Published Aug 24, 2023 | 7:23 PM ⚊ Updated Aug 25, 2023 | 2:19 PM
The winners of 69th National Film Awards 2023: Allu Arjun, Alia Bhatt, Kriti Sanon, and 'Rocketry'. (Twitter)
The Directorate of Film Festivals announced the 69th National Film Awards on Thursday, 24 August.
Telugu actor Allu Arjun won the National Award for Best Actor for his performance in Pushpa: The Rise (2021).
Bollywood actors Alia Bhatt and Kriti Sanon shared the Best Actress award for Gangubai Kathiawadi (2022) and Mimi (2021), respectively.
The Best Film Award went to R Madhavan’s Rocketry: The Nambi Effect (2022).
Pallavi Joshi and Pankaj Tripathi bagged the Best Supporting Actor — Female and Male respectively for their roles in The Kashmir Files (2022) and Mimi (2021).
While Telugu cinema dominated the list of winners this year, SS Rajamouli’s Telugu blockbuster hit film RRR (2022) alone took home as many as six National Awards.
RRR won awards in Best Popular Film, Best Background Score (MM Keeravani), Best Singer Male (Kaala Bhairava for the song “Komuram Bheemodo“), Best Choreography (Prem Rakshith), Best Action Choreography (King Solomon), and Best Special Effects (Srinivas Mohan) categories.
Gangubai Kathiawadi and Sardar Udham (2021) shared the Best Hindi Film award at the 69th National Film Awards 2023.
Kadaisi Vivasayi (2022), 777 Charlie (2022), Home (2021) and Uppena (2021) won the awards for the best films in Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Telugu languages, respectively.
Indrans, who played a pivotal role in the Malayalam film Home, received a Special Mention.
In all, 80 films from nearly 28 languages were submitted for the 69th National Film Awards 2023.
A total of 31 movies were considered in the final round of the Feature Films category and 23 films in the Non-Feature Films category.
Maverick director @aryasukku and our producers #NaveenYerneni garu and #RaviShankar garu shower their happiness and love on Icon Star @alluarjun for becoming THE FIRST ACTOR FROM TFI to win the BEST ACTOR at the National Awards ❤️#Pushpa ❤️🔥#ThaggedheLe pic.twitter.com/RvxX7NbKnM
— Mythri Movie Makers (@MythriOfficial) August 24, 2023
THE PROUD TEAM FLOURISHED AGAIN… 💥💥💥💥💥💥
It’s a SIXERRR at the National Awards 🔥🌊 #RRRMovie pic.twitter.com/PJY8HoS01U
— DVV Entertainment (@DVVMovies) August 24, 2023
Best Actress #69thNationalFilmAwards #AliaBhatt for #GangubaiKathiawadi#KritiSanon for #Mimi pic.twitter.com/vxmmHlQvDj
— Sreedhar Pillai (@sri50) August 24, 2023
#RMadhavan’s directorial debut ‘#RocketryTheNambiEffect‘ was named as the Best Feature Film at the 69th #NationalFilmAwards. #NationalFilmAwards2023 pic.twitter.com/jWIwDTy8pq
— IANS (@ians_india) August 24, 2023
