The 70th National Film Awards, one of India’s most esteemed film honors, celebrated the best in Indian filmmaking across languages and disciplines. The annual awards recognize outstanding achievements in acting, directing, writing, and technical fields. This year’s ceremony showcased exceptional talent and creativity in Indian cinema, honoring artistic excellence and innovation.
The winners included:
1.Best Feature Film:
Aattam
2.Best Actor:
Rishab Shetty
3.Best Actress:
Nithya Menon and Manasi Parekh
4.Best Director:
Sooraj Barjatya
5.Best Supporting Actress:
Neena Gupta
6.Best Supporting Actor:
Pawan Malhotra
Other notable awards included:
1.Best Feature Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment: Kantara
2.Best Debut: Fouja and Pramod Kumar
3.Best Language Films: Kartikeya 2 (Telugu), Ponniyin Selvan – Part 1 (Tamil), Baaghi Di Dhee (Punjabi), Daman (Odia), Soudi Velakka CC.225/2009 (Malayalam), Vaalvi (Marathi), and KGF: Chapter 2 (Kannada)
4.Best Hindi Film: Gulmohar
Special Mentions went to Manoj Bajpayee for Gulmohar and Sanjoy Salil Chowdhury for Kalikhan.
Technical awards included:
- Best Action Direction: KGF: Chapter 2
- Best Choreography: Tiruchitrabalam
- Best Lyrics: Fouja
- Best Music Director: Pritam (Songs) and 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 and Brahmastra
