70th National Film Awards
| 70th National Film Awards | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best of Indian cinema in 2022 |
| Awarded by | National Film Development Corporation of India |
| Presented by | President of India |
| Announced on | 16 August 2024 |
| Site | New Delhi |
| Official website | nfdcindia |
| Highlights | |
| Best Feature Film | Aattam |
| Best Non-Feature Film | Ayena |
| Best Book | Kishore Kumar: The Ultimate Biography |
| Best Film Critic | Deepak Dua |
| Most awards | Ponniyin Selvan: I (4) |
The 70th National Film Awards were announced on 16 August 2024 to honour the best films of 2022 in Indian cinema, presented by the National Film Development Corporation of India.[1] The awards ceremony was originally slated to be held on 3 May 2023 but was postponed to October 2024 due to delays after the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] The winners along with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award recipient will be felicitated by the President, Droupadi Murmu in October 2024 at the Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.[2][3]
Selection process
[edit]The National Film Development Corporation of India invited online entries with the acceptable last date for entries until 30 January 2024.[4][5] Feature and Non-Feature Films certified by Central Board of Film Certification between 1 January 2022, and 31 December 2022, were eligible for the film award categories.[6] Books, critical studies, reviews or articles on cinema published in Indian newspapers, magazines, and journals between 1 January 2022, and 31 December 2022, were eligible for the best writing on cinema section.[7] Entries of dubbed, revised or copied versions of a film or translation, abridgements, edited or annotated works and reprints were ineligible for the awards.[8]
For the feature and non-feature Films sections, films in any Indian language, shot on 16 mm, 35 mm, a wider film gauge or a digital format, and released in cinemas, on video or digital formats for home viewing were eligible. Films were required to be certified as a feature film, documentary, short film, or animation film etc by the Central Board of Film Certification. [9][10][11]
Feature Film
[edit]Jury
[edit]| • Rahul Rawail (chairman) | |
| • Subhrajit Mitra | • |
| • | • |
| • | • |
Golden Lotus Awards
[edit]Official Name: Swarna Kamal
All the awardees are awarded with 'Golden Lotus Award (Swarna Kamal)', a certificate and cash prize.
| Award | Film | Language | Awardee(s) | Cash prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Feature Film | Aattam | Malayalam | Producer: Joy Movie Productions Director: Anand Ekarshi |
₹3,00,000 each |
| Best Debut Film of a Director | Fouja | Haryanvi | Director: Pramod Kumar | ₹3,00,000 |
| Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment | Kantara | Kannada | Producer: Hombale Films Director: Rishab Shetty |
₹3,00,000 each |
| Best Film in AVGC (Best Animation Film) | Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva | Hindi | Producer:
Director: Ayan Mukerji |
₹3,00,000 each |
| Best Direction | Uunchai | Hindi | Sooraj R. Barjatya | ₹3,00,000 |
Silver Lotus Award
[edit]Official Name: Rajat Kamal
All the awardees are awarded with 'Silver Lotus Award (Rajat Kamal)', a certificate and cash prize.
