Awards and recognitions play an important role in a person’s success because they not only make a person feel happy but also inspire and motivate him to perform better in the future. The actors, directors, technicians, musicians, etc. from the Indian film industry also work very hard for making their movies successful on the box-office and they feel elated when they are praised and awarded for their efforts.
Many TV channels and organizations give awards related to movies but the most important award for an actor is The National Film Awards. These awards were started in the year 1954 and are managed by the Government of India’s Directorate of Film Festivals. Unfortunately, these prestigious awards were not hosted for the last two years because of COVID-19 but it won’t be the case this time as results of the 68th National Film Awards have been announced by the I&B Ministry. The jury consisted of 10 members led by Vipul Shah and they had to judge 300 feature films and 150 non-feature films in different categories.
The 68th National Film Awards have honored movies from 2020 and there is a tie for the Best Actor Award as Ajay Devgn has won it for his movie “Tanhaji-The Unsung Warrior” and Suriya has won it for “Soorarai Pottru”.
In fact “Soorarai Pottru” has made it very big in the National Film Awards as it has won five awards in total – Best Film Award, Best Actress Award to Aparrna Balamurali, Best Original Screenplay and Best Music Direction for GV Prakash Kumar.
The Best Director Award has gone to Sachy for his movie “Ayyappanum Koshiyum” and Biju Menon has won the Best Supporting Actor while Nanchamma has won the Best Female Playback Singer for the same movie. Ajay Devgn’s “Tanhaji-The Unsung Warrior” has also won the Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment as well.
Here is the complete list of awards:
Best Actor: Suriya for Soorarai Pottru and Ajay Devgn for Tanhaji
Best Actress: Aparna Balamurali, Soorarai Pottru
Best Director: Sachy, Ayyappanum Koshiyum
Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment: Tanhaji
Best Feature Film: Soorarai Pottru
Best Supporting Actor: Biju Menon, Ayyappanum Koshiyam
Best Supporting Actress: Lakshmi Priya Chandramouli, Sivaranjaniyum Innam Sila Pengallum
Best Music Direction (Songs): Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo, Thaman S
Best Screenplay: Soorarai Pottru, Shalini Usha Nair and Sudha Kongara
Best Screenplay (Dialogue Writer): Madonne Ashwin, Mandela
Best Music Direction (Background Music): Soorarai Pottru, GV Prakash
Best Lyrics: Saina, Manoj Muntashir
Best Male Playback Singer: Rahul Deshpande for Mi Vasantrao
Best Female Playback Singer: Nanchamma, Ayyappanum Koshiyam
Best Audiography (Re-recordist of the final mixed track): Vishnu Govind and Sree Sankar for Malik
Best Audiography (Sound Designer): Anmol Bhave, Mi Vasantrao
Best Audiography (Location Sound Recordist): Jobin Jayan, Dollu
Best Cinematography: Avijatrik, Supratim Bhol
Best Editing: Sreekar Prasad, Sivaranjiniyum Innum Sila Pengalum
Best Production Design: Anees Nadodi, Kappela
Best Costume Design: Nachiket Barve and Mahesh Sherla, Tanhaji
Best Make-up: TV Rambabu, Natyam
Best Choreography: Sandhya Raju, Natyam
Best Stunt Choreography: Rajasekhar, Mafia Sasi and Supreme Sunder, Ayyappanum Koshiyum
Special Mention: Aimee Baruah for Semkhor, Vaanku, June, Kishore Kadam for Avwanchhit & Godakaath, and Varun Buddhadev for Toolsidas Junior
Best Hindi Film: Toolsidas Junior
Best Telugu Film: Colour Photo
Best Tamil Film: Sivaranjiniyum Innum Sila Pengalum
Best Malayalam Film: Thinkalazhcha Nishchayam
Best Marathi Film: Goshta Eka Paithanichi
Best Haryanvi Film: Dada Lakhmi
Best Bengali Film: Avijatrik
Best Kannada Film: Dollu
Best Dimasa Film: Semkhor
Best Tulu Film: Jeetige
Best Assamese Film: The Bridge
Best Children’s Film: Sumi
Best Child Artist: Anish Mangesh Gosavi for Tak-Tak
Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director: Mandela
Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation: Talendanda
Best Film on Social Issue: Funeral
Non-feature Films-
Best Non-feature Film: Testimony of Anna
Best Short Fiction Film: Kachichinithu
Best Promotional Film: Surmounting Challenges
Best Film on Family Values: Kukumarchan
Best Exploration Film: Wheeling The Ball
Best Educational Film: Dreaming of Words
Best Science and Technology Film: On the Brink Season 2 – Bats
Best Environment Film: Manah Aru Manuh
Best Film on Social Issues: Justice Delayed But Delivered and Three Sisters
Best Investigative Film: The Saviour: Brig. Pritam Singh
Best Biographical Film: Pabung Syam
Best Arts and Culture Film: Naadada Navaneeta DR PT Venkateshkumar
Best Ethnographic Film: Mandal ke Bol
Best Debut Non-feature Film of a Director: Pariah
Best Direction: Oh That’s Bhanu, RV Ramani
Best Music Direction: 1232 kms: Marenge Toh Wahin Jaakar, Vishal Bhardwaj
Best Editing: Borderlands, Anadi Athaley
Best Audiography: Pearl of the Desert, Ajit Singh Rathore
Best Cinematography: Shabdikkunna Kalappa, Nikhil S Praveen
Best Narration Voiceover: Rhapsody of Rains – Monsoons of Kerala, Shobha Tharoor Srinivasan
Best On Location Sound: Jadui Jangal, Sandip Bhati and Pradeep Lekhwar
Special Jury Award: Admitted, Ojaswee Sharma
Best Book on Cinema: The Longest Kiss by Kishwar Desai
Best Book on Cinema (Special Mention): MT Anunahvangalude Pusthakam, Anoop Ramakrishnan and Kali Paine Kalira Cinema by Surya Deo
Most Film Friendly State: Madhya Pradesh
Best Film Critic: No winner this year
Congratulations to all the winners!