The 70th National Film Awards were unveiled today (August 16) in New Delhi by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Celebrating the cinematic brilliance of 2022, the awards recognise the year's most outstanding films and their creators. Rishab Shetty shines at the National Film Awards. The actor-director clinched the Best Actor award for his powerful performance in the blockbuster Kantara, which also bagged the Best Popular Film honour. A shared Best Actress award went to Nithya Menen and Manasi Parekh. Malayalam film Aattam swept three awards, including Best Film, while Sooraj R Barjatya won Best Director for Uunchai. 70th National Film Awards Winners: Rishab Shetty, Nithya Menen and Manasi Parekh Bag Top Acting Honours for ‘Kantara’, ‘Thiruchitrambalam’ and ‘Kutch Express’.

A distinguished panel comprising Dilip Kumar Pandey, Dr Anurag Singh, Yatindra Mishra, Subhajit Mitra, Amol Bhave and RV Udayakumar has meticulously evaluated the feature films to bestow these prestigious honours.  Check out all the winners below. 54th Kerala State Film Awards: Mammootty and Jyotika’s ‘Kaathal–The Core’ Wins Best Film Award.

Feature Films Categories

Best Film - Aattam by Aanand Ekarshi

Best Direction - Sooraj R Barjatya for Uunchai

Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment - Kantara by Rishab Shetty

Best Debut Film of a Director: Pramod Kumar for Fouja

Best Actor - Rishabh Shetty for Kantara

Best Actress - Nithya Menon for Thiruchitrambhalam and Manasi Parekh for Kutch Express

Best Supporting Actor - Pavan Raj Malhotra for Fouja

Best Supporting Actress - Neena Gupta for Uunchai

Best Child Artist - Sreepath for Malikappuram

Best Cinematography - Ravi Varmam for Ponniyin Selvan

Best Screenplay - Anand Ekarshi for Aatam

Best Dialogue Writer - Arpita Mukherjee and Rahul V Chittela for Gulmohar

Best Production Design - Ananda Addhya for Aparajito

Best Action Choreography - Anbariv for KGF Chapter 2

Best Make-Up Artist - Somnath Kundu for Aparajito

Best Costume Design - Niki Joshi for Kutch Express

Best Music Direction for Songs - Pritam for Brahmastra: Part 1 - Shiva

Best Music Direction for Background Scores - AR Rahman for Ponniyin Selvan 2

Best Lyrics - Naushad Sadar Khan for "Salaami" in Fouja

Best Male Playback Singer - Arijit Singh for "Kesariya" from Brahmastra: Part 1 - Shiva

Best Female Playback Singer - Bombay Jayashri for "Chaayum Veyil" from Saudi Vellakka

Best Choreography - Jani Master and Sathish Krishnan for "Megham Karukatha" in Thiruchitrambalam

Best Sound Design - Anand Krishnamoorthy for Ponniyin Selvan - Part 1

Best Editing - Mahesh Bhuvanend for Aattam

Special Jury Award - Manoj Bajpayee for Gulmohar and Sanjoy Chowdhury for Kadhikan

Best Feature Film In Assamese - Emuthi Puthi by Kulanandini Mahanta

Best Feature Film In Bengali - Kaberi Antardhan by Kaushik Gangula

Best Feature Film In Hindi - Gulmohar by Rahul V Chittella

Best Feature Film In Kannada - KGF Chapter 2 by Prashanth Neel

Best Feature Film In Malayalam - Saudi Vellakka by Tharun Moorthy

Best Feature Film In Marathi - Vaalvi by Paresh Mokashi

Best Feature Film In Tiwa - Sikaisal by Dr Bobby Sarma Baruah

Best Feature Film in Odia - Daman by Vishal Mourya and Debi Prasad Lenka

Best Feature Film In Punjabi - Baghi Di Dhee by Mukesh Gautam

Best Feature Film In Tamil - Ponniyin Selvan Part 1, by Mani Ratnam

Best Feature Film In Telugu - Karthikeya 2, Chandoo Mondeti

Best Film in Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming and Comic - Brahmastra: Part 1 - Shiva by Ayan Mukherji

Best Feature Film promoting National, Social, and Environmental Values - Kutch Express by Viral Shah

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Non-Feature Films Categories

Best Non-Feature Film - Ayena by Siddhant Sarin

Best Documentary - Murmurs of the Jungle

Best Script - Koushik Sarkar for Mono No Aware

Best Narration/Voice Over - Sumant Shinde for Murmurs Of The Jungle

Best Animated Film - A Coconut Tree by Joshy Benedict

Best Editing - Suresh URS for Madhyantara

Best Sound Design - Manas Choudhury for Yaan

Best Cinematography - Siddharth Diwan for Mono No Aware

Best Short Film - Xunyota by Nabapan Deka

Best Non-Feature Film Direction - From The Shadow by Miriam Chandy Menacherry

Best Non-Feature Film Music Direction - Vishal Bharadwaj for Fursat

Special Mention - Birubala by Aimee Baruah and Hargila - The Greater Adjutant Stork by Partha Sarathi Mahant

Best Book On Cinema - Kishore Kumar: The Ultimate Biography by Anirudha Bhattacharjee and Parthiv Dhar

Best Film Critic - Deepak Dua (Hindi)

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