| Award | Film | Language | Awardee(s) | Cash prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Film in AVGC (Best Visual Effects) | Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva | Hindi | VFX Supervisor:
|
₹2,00,000 shared |
| Best Feature Film Promoting National, Social and Environmental Values | Kutch Express | Gujarati | Producer: Soul Sutra Director: Viral Shah |
₹2,00,000 each |
| Best Actor in a Leading Role | Kantara | Kannada | Rishab Shetty | ₹2,00,000 |
| Best Actress in a Leading Role | Thiruchitrambalam | Tamil | Nithya Menen | ₹2,00,000 shared |
| Kutch Express | Gujarati | Manasi Parekh | ||
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Fouja | Haryanvi | Pavan Malhotra | ₹2,00,000 |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Uunchai | Hindi | Neena Gupta | ₹2,00,000 |
| Best Child Artist | Malikappuram | Malayalam | Sreepath | ₹2,00,000 |
| Best Male Playback Singer | Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva (Song: "Kesariya") |
Hindi | Arijit Singh | ₹2,00,000 |
| Best Female Playback Singer | Saudi Vellakka (Song: "Chaayum Veyil") |
Malayalam | Bombay Jayashri | ₹2,00,000 |
| Best Cinematography | Ponniyin Selvan: I | Tamil | Ravi Varman | ₹2,00,000 |
| Best Screenplay • Screenplay Writer (Original) |
Aattam | Malayalam | Anand Ekarshi | ₹2,00,000 |
| Best Screenplay • Dialogues |
Gulmohar | Hindi |
|
₹2,00,000 shared |
| Best Sound Design | Ponniyin Selvan: I | Tamil | Anand Krishnamoorthi | ₹2,00,000 |
| Best Editing | Aattam | Malayalam | Mahesh Bhuvanend | ₹2,00,000 |
| Best Production Design | Aparajito | Bengali | Ananda Addhya | ₹2,00,000 |
| Best Costume Design | Kutch Express | Gujarati | Niki Joshi | ₹2,00,000 |
| Best Make-up | Aparajito | Bengali | Somnath Kundu | ₹2,00,000 |
| Best Music Direction • Songs |
Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva | Hindi | Pritam | ₹2,00,000 |
| Best Music Direction • Background Music |
Ponniyin Selvan: I | Tamil | A. R. Rahman | ₹2,00,000 |
| Best Lyrics | Fouja (Song: "Salaami") |
Haryanvi | Naushad Sadar Khan | ₹2,00,000 |
| Best Choreography | Thiruchitrambalam (Song: "Megham Karukkatha") |
Tamil | ₹2,00,000 shared | |
| Best Action Direction | KGF: Chapter 2 | Kannada | Anbariv | ₹2,00,000 |
Regional awards
[edit]All the awardees are awarded with Silver Lotus Award (Rajat Kamal), a certificate and cash prize.
| Award | Film | Awardee(s) | Cash prize | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Producer | Director | |||
| Best Assamese Feature Film | Emuthi Puthi | Metanormal Motion Pictures | Kulanandini Mahanta | ₹2,00,000 each |
| Best Bengali Feature Film | Kaberi Antardhan | Surinder Films | Kaushik Ganguly | ₹2,00,000 each |
| Best Hindi Feature Film | Gulmohar | Star India | Rahul V. Chittella | ₹2,00,000 each |
| Best Kannada Feature Film | KGF: Chapter 2 | Hombale Films | Prashanth Neel | ₹2,00,000 each |
| Best Malayalam Feature Film | Saudi Vellakka | Urvasi Theatres | Tharun Moorthy | ₹2,00,000 each |
| Best Marathi Feature Film | Vaalvi |
|
Paresh Mokashi | ₹2,00,000 each |
| Best Odia Feature Film | Daman | JP Motion Pictures |
|
₹2,00,000 each |
| Best Punjabi Feature Film | Baghi Di Dhee | G-Next Media | Mukesh Gautam | ₹2,00,000 each |
| Best Tamil Feature Film | Ponniyin Selvan: I | Madras Talkies | Mani Ratnam | ₹2,00,000 each |
| Best Telugu Feature Film | Karthikeya 2 |
|
Chandoo Mondeti | ₹2,00,000 each |
| Award | Film | Awardee(s) | Cash prize | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Producer | Director | |||
| Best Tiwa Feature Film | Sikaisal | Imaging Media | Bobby Sarma Baruah | ₹2,00,000 each |
Special Mention
[edit]All the awardees are awarded with a certificate.
| Award | Film | Language | Awardee(s) | Cash prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Special Mention | Gulmohar | Hindi | Actor: Manoj Bajpayee | Certificate only |
| Kadhikan | Malayalam | Music Director: Sanjoy Chowdhury |
Non-Feature Film
[edit]Non-feature length films made in any Indian language and certified by the Central Board of Film Certification as a documentary, short film, animation film etc are eligible for non-feature film section.
