70th National Film Awards: 'Kantara', 'KGF: Chapter 2' Win Big, Rishab Shetty Is Best Actor
70th National Film Awards: 'Kantara' and 'KGF: Chapter 2' have won big!
The winners of the 70th National Film Awards have finally been announced! The winners were announced at the National Media Center in New Delhi on Friday. However, it is not known when the ceremony will be held. But whenever it takes place, the best Indian films produced across languages in the calendar year 2022 will be honoured by the President, Droupadi Murmu. For the unversed, feature, and non-feature films that were certified by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) between January 1, 2022, and December 31, 2022, were eligible for contention for the 70th National Film Awards.
Malayalam-language drama 'Aattam' won the Best Feature Film award, while 'Kantara's Rishab Shetty won the Best Actor award. The Best Actress honour was shared by Nithya Menen and Manasi Parekh.
It is important to mention that the award ceremonies have been delayed by two years because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Here is the full list of winners:
Best Feature Film – Aattam
Best Actor – Rishab Shetty
Best Actress – Nithya Menen and Manasi Parekh
Best Director – Sooraj Barjatya
Best Supporting Actress – Neena Gupta
Best Supporting Actor – Pawan Malhotra
Best Feature Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment – Kantara
Best Debut – Fouja, Pramod Kumar
Best Telugu Film – Kartikeya 2
Best Tamil Film – Ponniyin Selvan – Part 1
Best Punjabi Film – Baaghi Di Dhee
Best Odia Film – Daman
Best Malayalam Film – Saudi Vellakka
Best Marathi Film – Vaalvi
Best Kannada Film – KGF: Chapter 2
Best Hindi Film – Gulmohar
Special Mentions – Manoj Bajpayee in Gulmohar, and Sanjoy Salil Chowdhury for Kalikhan
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 – Kutchh 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
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