List of winners of 70th National Film Awards

By Naveen On Aug 17, 2024

The 70th National Film Awards winners have been officially announced recognizing exceptional talent and achievements in cinema.

Actors, technicians, and films have been celebrated for their remarkable contributions. The awards ceremony, where President Droupadi Murmu will honour the winners, is scheduled for October 2024.

Here is the complete list of the winners:

Feature Film Categories

Best Film: Aattam (Aanand Ekarshi)

Best Direction: Sooraj R. Barjatya (Uunchai)

Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment: Kantara (Rishab Shetty)

Best Debut Film by a Director: Pramod Kumar (Fouja)

Best Actor: Rishab Shetty (Kantara)

Best Actress: Nithya Menen (Thiruchitrambalam) and Manasi Parekh (Kutch Express)

Best Supporting Actor: Pavan Raj Malhotra (Fouja)

Best Supporting Actress: Neena Gupta (Uunchai)

Best Child Artist: Sreepath (Mallikapuram)

Best Cinematography: Ravi Varman (Ponniyin Selvan 1)

Best Screenplay: Anand Ekarshi (Aattam)

Best Dialogue Writer: Arpita Mukherjee and Rahul V. Chittella (Gulmohar)

Best Production Design: Ananda Addhya (Aparajito)

Best Action Choreography: Anbariv (KGF Chapter 2)

Best Make-Up Artist: Somnath Kundu (Aparajito)

Best Costume Design: Niki Joshi (Kutch Express)

Best Music Direction (Songs): Pritam (Brahmastra: Part 1 – Shiva)

Best Music Direction (Background Scores): A.R. Rahman (Ponniyin Selvan 1)

Best Lyrics: Naushad Sadar Khan (Salaami – Fouja)

Best Male Playback Singer: Arijit Singh (Kesariya – Brahmastra: Part 1 – Shiva)

Best Female Playback Singer: Bombay Jayashri (Chaayum Veyil – Saudi Vellakka)

Best Choreography: Jani Master and Sathish Krishnan (Megham Karukatha- Thiruchitrambalam)

Best Sound Design: Anand Krishnamoorthy (Ponniyin Selvan – Part 1)

Best Editing: Mahesh Bhuvanend (Aattam)

Special Jury Award: Manoj Bajpayee (Gulmohar) and Sanjoy Chowdhury (Kadhikan)

Best Feature Film (Tamil): Ponniyin Selvan Part 1 (Mani Ratnam)

Best Feature Film (Assamese): Emuthi Puthi (Kulanandini Mahanta)

Best Feature Film (Bengali): Kaberi Antardhan (Kaushik Ganguly)

Best Feature Film (Hindi): Gulmohar (Rahul V. Chittella)

Best Feature Film (Kannada): KGF: Chapter 2 (Prashanth Neel)

Best Feature Film (Malayalam): Saudi Vellakka (Tharun Moorthy)

Best Feature Film (Marathi): Vaalvi (Paresh Mokashi)

Best Feature Film (Tiwa): Sikaisal (Dr. Bobby Sarma Baruah)
Best Feature Film (Odia): Daman (Vishal Mourya and Debi Prasad Lenka)

Best Feature Film (Punjabi): Baghi Di Dhee (Mukesh Gautam)

Best Feature Film (Telugu): Karthikeya 2 (Chandoo Mondeti)

Best Film in Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming, and Comic: Brahmastra: Part 1 – Shiva (Ayan Mukherji)

Best Feature Film Promoting National, Social, and Environmental Values: Kutch Express (Viral Shah

Vetrimaaran reveals a major update about ‘Vaadivaasal’

Suriya is supposed to do ‘Vaadivaasal’ with filmmaker Vetrimaaran.

The director is now focusing on his next release, ‘Viduthalai 2’.

The cop action drama is taking more time, and hence, Suriya’s film with Vetrimaaran didn’t take off.

During a recent media interaction, Vetrimaran said, “Even Valaipechu said we can rename the movie Moodi Vaasal as we have not started the movie yet. But we will commence the filming very soon after Viduthalai’s completion.”

Many believed that ‘Vaadivaasal’ was shelved as there were many delays, but now Vetrimaaran has put a full stop to all the rumors.

GV Prakash Kumar will compose the tunes for this rural action drama. Kalaipuli S Thanu will bankroll it under the banner of V Creations.

Dhanush’s ‘Raayan’ locks its OTT release date

‘Raayan’ is the latest release from Kollywood, marking Dhanush’s 50th film as a hero and his second as a director.

The movie features a notable cast including SJ Suryah, Sundeep Kishan, Kalidasu Jairam, and Dushara Vijayan in key roles.

It has recently garnered attention with its announcement of premiering on OTT space.

According to the latest update from Amazon Prime Video, ‘Raayan’ is set to make its grand debut on August 23, 2024.

It will be available for streaming in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, and Hindi.

Produced by Sun Pictures and featuring a soundtrack by AR Rahman, this action drama also stars Selvaraghavan, Prakash Raj, Aparna Balamurali, and Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, among others.

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Director H Vinoth has confirmed that he will be working with Vijay in the project which is tentatively titled ‘Thalapathy 69’.

The film is already drowned in so much anticipation for not only it being the actor’s first collaboration with the filmmaker, but also Vijay’s final film as an actor before he takes up the role of a full-time politician. Further, Vinoth also shared key details about the project.

H Vinoth said, “It will be 200% Thalapathy film which will be commercial and cater to everyone.” Asked if it will be a political film, Vinoth said, “No. When we had committed to making this film, Vijay said that his films will be watched by all age groups and everyone. So, this film will not attack any political party, nor will be political. It is a light film which will be fully commercial.”

The makers are yet to announce the cast and crew of the film. As per reports, the film is expected to go on floors in October 2024. Actors Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Mamitha Baiju are expected to be part of the cast, with KVN Productions bankrolling the project.