The 64th National Film Awards ceremony is an upcoming event during which the Directorate of Film Festivals presents its annual National Film Awards to honour the best films of 2016 in the Indian cinema. The awards ceremony will be held on 3 May 2017
The jury of the 64th National Awards will apparently be headed by the critically acclaimed filmmaker, Priyadarshan. The Kanchivaram director, according to reports, has said, “I am now getting mentally prepared for this huge responsibility, and the only thing on my mind right now is to see that the only criterion which will be before me when we see the films, is the merit in each of the films. I am told that we will have to watch around 86 films which have been selected by four regional juries.We will start viewing the films from March 16 of this month, and by the middle of next month, our job will be done.” This is the first time Priyadarshan would be heading the jury committee for National Awards and let us keep our fingers crossed to know who are the deserving winners
Thiruvananthapuram: Acclaimed director Priyadarshan will chair the jury of the 64th National Film Awards, industry sources have told IANS. On being contacted, Priyadarshan said this is the first time that he has got this honour. "I am definitely excited and happy and it's going to be a big responsibility bestowed on me. I will do my best," the 60-year-old director said. IANS contacted officials in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, but they declined to comment. Priyadarshan said he is confident of doing the job with utmost ease as he has been around in the industry for 35 years, and has directed 91 films in various languages. Incidentally, the director himself has an impressive list of National Film Awards in his kitty. He got the Best Feature Film honour in 2007 for Kanchivaram. Besides this, his epic 1996 Malayalam film Kaalapani, which told the story of freedom fighters in the jail at Andaman and Nicobar Islands, won three National Film Awards, including the awards for Best Art Direction (Sabu Cyril), Best Special Effects (S.T. Venky), and Best Cinematography (Santosh Sivan).
