The 70th edition of India’s prestigious and most respected National Awards ceremony was held today at Vigyan Bhawan in Delhi. At this awards ceremony, the best films from the film industry and their cast and crew are recognized for their hard work. The award was announced in August. Neena Gupta, Rishabh Shetty, Sooraj Barjatya and Nithya Menen were among many stars who arrived in Delhi to attend the award ceremony and received the award. The honor was personally handed over to all the stars by the country’s President Draupadi Murmu.
The National Award is considered the greatest achievement for any film personality. This award is awarded to films that have received a censorship certificate from the Film Censorship Board between January 1, 2022, and December 31, 2022.
Mithun’s contribution is commendable
This time, Bollywood actor Mithun Chakraborty also received the Dadasaheb Phalke Award at the award ceremony. He was honored by President Draupadi Murmu. This was recently announced. Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself praised the actor’s contribution to cinema. His journey is very inspiring.
After receiving the award, Mithun also talked about his journey. He said: “When I won the National Award, I started imagining myself as Al Pacino, and then I was stimulated and I became smart. I had something to listen to because of my skin color.” This blackness is said to not work in Bollywood. I used to think what to do, I used to say to God, oh God, what should I do with this color, I can’t change it. So I thought I would dance with my feet, and I danced with my feet so much that people didn’t notice my feet. From that day on, I transformed into a sexy, dark-skinned Bengali babu.
I have complained to God a lot. But after receiving this award today, I no longer complain. I just said thanks. I would tell newcomers to never lose courage and never stop dreaming. Fall asleep yourself, but never let your dreams fall asleep. If I can be something, then you can be something.
Let us tell you that Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnav took to social media platforms to announce that Mithun da’s journey has inspired every generation. I am honored to announce that the Dadasaheb Phalke Jury has decided to honor Mithun Chakraborty for his significant contribution to Indian cinema.
Mithun, who has been active in the film industry for 74 years, won the National Award for Best Actor in 1977 for his debut film Mrigya. Mithun has done more than 350 films so far. These include movies in Hindi, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Punjabi.
Nina wins this award for the third time
Neena Gupta won the National Award for Best Supporting Actress for the film “Unchai”. While talking to Aaj Tak, she said – I was shocked. This was a big surprise for me. A national award is a big deal. Someone just told me. The movie “Unchai” is released in 2022 and is directed by Sooraj Barjatya. The actress had previously won the award for Best Non-Feature Directorial Debut for the 1993 film “Bazaar Sitaram”. In 1994, she won the Best Supporting Actress Award for the movie “Woh Chhokri”. She plays a young widow in the movie.
Rishabh Shetty won the Best Actor award for “Kantala”. Nithya Menen and Manshi Parekh also won the Best Actress award.
Manoj wins this award for the fourth time
Manoj Bajpayee received the Special Mention Award for “Gulmohar”. This is Manoj’s fourth National Award. To which he said, “Look, even though I met him three times, the reaction was the same.” I felt the same way the fourth time. I always say, when I’ve done theater my whole life, I always say, once I get this, life is blessed. Today, by the grace of God, I have received the title of Gulmohar for the fourth time. I consider myself a very lucky artist at this time to have won the National Award for the fourth time. It is a blessing for me that my wife is attending the National Awards for the fourth time. She didn’t come the last three times, but she came the fourth time, so you can understand how important this is to us.
Who won which award?
Talking about other categories, the winners included films and actors from various languages ​​ranging from Bollywood to South. See the list here…
Best Feature Film: Attam (Malayalam)
Best Directorial Debut: Pramod Kumar (Fauja, Haryanvi Film)
Best Popular Film – Kantala
Best Feature Film (Promoting National, Social and Environmental Values): “Kutch Express”
Best Film (AVGC – Animation, Visual Effects Games and Comics): “Brahmastra”
Best Director: Sooraj Barjatya (“Height”)
Best Actor (Starring): Rishabh Shetty (Kantala)
Best Actress (Starring): Nithya Menen (“Tiruchitrambalam”);
Best Actor (Supporting Actor): Pawan Raj Malhotra (Fauja, Haryanvi)
Best Actress (Supporting Role): Neena Gupta (Height)
Best Child Artist: Sripath (Mallikapuram, Malayalam Film)
Best Male Singer: 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, Attam (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 Music): A. R. Rahman (Ponniyan Selvan Part 1)
Best Lyrics: Naushad Sadar Khan (Fauja, Haryanvi films)
Best Choreography: Jani Master and Satish Krishnan (Tiruchitrambalam)
Best Action Director: Anbariv (KGF Chapter 2)
Special mention: Manoj Bajpayee of “Gulmohar”, Sanjay Salil, music director of 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 Dhi
Best Feature Film (Odia): Daman
Best Feature Film (Bengali): Kaberi Antardhan
Best Feature Film (Assamese): Emuthi Puthi
