69th National Film Awards

69th National Film Awards announced. Three main parameters were used to judge films, namely, content, craft, and creativity. The features jury chief added that they found Rocketry: The Nambi Effect, which won the Best Feature Film Award, to possess a fourth C, namely courage.

Best Writing on Cinema | Award for Best Book on Cinema:

Sr. No.	Title of the Book	Language	Name of the Author	Name of the Publisher	Medal and Cash prize
1.	MUSIC BY LAXMIKANT PYARELAL : THE INCREDIBLY MELODIOUS JOURNEY	English	Rajiv Vijayakar	Rupa Publications India Pvt. Ltd.	Swarna Kamal and Rs. 75,000/-

Award for Best Film Critic:

Sr. No.	Name of Critic	Language	Medal and Cash Prize
	Purushothama Charyulu	Telugu	Swarna Kamal and Rs. 75,000/-

Special Mention – Critic

Sr. No.	Name of Critic	Language	Prize
1.	Subramanya Badoor	Kannada	Certificate only

Non-Feature Films

S.No.	Category of Award	Title of the Film	Awardee	Medal & Cash Prize
	BEST NON-FEATURE FILM	Ek Tha Gaon	Producer & Director: Srishti Lakhera	Swarna Kamal and Rs. 1,50,000/-each
	BEST DEBUT NON-FEATURE FILM OF A DIRECTOR	Paanchika	Producer: Shreya Kapadiya Director: Ankit Kothari	Rajat Kamal and Rs. 75,000/- each
	BEST ANTHROPOLOGICAL	Fire on Edge	Producer: Risen North East. Non Govt. Organization Director: Pranab Jyoti Deka	Rajat Kamal and Rs. 50,000/- each
	BEST BIOGRAPHICAL FILM/HISTORICAL RECONSTRUCTION/ COMPILATION FILM	1. Rukhu Matir Dukhu Majhi 2. Beyond Blast	1.Producer & Director: Somnath Mondal 2.Producer: Luwang Apokpa Mamikon Director: Saikhom Ratan	Rajat Kamal and Rs. 50,000/- (Shared)
	BEST ARTS FILM	T.N. Krishnan Bow Strings to Divine	Producer: NFDC Director: V. Packirisamy	Rajat Kamal and Rs. 50,000/- each
	BEST SCIENCE & TECHNOLGY FILM	Ethos of Darkness	Producer: Sri Ganesh Productions Director: Avijit Banerjee	Rajat Kamal and Rs. 50,000/- each
	BEST PROMOTIONAL FILM (to cover tourism, exports, crafts, industry, etc.)	Endangered Heritage ‘Warli Art’	Producer: Baba Cinemas Director: Hemant Verma	Rajat Kamal and Rs. 50,000/- each
	BEST ENVIRONMENT FILM INCLUDING AGRICULTURE	Munnam Valavu	Producer: Sree Gokulam Movies Director: R S Pradeep	Rajat Kamal and Rs. 50,000/- each
	BEST FILM ON SOCIAL ISSUES	Mithu Di Three Two One	Producer & Director: Asim Kumar Sinha Producer: FTII Director: Himanshu Prajapati	Rajat Kamal and Rs. 50,000/- each (Shared)
	BEST EDUCATIONAL FILM	Sirpigalin Sirpangal	Producer: KKV Media Venture Director: B Lenin	Rajat Kamal and Rs. 50,000/- each
	BEST EXPLORATION / ADVENTURE FILM (to include sports)	Ayushman	Producer: Mathew Varghese, Dinesh Rajkumar N, Naveen Francis Director: Jacob Varghese	Rajat Kamal and Rs. 50,000/- each
	BEST INVESTIGATIVE FILM	Looking For Challan	Producer: IGNCA Director: Bappa Ray	Rajat Kamal and Rs. 50,000/- each
	BEST ANIMATION FILM	Kandittundu	Producer: Studio Eeksaurus Productions Pvt.Ltd Director: Adithi Krishnadas	Rajat Kamal and Rs. 50,000/- each
	SPECIAL JURY AWARD	Rekha	Director: Shekhar Bapu Rankhambe	Rajat Kamal and Rs. 1,00,000/- each
	BEST SHORT FICTION FILM	Dal Bhat	Producer: Nemil Shah Director: Nemil Shah	Rajat Kamal and Rs. 50,000/- each
	BEST FILM ON FAMILY VALUES	Chand Saanse	Producer: Chandrakant Kulkarni Director: Pratima Joshi	Rajat Kamal and Rs. 50,000/- each
	BEST DIRECTION	Smile Please	Director: Bakul Matiyani	Swarna Kamal and Rs. 1,50,000/-
	BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY	Pataal – Tee	Cinematographer: Bittu Rawat	Rajat Kamal and Rs. 50,000/- each
	BEST AUDIOGRAPHY(Re-recordist of the final mixed track)	Ek Tha Gaon	Re-recordist (final mixed track): Unni krishnan	Rajat Kamal and Rs. 50,000/-
	BEST PRODUCTION SOUND RECORDIST (LOCATION/SYNC SOUND)	Meen Raag	Production sound recordist: Suruchi Sharma	Rajat Kamal and Rs. 50,000/-
	BEST EDITING	If Memory Serves Me Right	Editor: Abhro Banerjee	Rajat Kamal and Rs. 50,000/-
	BEST MUSIC DIRECTION	Succelent	Music Director: Ishaan Divecha	Rajat Kamal and Rs. 50,000/-
	BEST NARRATION/ VOICE OVER	Hathibondhu	Voice Over: Kulada Kumar Bhattacharjee	Rajat Kamal and Rs. 50,000/-
	SPECIAL MENTION	1.Baale Bangara 2.Karuvarai 3.The Healing Touch 4.Ek Duaa	Aniruddha Jatkar Srikanth Deva Sweta Kumar Das Ram Kamal Mukherjee	Certificate Only

