70th National Film Awards

Recently, the President of India conferred the 70th National Film Awards to the winners in various categories. 

Key Highlights

• National Film Awards are the most prestigious awards, which are announced annually to honor the best filmmaking talent in the country.
• Objective: To encourage the production of films of aesthetic and technical excellence and social relevance.
• The National Film Awards are given in three categories– Features, Non-Features and Best Writing on Cinema.

 

► Key Recipient of the Awards

• Best Feature Film: Aattam (The Play) —  A Malayalam film
• Best Non-Feature Film:  Ayena (Mirror)
• Best Actor: Rishab Shetty for a leading role in Kantara movie.
• Best Actress: Nithya Menen (Thiruchitrambalam) and Manasi Parekh (Kutch Express)
• Veteran actor Mithun Chakraborty was honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Lifetime Achievement Award for the year 2022.

 

History

• The awards were first presented in 1954 and were known as the ‘State Awards’.
• Nargis Dutt and Uttam Kumar being the first actress and actor to get the Best Actress and Best Actor Awards respectively.