‘RRR’ Wins Big at India’s National Film Awards; Allu Arjun, Alia Bhatt, Kriti Sanon Get Acting Honors; Madhavan’s ‘Rocketry’ Named Best Film

S.S. Rajamoulis RRR was the big winner at Indias annual National Film Awards with six honors, while actor R. Madhavans directorial debut Rocketry won best film. Nikhil Mahajan won best director for Godavari.

RRR, which has already won an Oscar and a Golden Globe, won the award for popular film, male singer for Kaala Bhairava, background score for M.M. Keeravani, special effects for Srinivas Mohan, choreography for Prem Rakshith and action direction for King Solomon.

Allu Arjun won best actor for Pushpa: The Rise Part 1 and the film also won the best songs award for Devi Sri Prasad. Alia Bhatt and Kriti Sanon shared the best actress prize for Gangubai Kathiawadi and Mimi respectively, while Pankaj Tripathi won supporting actor for the latter film.

Gangubai Kathiawadi also won adapted screenplay, dialog for Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Utkarshini Vashishtha and Prakash Kapadia, editing for Bhansali and makeup for Preetisheel Singh Dsouza.

Pallavi Joshi won supporting actress forThe Kashmir Files and the film also won the best film on national integration award, named for late actress Nargis Dutt. Bhavin Rabari won best child actor for Pan Nalins Last Film Show, which was Indias entry to the Oscars in the international feature category and it also won best Gujarati-language film.

Vishnu Mohans Meppadian won best debut film and Reema Borahs Anunaad The Resonance best film on social issues. Vishnuvardhans Shershaah won the special jury award. Srishti Lakheras Ek Tha Gaon won best non-feature film.

Shahi Kabir won best original screenplay for Nayattu.

Avik Mukhopadhayay won best cinematography for Sardar Udham and it also won best Hindi-language film, sound designer for Aneesh Basu, final mixing for Sinoy Joseph, costume design for Veera Kapur Ee and production design for Dmitrii Malich and Mansi Dhruv Mehta. Arun Asok and Sonu K.P. won the location sound award for Chavittu and Jhilli respectively. Chandrabose won best lyrics for Konda Polam.

The awards are for the 2021-22 period.

Indias Minister for Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur said: It was a very tough competition between all the films in every category. My congratulations and best wishes are with the winners. Today India is the largest film maker in the world. We have the potential to become the content hub of the world. This is our time. Today our films are being recognized all over the world, be it BAFTA or the Oscars.