The 64th National Film Awards was held on 3 May 2017. The Directorate of Film Festivals presents its annual National Film Awards to honour the best films of 2016 in the Indian cinema. The awards were announced on 7 April 2017.
List of winners:
- Best Hindi Film: Neerja
- Best Children Film: Dhanak (Hindi)
- Best Film on Social Issue - Pink
- Best Tamil Film: Joker
- Best Malayalam Film: Maheshinte Prathikaaram
- Best Kannada Film: Reservation
- Best Environmental film including agriculture - The Tiger Who Crossed The Line
- Best Educational Film - The Waterfall
- Best Female Playback Singer: Iman Chakraborty
- Best Male Playback Singer: Sunder Iyer
- Best Screenplay (original) - Syam Pushkaran (Maheshinte Prathikaram)
- Best Screenplay (adapted) - Sanjay Krishnaji patel (Dashakriya)
- Best Editing - Rameshwar Ventilator
- Sound designer - Jayadevan (Kaadu Pookunna Neram)
- Best production design - 24
- Best Costume Designer - Sachin (Marathi film)
- Best Make-up Artist - MK Ramakrishna
- Best Music Direction - Babu Padmanabha
- Best Non-Feature film - Fireflies in the Abyss
- Best Short Fiction - Aaba
- Best Book On Cinema - Lata Surgatha
- Best Biographical/Historical reconstruction: Zikr Uss Parivash Ka
- Most Film Friendly State: Uttar Pradesh
- Best Actor: Akshay Kumar (Rustom)
- Best Actress - Surabhi Lakshmi (Minnaminungu)
- Best Direction - Rajesh (Ventilator)
- Best Supporting Actress - Zaira Wasim (Dangal)
- Special Mention - Kadwi Hawa, Mukti Bhavan, Adil Hussain for Mukti Bhavan and Sonam Kapoor for Neerja
- Best Visual Effects: Shivaay
- Best Supporting Actress: Zaira Wasim (Dangal)
- Best Lyrics: Dharma Durai (Endha Pakkam)
- Best Child Artist: Kunju Devam, Ardish Praveen, and Shaj Pathak
- Best Action Director: Puli Murugan
- Jury Award: Mohanlal
