National Film Awards 2024: Rishab Shetty wins Best Actor for Kantara, Manoj Bajpayee gets Special Mention

Southcinema shined the brightest at the 70th National Film Awards. The winners of the coveted awards were announced on Friday in New Delhi and Rishabh Shetty won the Best Actor award for Kantara while the hugely popular KGF2 won the Best Kannada Feature Film award. Actress Nithya Menen won Best Actress award for Thiruchitrambalam which she shared with Manasi Parekh for Kutch Express.

The Malayalam-language dramaAattamwon the Best Feature Film award

Actor Manoj Bajpayee earned a special mention from the jury for his performance in Gulmohar which also fetched the Best Hindi Film award.Neena Gupta won Best Supporting Actress for her role in Uunchai which also fetched its director Sooraj Barjatya the Best Director award.

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Ranbir Kapoor-Alia Bhatt starter Brahmastra won in music category with Arijit Singh winning Best Male Playback Singer and Pritam winning Best Music award.The film also won for its animation and VFX.

The announcement was made in New Delhi by the I& B ministry. The winners will be felicitated later in October this year by the President of India.

Here is the full list of winners of 70th National Film Awards

Best Feature Film – Aattam
Best Actor – Rishab Shetty, Kantara
Best Actress – Nithya Menen,Thiruchitrambalam and Manasi Parekh, Kutch Express
Best Director – Sooraj Barjatya, Uunchai
Best Supporting Actress – Neena Gupta, Uunchai
Best Supporting Actor – Pawan Malhotra, Fouja
Best Feature Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment – Kantara
Best Debut – Fouja, Pramod Kumar
Best Telugu Film – Kartikeya 2
Best Tamil Film – Ponniyin Selvan – Part 1
Best Punjabi Film – Baaghi Di Dhee
Best Odia Film – Daman
Best Malayalam Film – Saudi Velakka CC.225/2009
Best Marathi Film – Vaalvi
Best Kannada Film – KGF: Chapter 2
Best Hindi Film – Gulmohar
Special Mentions – Manoj Bajpayee in Gulmohar, and Sanjoy Salil Chowdhury for Kalikhan
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 – Kutchh 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 – Soudi Velakka CC.225/2009
Best Male Playback – Arijit Singh, Brahmastra