The winners of the 70th National Film Awards were announced on Friday, August 16. Feature and non-feature films certified by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) between January 1, 2022, and December 31, 2022, were eligible for consideration. The awards ceremony, in which the best Indian films in various languages ​​produced in 2022 will be felicitated by the President, will take place later.

The jury comprised – Rahul Rawail, Chairman, Feature Film Jury; Neela Madhab Panda, Chairman, Non-Feature Film Jury; Shri Gangadhar Mudlair, Chairman, Best Writing on Cinema Jury.

The complete list of winners is as follows:

Best Feature Film: Attam (Malayalam)
Best Director: Sooraj Barjatya (Height)
Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment: Kantara
Best Debut Film by a Director: Pramod Kumar, Haryanvi film Fauja
best Actor: Rishabh Shetty (Kantara)
best Actress: Nithya Menon (Thiruchitrambalam) and Manasi Parekh (Kutch Express)
Best Supporting Actor: Pawan Raj Malhotra (Fauja)
best Supporting Actress: Neena Gupta (height)
Best Child Artist: Sripath (Malikappuram)
Best Feature Film Promoting National, Social and Environmental Values: kutch express gujarati movie
Best Film (Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming and Comic) at AVGC: Ayan Mukerji’s Brahmastra
Best Screenplay: Ananda Ekarshi (Attam)
Best Music Director (Lyrics): A.R. Rahman (Ponniyin Selvan 1)
Best Music Direction (Background Music): Pritam (Brahmastra) and AR Rahman (Ponniyin Selvan 1)
Best Male Playback Singer: Arijit Singh (Kesari, Brahmastra)
Best Female Playback Singer: Bombay Jayashree (Saudi Vellakka CC.225/2009)
Best Song: Naushad Sadar Khan (Fauja)
Best Hindi Film: Gulmohar
Best Punjabi Film: Rebel Di Dhi
Best Kannada Film: KGF 2
Best Malayalam Film: Saudi Vellakka
Best Tamil Film: Ponniyin Selvan Part 1
Best Telugu Movie: karthikeya 2
Best Marathi Film: Walvi
Best Bengali Film: Kaberry Interlude
Best Assamese Film: Emuthi Puthi
Best Odia Film: repression
Best Sound Design: Anand Krishnamurthy (Ponniyin Selvan 1)
Best Choreography: Tiruchithambalam
Best Cinematography: Ravi Varman (Ponniyin Selvan 1)
Best Costume Designer: Nikki Joshi (Kutch Express)
Best Production Design: The Undefeated
Best Editing: Attam

Best Dialogue: Gulmohar
Special mention: Manoj Bajpayee in Gulmohar

Non-Feature Film Category

Best Non-Feature Film: Ayeena (Mirror)
Best Direction (Non-Feature Film): from the shadows
Best Debut Non-Feature Film by a Director: Intermission – Basti Dinesh Shenoy
Best Biographical Film: ‘A unique Mohenjo Daro’ by Ashok Rane
Best Art Films: Rang Vibhog (Kannada) and Varsa (Heritage)
Best Animation Film: A Coconut Tree by Joshi Benedict
Best Book on Cinema: Kishore Kumar: The Ultimate Biography
Best Film Critic: Deepak Dua
Best Documentary: the murmur of the forest
Best Music Direction for a Non-Feature Film: Vishal Bharadwaj (Leisure)

The National Film Awards ceremony was delayed by two years due to the coronavirus pandemic. The 69th National Film Awards honoured films released between January 1, 2021 and December 31, 2021. Last year the Best Feature Film award went to Madhavan’s Rocketry and the Best Director award went to Nikhil Mahajan for Godavari.