70th National Film Awards Announcement Updates: Rishabh Shetty Wins Best Actor, Aattam Is Best Feature Film

70th National Film Awards announcement live updates: The 70th National Film Awards were announced on Friday, August 16 at 1.30 PM.

Films certified in 2022 are eligible for the awards announced today.

Big wins:

The biggest win went to Rishabh Shetty for Kantara. He played a village muscle in the Kannada movie, who goes on to realise his true potential as the saviour of his people. He also directed the film that went on to become the biggest Kannada hit of all time after KGF franchise.

The Best Actress Award was a tie between Nithya Menen for Thiruchitrambalam and Manasi Parekh for Kutch Express.

Sooraj Bharjatya won Best Director for Uunchaai, starring Amitabh Bachchan and others. Neena Gupta also won Best Supporting Actress for the same.

70th National Film Awards announcement live updates: Ayan Mukerji’s comment

Ayan Mukerji, the director of Brahmastra: Part One – Shiva, is very happy and grateful with the film’s achievement of winning three National Film Awards.

He shares his excitement, saying, “It’s a special day for us.

I am deeply grateful for the recognition Brahmastra: Part One – Shiva has received at the National Awards.

The music of the film holds a special place in all our hearts. Pritam Da’s compositions, coupled Amitabh’s lyrics and with Arijit’s voice, is something I feel so proud and grateful for!

From the music to the visual effects, we poured a lot of love into making this film, and I thank the entire team for this fantastic collaborative effort which continues to give us so much love.”