70th National Film Awards 2024 Complete List: Brahmastra wins big in music; Neena Gupta gets Best Supporting Actress for Uunchai, and more

The winners of the 70th National Film Awards were announced today, August 16, 2024, and here is a complete list of the awardees in different categories.

By Apeksha Juneja

Updated on Aug 17, 2024 | 03:56 AM IST | 156.5K

70th National Film Awards 2024 Complete List: Brahmastra wins big in music; Neena Gupta gets Best Supporting Actress for Uunchai, and more

70th National Film Awards 2024 Complete list of winners (Pic Courtesy: Sony Music India YouTube, Rajshri Films Instagram)

The winners of the 70th National Film Awards were announced today, August 16, 2024, in Delhi. The felicitation ceremony will take place in October. Feature and Non-Feature films certified by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) between January 1, 2022 and December 31, 2022 were eligible for different categories. Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor's Brahmastra won big in music categories, while Neena Gupta emerged as the Best Supporting Actress for Uunchai. The complete list of winners is as follows:

Feature films:

Best Feature Film - Aattam
Best Direction - Sooraj R Barjatya for Uunchai
Best Actor in a Leading Role - Rishab Shetty for Kantara
Best Actress in a Leading Role - Nithya Menon for Thiruchitrambalam, Manasi Parekh for Kutch Express
Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Pavan Raj Malhotra for Fouja
Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Neena Gupta for Uunchai
Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment - Kantara
Best Debut Film of a Director - Fouja by Pramod Kumar
Best Child Artist - Sreepath for Malikappuram
Best Male Playback Singer - Arijit Singh for Kesariya from Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva
Best Female Playback Singer - Bombay Jayashri for Chaayum Veyil from Saudi Vellakka
Best Music Direction (Songs) - Pritam for Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva
Best Music Direction (Background Music) - AR Rahman for Ponniyin Selvan 1
Best Lyrics - Naushad Sadar Khan for Salaami in Fouja
Best Screenplay - Anand Ekarshi for Aatam
Best Dialogue - Arpita Mukherjee and Rahul V Chittela for Gulmohar
Best Cinematography - Ravi Varman for Ponniyin Selvan 1
Best Production Design - Ananda Addhya for Aparajito
Best Sound Design - Anand Krishnamoorthi for Ponniyin Selvan 1
Best Editing - Mahesh Bhuvanend for Aattam
Best Make-Up - Somnath Kundu for Aparajito
Best Costume Designer - Niki Joshi for Kutch Express
Best Choreography - Jani Master and Sathish Krishnan for Megham Karukatha from Thiruchitrambalam
Best Action Direction (Stunt Choreography) - Anbariv for KGF Chapter 2
Best Film in Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming and Comic - Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva
Best Feature Film Promoting National, Social and Environmental Values - Kutch Express
Best Assamese Film - Emuthi Puthi
Best Bengali Film - Kaberi Antardhan
Best Hindi Film - Gulmohar
Best Kannada Film - KGF Chapter 2
Best Malayalam Film - Saudi Vellakka
Best Marathi Film - Vaalvi
Best Odia Film - Daman
Best Punjabi Film - Baghi Di Dhee
Best Tamil Film - Ponniyin Selvan 1
Best Telugu Film - Karthikeya 2
Best Tiwa Film - Sikaisal
Special Mention - Manoj Bajpayee for Gulmohar and Sanjoy Chowdhury for Kadhikan

Non-Feature films:

Best Non-Feature Film - Ayena
Best Direction - Miriam Chandy Menacherry for From The Shadow
Best Debut Film of a Director - Madhyantara by Basti Dinesh Shenoy
Best Documentary - Murmurs of the Jungle
Best Short Film - Xunyota
Best Animation Film - A Coconut Tree
Best Music Direction - Vishal Bhardwaj for Fursat
Best Script - Koushik Sarkar for Mono No Aware
Best Narration/Voice Over - Sumant Shinde for Murmurs of the Jungle
Best Editing - Suresh URS for Madhyantara
Best Sound Design - Manas Choudhury for Yaan
Best Cinematography - Siddharth Diwan for Mono No Aware
Best Arts/Culture Film - Ranga Vibhoga, Varsa
Best Biographical/Historical Reconstruction/Compilation Film - Aanakhi Ek Mohenjo Daro
Best Non-Feature Film Promoting Social and Environmental Values - On The Brink Season 2 - Gharial
Special Mention - Birubala “Witch to Padmashri,” Hargila - The Greater Adjutant Stork