70th Indian National Film Awards full list of winners: Rishab Shetty and Nithya Menen win best actor, Aattam named best film – News

The 70th National Film Awards were announced on Friday, honouring the best films of 2022 along with outstanding actors and crew from across India.

Among the highlights, Rishab Shetty and Nithya Menen received Best Actor awards, while the Malayalam film Aattam won Best Film. Brahmastra Part 1 and Ponniyin Selvan Part 1 also secured several key awards.

Here’s a look at the full list of winners in the Feature Films and Non-Feature Films:

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