National Film Award 2024: Rishab Shetty Wins Best Actor, Nithya Menen And Mansi Parekh Are Best Actress | Winners List

National Film Award 2024: Rishab Shetty received the Best Actor award for his acclaimed role in Kantara. The Best Actress award was shared by Nithya Menen for Thiruchitrambalam and Mansi Parekh for Kutch Express. This year, the Tamil film Ponniyin Selvan: Part 1, directed by Mani Ratnam, won the Best Tamil Film award. Based on Kalki Krishnamurthy’s novel, the historical epic about the Chola dynasty also earned accolades for A. R. Rahman (Best Composer), Ravi Varman (Best Cinematographer), and Anand Krishnamurthy (Best Sound Design).

The Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has announced the winners of the 70th National Film Awards. This year’s awards recognized films released in 2022, with the ceremony delayed due to the pandemic. The Malayalam film Aattam won the Best Film award, while KGF Chapter 2 also took home several accolades.

Check the complete list:

• Best Actor: Rishab Shetty for Kantara
• Best Actress: Nithya Menen (Thiruchitrambalam) and Manasi Parekh (Kutch Express)
• Best Film: Aattam (Malayalam)
• Best Kannada Film: Kantara
• Best Telugu Film: Karthikeya 2
• Best Tamil Film: Ponniyin Selvan 1
• Best Malayalam Film: Saudi Velakka
• Best Hindi Film: Gulmohar
• Best Supporting Actress: Neena Gupta
• Special Mention in Feature Films: Gulmohar
• Best Documentary: Murmurs of the Jungle
• Best Music Direction: Vishal Bhardwaj
• Best Cinematography: Ponniyin Selvan – Part 1
• Best Editing: Aattam (Malayalam)
• Best Female Playback: Saudi Velakka (Malayalam)
• Best Sound Design: Ponniyin Selvan – Part 1
• Best Screenplay: Aattam
• Best Music Director: Pritam (Songs), A. R. Rahman (Background Score)
• Best Choreography: Thiruchitrabalam
• Best Action Direction: KGF: Chapter 2

Established in 1954, the National Film Awards honor outstanding contributions to Indian filmmaking, recognizing both aesthetic and technical excellence as well as social relevance. Initially known as the State Awards, they began recognizing actors and technicians in 1967, with Nargis and Uttam Kumar being the first recipients of the Best Actress and Best Actor awards, respectively.