To film historian, author, cinema critic Sanjit Narwekar with lifetime award for his commitment to cinema with his extraordinary understanding of this craft.
To film director Amit Sharma with the year’s most promising emerging director for BADHAI HO. The film is a storytelling triumph that equally matches in creating convincing everyday characters and their layered relationships .
To film director Gitanjali Rao for having innovated a unique style of animation storytelling which places as much emphasis on emotions as it does on style.
To Apurba Kishore Bir for his fluid camerawork and exquisite rendering of images enriching the cinematic narrative as also his immense contribution to Odiya cinema by placing it on the international map with his meaningful directorial ventures.
