New Delhi: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting revealed the winners of the 70th National Film Awards on Friday at a press conference.
The 70th National Film Awards recognises films certified by the Censor Board from January 1 to December 31, 2022. The winners, including the recipient of the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award, will be honoured by President Droupadi Murmu in a ceremony scheduled for October 2024.
Kannada superstar Rishab Shetty won the Best Actor Award for Kantara, which he also directed.
The Best Actress Award was a tie between Nithya Menen for Thiruchitrambalam and Manasi Parekh for Kutch Express.
Sooraj Bharjatya won Best Director for Uunchaai, starring Amitabh Bachchan and others. Neena Gupta also won Best Supporting Actress for the same.
Malayalam movie Attam won the Best Feature Film. Kantara won the award for Best Film (Wholesome Entertainment), and Brahmastra won Best VFX Film.
Sharmila Tagore and Manoj Bajpayee’s ‘Gulmohar’ won the Best Hindi Film National Award.
Arijit Singh won Best Playback Singer for Brahmastra.
Pritam won Best Music Director for Brahmastra. AR Rahman won Best Background Music for Ponniyin Selvan 2. Anand Krishnamurthy won Best Sound Design, also for Ponniyin Selvan.
KGF 2, starring Yash, won the Best Kannada Film Award. It also got an award for stunt choreography.
Karthikeya 2 and Ponniyin Selvan 2 got Best Telugu and Best Tamil movies awards.
Manoj Bajpayee got a special mention for Gulmohar. Music director Sanjay Salil Chaudhary also got a special mention.
Best script and best cinematography awards were given to Mono No Aware in the non-feature film category. Composer Vishal Shekhar also won the Best Music Award.
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