Naman Ramachandran Anand Ekarshi’s Malayalam-language “Aattam” (“The Play”) was named best film on Friday at India‘s National Film Awards.
The film also won editing for Mahesh Bhuvanend and original screenplay for Ekarshi. Sooraj R. Barjatya won best director for Bollywood film “Uunchai,” starring Amitabh Bachchan.
Neena Gupta won supporting actress for the film. Rishabh Shetty’s Kannada-language “Kantara” won the award for ‘best film providing wholesome entertainment,’ while Shetty also won best actor.
The best actress award was shared by Nithya Menen for Tamil-language “Thiruchitrambalam” and Manasi Parekh for Gujarati-language “Kutch Express.” “Thiruchitrambalam” also won the choreography award for Jani Master and Sathish Krishnan, while Niki Joshi won the costume designer award for “Kutch Express.” Pawan Malhotra won supporting actor for Haryanvi film “Fouja,” which also won best debut director for Pramod Kumar and lyrics for Naushad Sadar Khan.
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