The 70th National Film Awards were announced on Friday, honouring the best films of 2022 along with outstanding actors and crew from across India.
Ahead of the announcement, Rahul Rawail, Chairperson of the Feature Film Jury, Nila Madhab Panda, Chairperson of the Non-Feature Film Jury, and Gangadhar Mudalair, Chairperson of the Best Writing on Cinema Jury, along with the respective jury members presented the list of award winners of the 70th National Film Awards for the year 2022 to the Union Minister of Railways, Information and Broadcasting and Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw today. Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting, Dr. L. Murugan, Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Sh. Sanjay Jaju and Joint Secretary (Films), Ms. Vrunda Desai were also present at the occasion.
Among the highlights, Rishab Shetty, Nithya Menen and Manasi Parekh received Best Actor awards for their roles in Kantaram, Thiruchitrambalam and Kutch Express respectively. Best feature film award has been given to Aattam (The Play) directed by Anand Ekarshi and the award for Best Non-Feature Film has been bagged by Ayena (Mirror) directed by Siddhant Sarin.
The award for Best Book on Cinema has been given to Kishore Kumar: The Ultimate Biography authored by Anirudha Bhattacharjee & Parthiv Dhar.
Kantara won the Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment.
Rishab Shetty has been awarded the Best Actor in Leading Role for his performance in the Kannada movie Kantara whereas Nithya Menen bagged the award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for Tamil movie Thiruchitrambalam. Manasi Parekh also won the award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for Gujarati movie Kutch Express.
Pavan Raj Malhotra won the award for Best Supporting Actor while Neena Gupta won the Best Supporting Actress Award in the Feature Films category.
Directed by Ayan Mukerji with its VFX Supervisors Jaykar Arudra, Viral Thakkar, and Neelesh Gore, Brahmastra-Part 1: Shiva bagged the award for Best Film in AVGC (Animation, Visual Effects Gaming & Comic).
Arijit Singh has been named the best playback singer for the song ‘Kesariya’ in the movie Brahmastra-Part 1: Shiva. Bombay Jayashri won the best female playback singer for the song Chaayum Veyil in Malayalam movie Saudi Vellakka CC.225/2009.
Manoj Bajpayee’s Gulmohar received a special mention.
Here’s a look at the full list of winners in the Feature Films and Non-Feature Films categories.
THE KEY AWARDS —
- Best Film: Aattam (Malayalam)
- Best Debut Film: Fouja (Haryanvi)
- Best Film providing wholesome entertainment: Kantara (Kannada)
- Best Feature Film promoting national, social, and environmental values: Kutch Express (Gujarati)
- Best Film in AVGC: Brahmastra Part 1 (Hindi)
- Best Director: Sooraj Barjatya – Uunchai (Hindi)
- Best Actor in Leading Role: Nithya Menen – Thiruchitrambalam (Tamil), Manasi Parekh – Kutch Express (Gujarati), Rishab Shetty – Kantara (Kannada)
- Best Actor in Supporting Role: Neena Gupta – Uunchai (Hindi), Pavan Raj Malhotra – Fouja (Gujarati)
- Best Child Artiste: Sreepath – Malikappuram (Malayalam)
CREW AWARDS —
- Best Action Direction: Anbariv – KGF Chapter 2 (Kannada)
- Best Choreography: Jani Master, Sathish Krishnan – Thiruchitrambalam (Megham Karukatha) (Tamil)
- Best Lyrics: Naushad Sadar Khan – Fouja (Salaami) (Gujarati)
- Best Music Direction: Pritham (songs) – Brahmastra Part 1 (Hindi), AR Rahman (background music) – Ponniyin Selvan Part 1 (Tamil)
- Best Makeup: Somnath Kundu – Aparajito (Bengali)
- Best Costume Design: Niki Joshi – Kutch Express (Gujarati)
- Best Production Design: Ananda Addhya – Aparajito (Bengali)
- Best Editing: Mahesh Bhuvanend – Aattam (Malayalam)
- Best Sound Design: Anand Krishnamoorthi – Ponniyin Selvan Part 1 (Tamil)
- Best Screenplay: Anand Ekarshi (screenplay writer) – Aattam (Malayalam), Arpita Mukherjee and Rahul V Chittella (dialogues) – Gulmohar (Hindi)
- Best Cinematography: Ravi Varman – Ponniyin Selvan Part 1 (Tamil)
- Best Playback Singer: Bombay Jayshree – Saudi Vellakka CC 225/2009 (Chaayum Veyil) (Malayalam), Arijit Singh – Brahmastra Part 1 (Kesariya) (Hindi)
REGIONAL FILMs —
- Best Tiwa Film: Sikaisal
- Best Telugu Film: Karthikeya 2
- Best Tamil Film: Ponniyin Selvan Part 1
- Best Punjabi Film: Baghi Di Dhee
- Best Odia Film: Daman
- Best Malayalam Film: Saudi Vellakka CC 225/2009
- Best Marathi Film: Vaalvi
- Best Kannada Film: KGF Chapter 2
- Best Hindi Film: Gulmohar
- Best Bengali Film: Kaberi Antardhan
- Best Assamese Film: Emuthi Puthi
SPECIAL MENTIONS —
- Manoj Bajpayee (actor) – Gulmohar (Hindi)
- Sanjay Salil Chowdhury (music director) – Kadhikan (Malayalam)
NON-FEATURE —
- 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
FILM WRITING —
- Best Critic: Deepak Dua
- Best Book on Cinema: Kishore Kumar: The Ultimate Biography
