Alia Bhatt, Kriti Sanon, Allu Arjun get National Awards for best acting, Rocketry bags best film

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New Delhi/IBNS: The 69th National Film Awards were announced at a press conference in New Delhi Thursday with the winners’ list being fairly Hindi film-heavy along with RRR featuring prominently.

Alia Bhatt and Kriti Sanon share the Best Actress award for their performances in Gangubai Kathiawadi and Mimi. Allu Arjun was named Best Actor for the blockbuster Pushpa: The Rise.

It is the first National Award for all three actors.

Both Alia Bhatt and Kriti Sanon took to Instagram to share their heartfelt gratitude.

Rocketry: The Nambi Effect was awarded Best Film while Kriti’s Mimi co-star Pankaj Tripathi won Best Supporting Actor and Pallavi Joshi won Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Kashmir Files which also won Best Film on National Integration.

Both Pankaj Tripathi and Pallavi Joshi have won special awards before.

Meanwhile, RRR won a slew of awards including Best Popular Film. Kaala Bhairava won Best Male Playback Singer for Naatu Naatu while Shreya Ghoshal won Best Female Playback Singer.

Gangubai Kathiawadi and Sardar Udham, which was named Best Hindi Film, also won several awards – Gangubai Kathiawadi won Best Screenplay, among other honours. Shershaah received a Special Jury award.

Here is the full list of winners in the feature film category:

BEST FILM – Rocketry: The Nambi Effect

BEST DIRECTOR – Nikhil Mahajan (Godavari)

BEST ACTRESS

Alia Bhatt (Gangubai Kathiawadi)

Kriti Sanon (Mimi)

BEST ACTOR – Allu Arjun (Pushpa: The Rise)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – Pallavi Joshi (The Kashmir Files)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – Pankaj Tripathi (Mimi)

BEST POPULAR FILM – RRR

BEST CHILD ARTIST – Bhavin Rabari (Chhello Show)

INDIRA GANDHI AWARD FOR BEST DEBUT OF A DIRECTOR – Meppadiyan (Vishnu Mohan)

BEST CHILDREN’S FILM – Gandhi And Co

NARGIS DUTT AWARD FOR BEST FILM ON NATIONAL INTEGRATION – The Kashmir Files

BEST HINDI FILM – Sardar Udham

BEST GUJARATI FILM – Chhello Show

BEST ASSAMESE FILM – Anur

BEST BENGALI FILM – Kalkokkho

BEST TELUGU FILM – Uppena

BEST TAMIL FILM – Kadaisi Vivasayi

BEST MALAYALAM FILM – Home

BEST KANNADA FILM – 777 Charlie

BEST MAITHILI FILM – Samanantar

BEST MISHING FILM – Boomba Ride

BEST MARATHI FILM – Ekda Kaay Zala

BEST ODIA FILM – Pratiksha

BEST MEITEILON FILM – Eikhoigo Yum

BEST SCREENPLAY – Nayattu (Original)

Gangubai Kathiawadi (Adapted)

BEST DIALOGUE – Gangubai Kathiawadi

BEST MUSIC DIRECTOR – Pushpa (Songs)

RRR (Background Score)

BEST PLAYBACK SINGER

Kaala Bhairava (Male)

Shreya Ghoshal (Female)

BEST LYRICS – Chandrabose (Dham Dham Dham, Konda Polam)

BEST AUDIO-Chavittu, Jhilli, Sardar Udham

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY – RRR

BEST STUNTS – RRR

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS – RRR

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN – Sardar Udham

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – Sardar Udham

BEST COSTUME DESIGN – Sardar Udham

BEST EDITING – Gangubai Kathiawadi

SPECIAL JURY AWARD – Shershaah

SPECIAL MENTION

Nallandi (Kadaisi Viyasai)

Aranya Gupta and Bithan Biswas (Jhilli)

Indrans (Home)

Jahanara Begum (Anur)