Shahid, Jolly LLB win big at 61st National awards

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