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The 61st annual National awards for the year 2013 have been announced.
Here's looking at the winners in the major categories:
Best Feature Film: Ship of Theseus
Best Hindi Film: Jolly LLB
Best Actor: Rajkummar Rao for Shahid (Hindi) and Suraj Venjaramoodu for Perariyathavar (Malayalam)
Best Actress: Geetanjali Thapa for Liar's Dice
Best Director: Hansal Mehta for Shahid
Best Supporting Actor: Saurabh Shukla for Jolly LLB
Best Supporting Actress: Amruta Subhash for Astu (Marathi) and Aida El-Kashif for Ship of Theseus (English)
Best Child Artist: SOmnath Avghade for Fandry (Marathi) and Sadhna for Thanga Meengal (Tamil)
Best Children's Film: Kaphal
Best English Film: Coffin Maker
Best Film on a Social Issue: Gulabi Gang
Best Non-Feature Film: Rangbhoomi
Best Popular Film providing wholesome entertainment: Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Best Cinematography: Rajeev Ravi for Liar's Dice
Best Editing: VJ Sabu Joseph for Vallinam (Tamil)
Best Sound Design: Bishwadeep Chatterjee for Madras Cafe (Hindi)
Best Music Direction: Kabir Suman for Jatishwar (Bengali) and Shantanu Moitra for Na Bangaaru Talli (Telugu)
Best Lyrics: Na Muthukumar for the song Ananda Yaazhai in Thanga Meengal (Tamil)
Special Jury Award: Yellow (Marathi) and Miss Lovely (Hindi)
Best Choreography: Ganesh Acharya for Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Best actor winner Rajkummar Rao told Rediff.com's Sonil Dedhia: "I am extremely happy and elated that I have won this award.
"I am on cloud nine. I always wanted to win but never expected to win it for Shahid."
Image: Rajkummar Rao in Shahid