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 , which also bagged the Best Popular Film honour. A shared Best Actress award went to Nithya Menen and Manasi Parekh. Malayalam film swept three awards, including Best Film, while Sooraj R Barjatya won Best Director for .
. 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.
. Best Film - by Aanand Ekarshi Best Direction - Sooraj R Barjatya for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment - by Rishab Shetty Best Debut Film of a Director: Pramod Kumar for Best Actor - Rishabh Shetty for Best Actress - Nithya Menon for and Manasi Parekh for Best Supporting Actor - Pavan Raj Malhotra for Best Supporting Actress - Neena Gupta for Best Child Artist - Sreepath for Best Cinematography - Ravi Varmam for Best Screenplay - Anand Ekarshi for Best Dialogue Writer - Arpita Mukherjee and Rahul V Chittela for Best Production Design - Ananda Addhya for Best Action Choreography - Anbariv for Best Make-Up Artist - Somnath Kundu for Best Costume Design - Niki Joshi for Best Music Direction for Songs - Pritam for Best Music Direction for Background Scores - AR Rahman for Best Lyrics - Naushad Sadar Khan for " " in Best Male Playback Singer - Arijit Singh for " " from Best Female Playback Singer - Bombay Jayashri for " " from Best Choreography - Jani Master and Sathish Krishnan for " in Best Sound Design - Anand Krishnamoorthy for Best Editing - Mahesh Bhuvanend for Special Jury Award - Manoj Bajpayee for Gulmohar and Sanjoy Chowdhury for Best Feature Film In Assamese - by Kulanandini Mahanta Best Feature Film In Bengali - by Kaushik Gangula Best Feature Film In Hindi - by Rahul V Chittella Best Feature Film In Kannada - by Prashanth Neel Best Feature Film In Malayalam - by Tharun Moorthy Best Feature Film In Marathi - by Paresh Mokashi Best Feature Film In Tiwa - by Dr Bobby Sarma Baruah Best Feature Film in Odia - by Vishal Mourya and Debi Prasad Lenka Best Feature Film In Punjabi - by Mukesh Gautam Best Feature Film In Tamil - , by Mani Ratnam Best Feature Film In Telugu - , Chandoo Mondeti Best Film in Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming and Comic - by Ayan Mukherji Best Feature Film promoting National, Social, and Environmental Values - by Viral Shah Best Non-Feature Film - by Siddhant Sarin Best Documentary - Best Script - Koushik Sarkar for Best Narration/Voice Over - Sumant Shinde for Best Animated Film - by Joshy Benedict Best Editing - Suresh URS for Best Sound Design - Manas Choudhury for Best Cinematography - Siddharth Diwan for Best Short Film - by Nabapan Deka Best Non-Feature Film Direction - by Miriam Chandy Menacherry Best Non-Feature Film Music Direction - Vishal Bharadwaj for Special Mention - Birubala by Aimee Baruah and Hargila - by Partha Sarathi Mahant Best Book On Cinema - by Anirudha Bhattacharjee and Parthiv Dhar Best Film Critic - Deepak Dua (Hindi).
