Actor Shah Rukh Khan has bagged his first-ever National Award after 33 years in the industry for his performance in Atlee’s 2023 action drama as per an announcement made by the ministry of information and broadcasting on Friday.
Other winners of the 71st National Film Awards, announced on August 1, include Vikrant Massey for and Rani Mukerji for .
While Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s bagged the award for Best Film, Ashok Mishra-directed won the Best Hindi Film award.
Shilpa Rao clinched the Best Playback Singer award for , while Pvns Rohit bagged a trophy for the soundtrack of Sai Rajesh’s .
Sudipto Sen won the Best Director award for , starring Adah Sharma, Yogita Bihani, Sonia Balani, and Siddhi Idnani.
Vicky Kaushal-starrer won in the Best Film Promoting National, Social values category. Karan Johar’s , starring Alia Bhatt and Ranveer Singh, won the Best Popular Film award.
GV Prakash Kumar and Harshavardhan Rameshwar jointly won the Best Music Direction Award. While Kumar took home the trophy for Venky Atluri’s , Rameshwar won it for Sandeep Reddy Vanga’s .
Vaibhavi Merchant won the Best Choreography Award for .
Arjun Dutta’s , starring Tanushree Chakraborty, Abir Chatterjee and Debjani Chatterjee, clinched the Best Bengali Film award.
Prasanth Varma’s Telugu-language superhero actioner won an award for Best Film in AVGC.
Shah Rukh, 59, made his acting debut with the 1992 musical romance, directed by Raj Kanwar.
His 2023 blockbuster , for which he won the National Award, stars the actor in a dual role.
Marking Nayanthara’s Hindi film debut, features her as an intelligence officer and Azad’s love interest, Narmada. The vigilante action film also stars Deepika Padukone, Priyamani, Vijay Sethupathi, Sanya Malhotra and Ridhi Dogra.
Released theatrically on September 7, 2023, became the highest-grossing Hindi film of the year, earning Rs 1,160 crore worldwide, according to