The
68th
National
Film
Awards
were
held
in
New
Delhi
today
(July
22,
2022).
This
year
too,
many
films
from
south
Indian
industries-
Telugu,
Kannada,
Tamil,
and
Malayalam,
have
won
laurels
at
the
prestigious
award
ceremony.
About
305
motion
pictures
were
in
the
race
for
the
awards
this
year.
Around
30
languages
competed
for
the
national
award.
In
the
non-cinema
category,
148
films
in
28
languages
were
screened.
Two
Kannada
movies
have
also
bagged
the
award.
Sanchari
Vijay-starrer
Thaledanda
has
been
awarded
the
Best
Film
on
Environmental
Conservation
award.
The
late
actor
has
played
a
different
role
in
this
movie.
His
previous
films
Nathicharami
and
Harivu
also
won
the
National
Awards.
It
is
painful
that
such
an
actor
is
not
with
us
today.
Similarly,
Dollu
movie
won
the
award
in
Best
Audiography
and
Best
Kannada
Movie
category.
Directed
by
Sagar
Puranki,
the
film
had
received
the
Dada
Saheb
Phalke
Award
as
well
last
year
for
Best
Kannada
Movie
at
the
Innovative
International
Film
Festival.
Dollu
stars
Karthik
Mahesh
and
Nidhi
Hegde
in
lead
roles,
and
is
produced
by
Pavan
Wadeyar
and
Apeksha
Purohit.
The
critically
acclaimed
movie
is
based
on
Dollu
Kunitha,
which
is
a
popular
folk-dance
form
in
Karnataka.
Here's
the
entire
list
of
winners
at
the
68th
National
Film
Awards-
Kannada
Best
Kannada
Movie:
Dollu
Best
Audiography:
Dollu
Best
Environmental
Film:
Thadanda
Best
Arts
&
Culture
Film:
Naadada
Navaneeta,
Dr
PT
Venkatesh
Kumar