Malayalam film “ Aattam: The Play ” won the award for best feature film and Sooraj R Barjatya was judged best director for the Hindi movie “ Uunchai ” in the National Film Awards announced on Friday. The best actress award was shared by Nithya Menen, who got it for the Tamil film ‘Thiruchitrambalam’, and Manasi Parekh for the Gujarati movie “ Kutch Express ”. The award for best actor went to Rishabh Shetty for the Kannada hit “Kantara”.
Neena Gupta was the best supporting actress for ‘ Uunchai ’ and Pawan Malhotra best-supporting actor for the Haryanvi film “ Fouja ”. Sharmila Tagore and Manoj Bajpayee starrer “ Gulmohar ” won the award for Hindi film. Bajpayee also got a special mention.
A R Rahman won the National Film Award for Best Music Director (background music) for his work in Mani Ratnam’s “ Ponnyin Selvan-Part 1 ”, which was also named the best Tamil film. Pritam got the award for best music director (songs) for “Brahmastra-Part 1”. Here’s the complete list of winners Best Film - Aatam Best Direction - Sooraj R Barjatya for Uunchai Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment - Kantara Best Actor - Rishabh Shetty for Kantara Best Actress - Nithya Menen 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 1 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 Best Special Effects Special Jury Award - Manoj Bajpayee for Gulmohar and Sanjoy Chowdhury for Kadhikan Special Mention (Feature Film) 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 Konkani Best Feature Film In Malayalam - Saudi Vellakka by Tharun Moorthy Best Feature Film In Manipuri Best Feature Film In Marathi - Vaalvi by Paresh Mokashi Best Feature Film In Oriya 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 Best Non-Feature Film - Ayena by Siddhant Sarin Best Documentary - Murmurs of the Jungle Best First Non-Feature Film Best Anthropological/Ethnographic Film Best Arts/Cultural Film Best Scientific Film Best Promotional Film Best Film On Social Issues Best Animated Film - A Coconut Tree by Joshy Benedict Best Short Film Best Non-Feature Film Direction - From The Shadow by Miriam Chandy Menacherry Best Non-Feature Film Music Direction - Vishal Bharadwaj for Fursat (Leisure) Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Non-Feature Film) Best Book On Cinema - Kishore Kumar: The Ultimate Biography by Anirudha Bhattacharjee and Parthiv Dhar Best Film Critic - Deepak Dua (Hindi) Nargis Dutt Award Indira Gandhi Award For Best First Film The awards were announced by feature film jury head Rahul Rawail..
