70th National Film Awards 2024 Announcement Live Updates: Aattam declared Best Film; Rishab Shetty, Nithya Menen, Mansi Parekh win acting honours (2024)

70th National Film Awards 2024 Winners Live Updates: I have been crying for 2 hours, says Manasi Parekh

Manasi Parekh, who shares the Best Actress award with Nithya Menen, told Money Control, “One can't compare this with any other feeling. It's the same I felt when I gave birth to my daughter, Nirvi. The same feeling. Yeah. I have been crying for 2 hours."

70th National Film Awards 2024 Winners Live Updates | Prashanth Neel on KGF 2 win: 'My deepest gratitude goes to Yash for his extraordinary performance'

Prashanth Neel, whose KGF Chapter 2 won the Best Kannada Film and Best Action Direction awards, said in a statement, "I am truly honored by this National Award for KGF Chapter 2. My deepest gratitude goes to Yash for his extraordinary performance and to the entire team and the crew for their relentless dedication. A heartfelt thank you to our audience for their unwavering support and to the media for their vital role in this journey. Congratulations to Rishab Shetty and Hombale Films for their well-deserved recognition with Kantara. This achievement is a shining moment for Kannada cinema and I’m grateful to everyone who made this possible."

I am deeply happy to get my ninth national award, says Vishal Bhardwaj

Vishal Bhardwaj, who won the Best Music Direction award in the Non-Feature Film category, said in a statement, "I am deeply happy to get my ninth national award. It's the biggest award of our country. The only one that truly matters. And winning this is the greatest validation of my work! Thank you jury for this. Now I need to strive for a double digit."

70th National Film Awards 2024 Winners Live Updates: Ayan Mukerji on Brahmastra's National Award wins

Ayan Mukerji, whose Brahmastra won the Best Playback Singer - Male, Best Music Direction and Best Film in AVGC award at the 70th National Film Awards, said in a statement, “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 with Amitabh’s lyrics an 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."

70th National Film Awards 2024 Winners Live Updates: I dedicate this award to our Kannada audience, says Rishabh Shetty

70th National Film Awards 2024 Winners Live Updates: Aattam's actors are daily wage-earners and dedicated to art

What makes Aattam's success at the National Film Awards even more awe-inspiring is that nearly all of the cast members are part of theatre troupe Lokadharmi, and are daily-wage labourers who earn their livelihoods through various jobs. The senior-most in the group, Selvaraj Raghavan VR, was a former headload worker, while Jolly Antony is a tile layer, Aji Thiruvamkulam is a painter, Sudheer Babu is a drama teacher who trains schoolchildren for youth festivals and competitions, Santhosh Piravom owns a vegetable shop and also drives an autorickshaw, Sijin Sijeesh runs a motor winding workshop, Sanosh Murali works as a percussionist at a temple, Prasanth Madhavan is a tour operator and Madhan Babu K is a senior government employee. READ MORE HERE.

70th National Film Awards 2024 Winners Live Updates: Ponniyin Selvan cinematographer Ravi Varman on his maiden win

Cinematographer Ravi Varman spoke exclusively to indianexpress.com hours after winning a National Film Award for Ponniyin Selvan. He has won a range of accolades over 25 years of a stellar career, but this is his first National Award, a dream he realised with Mani Ratnam’s Ponniyin Selvan 1. “It’s been a long journey to get here,” says Ravi Varman. Read the interview here.

70th National Film Awards 2024 Winners Live Updates: Hombale Films' sweep with Kantara, KGF 2

It was a clean sweep for Hombale Films in the 70th National Film Awards as every award that came to Kannada feature films was for a project backed by them. While KGF 2 won the Best Kannada Film and Best Stunt Choreography (Anbariv), Kantara won the Best Actor (Rishab Shetty), and Best Film providing wholesome entertainment. Hombale Films Chaluve Gowda spoke exclusively to indianexpress.com about the wins and their plans for the future. Read the details here.

70th National Film Awards 2024 Winners Live Updates: Pavan Malhotra wins for Fouja, recalls his first win

Pavan Malhotra won the Best Supporting Actor for Fouja. He shared with Hindustan Times, "This kind of recognition is what every artist works for. It’s like a pat on the back. And to a great extent, as far as I know, these awards are not manipulated. Fouja is actually close to my heart as it is about the desire to join the army, and it is a great honour to be a part of the Indian Army. I don’t know how much it impacts, but I have been working for 40 years now. If you keep working and doing what you like, these awards just makes you feel appreciated."

