66th National Film Awards | |
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Awarded for | Best of Indian cinema in 2018 |
Awarded by | Directorate of Film Festivals |
Presented by | M. Venkaiah Naidu (Vice President of India) |
Announced on | 9 August 2019 |
Presented on | 23 December 2019 |
Hosted by | Divya Dutta Sonali Kulkarni |
Official website | dff.gov.in |
Highlights | |
Best Feature Film | Hellaro |
Best Non-Feature Film | • Son Rise • The Secret Life Of Frogs |
Best Book | Mouna Prarthana Pole |
Best Film Critic | • Blais Johnny • Anant Vijay |
Dadasaheb Phalke Award | Amitabh Bachchan |
Most awards | Nathicharami (5) |
The 66th National Film Awards ceremony was the award ceremony which took place in 2019 to honour the best films of 2018, in the Indian cinema. The declaration of awards was delayed due to 2019 Indian general election.[1][2]