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.
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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
Best Writing on Cinema:
- Best Film Critic - Deepak Dua (Hindi)
- Best Book on Cinema - Kishore Kumar: The Ultimate Biography by Anirudha Bhattacharjee and Parthiv Dhar
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