70th National Film Awards: Full List of Award Winners

Mumbai, August 16 - The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) announced the winners of the 70th National Film Awards at the National Media Center in New Delhi on Friday, to honour feature and non-feature films certified by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) between January 1, 2022, and December 31, 2022.

Kannada star Rishab Shetty won the Best Actor award for the mega-blockbuster movie Kantara while Nithya Menon scored the Best Actress award for Tiruchitrabalam. The Malayalam-language drama Aattam won the Best Film award.

Best Film – Aattam

Best Actor – Rishab Shetty (Kantara)

Best Actress – Nithya Menen (Tiruchitrabalam), and Manasi Parekh (Kutch Express)

Best Director – Sooraj Barjatya (Uunchai)

Best Supporting Actor – Pawan Malhotra (Fouja)

Best Supporting Actress – Neena Gupta (Uunchai)

Best Feature Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment – Kantara

Best Debut Director – Pramod Kumar (Fouja)

Best Hindi Film – Gulmohar

Best Telugu Film – Karthikeya 2

Best Kannada Film – KGF: Chapter 2

Best Malayalam Film – Saudi Velakka CC.225/2009

Best Tamil Film – Ponniyin Selvan – Part 1

Best Punjabi Film – Baaghi Di Dhee

Best Odia Film – Daman

Best Marathi Film – Vaalvi

Best Tiwa Film – Sikaisal

Best Bengali Film – Kaberi Antardhan

Best Assamese Film – Emuthi Puthi

Best Action Direction – KGF: Chapter 2

Best Choreography – Tiruchitrabalam

Best Music Director – Pritam (Brahmastra Part 1), AR Rahman (Ponniyin Selvan Part 1)

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 Male Playback – Arijit Singh (Kesariya, Brahmastra)

Best Female Playback – Bombay Jayashri, (Saudi Velakka CC.225/2009, Chaayum Veyil)

Best Child Artist – Sreepath in Mallikappuram

Best Makeup – Aparajito

Best Costumes – Kutch Express

Best Film in AVGC (Animation, Visual Effects Gaming & Comic) – Brahmastra

Best Non-Feature Film Promoting Social and Environmental Values – Kutch Express

Best Book on Cinema – Kishore Kumar: The Ultimate Biography

Best Critic – Deepak Dua

Special Mentions – Manoj Bajpayee (Gulmohar), and Sanjoy Salil Chowdhury (Kadhikan)

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