Jury
[edit]| • Nila Madhab Panda (chairman) | |
| • | • |
| • | • |
| • | • |
Golden Lotus Award
[edit]Official Name: Swarna Kamal
All the awardees are awarded with 'Golden Lotus Award (Swarna Kamal)', a certificate and cash prize.
| Award | Film | Language | Awardee(s) | Cash prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Non-Feature Film | Ayena |
|
Producer: Teh Films Director: Siddhant Sarin |
₹3,00,000 each |
| Best Direction | From the Shadows |
|
Miriam Chandy Menacherry | ₹3,00,000 |
| Best Debut Film of a Director | Madhyantara | Kannada | Basti Dinesh Shenoy | ₹3,00,000 |
Silver Lotus Award
[edit]Official Name: Rajat Kamal
All the awardees are awarded with Silver Lotus Award (Rajat Kamal) and cash prize.
| Award | Film | Language | Awardee(s) | Cash prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Biographical / Historical Reconstruction / Compilation Film | Aankhi Ek Mohenjo Daro | Marathi | Producer:
Director: Ashok Rane |
₹2,00,000 each |
| Best Arts / Cultural Film | Ranga Vibhoga | Kannada | Producer and Director: Suneel Narasimhachar Puranik | ₹2,00,000 shared |
| Varsa | Marathi | Producer and Director: Sohil Vaidya | ||
| Best Documentary | Murmurs of the Jungle | Marathi | Producer and Director: Sohil Vaidya | ₹2,00,000 |
| Best Non Feature Film Promoting Social And Environmental Values | On the Brink – Season 2 – Gharial | English | Producer: The Gaia People Director: Akanksha Sood Singh |
₹2,00,000 each |
| Best Animation Film | A Coconut Tree | English | Producer: JB Productions Director and Animator: Joshy Benedict |
₹2,00,000 each |
| Best Short Film | Xunyota | Assamese | Producer: HM Production Director: Nabapan Deka |
₹2,00,000 each |
| Best Cinematography | Mono No Aware |
|
Siddharth Diwan | ₹2,00,000 |
| Best Sound Design | Yaan |
|
Manas Choudhury | ₹2,00,000 |
| Best Editing | Madhyantara | Kannada | Suresh Urs | ₹2,00,000 |
| Best Music Direction | Fursat | Hindi | Vishal Bhardwaj | ₹2,00,000 |
| Best Narration / Voice Over | Murmurs of the Jungle | Marathi | Sumant Shinde | ₹2,00,000 |
| Best Script | Mono No Aware |
|
Koushik Sarkar | ₹2,00,000 |
Special Mention
[edit]All the awardees are awarded with a certificate.
| Award | Film | Language | Awardee(s) | Cash prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Special Mention | Birubala: Witch to Padmashri | Assamese | Producer: Aimee Baruah Production Society Director: Aimee Baruah |
Certificate only |
| Hargila – The Greater Adjutant Stork | Assamese | Producer: PI Entertainment Director: Partha Sarathi Mahanta |
Best Writing on Cinema
[edit]The awards aim at encouraging study and appreciation of cinema as an art form and dissemination of information and critical appreciation of this art-form through publication of books, articles, reviews etc.
Jury
[edit]| • Gangadhar Mudaliar (Chairman) | |
| • | • |
Golden Lotus Award
[edit]Official Name: Swarna Kamal
All the awardees are awarded with the Golden Lotus Award (Swarna Kamal) accompanied with a cash prize.
| Award | Book | Language | Awardee(s) | Cash prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Book on Cinema | Kishore Kumar: The Ultimate Biography | English | Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers India Author:
|
₹1,00,000 each |
| Best Film Critic | — | Hindi | Deepak Dua | ₹1,00,000 |
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