Feature Films

S.No.

Category of Award

Title Of The Film

Awardee

Medal

& Cash Prize

Best Feature Film

Rocketry: The Nambi Effect

(Hindi)

Producer: Rocketry Entertainment LLP

Director: R Madhavan

Swarna Kamal and

Rs. 2,50,000 (each)

Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director

Meppadiyan (Person above mentioned)

(Malayalam)

Producer: Unni Mukundan Films Private Ltd.

Director: Vishnu Mohan

Swarna Kamal and Rs.1,25,000 (each)

Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment

RRR (Telugu)

Producer: DVV Entertainments LLP

Director: S S Rajamouli

Swarna Kamal and

Rs. 2,00,000/- (each)

Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration

The Kashmir Files

(Hindi)

Producer :Zee Studios Limited

Director : Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri

Rajat Kamal and

Rs. 1,50,000/- (each)

Best Film on Social Issues

Anunaad-The Resonance

(Assamese)

Producer: Assam State Film Corporation Ltd.

Director: Reema Borah

Rajat Kamal and

Rs. 1,50,000/- (each)

Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation

Aavasavyuham

(Malayalam)

Producer : Krishand Films

Director : Krishand

Rajat Kamal and

Rs. 1,50,000/- (each)

Best Children’s Film

Gandhi&Co.

(Gujarati)

Producer : MD Media Corp

Director: Manish Saini

Swarna Kamal and

Rs. 1,50,000/- (each)

Best Direction

Godavari (The Holy Water)

(Marathi)

Director: Nikhil Mahajan

Swarna Kamal and

Rs. 2,50,000/-

Best Actor

Pushpa (The Rise Part I)

(Telugu)

Lead Actor : Allu Arjun

Rajat Kamal and

Rs. 50,000/-

Best Actress

1. Gangubai Kathiawadi (Hindi)

2. Mimi (Hindi)

Lead Actress : Alia Bhatt

Lead Actress : Kriti Sanon

Rajat Kamal and

Rs. 50,000/-

Best Supporting Actor

Mimi (Hindi)

Supporting Actor: Pankaj Tripathi

Rajat Kamal and

Rs. 50,000/-

Best Supporting Actress

The Kashmir Files

(Hindi)

Supporting Actress: Pallavi Joshi

Rajat Kamal and

Rs. 50,000/-

Best Child Artist

Last Film Show (Chhello Show)

(Gujarati)

Child Artist : Bhavin Rabari

Rajat Kamal and

Rs. 50,000/-

Best Male Playback Singer

RRR

(Telugu)

