70th National Film Awards: Find full list of winners here

The winners of the70th National Film Awards were announced by the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Films released in 2022 were eligible for the awards Due to the pandemic the awards are running a year behind schedule The jury for the National Film Awards 2024 includes Rahul Rawail Chairperson of the Feature Film Jury Nila Madhab Panda Chairperson of the NonFeature Film Jury and Mr Gangadhar Mudalair Chairperson of the Best Writing on Cinema JuryHere is the list of winners for the 70th National Film Awards for the year 2022 announced on FridayFeature Film CategoryBest Film Aattam by Aanand EkarshiBest Direction Sooraj R Barjatya for UunchaiBest Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment Kantara by Rishab ShettyBest Debut Film of a Director Pramod Kumar for FoujaBest Actor Rishabh Shetty for KantaraBest Actress Nithya Menen for Thiruchitrambhalam and Manasi Parekh for Kutch ExpressBest Supporting Actor Pavan Raj Malhotra for FoujaBest Supporting Actress Neena Gupta for UunchaiBest Child Artist Sreepath for MalikappuramBest Cinematography Ravi Varman for Ponniyin Selvan 1Best Screenplay Anand Ekarshi for AattamBest Dialogue Writer Arpita Mukherjee and Rahul V Chittela for GulmoharBest Production Design Ananda Addhya for AparajitoBest Action Choreography Anbariv for KGF Chapter 2Best MakeUp Artist Somnath Kundu for AparajitoBest Costume Design Niki Joshi for Kutch ExpressBest Music Direction for Songs Pritam for Brahmastra Part 1 ShivaBest Music Direction for Background Scores AR Rahman for Ponniyin Selvan Part 1Best Lyrics Naushad Sadar Khan for Salaami in FoujaBest Male Playback Singer Arijit Singh for Kesariya from Brahmastra Part 1 ShivaBest Female Playback Singer Bombay Jayashri for Chaayum Veyil from Saudi Vellakka CC 2252009Best Choreography Jani Master and Sathish Krishnan for Megham Karukatha in ThiruchitrambalamBest Sound Design Anand Krishnamoorthy for Ponniyin Selvan Part 1Best Editing Mahesh Bhuvanend for AattamSpecial Jury Award Manoj Bajpayee for Gulmohar and Sanjoy Chowdhury for KadhikanBest Assamese Film Emuthi Puthi by Kulanandini MahantaBest Bengali Film Kaberi Antardhan by Kaushik GangulaBest Hindi Film Gulmohar by Rahul V ChittellaBest Kannada Film KGF Chapter 2 by Prashanth NeelBest Malayalam Film Saudi Vellakka CC 2252009 by Tharun MoorthyBest Marathi Film Vaalvi by Paresh MokashiBest Tiwa Film Sikaisal by Dr Bobby Sarma BaruahBest Odia Film Daman by Vishal Mourya and Debi Prasad LenkaBest Punjabi Film Baghi Di Dhee by Mukesh GautamBest Tamil Film Ponniyin Selvan Part 1 by Mani RatnamBest Telugu Film Karthikeya 2 Chandoo MondetiBest Film in Animation Visual Effects Gaming and Comic Brahmastra Part 1 Shiva by Ayan MukherjiBest Feature Film promoting National Social and Environmental Values Kutch Express by Viral ShahNonFeature Film categoryBest NonFeature Film Ayena by Siddhant SarinBest Documentary Murmurs of the Jungle by Sahil VaidyaBest NonFeature Film Direction Miriam Chandy Menacherry for From The ShadowBest Script Koushik Sarkar for Mono No AwareBest NarrationVoice Over Sumant Shinde for Murmurs Of The JungleBest Animated Film A Coconut Tree by Joshy BenedictBest Editing Suresh URS for MadhyantaraBest Sound Design Manas Choudhury for YaanBest Cinematography Siddharth Diwan for Mono No AwareBest Short Film Xunyota by Nabapan DekaBest Debut Film of a Director Basti Dinesh Shenoy for MadhyantaraBest NonFeature Film Music Direction Vishal Bharadwaj for FursatBest Arts and Culture Film Ranga Vibhoga by Suneel Narasimhachar Puranik and Varsa by Sachin Balasaheb SuryawanshiBest BiographicalHistorical ReconstructionCompilation Film Aanaki Ek Mohenjo Daro by Ashok RaneBest NonFeature Film Promoting Social and Environmental Values On The Brink Season 2 Gharial by Akansha Sood SinghSpecial Mention Birubala by Aimee Baruah and Hargila The Greater Adjutant Stork by Partha Sarathi MahantBest Writing on CinemaBest Book On Cinema Kishore Kumar The Ultimate Biography by Anirudha Bhattacharjee and Parthiv DharBest Film Critic Deepak Dua Hindi