Live updates for the 69th National Film Awards in 2023: At the National Film Awards, which were revealed on Thursday, Pushpa The Rise, Sardar Udham, Chhelo Show, RRR, The Kashmir Files, and Gangubai Kathiawadi were among the winners.
Announcement of the 69th National Film Awards Regular Updates: At 5:00 pm on Thursday, the 69th National Film Awards winners were revealed. While Alia Bhatt and Kriti Sanon shared the Best Actress prize for the movies Gangubai Kathiawadi and Mimi, respectively, Allu Arjun won the Best Actor prize for the movie Pushpa: The Rise. The Nambi Effect earned the prize for best feature film in rocketry. At the 69th National Film Awards, The Kashmir Files took home the Nargis Dutt Award for Best Film on National Integration.
The historical biopic Sardar Udham by Shoojit Sircar took home multiple honors at the 69th National Film Awards. Avik Mukhopadhyay won Best Cinematography, Sinoy Joseph won Best Audiography, Dimitrii Malich and Mansi Dhruv Mehta won Best Production Design, and Veera Kapur Ee won Best Costume Design in addition to being voted the Best Hindi Film.
The most prestigious prizes, the National Film prizes, are presented yearly to recognize the best filmmakers in the nation. The National Film Awards “aim to encourage the production of films of aesthetic and technical excellence and social relevance,” according to the Directorate of Film Festivals of the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
The awards were first handed out in 1954 and were known as the ‘State Awards’. At the time, only best films in different regional languages were recognised and awarded. The awards for actors and technicians working on the films were first given in 1967. Nargis was the first actor to win Best Actress for her performance in Raat Aur Din. Uttam Kumar won the Best Actor award for Antony Firingee and Chiriyakhana in the same year.
At the 68th National Film Awards, Tamil film Soorarai Pottru won in five categories – Best Feature Film, Best Actor for Suriya, Best Actress for Aparna Balamurali, Best Music Direction (Score) for G V Prakash Kumar, and Best Original Screenplay for Sudha Kongara, who also directed the film. Suriya shared his Best Actor win with Ajay Devgn, who won the awards for Tanhaji. Asha Parekh was honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2022.