| 70th National Film Awards | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best of Indian cinema in 2022 |
| Awarded by | National Film Development Corporation of India |
| Presented by | President of India |
| Announced on | 16 August 2024 |
| Presented on | 8 October 2024 |
| Site | New Delhi |
| Official website | nfdcindia |
| Highlights | |
| Best Feature Film | Aattam |
| Best Non-Feature Film | Ayena |
| Best Book | Kishore Kumar: The Ultimate Biography |
| Best Film Critic | Deepak Dua |
| Dadasaheb Phalke Award | Mithun Chakraborty |
| Most awards | Ponniyin Selvan: I (4) |
The 70th National Film Awards were announced on 16 August 2024 to honour the best films of 2022 in Indian cinema, presented by the National Film Development Corporation of India. [1] The awards ceremony was originally slated to be held on 3 May 2023 but was postponed to October 2024 due to delays after the COVID-19 pandemic. [2] The winners were announced on 16 August 2024, by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in a press conference. [3] The winners along with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award recipient were felicitated by the President, Droupadi Murmu on 8 October 2024 at the Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. [4] [5]
The National Film Development Corporation of India invited online entries with the acceptable last date for entries until 30 January 2024. [6] [7] Feature and Non-Feature Films certified by Central Board of Film Certification between 1 January 2022, and 31 December 2022, were eligible for the film award categories. Books, critical studies, reviews or articles on cinema published in Indian newspapers, magazines, and journals between 1 January 2022, and 31 December 2022, were eligible for the best writing on cinema section. [8] Entries of dubbed, revised or copied versions of a film or translation, abridgements, edited or annotated works and reprints were ineligible for the awards. [9]
For the feature and non-feature Films sections, films in any Indian language, shot on 16 mm, 35 mm, a wider film gauge or a digital format, and released in cinemas, on video or digital formats for home viewing were eligible. Films were required to be certified as a feature film, documentary, short film, or animation film etc by the Central Board of Film Certification. [10] [11] [12]
| • Rahul Rawail (chairman) | |
| • Subhrajit Mitra | • |
| • | • |
| • | • |
Official Name: Swarna Kamal
All the awardees are awarded with 'Golden Lotus Award (Swarna Kamal)', a certificate and cash prize.
| Award | Film | Language | Awardee(s) | Cash prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Feature Film | Aattam | Malayalam | Producer: Joy Movie Productions Director: Anand Ekarshi | ₹3,00,000 each |
| Best Debut Film of a Director | Fouja | Haryanvi | Director: Pramod Kumar | ₹3,00,000 |
| Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment | Kantara | Kannada | Producer: Hombale Films Director: Rishab Shetty | ₹3,00,000 each |
| Best Film in AVGC (Best Animation Film) | Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva | Hindi | Producer:
Director: Ayan Mukerji | |
| Best Direction | Uunchai | Sooraj R. Barjatya | ₹3,00,000 |
Official Name: Rajat Kamal
All the awardees are awarded with 'Silver Lotus Award (Rajat Kamal)', a certificate and cash prize.
| Award | Film | Language | Awardee(s) | Cash prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Film in AVGC (Best Visual Effects) | Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva | Hindi | VFX Supervisor:
| ₹2,00,000 shared |
| Best Feature Film Promoting National, Social and Environmental Values | Kutch Express | Gujarati | Producer: Soul Sutra Director: Viral Shah | ₹2,00,000 each |
| Best Actor in a Leading Role | Kantara | Kannada | Rishab Shetty | ₹2,00,000 |
| Best Actress in a Leading Role | Thiruchitrambalam | Tamil | Nithya Menen | ₹2,00,000 shared |
| Kutch Express | Gujarati | Manasi Parekh | ||
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Fouja | Haryanvi | Pavan Malhotra | ₹2,00,000 |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role | Uunchai | Hindi | Neena Gupta | ₹2,00,000 |
| Best Child Artist | Malikappuram | Malayalam | Sreepath | ₹2,00,000 |
| Best Male Playback Singer | Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva (Song: "Kesariya") | Hindi | Arijit Singh | ₹2,00,000 |
| Best Female Playback Singer | Saudi Vellakka (Song: "Chaayum Veyil") | Malayalam | Bombay Jayashri | ₹2,00,000 |
| Best Cinematography | Ponniyin Selvan: I | Tamil | Ravi Varman | ₹2,00,000 |
| Best Screenplay • Screenplay Writer (Original) | Aattam | Malayalam | Anand Ekarshi | ₹2,00,000 |
| Best Screenplay •Dialogues | Gulmohar | Hindi |
| ₹2,00,000 shared |
| Best Sound Design | Ponniyin Selvan: I | Tamil | Anand Krishnamoorthi | ₹2,00,000 |
| Best Editing | Aattam | Malayalam | Mahesh Bhuvanend | ₹2,00,000 |
| Best Production Design | Aparajito | Bengali | Ananda Addhya | ₹2,00,000 |
| Best Costume Design | Kutch Express | Gujarati | Niki Joshi | ₹2,00,000 |
| Best Make-up | Aparajito | Bengali | Somnath Kundu | ₹2,00,000 |
| Best Music Direction •Songs | Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva | Hindi | Pritam | ₹2,00,000 |
| Best Music Direction •Background Music | Ponniyin Selvan: I | Tamil | A. R. Rahman | ₹2,00,000 |
| Best Lyrics | Fouja (Song: "Salaami") | Haryanvi | Naushad Sadar Khan | ₹2,00,000 |
| Best Choreography | Thiruchitrambalam (Song: "Megham Karukkatha") | Tamil | ₹2,00,000 shared | |
| Best Action Direction | KGF: Chapter 2 | Kannada | Anbariv | ₹2,00,000 |
All the awardees are awarded with Silver Lotus Award (Rajat Kamal), a certificate and cash prize.