70th National Film Awards 2024 Winners Live Updates: Neena Gupta on her National Award win

Neena Gupta, who won Best Supporting Actress for Uunchai, shared with India Today, "It's a very big deal for me. I used to feel very grateful just to get work. So, receiving any award for my work is a huge thing for me, no matter what the award is. But the National Award is even bigger." He added, "I had an amazing time (shooting for Uunchai). I love Sooraj ji, the way he directed, the way he looked after us. The way he used to narrate the scenes to us. The best part was he is so cool and shaant (calm). No chillla-chilli (yelling) on set ever. This was the only set where nobody was loud ever. Then I got to work with Mr Bachchan, Boman. It was great"

70th National Film Awards 2024 Winners Live Updates: Vikram congratulates Mani Ratnam on Ponniyin Selvan's wins

Vikram tweeted, "Blessed that PS1 is crowned with national recognition propelled with the love of the audience. Tamil history, literature, culture & cinema marching triumphantly together from the past to the present!! Congratulations Mani Sir, @LycaProductions, @arrahman & @dop_ravivarman #Nationalawards."

70th National Film Awards 2024 Announcement Live Updates: 'Kannada cinema's shining moment,' says Yash

Yash shared on X, "Heartiest congratulations to all the winners of the National Awards. A special shoutout to our very own @shetty_rishab, @VKiragandur, Prashanth Neel and the entire @hombalefilms team for the well-deserved recognition for Kantara and KGF 2. Here's to many more heights. This is indeed Kannada cinema's shining moment on the national stage!"

70th National Film Awards 2024 Announcement Live Updates: Manoj Bajpayee is 'ecstatic' about Gulmohar's win

Manoj Bajpayee shared with India Today, "I am on a shoot. But I am very happy to be chosen for this award and that too, for Gulmohar, which holds a special place in my heart. Also, I am ecstatic to know that Gulmohar got three awards. I am feeling blessed."

70th National Film Awards 2024 Announcement Live Updates: Pritam on his National Award win for Brahmastra

Pritam, who won the National Award for Best Music for Brahmastra, said, "Thank you jury. Thank you to the makers and everyone associated with Brahmastra Part 1 and big thank you to the audience for all their love."

70th National Film Awards 2024 Announcement Live Updates: 'All the credit goes to writer-director Anand Ekarshi,' says Vinay Forrt

Vinay Forrt, who starred in the film Aattam, told Asianet News "I am very happy. We made Aattam with a lot of stage actors who are an unappreciated lot. The actors have been with the Ernakulam-based theater group Lokadharmi for close to 20 years. They have set aside their life for theater. From not having money to reach the theater group to winning three National Awards, it has been an amazing journey. We have not spent time and effort for any other project like we have done for Aattam. All the credit goes to writer-director Anand Ekarshi. Besides Anand, in a time when there are producers who only cast actors with satellite rights, producer Ajith Joy placed his trust in the content of the film and actors who live for the craft. Anand Ekarshi and Ajith Joy absolutely deserve this award."

70th National Film Awards 2024 Announcement Live Updates: Aattam director Anand Ekarshi says 'We might not have earned crores but...'

Anand Ekarshi, whose film Aattam won the Best Feature Film at the 70th National Film Awards, told Asianet News, "Aattam has received three National Film Awards. This is beyond our wildest dreams. I am grateful to Aattam producer Ajith Joy for the support. As the film had a universal subject, we decided to take it to film festivals for a year and then release in theatres. We won major awards at these film festivals. We released the film in July this year to an excellent response. We might not have earned crores, but it was appreciated by the cinema-loving audience. The film also got a major boost when it released on OTT as it found takers across India."

70th National Film Awards 2024 Announcement Live Updates: Zarin Shihab on Aattam's win

Zarin Shihab, the lead actor of Aattam, told indianexpress,com, "The entire team is incredibly excited, overjoyed and proud. We won in three categories — Best Feature Film, Best Editing and Best Screenplay — at the 70th National Film Awards, and it's so gratifying to see our film recognised and acknowledged in these categories. I am so glad that writer-director Anand Ekarshi stuck to the truth of the film; he truly held on to his convictions and the results of that are evident now. A lot of people are asking me if we expected this. We've learned to keep our expectations low — you never know, right? It can go either way. But seeing all the recognition we received at film festivals, including the Mumbai Academy of the Moving Image (MAMI) and the International Film Festival of India (IFFI), did give us a little hope. But this is the pinnacle of all achievements. I hope I get to be part of more films like this and I hope more amazing films like Aattam happen in Malayalam cinema. This win gives a lot of hope for new stories and new storytelling. That's what this win should be about."

