• Malayalam movie ‘Aattam (The Play)’ won the Best Feature Film at National Film Awards announced on August 16

• ‘Aattam’, directed by Anand Ekarshi, revolves around a theatre troupe and the changing dynamics after its only woman member alleges she has been groped  by one of the men. Ekarshi who also won the Best Screenplay award.

• Rishabh Shetty bagged the Best Actor award for the Kannada hit ‘Kantara’. The Best Actress prize was shared by Nithya Menen for the Tamil film ‘Thiruchitrambalam’, and Manasi Parekh for Gujarati movie ‘Kutch Express’.

• Sooraj Barjatya was named Best Director for his Hindi movie ‘Uunchai’.

• ‘Kantara’ won the Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment.

• Haryanvi film ‘Fouja’ got Pavan Malhotra a Best Supporting Actor and won two other awards — Best Debut Film of a Director for Pramod Kumar and Best Lyrics to Naushad Sadar Khan.

• Neena Gupta won Best Supporting Actress award for ‘Uunchai’.

• The awards were announced by Rahul Rawail, head of the jury for the feature film segment, and Nila Madhab Panda, who headed the non-feature film category.

Full list of winners

Feature Films

• Best Feature Film: Aattam (The Play) - Director: Anand Ekarshi

• Best Direction: Uunchai (Zenith) - Director: Sooraj R. Barjatya

• Best Actor: Rishab Shetty - Movie: Kantara

• Best Actress: Nithya Menen for Thiruchitrambalam & Manasi Parekh for Kutch Express

• Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Pavan Raj Malhotra for Fouja (Haryanvi)

• Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Neena Gupta for Uunchai (Hindi)

• Best Child Artist: Sreepath for Malikappuram (Malayalam)

• Best Debut Film of a Director: Pramod Kumar for Fouja (Haryanvi)

• Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment: Kantara (Kannada) - Director: Rishab Shetty

• Best Feature Film Promoting National, Social and Environmental Values: Kutch Express (Gujarati) - Director: Viral Shah

• Best Film in Animation, Visual Effects Gaming & Comic (AVGC): Brahmastra-Part 1: Shiva Director: Ayan Mukerji

• Best Male Playback Singer: Arijit Singh (Kesariya) for Brahmastra (Hindi)

• Best Female Playback Singer: Bombay Jayashri (Chaayum Veyil) for Saudi Vellakka (Malayalam) 

• Best Cinematography: Ravi Varman for Ponniyin Selvan: I (Tamil)

• Best Screenplay (Original): Anand Ekarshi for Aattam (Malayalam)

• Dialogue Writer: Arpita Mukherjee & Rahul V. Chittella for Gulmohar (Hindi)

• Best Sound Design: Anand Krishnamoorthi for Ponniyin Selvan: I (Tamil)

• Best Editing: Mahesh Bhuvanend for Aattam (Malayalam)

• Best Production Design: Ananda Addhya for Aparajito (Bengali)

• Best Costume Designer: Niki Joshi for Kutch Express (Gujarati)

• Best Make-up: Somnath Kundu for Aparajito (Bengali)

• Best Music Direction (Songs): Pritam for for Brahmastra (Hindi)

• Best Music Direction (Background Music): A.R. Rahman for Ponniyin Selvan: I (Tamil)

• Best Lyrics: Naushad Sadar Khan for Fouja (Haryanvi)

• Best Choreography: Jani Master & Sathish Krishnan for for Thiruchitrambalam (Tamil)

• Best Action Direction Award: Anbariv for K.G.F Chapter-2 (Kannada)

• Best Assamese Film: Emuthi Puthi - Director: Kulanandini Mahanta

• Best Bengali Film: Kaberi Antardhan - Director: Kaushik Ganguly

• Best Hindi Film: Gulmohar - Director: Rahul V. Chittella

• Best Kannada Film: K.G.F Chapter-2 - Director: Prashanth Neel

• Best Malayalam Film: Saudi Vellakka - Director: Tharun Moorthy

• Best Marathi Film: Vaalvi - Director: Paresh Mokashi

• Best Odia Film: Daman - Vishal Mourya & Debi Prasad Lenka

• Best Punjabi Film: Baghi Di Dhee - Director: Mukesh Gautam

• Best Tamil Film: Ponniyin Selvan: I - Director: Mani Ratnam

• Best Telugu Film: Karthikeya-2 - Director: Chandoo Mondeti

• Best Tiwa Film: Sikaisal - Director: Dr. Bobby Sarma Baruah.

Non-Feature Films

• Best Non-Feature Film: Ayena (Hindi/Urdu) - Director: Siddhant Sarin

• Best Debut Film Of A Director: Basti Dinesh Shenoy for Madhyantara (Kannada)

• Best Biographical/Historical Reconstruction/Compilation Film: Aankhi Ek Mohenjodaro (Marathi) - Director : Ashok Rane

• Best Arts/Culture Film: Ranga Vibhoga (Kannada) & Varsa (Marathi)

• Best Documentary: Murmurs of the Jungle (Marathi) - Director: Sachin Balasaheb Suryawanshi

• Best Non-Feature Film Promoting Social And Environmental Values: On The Brink Season 2 - Gharial (English)

• Best Animation Film: A Coconut Tree - Director & Animator: Joshy Benedict

• Best Short Film: Xunyota (Assamese) - Director: Nabapan Deka

• Best Direction: From The Shadows (Bengali/Hindi/English) - Director : Miriam Chandy Menacherry

• Best Cinematography: Mono No Aware (Hindi & English) - Cinematographer: Siddharth Diwan

• Best Sound Design: Manas Choudhury for Yaan (Hindi/Malvi)

• Best Editing: Suresh U.R.S for Madhyantara (Kannada)

• Best Music Direction: Vishal Bhardwaj for Fursat (Hindi)

• Best Narration/ Voice Over: Sumant Shinde for Murmurs of the Jungle (Marathi)

• Best Script: Koushik Sarkar for Mono No Aware (Hindi & English).

Best Writing on Cinema

• Award for Best Book on Cinema: Kishore Kumar: The Ultimate Biography by Anirudha Bhattacharjee & Parthiv Dhar

• Award for Best Film Critic: Deepak Dua (Hindi).

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