| Award | Film | Awardee(s) | Cash prize | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Producer | Director | |||
| Best Tiwa Feature Film | Sikaisal | Imaging Media | Bobby Sarma Baruah | ₹2,00,000 each |
All the awardees are awarded with a certificate.
| Award | Film | Language | Awardee(s) | Cash prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Special Mention | Gulmohar | Hindi | Actor: Manoj Bajpayee | Certificate only |
| Kadhikan | Malayalam | Music Director: Sanjoy Chowdhury |
Non-feature length films made in any Indian language and certified by the Central Board of Film Certification as a documentary, short film, animation film etc are eligible for non-feature film section.
| • Nila Madhab Panda (chairman) | |
| • | • |
| • | • |
| • | • |
Official Name: Swarna Kamal
All the awardees are awarded with 'Golden Lotus Award (Swarna Kamal)', a certificate and cash prize.
| Award | Film | Language | Awardee(s) | Cash prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Non-Feature Film | Ayena |
| Producer: Teh Films Director: Siddhant Sarin | ₹3,00,000 each |
| Best Direction | From the Shadows |
| Miriam Chandy Menacherry | ₹3,00,000 |
| Best Debut Film of a Director | Madhyantara | Kannada | Basti Dinesh Shenoy | ₹3,00,000 |
Official Name: Rajat Kamal
All the awardees are awarded with Silver Lotus Award (Rajat Kamal) and cash prize.
| Award | Film | Language | Awardee(s) | Cash prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Biographical / Historical Reconstruction / Compilation Film | Aankhi Ek Mohenjo Daro | Marathi | Producer:
Director: Ashok Rane | ₹2,00,000 each |
| Best Arts / Cultural Film | Ranga Vibhoga | Kannada | Producer and Director: Suneel Narasimhachar Puranik | ₹2,00,000 shared |
| Varsa | Marathi | Producer and Director: Sachin Balasaheb Suryawanshi | ||
| Best Documentary | Murmurs of the Jungle | Marathi | Producer and Director: Sohil Vaidya | ₹2,00,000 |
| Best Non Feature Film Promoting Social And Environmental Values | On the Brink – Season 2 – Gharial | English | Producer: The Gaia People Director: Akanksha Sood Singh | ₹2,00,000 each |
| Best Animation Film | A Coconut Tree | English | Producer: JB Productions Director and Animator: Joshy Benedict | ₹2,00,000 each |
| Best Short Film | Xunyota | Assamese | Producer: HM Production Director: Nabapan Deka | ₹2,00,000 each |
| Best Cinematography | Mono No Aware |
| Siddharth Diwan | ₹2,00,000 |
| Best Sound Design | Yaan |
| Manas Choudhury | ₹2,00,000 |
| Best Editing | Madhyantara | Kannada | Suresh Urs | ₹2,00,000 |
| Best Music Direction | Fursat | Hindi | Vishal Bhardwaj | ₹2,00,000 |
| Best Narration / Voice Over | Murmurs of the Jungle | Marathi | Sumant Shinde | ₹2,00,000 |
| Best Script | Mono No Aware |
| Koushik Sarkar | ₹2,00,000 |
All the awardees are awarded with a certificate.
| Award | Film | Language | Awardee(s) | Cash prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Special Mention | Birubala: Witch to Padmashri | Assamese | Producer: Aimee Baruah Production Society Director: Aimee Baruah | Certificate only |
| Hargila – The Greater Adjutant Stork | Assamese | Producer: PI Entertainment Director: Partha Sarathi Mahanta |
The awards aim at encouraging study and appreciation of cinema as an art form and dissemination of information and critical appreciation of this art-form through publication of books, articles, reviews etc.
| •Gangadhar Mudaliar (Chairman) | |
| • | • |
Official Name: Swarna Kamal
All the awardees are awarded with the Golden Lotus Award (Swarna Kamal) accompanied with a cash prize.
| Award | Book | Language | Awardee(s) | Cash prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Book on Cinema | Kishore Kumar: The Ultimate Biography | English | Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers India Author:
| ₹1,00,000 each |
| Best Film Critic | — | Hindi | Deepak Dua | ₹1,00,000 |
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