Singer : Kaala Bhairava

(Song : Komuram Bheemudo)

Rajat Kamal and

Rs. 50,000/-

Best Female Playback Singer

Iravin Nizhal (Shadow of the Night)

(Tamil)

Singer : Shreya Ghoshal

(Song : Maayava Chaayavaa)

Rajat Kamal and

Rs. 50,000/-

Best Cinematography

Sardar Udham

(Hindi)

Cameraman: Avik Mukhopadhayay

Rajat Kamal and

Rs. 50,000/-

Best Screenplay

Nayattu (The Hunt)

(Malayalam)

Gangubai Kathiawadi

(Hindi)

Gangubai Kathiawadi

(Hindi)

Screenplay writer (original): Shahi Kabir

Screenplay writer (Adapted) :

Sanjay Leela Bhansali & Utkarshini Vashishtha

Dialogue Writer: Utkarshini Vashishtha & Prakash Kapadia

Rajat Kamal and

Rs. 50,000/- (each)

Best Audiography

Chavittu

(Malayalam)

Jhilli (Discards)

(Bengali)

Sardar Udham

(Hindi)

Best Production Sound Recordist (Location / sync sound) :

Arun Asok & Sonu K P

Sound Designer : Aneesh Basu

Re- Recording (Final Mixing): Sinoy Joseph

Rajat Kamal and

Rs. 50,000/- (each)

Best Editing

Gangubai Kathiawadi

(Hindi)

Editor: Sanjay Leela Bhansali

Rajat Kamal and

Rs. 50,000/-

Best Production Design

Sardar Udham

(Hindi)

Production Designer: Dmitrii Malich & Mansi Dhruv Mehta

Rajat Kamal and

Rs. 50,000/- (Shared)

Best Costume Designer

Sardar Udham

(Hindi)

Costume Designer: Veera Kapur Ee

Rajat Kamal and Rs. 50,000/- (Shared)

Best Make-up Artist

Gangubai Kathiawadi

(Hindi)

Make-up Artist: Preetisheel Singh D’souza

Rajat Kamal and

Rs. 50,000/-

Best Music Direction

Pushpa (The Rise Part I)

(Telugu)

RRR

(Telugu)

Music Director (Songs):

Devi Sri Prasad

Music Director (Background Score) :

M.M. Keeravaani

Rajat Kamal and

Rs. 50,000/- (each)

Best Lyrics

Konda Polam

(Telugu)

Lyricist: Chandrabose

(Song : Dham Dham Dham)

Rajat Kamal and

Rs. 50,000/-

Special Jury Award

Shershaah

Director : Vishnu Varadhan

Rajat Kamal and

Rs. 2,00,000/-

Best Special Effects

RRR

(Telugu)

Special Effects Creator : V Srinivas Mohan

Rajat Kamal and

Rs. 50,000/-

Best Choreography

RRR

(Telugu)

Choreographer: Prem Rakshith

Rajat Kamal and

Rs. 50,000/-

Best Action Direction Award (Stunt Choreography)

RRR

(Telugu)

Stunt Choreographer : King Soloman

Rajat Kamal and

Rs. 50,000/-

Best Feature Film in each of the language specified in the Schedule VIII of the Constitution

Best Assamese Film

Anur (Eyes on the Sunshine)

Producer: Gopendra Mohan Das

Director: Monjul Baruah

Rajat Kamal and

Rs. 1,00,000/- (each)

Best Bengali Film

Kalkokkho – House of Time

Producer: Aurora Film Corporation Pvt.Ltd

Director: Rajdeep Paul & Sarmistha Maiti

Rajat Kamal and

Rs. 1,00,000/- (each)

Best Hindi Film

Sardar Udham

(Hindi)

Producer: Kino works LLP

Director: Sujit Sircar

Rajat Kamal and

Rs. 1,00,000/- (each)

Best Gujarati Film

Last Film Show

(Chhello Show)

Producer : Jugaad Motion Pictures

Director : Pan Nalin

Rajat Kamal and

Rs. 1,00,000/- (each)

Best Kannada Film

777 Charlie

Producer: Parmvah Studios Pvt.Ltd

Director: Kiranraj K

Rajat Kamal and

Rs. 1,00,000/- (each)

Best Maithili Film

Samanantar (The Parallel)

Producer : Anirati Films

Director: Niraj Kumar Mishra

Rajat Kamal and

Rs. 1,00,000/- (each)

Best Marathi Film

Ekda Kay Zala

Producer : Gajavadana Showbox LLP

Director: Saleel Shrinivas Kulkarni

Rajat Kamal and

Rs. 1,00,000/- (each)

Best Malayalam Film

Home

Producer: Friday Film House Pvt.Ltd.

