‘Rocketry: The Nambi Effect’ wins National Award for Best Film

• ‘Rocketry: The Nambi Effect’, directed by actor R.Madhavan, was named the Best Feature Film at the 69th National Awards for the year 2021. 

• Allu Arjun bagged the Best Actor award for the Telugu blockbuster ‘Pushpa: The Rise Part 1’.

• Alia Bhatt and Kriti Sanon shared the Best Actress prize for their roles in ‘Gangubai Kathiawadi’ and ‘Mimi’, respectively. 

• The National Film Award for best director went to Nikhil Mahajan for Marathi film ‘Godavari’.

• Pankaj Tripathi was named Best Supporting Actor for ‘Mimi’ and Pallavi Joshi the Best Supporting Actress for ‘The Kashmir Files’.

• The Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director went to Malayalam film ‘Meppadiyan’.

• The prize for Best Film on Social Issues was given to Assamese film ‘Anunaad-the Resonance’.

• ‘The Kashmir Files’, directed by Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri, won the Nargis Dutt Award for Best Film on National Integration.

• Malayalam film ‘Aavasavyuham’ won the award for Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation.

• The National Awards for 2021 were announced by filmmaker Ketan Mehta who headed the 11-member jury. The jury received 280 feature films in 28 languages as entries.  

• The National Film Awards also announced winners for 24 non-feature film categories with the top prize going to Shrishti Lakhera’s ‘Ek Tha Gaon’. 

Full list of winners

Feature Films

• Best Feature Film - Rocketry: The Nambi Effect (Hindi) - Director: R. Madhavan

• Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director - Meppadiyan (Malayalam) Director:  Vishnu Mohan

• Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment - RRR (Telugu) - Director: S.S.Rajamouli

• Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration - The Kashmir Files (Hindi) Director: Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri

• Best Film on Social Issues - Anunaad-The Resonance (Assamese) - Director: Reema Borah

• Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation - Aavasavyuham (Malayalam) - Director: Krishand

• Best Children’s Film - Gandhi & Co. (Gujarati) - Director: Manish Saini

• Best Actor - Allu Arjun for Pushpa: The Rise Part 1 (Telugu)

• Best Actress - Alia Bhatt for Gangubai Kathiawadi (Hindi) & Kriti Sanon for Mimi (Hindi)

• Best Supporting Actor - Pankaj Tripathi for Mimi

• Best Supporting Actress - Pallavi Joshi for The Kashmir Files

• Best Child Artist - Bhavin Rabari for Chhello Show (Gujarati)

• Best Male Playback Singer - Kaala Bhairava for RRR 

• Best Female Playback Singer - Shreya Ghoshal for Iravin Nizhal (Tamil)

• Best Cinematography - Avik Mukhopadhayay for Sardar Udham (Hindi)

• Best Screenplay Writer (Original) - Shahi Kabir for Nayattu (Malayalam)

• Best Screenplay Writer (Adapted) - Sanjay Leela Bhansali & Utkarshini Vashishtha for Gangubai Kathiawadi (Hindi)

• Best Dialogue Writer - Utkarshini  Vashishtha & Prakash Kapadia for Gangubai Kathiawadi

Best Audiography:

• Best Production Sound Recordist (Location/sync sound) - Arun Asok & Sonu K.P for Chavittu (Malayalam)

• Sound Designer - Aneesh Basu for Jhilli (Bengali)

• Re-Recording (Final Mixing) - Sinoy Joseph for Sardar Udham (Hindi)

• Best Editing - Sanjay Leela Bhansali for Gangubai Kathiawadi

• Best Production Design - Dmitrii Malich & Mansi Dhruv Mehta for Sardar Udham

• Best Costume Designer - Veera Kapur Ee for Sardar Udham

• Best Make-up Artist - Preetisheel Singh D’souza for Gangubai Kathiawadi

• Best Music Direction (Songs) - Devi Sri Prasad for Pushpa

• Best Music Direction (Background Score) - M.M. Keeravaani for RRR

• Best Lyrics - Chandrabose for Konda Polam (Telugu)