70th National Film Awards 2024 Announcement Live Updates: Brahmastra won three awards

Ayan Mukerji's film Brahmastra won three awards at the 70th National Film Awards. It won Best Film in AVGC, Best Male Playback Singer and Best Music Direction (Songs).

70th National Film Awards 2024 Announcement Live Updates: Aattam won three awards

Malayalam film Aattam won three awards at the 70th National Film Awards. Aattam won for Best Feature Film, Best Screenplay and Best Editing.

70th National Film Awards 2024 Announcement Live Updates: Fouja won three awards

Haryanvi film Fouja won three awards at the 70th National Film Awards. It won for Best Debut Film of a Director, Best Actor in Supporting Role and Best Lyrics.

70th National Film Awards 2024 Announcement Live Updates: Ponniyin Selvan 1 won the most awards

Ponniyin Selvan 1 won four awards at the 70th National Film Awards for Best Cinematography, Best Sound Design, Best Music Direction (Background Score) and Best Tamil Film.

70th National Film Awards 2024 Announcement Live Updates: Best Critic

Deepak Dua won the Best Critic at the 70th National Film Awards.

70th National Film Awards 2024 Announcement Live Updates: Best Book on Cinema

At the 70th National Film Awards, Kishore Kumar: The Ultimate Biography written by Anirudha Bhattacharjee and Parthiv Dhar won the Best Book on Cinema.

70th National Film Awards 2024 Announcement Live Updates: Masaba Gupta celebrates mother Neena Gupta's win

Masaba Gupta took to Instagram to congratulate her mother Neena Gupta for winning the National Award for Uunchai. Masaba shared, "Big news just in! Neenaji just bagged another National Award after (hold your breath) 40 years."

70th National Film Awards 2024 Announcement Live Updates: Sharmila Tagore is celebrating Gulmohar's win

“I am absolutely over the moon. I was just finishing my lunch and it is the best thing I have heard today. And I am so so happy and Rahul is such a wonderful director. This is his debut film and he got so many awards and so much appreciation. I am so happy for him and most certainly I am very happy for myself and the team," she shared with indianexpress.com. READ MORE

70th National Film Awards 2024 Announcement Live Updates: Vishal Bhardwaj is celebrating another win

Vishal Bhardwaj won the Best Music Direction for the non feature film Fursat. The director said, "I am deeply happy to get my 9th national award. It's the biggest award of our country. The only one that truly matters. And winning this is the greatest validation of my work! Thank you Jury for this. Now I need to strive for a double digit."

70th National Film Awards 2024 Announcement Live Updates: Best Debut Film of a Director

Director Pramod Kumar won the award for the Best Debut Film of a Director for Haryanvi film Fouja at the 70th National Film Awards.

70th National Film Awards 2024 Announcement Live Updates: Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment

Kantara won the Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment at the 70th National Film Awards.

70th National Film Awards 2024 Announcement Live Updates: Best Feature Film promoting National, Social and Environmental Values

Gujarati film Kutch Express won the Best Feature Film promoting National, Social and Environmental Values at the 70th National Film Awards.

70th National Film Awards 2024 Announcement Live Updates: Best Film in AVGC

Ayan Mukerji's Brahmastra won the Best Film in AVGC (Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming and Comic) at the 70th National Film Awards.

70th National Film Awards 2024 Announcement Live Updates: Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Pavan Raj Malhotra won the award for the Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his work in Haryanvi film Fouja.

70th National Film Awards 2024 Announcement Live Updates: Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Neena Gupta won the award for the Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her work in Uunchai.

70th National Film Awards 2024 Announcement Live Updates: Best Child Artist

Sreepath won the Best Child Artist award for the film Malikappuram at the 70th National Film Awards.

70th National Film Awards 2024 Announcement Live Updates: Best Male Playback Singer

Arijit Singh won at the 70th National Film Awards in the category of Best Male Playback Singer for Brahmastra song Kesariya.

70th National Film Awards 2024 Announcement Live Updates: Best Female Playback Singer

Best Female Playback Singer award was given to Bombay Jayashri for the film Saudi Vellakka CC.225/2009 at the 70th National Film Awards.

