The 61st National Film Awards ceremony was an event during which the Directorate of Film Festivals of India presented its annual National Film Awards to honour the best films of 2013 in the Indian cinema. The ceremony was held on May 3, 2014.

Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus Award)

Name of Award Name of Film(s) Language
Best Feature Film Ship of Theseus English-Hindi
Best Debut Film of A Director Fandry Marathi
Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment Bhaag Milkha Bhaag Hindi
Best Children’s Film Kaphal Hindi
Best Direction Shahid Hindi

 

Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus Award)

Name of Award Name of Film(s) Language(s) Awardee(s)
Best Feature Film on National Integration Thalaimuraigal Tamil
Best Film on Social Issues Tuhya Dharma Koncha Marathi
Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation Perariyathavar Malayalam
Best Actor Shahid Hindi Rajkumar Rao
Perariyathavar Malayalam Suraj Venjaramoodu
Best Actress Liar’s Dice Hindi Geetanjali Thapa
Best Supporting Actor Jolly LLB Hindi Saurabh Shukla
Best Supporting Actress Astu Marathi Amruta Subhash
Ship of Theseus English-Hindi Aida Elkashef
Best Child Artist Fandry Marathi Somnath Avghade
Thanga Meenkal Tamil Baby Sadhana
Best Male Playback Singer Jaatishwar Bengali Rupankar Bagchi
Best Female Playback Singer Tuhya Dharma Koncha Marathi Bela Shende
Best Cinematography Liar’s Dice Hindi Cameraman: Rajeev Ravi
Best Screenplay – Screenplay Writer (Original) 1-Dec Kannada P. Sheshadri
Best Screenplay – Screenplay Writer (Adapted) Prakruti Kannada Panchakshari
Best Screenplay – Dialogues Astu Marathi Sumitra Bhave
Best Audiography – Location Sound Recordist Madras Cafe Hindi Nihar Ranjan Samal
Best Audiography – Sound Designer Madras Cafe Hindi Bishwadeep Chatterjee
Best Audiography – Re-recordist of the Final Mixed Track Swapaanam Malayalam D. Yuvaraj
Best Editing Vallinam Tamil Sabu Joseph VJ
Best Art Direction Miss Lovely Hindi Ashim Ahluwalia, Tabasheer Zutshi, Parichit Paralkar
Best Costume Design Jaatishwar Bengali Sabarni Das
Best Make-up Artist Jaatishwar Bengali Vikram Gaikwad
Best Music Direction – Songs Jaatishwar Bengali Kabir Suman
Best Music Direction – Background Score Naa Bangaru Talli Telugu Shantanu Moitra
Best Lyrics Thanga Meenkal Tamil Na. Muthukumar
Best Special Effects Jal Hindi Intermezzo Studio Alien Sense Films Pvt Ltd
Best Choreography Bhaag Milkha Bhaag Hindi Ganesh Acharya
Special Jury Award Yellow Marathi
Miss Lovely Hindi
Special Mention Yellow Marathi Gauri Gadgil (Child actor)
Yellow Marathi Sanjana Rai (Child actor)
Naa Bangaru Talli Telugu Anjali Patil (Child actor)