The government of India announced the list of National Film Awards in its 70th edition, and the announcement witnessed the awards being granted to some talented personalities from the film industry. Karthikeya 2 is the only film from the list that bagged an award in terms of Best Regional Movie. Apart from that, there are no awards for those working in Telugu movies. On the other hand, Rishab Shetty was awarded the Best Actor award for his performance in the film Kantara. Bollywood film Gulmohar also received awards in good categories.

The following is the full list of awards:

Best Film - Aattam by Aanand Ekarshi

Best Direction - Sooraj R Barjatya for Uunchai

Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment - Kantara by Rishab Shetty

Best Debut Film of a Director - Pramod Kumar for Fouja

Best Actor - Rishabh Shetty for Kantara

Best Actress - Nithya Menen for Thiruchitrambhalam and Manasi Parekh for Kutch Express

Best Supporting Actor - Pavan Raj Malhotra for Fouja

Best Supporting Actress - Neena Gupta for Uunchai

Best Child Artist - Sreepath for Malikappuram

Best Cinematography - Ravi Varmam for Ponniyin Selvan 1

Best Screenplay - Anand Ekarshi for Aatam

Best Dialogue Writer - Arpita Mukherjee and Rahul V Chittela for Gulmohar

Best Production Design - Ananda Addhya for Aparajito

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 for ‘Kesariya’ from Brahmastra: Part 1 - Shiva

Best Female Playback Singer - Bombay Jayashri for ‘Chaayum Veyil’ from Saudi Vellakka

Best Choreography - Jani Master and Sathish Krishnan for ‘Megham Karukatha’ in Thiruchitrambalam

Best Sound Design - Anand Krishnamoorthy for Ponniyin Selvan - Part 1

Best Editing - Mahesh Bhuvanend for Aattam

Special Jury Award - Manoj Bajpayee for Gulmohar and Sanjoy Chowdhury for Kadhikan

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 Malayalam - Saudi Vellakka by Tharun Moorthy

Best Feature Film In Tamil - Ponniyin Selvan Part 1, by Mani Ratnam

Best Feature Film In Telugu - Karthikeya 2, Chandoo Mondeti

Best Film in Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming, and Comic - Brahmastra: Part 1 - Shiva, by Ayan Mukherji

Best Feature Film promoting National, Social, and Environmental Values - Kutch Express by Viral Shah