• Special Jury Award - Shershaah (Hindi) - Director: Vishnuvardhan

• Best Special Effects - V.Srinivas Mohan for RRR

• Best Choreography - Prem Rakshith for RRR

• Best Action Direction - King Solomon for RRR

• Best Assamese Film - Anur - Director: Monjul Baruah

• Best Bengali Film - Kalkokkho – Director: Rajdeep Paul & Sarmistha Maiti

• Best Hindi Film - Sardar Udham - Director: Shoojit Sircar

• Best Gujarati Film - Chhello Show - Director: Pan Nalin

• Best Kannada Film - 777 Charlie - Director: Kiranraj K

• Best Maithili Film - Samanantar - Director: Niraj Kumar Mishra

• Best Marathi Film - Ekda Kay Zala - Director: Saleel Shrinivas Kulkarni

• Best Malayalam Film - Home - Director: Rojin P.Thomas

• Best Meiteilon Film - Eikhoigi Yum - Director: Mayanglambam Romi Meitei

• Best Odia Film - Pratikshya - Director: Anupam Patnaik

• Best Tamil Film - Kadaisi Vivasayi - Director: M. Manikandan

• Best Telugu Film - Uppena - Director: Sana Buchibabu

• Best Mishing Film - Boomba Ride - Director: Biswajit Bora

Special Mention:

• Nallandi for ‘Kadaisi Vivasayi’ 

• Aranya Gupta & Bithan Biswas for ‘Jhilli’ 

• Indrans for ‘Home’

• Jahanara Begum for ‘Anur’

Non-Feature Films

• Best Non-Feature Film - Ek Tha Gaon - Director: Srishti Lakhera

• Best Debut Non-Feature Film of a Director - Paanchika - Director: Ankit Kothari

• Best Anthropological/Ethnographic Film - Fire on Edge - Director: Pranab Jyoti Deka

• Best Biographical Film - Rukhu Matir Dukhu Majhi (Director: Somnath Mondal) & Beyond Blast (Director: Saikhom Ratan)

• Best Arts Film - T.N. Krishnan Bow Strings to Divine - Director: V. Packirisamy

• Best Science and Technology Film - Ethos of Darkness - Director: Avijit Banerjee

• Best Promotional Film - Endangered Heritage ‘Warli Art’ - Director: Hemant Verma

• Best Environment Film - Munnam Valavu - Director: R.S.Pradeep

• Best Film on Social Issues - Mithu Di (Director: Asim Kumar Sinha) & Three Two One (Director: Himanshu Prajapati)

• Best Educational Film - Sirpigalin Sirpangal - Director: B.Lenin

• Best Exploration/Adventure Film - Ayushman - Director: Jacob Varghese

• Best Investigative Film - Looking For Challan - Director: Bappa Ray

• Best Animation Film - Kandittundu - Director: Adithi Krishnadas

• Special Jury Award - Rekha (Marathi) - Director: Shekhar Bapu Rankhambe

• Best Short Fiction Film - Dal Bhat - Director: Nemil Shah

• Best Film on Family Values - Chand Saanse - Director: Pratima Joshi

• Best Direction - Smile Please - Director: Bakul Matiyani

• Best Cinematography - Bittu Rawat for Pataal-Tee

• Best Audiography (Re-recordist) - Unnikrishnan for Ek Tha Gaon

• Best Production Sound Recordist - Suruchi Sharma for Meen Raag

• Best Editing - Abhro Banerjee for If Memory Serves Me Right

• Best Music Direction - Ishaan Divecha for Succulent

• Best Voice-over - Kulada Kumar Bhattacharjee for Hathibondhu

Best Writing on Cinema

• Best Book on Cinema - Music by Laxmikant Pyarelal: The Incredibly Melodious Journey by Rajiv Vijayakar

• Best Film Critic - Purushothama Charyulu (Telugu)

• Special Mention-Critic - Subramanya Badoor (Kannada)

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