National Film Awards: Winners List For Tamil Cinema – Nithya Menen Wins Best Actress, PS1 Bags Major Awards

The 70th National Film Awards were announced on Monday, recognizing the finest films produced in 2022, as well as the outstanding actors and crew members from across the nation.

Complete Winners List for Tamil

Best Tamil film won by Ponniyin Selvan 1

Best Actress Award shared by Nithya Menen (Thiruchitrambalam)

Best Cinematography Ravi Varmam for Ponniyin Selvan 1

Best Music Direction for Background Scores AR Rahman for Ponniyin Selvan 2

Best Choreography Jani Master and Sathish Krishnan for 'Megham Karukatha' in Thiruchitrambalam

Best Sound Design Anand Krishnamoorthy for Ponniyin Selvan - Part 1

Full Winners List

Best Film - Aattam

Best Actor - Rishab Shetty, Kantara

Best Actress - Nithya Menen in Tiruchitrabalam, and Manasi Parekh in Kutch Express

Best Director - Sooraj Barjatya, Uunchai

Best Supporting Actress - Neena Gupta, Uunchai

Best Supporting Actor - Pawan Malhotra, Fouji

Best Feature Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment - Kantara

Best Debut - Fouja, Pramod Kumar

Best Telugu Film - Karthikeya 2

Best Tamil Film - Ponniyin Selvan - Part 1

Best Punjabi Film - Baaghi Di Dhee

Best Odia Film - Daman

Best Malayalam Film - Saudi Velakka

Best Marathi Film - Vaalvi

Best Kannada Film - KGF: Chapter 2

Best Hindi Film - Gulmohar

Best Tiwa Film - Sikaisal

Best Bengali Film - Kaberi Antardhan

Best Assamese Film - Emuthi Puthi

Special Mentions - Manoj Bajpayee in Gulmohar, and Sanjoy Salil Chowdhury for Kalikhan

Best Action Direction - KGF: Chapter 2

Best Choreography - Tiruchitrabalam

Best Lyrics - Fouja

Best Music Director - Pritam (Songs), AR Rahman (Background Score)

Best Makeup - Aparajito

Best Costumes - Kutch Express

Best Production Design - Aparajito

Best Editing - Aattam

Best Sound Design - Ponniyin Selvan - Part 1

Best Screenplay - Aattam

Best Dialogues - Gulmohar

Best Cinematography - Ponniyin Selvan - Part 1

Best Female Playback - Saudi Velakka, Bombay Jayashri

Best Male Playback - Brahmastra, Arijit Singh

Best Child Artist - Sreepath in Mallikappuram

Best Film in AVGC - Brahmastra

Best Non-Feature Film Promoting Social and Environmental Values - Kutch Express

Best Critic - Deepak Dua

Best Book on Cinema - Kishore Kumar: The Ultimate Biography

Best Non-Feature Film - Ayena

Best Debut Film - Madhyantara

Best Biographical/Historical/Compilation Film - Aanakhi Ek Mohenjo Daro

Best Arts/Culture Film - Ranga Vibhoga/Varsa

Best Script - Mono No Aware

Best Narrator - Murmurs of the Jungle

Best Music Direction - Fursat

Best Editing - Madhyantara

Best Sound Design - Yaan

Best Cinematography - Mono No Aware

Best Direction (Non-Feature Film) - Miriam Chandy Menacherry, From the Shadow

Best Short Film - Xunyota

Best Animated Film - The Coconut Tree

Best Non-Feature Film Promoting Social and Environmental Values - On the Brink Season 2 - Gharial

Best Documentary - Murmurs of the Jungle