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National Awards 2024: Kantara’s Rishab Shetty, Nithya Menen, and AR Rahman arrive for award ceremony; WATCH
As the National Award 2024 ceremony is underway, South stars like Rishab Shetty, Nithya Menen, and AR Rahman were spotted at the venue!
The 70th National Award ceremony began with Best Actor Rishab Shetty making his way to the event along with his wife Pragathi Shetty to receive the award for performance in Kantara.
Besides them, Nithya Menen who is receiving the Best Actress award had arrived along with her parents while AR Rahman was also spotted making a suave stag entry in his elegant looks.Check out the papped looks of South stars Rishab Shetty, Nithya Menen, and AR Rahman at the National Awards 2024 ceremony:
South Indian stars Rishab Shetty, Nithya Menen, and AR Rahman at the National Awards 2024 ceremony:
As the award ceremony is taking place on October 8, 2024, Rishab Shetty has bagged the award for his movie Kantara with Nithya Menen receiving the award for Dhanush starrer Thiruchitrambalam. The award for Best Actress is also shared by Manasi Parekh for the Gujarati film Kutch Express.
Furthermore, AR Rahman was honored with the National Award for Best Music Director (Background Score) with the Mani Ratnam movie Ponniyin Selvan Part 1.
Moreover, Rishab Shetty’s Kantara has also gone on to bag the award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment as well this year at the National Awards. South films like KGF Chapter 2 (Kannada), Saudi Vellakka CC.225/2009 (Malayalam), Ponniyin Selvan Part 1 (Tamil), and Kartikeya 2 (Telugu) have also won Best Film awards in their respective languages while the Malayalam movie Aattam is the Best Feature Film this year.
Besides them, several talented actors and filmmakers across the country have begged the prestigious awards with their films, embedding them to the history of Indian cinema.
Coming to the work front of National Award winners Rishab Shetty and Nithya Menen, the actress is next set to appear in the film Kadhalikka Neramillai. The movie directed by Kiruthiga Udhayanidhi is touted to be a rom-com flick with Jayam Ravi in the leading role.
Moreover, the actress also has films like Dear Exes and Idli Kadai with the latter marking Dhanush’s 3rd directorial venture after Pa Paandi and Raayan.
On the other hand, Rishab Shetty is involved in the works of his next movie, Kantara: Chapter 1. The film is set to serve as a prequel to the National Award-winning movie with Shetty once again donning the director’s hat.
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