The 61st National Film Awards winners were announced, with Rajkummar Rao winning Best Actor for Shahid and Hansal Mehta winning Best Director for Shahid. Rajkummar Rao shared the Best Actor award with Suraj Venjaramoodu for the Malayalam film Perariyathavar. Bhaag Milkha Bhaag won Best Popular Film. Naa Bangaru Talli was the sole Telugu film honored, winning Best Telugu Film.