National Film Awards highlights
It witnessed the 72nd National Film Awards (NFA). Article 370 It received the ‘Best Feature Film’ award, and Yami Gautam also received the ‘Best Actress in a Leading Role’ award. Mammootty and Kartik Aaryan shared the ‘Best Actor in a Leading Role’ award for their performance in a film Pramayogam and Shandu hero Respectively, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting announced on Saturday.
The awards were announced by the jury presidents in New Delhi during a press conference.
The ‘Best Debut Director’ award went to Randeep Hooda for his film Swatantriya Veer Savarkar. However, Rajkumar Periyasamy received the ‘Best Director’ award for his work in the Tamil language war drama. Imran. Telugu sci-fi epic Kalki 2898 AD Won the award for “Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment”, and Captain Miller It won the award for “Best Feature Film Promoting National, Social and Environmental Values.”
The awards, which recognize excellence in feature films, non-fiction films and writings on cinema, have been held annually since 1954. MIB Joint Secretary (Films) Ajay Nagabhushan said the 72nd NFA covered films were produced and certified in 2024.
Veteran actor Sanjay Mishra received the ‘Best Supporting Actor’ award for Bhumi Pednekar’s film. bakhshak, Where he played the role of a cameraman for a local news channel. Sashana Namidas and Ruppupashree Forkade shared the ‘Best Supporting Actress’ award for their work in the Tamil language thriller. Maharaja The film is in Kannada Mithya.
“For over three decades, I have simply tried to be true to every character that has come my way. This honor belongs to the directors, producers, writers, technicians and fellow actors I have had the privilege of working with as well as to the audience, who have embraced my work with so much love over the years,” Mishra said in a statement.
The ‘Best Children’s Film’ award went to the Telugu film 35 – Sheena Katha KaduWhile the “Best Child Artist” award was shared equally with Athish S. Shetty (Mithya), Arundev Pothola (35 – Sheena Katha Kadu), Wriddhiman Banerjee, Tapomoy Deb, and Gitashree Chakraborty. Onko ki kothin.
Awards are decided by separate juries for feature films, non-fiction films and writing about cinema. Veteran director Jayaraj headed the 11-member feature film jury, Asim Sinha headed the 7-member non-fiction film jury and Chandrasekhar headed the Best Writing in Cinema jury.
The winners will be honored at the NFA ceremony in September, where the President of India will present the awards to the winners.
Several business successes also featured prominently among the winners. Pushpa: Al Qaeda Part-02 It received the ‘Best Screenplay (Original)’ award for Sukumar and also won the ‘Best Costume Design’ award. Street 2 She won the ‘Best Choreography’ award for the song ‘Aaj Ki Raat’. Bhoul Bahlia 3 It won the “Best Sound Design” award. Maharaja He won the “Best Action Direction” award, and Kalki 2898 AD It also won the “Best Production Design” award.
In language categories, Srikanth It was named “Best Indian Film” Rayyan It won the “Best Tamil Film” award, Corulo Committee It won the “Best Telugu Film” award, Fatima Femenici It won the ‘Best Malayalam Film’ award and Mithya It won the ‘Best Kannada Film’ award among other awards.
In the unmarked section, Marathi-English film Bhangar It won Best Non-Fiction Film, while Bharatbala won Ram Nami It won the award for best documentary. Anand L Rai won the Best Director award in the Non-Feature Film category Statue of Unity – Ekta Ka Pratik. Touched like water It won the “Best Animated Film” award, while Humsafar It won the “Best Short Film” award.
