69th National Film Awards: The 69th National Film Awards have been announced for the year 2021. This year, in the National Film Awards, films like Gangubai Kathiawadi, RRR, Sardar Udham are making a splash. Alia Bhatt and Kriti Sanon jointly received Best Actor Female and Allu Arjun Best Actor Male. See the complete list of winners here.
69th National Film Awards: Who got the award?
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The announcement is special as it acknowledges the work of the artists and filmmakers in 2021 when the world was grappling with the Covid-19 pandemic that had wreaked havoc all across the globe. After a significant shutdown, very few movies in 2021 tried to revive the theatrical run while pulling cinephiles back to the big screen. 280 feature films in 20 languages were selected.
| Best Feature Film | Sardar Udham, Rocketry – The Nambi Effects |
| Best Actor | Allu Arjun (Pushpa – The Rise) |
| Best Actress | Alia Bhatt (Gangubai Kathiawadi), Kriti Sanon (Mimi) |
| Best Direction | Nikhil Mahajan Marathi film Godavari |
| Best Supporting Actress | Pallavi Joshi (The Kashmir Files) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Pankaj Tripathi (MM) |
| Special Jury Award | Shershah |
| Best Music Direction | DSP (Pushpa and RRR) |
| Nargis Dutt Award National Integration Best Film | The Kashmir Files |
| Best Costume Designer | Sardar Udham Singh |
| Best Production Design | Sardar Udham Singh |
| Best Editing | Gangubai Kathiawadi |
| Best Choreography | R R R |
| Best Cinematography | Sardar Udham Singh |
| Best Male Singer | Kaal Bhairav |
Allu Arjun was chosen as the Best Actor for his strong performance in Pushpa. Alia Bhatt and Kriti Sanon have been given the Best Actress award. Alia Bhatt got the award for Gangubai Kathiabari and Kriti for Mimi. Vicky Kaushal’s film Sardar Udham Singh has been selected for the Best Hindi Film. Best Choreography Award has been received for the song Naatu-Naatu from the film RRR. At the same time, RRR has also received the award for Best Action. Pankaj Tripathi has received the Best Supporting Actor Award.
Nominations
69th National Film Awards: For the Best Actor award, Jr NTR and Ram Charan for ‘RRR’, Suriya for ‘Jai Bhim’, Dhanush for ‘Karnan’, Allu Arjun for ‘Pushpa: The Rise’, Silambarasan TR for ‘Maanadu’, Arya for ‘Sarpatta’, actor Joju George for ‘Nayattu’ have been nominated.