69th National Awards: Allu Arjun wins Best Actor; Rocketry: The Nambi Effect wins Best Feature Film

Hyderabad: The prestigious National Awards for 2021 were announced on Thursday. The awards gave a special reason for Tollywood to celebrate as South Indian superstar Allu Arjun was recognised as the Best Actor for his outstanding portrayal in the Telugu film Pushpa: The Rise (Part I).

The Hindi film Rocketry: The Nambi Effect emerged victorious as the Best Feature Film, while the Best Actress accolade was jointly claimed by Alia Bhatt for her role in Gangubai Kathiawadi and Kriti Sanon for her performance in Mimi.

The title of Best Director was awarded to Nikhil Mahajan for the Marathi film, Godavari. In the Supporting Actor category, Pankaj Tripathi received the honour for his role in Mimi, while Pallavi Joshi was acknowledged as the Best Supporting Actress for her contribution to The Kashmir Files.

The Kashmir Files, directed by Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri, not only secured the award for Best Film on National Integration but also left a mark with its significant contribution. Additionally, the Telugu version of the multilingual film RRR was honoured as the Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment.

These esteemed awards were announced by filmmaker Ketan Mehta, who led the 11-member jury responsible for the selection.

Here is the list of winners:

69th National Film Awards 2023 - Best Film

Best Mishing Film - Boomba Ride

Best Assamese Film - Anur

Best Bengali Film - Kalkokkho

Best Hindi Film - Sardar Udham

Best Gujarati Film - Last Film Show

Best Kannada Film - 777 Charlie

Best Maithili Film - Samanantar

Best Marathi Film - Ekda Kay Zala

Best Malayalam Film - Home

Major winners in Non-Feature Film category

Best Non-Feature Film - Ek Tha Gaon (Garhwali & Hindi)

Best Director - Bakual Matiyani for the film Smile Please (Hindi)

Best Film on Family Values - Chand Saanse (Hindi)

Best Cinematographer - Bittu Rawat for the film Pataal Tee (Bhotiya)

Best Investigative Film - Looking For Challan (English)

Best Educational Film - Sirpigalin Sipangal (Tamil)

Best Film on Social Issues - Mithu Di (English), Three Two One (Marathi & Hindi)

Best Environmental Films - Munnam Valavu (Malayalam)

Special Mentions in Feature Films category

Kadaisi Vivasayi - Late Shri Nallandi

Jhilli - Aranya Gupta & Bithan Biswas

Home - Indrans

Anur - Jahanara Begum