The winners of 70th National Film Awards were announced on Friday (August 16). It is one of the most prestigious awards which honour artists and films. Amid much anticipation, the names of the winners from the Indian film fraternity were announced during a press conference by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
The winners, along with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award recipient, will be honoured by President Droupadi Murmu in October 2024. The event will take place at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi.
Best Actor and Actresses
While Rishab Shetty was honoured with the Best Actor award for his performance in Kantara, Nithya Menen and Manasi Parekh won the Best Actress award for Thiruchitrambalam and Kutch Express, respectively.
While Thiruchitrambalam is a Tamil film, Kutch Express is a Gujarati movie.
On the other hand, the Malayalam film, Aattam, was declared the Best Feature Film.
About Rishab's Kantara
The film hit the big screens in September 2022 and received a great response from the audience for its storyline and visuals. It also emerged as one of the biggest hits of 2022, making Rishab Shetty one of the biggest stars in the Kannada film industry.
Set in the fictional village of Dakshina Kannada, Kantara follows the character of Shetty, who is playing a Kambala champion, who has a faceoff with an upright Forest Range officer.
Meanwhile, Rishab has begun preparations for the next part of the much-awaited Kantara, titled Kantara Chapter 1, which is going to be a prequel.
About Nithya Menen's Thiruchitrambalam
Thiruchitrambalam is a Tamil film which was released in 2022. The comedy drama also stars Dhanush Bharathiraja, Prakash Raj, Raashii Khanna and Priya Bhavani Shankar. It was written and directed by Mithran R Jawahar and produced by Sun Pictures.
Dhanush essays the titular role of a delivery man who lives with his father and grandfather blames the former for the loss of his mother and sister.
About Manasi Parekh's Kutch Express
Starring Manasi, Ratna Pathak Shah, Dharmendra Gohil, Darsheel Safary and Viraf Patel, the film released in January 2023. It was directed by Viral Shah and co-produced by Manasi.
