam Meena Devi

9. BEST EDUCATIONAL FILM: Paywat — Producer: Mithunchandra Chaudhari, Director: Nayana Dolas & Mithunchandra Chaudhari

10. BEST EXPLORATION/ ADVENTURE FILM (TO INCLUDE SPORTS): Dribbling with their Future — Producer: N. Dinesh Raj Kumar & Mathew Varghese, Director: Jacob Varghese

11. BEST INVESTIGATIVE FILM: Tezpur 1962 — Producer: Films Division, Director: Samujjal Kashyap

12. BEST ANIMATION FILM: Fisherwoman and TukTuk — Producer: Nilima Eriyat, Director: Suresh Eriyat, Animator: Studio Eeksaurus Productions Private Limited

13. SPECIAL JURY AWARD: In Search of Fading Canvas — Producer: Films Division, Director: Manohar Singh Bisht

14. BEST SHORT FICTION FILM: Aushadh — Producer: Amol Deshmukh, Director: Amol Deshmukh

15. BEST FILM ON FAMILY VALUES: Best Friends Forever —
Producer: Syed Sultan Ahmed (Edumedia India Pvt. Ltd.), Director: Sandeep Modi

16. BEST DIRECTION: Kamuki — Director: Christo Tomy

17. BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Benaras- The Unexplored Attachments — Cameraperson: Amartya Bhattacharyya

18. BEST AUDIOGRAPHY: Edpa Kana — Audiographer: Moumita Roy

19. BEST EDITING: Breaking Free — Editor: Parvin Angre and Sridhar Rangayan

20. BEST MUSIC: A Far Afternoon- A Painted Saga — Aravind – Shankar

21. BEST NARRATION/ VOICE OVER
1. Mala Laj Watat Nahai — Narrator: Harish Bhimani

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