The Jury for the 70th National Film Awards announced the winners for the year 2022.
Ahead of this announcement, Rahul Rawail chairperson of the Feature Film Jury, Nila Madhab Panda chairperson of the Non-Feature Film Jury, and Gangadhar Mudalair chairperson of the Best Writing on Cinema Jury along with the other members presented the list of award winners of the 70th National Film Awards for the year 2022 to the Union Minister of Railways, Information and Broadcasting and Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw.
Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Dr. L. Murugan, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting secretary Sanjay Jaju and Joint Secretary (Films), Vrunda Desai were also present on the occasion.
The Jury comprised of eminent filmmakers and film personalities from across the Indian cine-world.
Best feature film award has been given to Aattam (The Play) directed by Anand Ekarshi.
The award for Best Non-Feature Film has been bagged by Ayena (Mirror) directed by Siddhant Sarin.
Award for Best Book on Cinema has been given to Kishore Kumar: The Ultimate Biography authored by Anirudha Bhattacharjee & Parthiv Dhar.
Kantara won the Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment.
Rishab Shetty has been awarded the Best Actor in Leading Role for his performance in the movie Kantara whereas Nithya Menen bagged the award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for Thiruchitrambalam.
Pavan Raj Malhotra won the award for Best Supporting Actor while Neena Gupta won the Best Supporting Actress Award in the Feature Films category.
Directed by Ayan Mukerji with its VFX Supervisors Jaykar Arudra, Viral Thakkar, and Neelesh Gore, BRAHMASTRA-PART 1: SHIVA bagged the award for Best Film in AVGC (Animation, Visual Effects Gaming & Comic).
