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)