Last Updated on 16/08/2024 by Arun jain
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Friday announced the 70th National Film Awards. Called the most prestigious cinema awards of the country, the National Awards are a huge achievement for any filmmaker. This time these awards have been given to those films which have been given censor certificate by the Film Censor Board between 1 January 2022 and 31 December 2022.
Coming from the Kannada film industry, director-actor Rishab Shetty’s film ‘Kantara’ won the hearts of cinema fans with its mythology-based story in 2022. After watching the film, people were calling it a favorite for the National Awards.
Along with this, actor Mammootty, who is counted among the legendary actors of Malayalam cinema, was also considered a strong contender in the ‘Best Actor’ category for his two excellent films. Here is the list of this year’s National Award winners in feature films:
Best Feature Film: Attam
Best Debut Film by Director: Pramod Kumar (Fauja, Haryanvi Film)
Best Popular Film – Kantara
Best Feature Film (promoting national, social and environmental values): Kutch Express
Best Children’s Film:
Best Film (AVGC- Animation, Visual Effects Gaming & Comic): Brahmastra
Best Direction:
Best Actor (Lead Role): Rishab Shetty (Kantara)
Best Actress (Lead Role): Nithya Menon (Thiruchitrambalam);
Best Actor (Supporting Role): Neena Gupta (Height)
Best Actress (Supporting Role): Pawan Raj Malhotra (Fauja, Haryanvi Film)
Best Child Artist:
Best Singer (Male): Arijit Singh (Brahmastra)
Best Singer (Female): Bombay Jayshree
Best Cinematography: Ravi Varman (Ponniyan Selvan)
Best Screenplay (Original):
Best Screenplay (Adapted):
Best Screenplay (Dialogue):
Best Sound Design: Ananth (Ponniyan Selvan)
Best Editing:
Best Production Design:
Best Costume Design:
Best Music Direction (Lyrics): Pritam (Brahmastra)
Best Music Direction (Background Score): A. R. Rahman (Ponniyan Selvan)
Best Lyrics:
Best Choreography:
Best Action Direction:
Special Mention: Manoj Bajpayee for ‘Gulmohar’, Music Director Sanjay Salil for the film ‘Kadhikan’
Best Feature Film (Hindi): Gulmohar
Best Feature Film (Telugu): Karthikeya 2
Best Feature Film (Tamil): Ponniyan Selvan
Best Feature Film (TVA):
Best Feature Film (Malayalam):
Best Feature Film (Kannada): K.G.F. Chapter 2
Best Feature Film (Marathi):
Source (PTI) (NDTV) (HINDUSTANTIMES)