68th National Film Awards: Suriya & Ajay Devgn Wins Best Actor
New Delhi, July 22: The 68th National Film Awards were announced on physical mode this year on Friday afternoon at the National Media Centre here, with the honours for films from the year of 2021. Senior Film Journalist and Film Analyst Surya Deo has brought pride for Odisha for his Book On Cinema Category (special Mention)- ‘Kali Paine Kalira Cinema’.
This year’s Best Actress and Actor in Feature Film category has been awarded to Aparrna Balamurali and Suriya, respectively for the block-buster Tamil movie ‘Soorarai Pottru’ along with to Ajay Devgn for the Hindi film ‘Tanhaji:The Unsung Warrior’.
National Film Awards announced
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For Best Screenplay the Soorarai Pottru (Tamil) Screenplay writer (original) Shalini Usha Nair & Sudha Kongara Mandela and Dialogue Writer- Madonne Ashwin won the award.
Avijatrik (The Wanderlust of Apu) (Bengali) film’s Cameraman, Supratim Bhol has got the award for Best Cinematography.
AK Ayyappanum Koshiyum (Malayalam) Singer Nanchamma has won the Best Female Playback Singer and the Male Singer award goes to Marathi movie- Mi Vasantrao (I Am Vasantrao)’s Rahul Deshpande.
Best Child Artist award won by Anish Mangesh Gosavi for Marathi Film Tak-Tak and Child Artist, Akanksha Pingle & Divyesh Indulkar for Marathi Film- Sumi.
Best Supporting Actress and Actor award conferred to Tamil Film Actress Lakshmi Priya Chandramouli for the film- Sivaranjaniyum Innum Sila Pengallum; and Supporting Actor Biju Menon for Malayalam movie- AK Ayyappanum Koshiyum.
Here is the complete list of all the winners:
Feature Film Awards
Best Telugu Film:Â Colour Photo
Best Tamil Film:Â Sivaranjaniyum Innum Sila Pengallum
Best Malayalam Film:Â Thinkalazcha Nishchayam
Best Marathi Film:Â Gostha Eka Paithanichi
Best Kannada Film:Â Dollu
Best Hindi Film:Â Toolsidas Junior
Best Bengali Film:Â Avijatrik
Best Assamese Film:Â Bridge
Best Action Direction Award:Â AK Ayyappanum Koshiyum
Best Choreography:Â Natyam (Telugu)
Best Lyrics:Â Saina (Hindi)
Best Music Direction: Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo (Telugu) – Music Director (Songs): Thaman S
Soorarai Pottru (Tamil) – Music Director (Background Score): GV Prakash Kumar
Best Make-up Artist: Natyam ( Dance)(Telugu); Make-up Artist: TV Rambabu
Best Costume Designer:Â Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior(Hindi); Costume Designer:Â Nachiket Barve & Mahesh Sherla
Best Production Design: Kappela (Chapel) (Malayalam); Production Designer: Anees Nadodi
Best Editing:Â Sivaranjaniyum Innum Sila Pengallum(Tamil); Editor: Sreekar Prasad
Best Audiography:   Dollu (Kannada); Location Sound Recordist (for sync sound films only): Jobin Jayan
Mi Vasantrao (I Am Vasantrao)Â Â (Marathi); Sound Designer : Anmol Bhave
Malik (Malayalam); Re- recordist of the final mixed track: Vishnu Govind & Sree Sankar
Best Tulu Film:Â Jeetige
Best Dimasa Film:Â Semkhor
Best Haryanvi Film:Â Dada Lakhmi
Special mentions:Â Vaanku (Malayalam), June (Marathi), Avwanchhit (Marathi) and Godakaath (Marathi), Toolsidas Junior (Hindi)
Non-feature films
Best Voice-over/ Narration: Shobha Tharoor Sreenivasan, Rhapsody of Rains – Monsoons of Kerala (English)
Best Music Direction:Â Vishal Bhardwaj for 1232 Kms: Marenge Toh Wahin Jaakar
Best Editing:Â Anadi Athaley for Borderlands
Best On-Location Sound Recordist:Â Sandip Bhati & Pradeep Lekhwar, Jadui Jangal for Magical Forest
Best Audiography:Â Ajit Singh Rathore, Pearl of the Desert (Rajasthani)
Best Cinematography:Â Nikhil S Praveen for Shabdikkunna Kalappa
Best Direction: Oh That’s Bhanu (English, Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi)
Best Film on Family Values:Â Kumkumarchan (Worship of the Goddess) (Marathi)
Best Short Fiction Film:Â Kachichinithu
Special Jury Award:Â Admitted (Hindi and English) Director: Ojaswee Sharma
Best Investigative Film:Â The Saviour: Brig. Pritam Singh (Punjabi)
Best Exploration/Adventure Film:Â Wheeling the Ball (English and Hindi)
Best Educational Film:Â Dreaming of Words (Malayalam)
Best Film on Social Issues:Â Justice Delayed but Delivered
Best Film on Social Issues:Â Three Sisters (Bengali)
Best Environment Film:Â Manah Aru Manuh (Manas and People) (Assamese)
Best Promotional Film:Â Surmounting Challenges (English)
Best Science and Technology Films:Â On the brink season 2- Bats (English)
Best Arts and Culture Film:Â Naadada Navaneeta DR PT Venkateshkumar
Best Biographical Film:Â Pabung Syam (Manipuri)
Best Ethnographic Film:Â Mandal ke Bol (Hindi)
Best Debut Non-Feature Film of a Director:Â Pariah (Marathi and Hindi)
Best Non-Feature Film:Â Testimony of Ana
Best book on cinema:Â The longest kiss, by Kishwar Desai
Best book on cinema (Special Mention): MIT Anubhavangalude Pusthakam, Kali Paine Kalira Cinema
Most film friendly state:Â Madhya Pradesh.
This year, 305 feature films were received as entries in 30 languages; and 148 non-feature films in 20 languages were received from all over the country.
The event is organised by the Directorate of Film Festivals, which comes under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.