70th National Film Awards 2024 Winners List - Summary
Malayalam superstar Mammootty, who was widely acclaimed for his 2022 releases Nanpakal Nerathu Mayakkam, Bheeshma Parvam and Rorschach, is tipped as a top contender for Best Actor, alongside Kannada star Rishab Shetty (for Kantara) and Hindi film actor Vikrant Massey (for 12th Fail).
70th National Film Awards Winnsers List
| Award Category | Winner |
|---|---|
| Best Film | Aatam |
| Best Direction | |
| Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment | Kantara |
| Best Children’s Film | |
| Best Actor | Rishabh Shetty for Kantara |
| Best Actress | Nithya Menon for Thiruchitrambalam and Manasi Parekh |
| Best Supporting Actor | Pavan Raj Malhotra |
| Best Supporting Actress | |
| Best Child Artist | Sreepath |
| Best Cinematography | Ravi Varman for Ponniyin Selvan 1 |
| Best Screenplay | Anand Ekarshi for Aatam |
| Best Art Direction | |
| Best Action Choreography | Anbariv for KGF Chapter 2 |
| Best Make-Up Artist | Somnath Kundu for Aparajito |
| Best Costume Design | Niki Joshi for Kutch Express |
| Best Music Direction for Songs | Pritam for Brahmastra: Part 1 – Shiva |
| Best Music Direction for Background Scores | AR Rahman for Ponniyin Selvan 2 |
| Best Lyrics | Naushad Sadar Khan for ‘Salaami’ in Fouja |
| Best Male Playback Singer | Arijit Singh |
| Best Female Playback Singer | Bombay Jayashree |
| Best Choreography | Jani Master and Sathish Krishnan for ‘Megham Karukatha’ in Thiruchitrambalam |
| Best Audiography | |
| Best Editing | Mahesh Bhuvanend for Aattam |
| Best Special Effects | |
| Second Best Feature Film | |
| Special Jury Award | Manoj Bajpayee for Gulmohar and Sanjoy Chowdhury for Kadhikan |
| Special Mention (Feature Film) | |
| Best Feature Film In Assamese | Emuthi Puthi by Kulanandini Mahanta |
| Best Feature Film In Bengali | Kaberi Antardhan by Kaushik Gangula |
| Best Feature Film In Hindi | Gulmohar by Rahul V. Chittella |
| Best Feature Film In Kannada | KGF Chapter 2 by Prashanth Neel |
| Best Feature Film In Konkani | |
| Best Feature Film In Malayalam | Saudi Vellakka by Tharun Moorthy |
| Best Feature Film In Manipuri | |
| Best Feature Film In Marathi | Vaalvi by Paresh Mokashi |
| Best Feature Film In Oriya | |
| Best Feature Film In Punjabi | Baghi Di Dhee by Mukesh Gautam |
| Best Feature Film In Tamil | Ponniyin Selvan Part 1 by Mani Ratnam |
| Best Feature Film In Telugu | Karthikeya 2 by Chandoo Mondeti |
| Best Feature Film In English | |
| Best Film On Family Welfare | |
| Best Film On Other Social Issues | |
| Best Film On Environment Conservation/Preservation | |
| Best Non-Feature Film | Ayena by Siddhant Sarin |
| Best Documentary | Murmurs of the Jungle |
| Best First Non-Feature Film | |
| Best Anthropological/Ethnographic Film | |
| Best Arts/Cultural Film | |
| Best Scientific Film | |
| Best Promotional Film | |
| Best Film On Social Issues | |
| Best Animated Film | A Coconut Tree by Joshy Benedict |
| Best Short Film | |
| Best Non-Feature Film Direction | From The Shadow by Miriam Chandy Menacherry |
| Best Non-Feature Film Music Direction | Vishal Bharadwaj for Fursat (Leisure) |
| Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Non-Feature Film) | |
| Best Book On Cinema | Kishore Kumar: The Ultimate Biography by Anirudha Bhattacharjee and Parthiv Dhar |
| Best Film Critic | Deepak Dua (Hindi) |
| Nargis Dutt Award | |
| Indira Gandhi Award For Best First Film |