New Delhi: The 71st National Film Awards have been announced. For these awards, films that received their certification from CBFC (Central Board of Film Certification) between January 1, 2023 and December 31, 2023, were eligible.
The Jury of the 71st National Film Awards had officially submitted the list of awardees to Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw in the presence of Union Minister of State Dr L Murugan and Secretary Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Sanjay Jaju.
Here is the list of winners for the National Film Awards announced on Friday.
Feature Film category:
Best actress: Rani Mukerji
Best actor: Shah Rukh Khan, Vikrant Massey
Best direction: Kerala story
Best popular film: Rocky aur Rani ki Prem Kahani
Best Feature film: 12th Fail
Best actress supporting role: Ullozhokku (Urvashi), Vash (Janaki)
Best actor supporting role: Pookalam (Vijayaraghavan), Parking (Muthupettai)
Special mention: Animal (Re-recording mixer) – M R Radhakrishnan
Best Telugu film: Bhagavanth Kesari
Best Tamil film: Parking
Best Punjabi film: Godday Godday Chaa
Best Odia film: Pushkara
Best Marathi film: Shyamchi Aai
Best Malayalam film: Ullozhokku
Best Kannada film: Kandeelu: The ray of hope
Best Hindi film: Kathal: A jackfruit of mystery
Best Gujarati film: Vash
Best Bengali film: Deep Fridge
Best Assameese film: Rangatapu 1982
Best Action Direction: Hanu-man(Telugu)
Best Choreography: Rocky aur Rani ki prem kahani
Best lyrics: Balagam
Best music direction: Vaathi (Tamil)- songs
Best make-up, Costume designer: Sam Bahadur
Best production designer: 2018- Everyone is a hero (Malayalam)
Best editing: Pookalam (Malayalam)
Best sound design: Animal
Best screenplay: Baby (Telugu), Parking (Tamil)
Best cinematography: The Kerala story (Hindi)
Best female playback singer: Jawan
Best male playback singer: Baby
Non-feature films:
Best Film Critic: Utpal Datta
Nekal:Chronicle of the paddy man (Malayalam)
The sea and seven villages (Odia)
Best script: Sun flowers were the first ones to know (Kannada)
Best music direction: The first film (Hindi)
Best editing: Moving focus (English)