70th National Film Awards winners list: Rishab Shetty clinches Best Actor, KGF 2 and Kantara sweep major titles
Check out the full winners list of the 70th National Film Awards, with Rishab Shetty winning Best Actor and KGF 2 and Kantara sweeping major titles. Here's who took home the top honors in Indian cinema.
The winners of 70th National Film Awards have been announced and here's who all have won the prestigious awards. For the uninitiated, feature and non-feature movies that were released between Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022 and certified by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) were eligible for contention. The jury consisted of Rahul Rawail (who is the chairperson of feature film jury), Nila Madhab Panda (who is the chairperson of the non-feature film jury, and Gangadhar Mudalair, who is the chairperson of the best writing on cinema Jury.
Here's the list of 70th National Film Awards winners
Feature film category
- Best Feature Film award - Aattam (Malayalam)
- Best Actor - Rishab Shetty
- Best Actress - Nithya Menen and Manasi Parekh
- Best Director - Sooraj Barjatya
- Best Supporting Actress - Neena Gupta
- Best Supporting Actor - Pawan Malhotra
- Best Feature Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment - Kantara
- Best Debut - Fouja, Pramod Kumar
Regional Awards
- Best Telugu Film - Kartikeya 2
- Best Tamil Film - Ponniyin Selvan 每 Part 1
- Best Punjabi Film - Baaghi Di Dhee
- Best Odia Film - Daman
- Best Malayalam Film - Saudi Velakka CC.225/2009
- Best Marathi Film - Vaalvi
- Best Kannada Film - KGF: Chapter 2
- Best Hindi Film - Gulmohar
Special Mentions
- Manoj Bajpayee for Gulmohar and
- Sanjoy Salil Chowdhury for Kalikhan
Technical Awards
- Best Action Direction - KGF: Chapter 2 Best Choreography
- Tiruchitrabalam Best Lyrics - Fouja
- Best Music Director - Pritam (Songs)
- AR Rahman (Background Score)
- Best Makeup - Aparajito
- Best Costumes - Kutchh Express
- Best Production Design - Aparajito
- Best Editing - Aattam
- Best Sound Design - Ponniyin Selvan 每 Part 1
- Best Screenplay - Aattam
- Best Dialogues - Gulmohar
- Best Cinematography - Ponniyin Selvan 每 Part 1
- Best Female Playback - Soudi Velakka CC.225/2009
- Best Female Playback - Brahmastra
- Best Critic 每 Deepak Dua
Non- feature category
- Best Book on Cinema 每 Kishore Kumar: The Ultimate Biography
- Best Non-Feature Film - Ayena
- Best Debut Film - Madhyantara
- Best Biographical/Historical/Compilation Film - Aanakhi Ek Mohenjo Daro
- Best Arts/Culture Film - Ranga Vibhoga/Varsa
- Best Script - Mono No Aware
- Best Narrator - Murmurs of the Jungle
- Best Music Direction - Fursat
- Best Editing - Madhyantara
- Best Sound Design - Yaan
- Best Cinematography - Mono No Aware
- Best Direction - From the Shadow
- Best Short Film - Xunyota
- Best Animated Film - The Coconut Tree
- Best Non-Feature Film Promoting Social and Environmental Values - On the Brink Season 2 每 Gharial
- Best Documentary 每 Murmurs of the Jungle
The winners will be felicitated with the awards by President Droupadi Murmu in a grand ceremony that will take place in October 2024 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.
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