On 16th August, 70th National Awards have been announced by Government instated panel. Rishab Shetty, as anticipated won National Award for best actor for his performance in Kantara. Nitya Menen got best actress award for Thiruchitrabalam. She shared it with Manasi Parek from Kutch Express. Surprisingly, Uunchai got Best Director for Sooraj Barjatya and Best Supporting Actress for Neena Gupta.
Ponniyin Selvan Part-1 did well with 4 National awards for Best BGM – AR Rahman, Cinematography – Ravi Varman, Tamil Film, Sound Design. Aattam won Best Fearture film and KGF Chapter 2 surprisingly won Best Kannada film over Kantara. But Kantara won Best Wholesome Entertainer. Brahmastra won Best Music (Songs) – Pritam, VFX, Male Playback – Arijit Singh, Best film in AVGC.
But Telugu Cinema did not make similar impact as it did in 69th National Awards. Only Karthikeya 2 ended up winning Best Regional Film, Telugu award. KGF Chapter 2 won deserving award for action choreography. Much under appreciated Gulmohar won Best Hindi Film, Best Dialogues and a special mention for Manoj Bajpayee’s performance.
Well, here is the full list of winners at the 70th National Film Awards:
FEATURE CATEGORIES
Best Feature Film – Aattam
Best Actor – Rishab Shetty, Kantara
Best Actress – Nithya Menen in Tiruchitrabalam, and Manasi Parekh in Kutch Express
Best Director – Sooraj Barjatya, Uunchai
Best Supporting Actress – Neena Gupta, Uunchai
Best Supporting Actor – Pawan Malhotra, Fouja
Best Feature Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment – Kantara
Best Debut – Fouja, Pramod Kumar
Best Telugu Film – Karthikeya 2
Best Tamil Film – Ponniyin Selvan – 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
Best Tiwa Film – Sikaisal
Best Bengali Film – Kaberi Antardhan
Best Assamese Film – Emuthi Puthi
Special Mentions – Manoj Bajpayee in Gulmohar, and Sanjoy Salil Chowdhury for Kadhikan
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 – Kutch Express
Best Production Design – Aparajito
Best Editing – Aattam
Best Sound Design – Ponniyin Selvan – Part 1
Best Screenplay – Aattam
Best Dialogues – Gulmohar
Best Cinematography – Ponniyin Selvan – Part 1
Best Female Playback – Saudi Velakka CC.225/2009, Bombay Jayashri
Best Male Playback – Brahmastra, Arijit Singh
Best Child Artist – Sreepath in Mallikappuram
Best Film in AVGC – Brahmastra
Best Non-Feature Film Promoting Social and Environmental Values – Kutch Express
FILM WRITING
Best Critic – Deepak Dua
Best Book on Cinema – Kishore Kumar: The Ultimate Biography
NON-FEATURE CATEGORIES
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 – Gharial
Best Documentary – Murmurs of the Jungle
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