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The 70th National Film Awards have been announced. From Rishab Shetty, Sharmila Tagore, Neena Gupta to South stars have won this award, which is considered the most prestigious award in the country. South star Rishab Shetty won the Best Actor award this year. He received this award for the film 'Kantara'. Mani Parekh has been nominated for Best Actress. Actresses like Neena Gupta have also won awards for supporting roles.
The films selected for the National Awards 2024 have been given censor certificates by the Censor Board between 1 January 2022 and 31 December 2022. These films also include films released on OTT. The awards have been announced by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on 16 August 2024.
Rishab Shetty won the National Award
This year director and actor Rishab Shetty has won. He has been selected as the best actor. He got this award for the film 'Contra', which he also directed. He has also announced the sequel of this film.
Best Actress Award
Like last time, this time also two actresses have won the National Award for Best Actress. Last time Alia Bhatt and Kriti Sanon won this award. This time by Nithya Menon and Manasi Parekh. Nithya for Tiruchitrambalam and Manasi Parekh for 'Kutch Express'.
List of winners of National Awards
| best Actor | Rishab Shetty (for Kantara) |
| best Actress | Nithya Menon and Manasi Parekh |
| Best direction | Sooraj Barjatya (Height) |
| Best Feature Film | Attam (Malayalam) |
| best Actor | (Supporting Role) Pawan Raj Malhotra (Fauja, Haryanvi Movie) |
| best Actress | (Supporting Role) – Neena Gupta (Height) |
| Best Debut Film by a Director | Pramod Kumar (Fauja, Haryanvi film) |
| Best Popular Film | Kantara |
| Best Feature Film | (Promoting national, social and environmental values) Kutch Express |
| Best film | (Animation, Visual Effects Gaming and Comic) – Brahmastra |
| Best Child Artist | Sripath (Mallikapuram, Malayalam film) |
| Best Singer (Male) – | Arijit Singh (Brahmastra) |
| Best Singer | (Fem.)- Bombay Jayshree |
| Best Cinematography | Ravi Varman (Ponniyan Selvan) |
| best screenplay | (Original) – Attam (Malayalam) |
| Best Sound Design | Ananth (Ponniyan Selvan) |
| Best Editing | Attam (Malayalam) |
| Best Music Direction | (Song)-Pritam (Brahmastra) |
| Best Music Direction | (Background Score)- A. R. Rahman (Ponniyan Selvan) |
| Best Feature Film | (Hindi) – Gulmohar |
| Best Feature Film | (Telugu) – Karthikeya 2 |
| Best Feature Film | (Tamil) – Ponniyan Selvan |
| Best Feature Film | (Tiwa) – Sikasal |
| Best Feature Film | (Punjabi) – Baaghi Di Dhi |
| Best Feature Film | (Odia) – Daman |
