70th National Film Awards: Full List Of Winners

New Delhi: The 70th National Film Awards were announced on Friday. The Ministry of  Information and Broadcasting (I&B) announced the winners at the presser in New Delhi. President Droupadi Murmu will felicitate the winners in October 2024. The awards, celebrating excellence in filmmaking, gathered the Industry’s most talented figures to honor their contributions to Indian Cinema. The jury includes – Rahul Rawail, Chairperson of the Feature Film Jury; Nila Madhab Panda, Chairperson of the Non-Feature Film Jury; Mr. Gangadhar Mudalair, Chairperson of the Best Writing on Cinema Jury.

From Rishab Shetty winning Best Actor to Arijit Singh bagging Best Male Playback Singer, Here’s the complete list of  70th National Film Awards winners. 

KEY AWARDS 

Best Actor: Rishab Shetty for Kantara 

Best Actress: Nitha Menen for Thiruchaitrambalam and Manasi Parekh for Kutch Express

Best Direction: Sooraj Barjatya for ‘Uunchai’

Best Male Playback Singer: Arijit Singh

Best Child Artist: Sreepath for Malikappuram

Best Film in AVGC: Brahmanstra: Part 1 – Shiva

Best Supporting Actress: Nena Gupta 

Best Supporting Actor: Pawan  Malhotra 

Best Debut Film: Fouja 

Best Feature Film:  Aattam: The Play

Best Entertaining Film: Kantara 

Best Music Director: Pritam (Songs), AR Rahman (Background Score)

Best Music Direction: Vishal Bhardwaj for Fursat

BEST REGIONAL FILMS 

Best Hindi Film: Gulmohar

Best Telugu Film: Kartikeya 2

Best Odia Film: Daman

Best Tamil Film: Ponniyin Selvan – Part 1

Best Punjabi Film: Baaghi Di Dhee

Best Malayalam Film: Saudi Velakka

Best Kannada Film: KGF: Chapter 2

Best Marathi Film: Vaalvi

Best Bengali Film – Kaberi Antardhan

Best Assamese Film – Emuthi Puthi

Best Tiwa Film – Sikaisal

SPECIAL MENTIONS

Manoj Bajpayee: Gulmohar

Sanjoy Salil Chowdhury: Kalikhan

 FILM WRITING 

Best Critic: Deepak Dua

Best Book on Cinema: Kishore Kumar: The Ultimate Biography by Anirudha Bhattacharjee and Parthiv Dhar

NON-FEATURE CATEGORIES

Best Non-Feature Film – Ayena

Best Debut Film – Madhyantara

Best Biographical/Historical/Compilation Film – Aanakhi Ek Mohenjo Daro

Best Arts/Culture Film – Ranga Vibhoga/Varsa

Best Script – Mono No Aware

Best Narrator – Murmurs of the Jungle

Best Music Direction – Fursat

Best Editing – Madhyantara

Best Sound Design – Yaan

Best Cinematography – Mono No Aware

Best Direction – From the Shadow

Best Short Film – Xunyota

Best Animated Film – The Coconut Tree

Best Non-Feature Film Promoting Social and Environmental Values – On the Brink Season 2 – Gharial

Best Documentary – Murmurs of the Jungle

CREW AWARDS 

Best Action Direction – KGF: Chapter 2

Best Choreography – Tiruchitrabalam

Best Lyrics – Fouja

Best Music Director – Pritam (Songs), AR Rahman (Background Score)

Best Makeup – Aparajito

Best Costumes – Kutch Express

Best Production Design – Aparajito

Best Editing – Aattam

Best Sound Design – Ponniyin Selvan – Part 1

Best Screenplay – Aattam

Best Dialogues – Gulmohar

Best Cinematography – Ponniyin Selvan – Part 1

Best Female Playback – Saudi Velakka CC.225/2009, Bombay Jayashri

Best Male Playback – Brahmastra, Arijit Singh

Best Child Artist – Sreepath in Mallikappuram

Best Film in AVGC – Brahmastra

Best Non-Feature Film Promoting Social and Environmental Values – Kutch Express