Introduction
The announcement of the 65th National Film Awards was held at PIB Conference Room, Shastri Bhawan in New Delhi. The chairpersons of the three juries (Feature, Non-feature, and Writing) for the 65th National Film Awards announced the awards for the different categories. This year, the jury was headed by director Shekhar Kapur, the jury panel has 10 members.
Awards List
| Awardees | Award Title |
|---|---|
| Vinod Khanna | Dada Saheb Phalke Award |
| Jayaraj for Bhayanakam (Malayalam) | Best Director |
| Village Rockstars (Assamese) | Best Feature Film |
| Giridhar Jha | Best Film Critic |
| Sunil Mishra of Madhya Pradesh | Special Mention for Film Criticism |
| Marathi Film - Murakhiya, Odia film: Hello RC, Take Off- Malayalam, Pankaj Tripathi bags a Special Mention award for Newton, Malayalam actor Parvathy too gets a special mention | Special Mention Award |
| Kaccha Limbu | Best Marathi Film |
| Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum | Best Malayam Film |
| Newton | Best Hindi Film |
| Mayurakshi | Best Bengali Film |
| Ishu | Best Assamese Film |
| To Let | Best Tamil Film |
| Gazi | Best Telugu film |
| DHH | BEST Gujarati film |
| Hebbettu Ramakka | Best Kannada film |
| Baahubali 2 | Best Action Direction |
| Toilet Ek Prem Katha (Ganesh Acharya is the choreographer) | Best choreography |
| Baahubali 2 | Best Special Effects |
| Nagar Kirtan(Bengali) | Special Jury Award |
| for song Muthu Ratna, for Kannada film March 22 | Best lyrics |
| A R Rahman for Kaatru Veliyidai | Best Music Direction |
| A R Rahman for Mom | Background score |
| Ram Razak for Nagar Kirtan | Best Make Up artist |
| Santosh Rajan (Malayalam) | Best Production Design |
| Reema Das (for an Assamese film) | Best editing |
| Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum | Best Original Screenplay |
| Bhayankam, to Jairaj | Best Adapted Screenplay |
| Shasha Tirupati (Vaan Varuvaan song) | Best Film playback Singer |
| Yesudas | Best Male Playback Singer |
| Divya Dutta, Irada (Hindi Film) | Best supporting actress |
| Fahadh Faasil | Best Supporting Actor |
| Sridevi for Mom | Best Actress |
| Ridhhi Sen, Nagar Kirtan | Best Actor |
| Dhappa (Marathi) | Best Film for National Integration |
| Baahubali 2 | Best Popular Film |
| Aalorukkam | Best film on Social Issues |
| Bhanita Das (Village Rockstars) | Best Child artist |