Director: Rojin.P.Thomas

Rajat Kamal and

Rs. 1,00,000/- (each)

Best Meiteilon Film

Eikhoigi Yum

(Our Home)

Producer: Chingsubam Sheetal

Director: Mayanglambam Romi Meitei

Rajat Kamal and

Rs. 1,00,000/- (each)

Best Odia Film

Pratikshya

(The Wait)

Producer: Amiya Patnaik Procutions

Director: Anupam Patnaik

Rajat Kamal and

Rs. 1,00,000/- (each)

Best Tamil Film

Kadaisi Vivasayi

(The Last Farmer)

Producer : Tribal Arts

Director: M. Manikandan

Rajat Kamal and

Rs. 1,00,000/- (each)

Best Telugu Film

Uppena (Wave)

Producer: Mythri Movie Makers

Director: Sana Buchibabu

Rajat Kamal and

Rs. 1,00,000/- (each)

Best Feature Film in each of the languages other than those specified in Schedule VIII of the Constitution

(a)

Best Mishing Film

Boomba Ride

Producer: Quarter Moon productions

Director: Biswajit Bora

Rajat Kamal and

Rs. 1,00,000/- (each)

32.

Special Mention

1. Kadaisi Vivasayi (The Last Farmer)

2 . Jhilli (Discards)

3. Home

4. Anur – Eyes on the Sunshine

Late Shri Nallandi

Aranya Gupta & Bithan Biswas

Indrans

Jahanara Begum

Certificate only

Jury – Feature Films

	CENTRAL PANEL
	Sh. Ketan Mehta (Chairperson)
	Sh. Sabyasachi Mohapatra (Member)
	Sh.V.N. Aditya (Member)
	Sh. Paresh Vora(Member)
	Sh. Manas Choudhury (Member)
	Sh. Malay Ray (Member)
	Sh. G. Suresh Kumar (Member)
	Sh. Sunil Kumar Desai (Member)
	Ms. Papia Adhikary (Member)
	Sh. Muthu Ganesh (Member)
	Sh. Shantanu Ganesh Rode (Member)

Regional Jury

	NORTH PANEL
	Sh. V.N.Aditya, (Chairperson)
	Sh. R V Ramani (Member)
	Sh. Anand Kumar Singh (Member)
	Sh. Murtaza Ali Khan (Member)
	Sh. Shivam Chhabra (Member)

	EAST PANEL
	Sh. Paresh Vora (Chairperson)
	Ms. Runa Ashish (Member)
	Ms. Jayasree Bhattacharyya (Member)
	Ms. Bobby Sarma Baruah (Member)
	Sh. Shiladitya Moulik (Member)

	WEST PANEL
	Ms. Malay Ray,(Chairperson)
	Sh. Mandar Talauliker (Member)
	Ms. Olivia Das (Member)
	Sh. Pritesh Sodha (Member)
	Sh. Bhaurao Karhade (Member)

	SOUTH I PANEL
	Sh. Sabyasachi Mohapatra (Chairperson)
	Sh. Sukumar Jatania (Member)
	Ms G Kala (Member)
	Ms. Geeta Gurappa (Member)
	Sh. Sajin Babu (Member)

	SOUTH II PANEL
	Sh. Manas Choudhury, (Chairperson)
	Sh. M N Swamy (Member)
	Ms. Balabadhrapathruni Ramani (Member)
	Ms. M M Sreelekha (Member)
	Sh. Suryapal Singh (Member)

NON FEATURE FILMS JURY

	Sh. Vasanth S Sai, (Chairperson )
	Sh. Borun Thokchom(Member)
	Sh. Shankhajeet De (Member)
	Sh. Panchakshri C E (Member)
	Sh. Hari Prasad (Member)
	Sh. Amol Vasant Gole (Member)
	Sh. Kamakhya Narayan Singh (Member)