70th National Film Awards 2024 Announcement Live Updates: Best Cinematography

Ravi Varman won the Best Cinematography for Ponniyin Selvan 1 at the 70th National Film Awards.

70th National Film Awards 2024 Announcement Live Updates: Best Sound Design

Anand Krishnamoorthi won the Best Sound Design at the 70th National Awards for Ponniyin Selvan 1.

70th National Film Awards 2024 Announcement Live Updates: Best Costume Designer

Niki Joshi won the Best Costume Designer for Kutch Express at the 70th National Film Awards.

70th National Film Awards 2024 Announcement Live Updates: Best Music Director (Background Music)

AR Rahman won the Best Music Director (Background Music) for Ponniyin Selvan:1.

70th National Film Awards 2024 Announcement Live Updates: Best Lyrics

Naushad Sadar Khan won the award for the Best Lyrics for the Haryanvi film Fouja at the 70th National Film Awards.

70th National Film Awards 2024 Announcement Live Updates: Best Choreography

At the 70th National Film Awards, Thiruchitramblam won for Best Choreography.

70th National Film Awards 2024 Announcement Live Updates: Best Action Direction Award

At the 70th National Film Awards, the awards for Best Action Direction Award (Stunt Choreography) was won by KGF Chpater 2.

70th National Film Awards 2024 Announcement Live Updates: Best Assamese Film

At the 70th National Film Awards, Best Assamese Film was won by Emuthi Puthi.

70th National Film Awards 2024 Announcement Live Updates: Best Hindi Film

Gulmohar won the Best Hindi Film at the 70th National Film Awards. The film stars Manoj Bajpayee and Sharmila Tagore and released on Disney+ Hotstar.

70th National Film Awards 2024 Announcement Live Updates: Best Malayalam Film

Best Malayalam film at the 70th National Film Awards was won by Saudi Vellakka CC.225/2009.

70th National Film Awards 2024 Announcement Live Updates: Best Odia Film

Daman won the Best Odia Film at the 70th National Film Awards.

70th National Film Awards 2024 Announcement Live Updates: Best Punjabi Film

The award for the Best Punjabi Film at the 70th National Film Awards was won by Baghi Di Dhee.

70th National Film Awards 2024 Announcement Live Updates: Best Tiwa Film

At the 70th National Film Awards, Sikaisal won the Best Tiwa Film.

70th National Film Awards 2024 Announcement Live Updates: Best Screenplay

Anand Ekarshi won the Best Screenplay for Malayalam film Aattam at the 70th National Film Awards.

70th National Film Awards 2024 Announcement Live Updates: Best Director

At the 70th National Film Awards, Best Director award was won by Sooraj Barjatya for Uunchai.

70th National Film Awards 2024 Announcement Live Updates: Best Film

At the 70th National Film Awards, Best Film award was won by the Malayalam film Aattam.

70th National Film Awards 2024 Announcement Live Updates: Best Actress

Best Actress award shared by Nithya Menen for Thiruchitrambalam and Manasi Parekh for Kutch Express.

70th National Film Awards 2024 Announcement Live Updates: Best Actor

Rishab Shetty wins Best Actor for his work in Kantara.

70th National Film Awards 2024 Announcement Live Updates: Best Editing

Malayalam film Aattam won the Best Editing award at the 70th National Film Awards.

70th National Film Awards 2024 Announcement Live Updates: Best Production Design

Aparajito won the Best Production Design at the 70th National Film Awards.

70th National Film Awards 2024 Announcement Live Updates: Best Lyrics

Best Lyrics award was given to Naushad Sadar Khan for Fouja at the 70th National Film Awards.

70th National Film Awards 2024 Announcement Live Updates: Best Music

Pritam won the Best Music award for Hindi film Brahmastra at the 70th National Film Awards.

70th National Film Awards 2024 Announcement Live Updates: Best Bengali film

Kaberi Antardhan won the Best Bengali film at the 70th National Film Awards.

70th National Film Awards 2024 Announcement Live Updates: Best Marathi film

Vaalvi won the Best Marathi film award at the 70th National Film Awards.

70th National Film Awards 2024 Announcement Live Updates: Best Kannada film

KGF Chapter 2 wins the National Film Award for Best Kannada Film. They also won the award for the Best Stunt Choreography.