The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has announced the 70th National Film Awards on Friday. Known as the most prestigious cinema awards in the country, the National Awards are a huge achievement for any filmmaker. This time these awards have been given for those films which have been given censor certificate by the Film Censor Board between 1 January 2022 and 31 December 2022.
Director-actor Rishabh Shetty’s film ‘Kantara’, coming from the Kannada film industry, won the hearts of cinema fans with its mythology based story in 2022. Ever since watching the film, people were calling it a favorite for National Awards.
Along with this, actor Mammootty, who is counted among the legend actors of Malayalam cinema, was also considered a strong contender in the ‘Best Actor’ category for his two best films. Here is the list of National Award winners this time in feature films:
Best Feature Film: Aattam (Malayalam)
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 Film (AVGC- Animation, Visual Effects Gaming and Comic): Brahmastra
Best Direction: Sooraj Barjatya (Height)
Best Actor (Lead Role): Rishabh Shetty (Kantara)
Best Actress (Lead Role): Nithya Menen (Tiruchitrambalam);
Best Actor (Supporting Role): Pawan Raj Malhotra (Fauja, Haryanvi film)
Best Actress (Supporting Role): Neena Gupta (Height)
Best Child Artist: Sripath (Mallikapuram, Malayalam film)
Best Singer (Male): Arijit Singh (Brahmastra)
Best Singer (Female): Bombay Jayashree, Saudi Velakka CC. 225/2009 (Malayalam film)
Best Cinematography: Ravi Varman (Ponniyan Selvan Part 1)
Best Screenplay (Original): Anand Ekarshi, Aattam (Malayalam)
Best Screenplay (Dialogue): Arpita Mukherjee and Rahul V Chitela (Gulmohar)
Best Sound Design: Anand Krishnamurthy (Ponniyan Selvan Part 1)
Best Editing: Mahesh Bhuvanand, Aattam (Malayalam)
Best Production Design: Aparajito (Bengali Film)
Best Costume Design: Nikki Joshi, Kutch Express (Gujarati Film)
Best Makeup: Somnath Kundu, Aparajito (Bengali Film)
Best Music Direction (Song): Pritam (Brahmastra)
Best Music Direction (Background Score): A. R. Rahman (Ponniyan Selvan Part 1)
Best Lyrics: Naushad Sadar Khan (Fauja, Haryanvi film)
Best Choreography: Jani Master and Satish Krishnan (Tiruchitrambalam)
Best Action Direction: Anbariv (K.G.F. Chapter 2)
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 Part 1
Best Feature Film (Tiva): Sikaisal
Best Feature Film (Malayalam): Saudi Velakka CC. 225/2009
Best Feature Film (Kannada): K. Yes. F. Chapter 2
Best Feature Film (Marathi): Valvi
Best Feature Film (Punjabi): Baaghi Di Dhee
Best Feature Film (Oriya): Daman
Best Feature Film (Bengali): Kaberi Antardhan
Best Feature Film (Assamese): Emuthi Puthi