National Film Awards Telugu Winners: Nikhil Siddhartha's Karthikeya 2 Wins Best Regional Film; Full List

National Film Awards 2024: In the latest edition of the prestigious 70th National Film Awards, although the entries from the South Indian film industries are very tempting, one of the biggest film industries, Tollywood won the 'Regional Best Film' award and no other awards. In the last year, Allu Arjun walked home with the first-ever National 'Best Actor' award for his portrayal of 'Pushparaj' in Sukumar's 'Pushpa: The Rule.'

In the regional category, Chandoo Mondeti's directorial 'Karthikeya 2' featuring Nikhil Siddhartha and Anupama Parameswaran won the 'Best Regional Film' Award for the year at the prestigious National Film Awards announced on August 16 for the year.

Here is the complete list of the winners of the prestigious 70th National Film Awards.

Best Film - Aatam

Best Direction - Sooraj R Barjatya for Uunchai

Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment - Kantara

Best Actor - Rishabh Shetty for Kantara

Best Actress - Nithya Menon 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

Best Special Effects

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

Special Mention (Feature Film)

Best Feature Film In Assamese - Emuthi Puthi by Kulanandini Mahanta

Best Feature Film In Bengali - Kaberi Antardhan by Kaushik Gangula

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 Konkani

Best Feature Film In Malayalam - Saudi Vellakka by Tharun Moorthy

Best Feature Film In Manipuri

Best Feature Film In Marathi - Vaalvi by Paresh Mokashi

Best Feature Film In Oriya

Best Feature Film In Punjabi - Baghi Di Dhee by Mukesh Gautam

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

Non-feature Films Categories

Best Non-Feature Film - Ayena by Siddhant Sarin

Best Documentary - Murmurs of the Jungle

Best First Non-Feature Film

Best Anthropological/Ethnographic Film

Best Arts/Cultural Film

Best Scientific Film

Best Promotional Film

Best Film On Social Issues

Best Animated Film - A Coconut Tree by Joshy Benedict

Best Short Film

Best Non-Feature Film Direction - From The Shadow by Miriam Chandy Menacherry

Best Non-Feature Film Music Direction - Vishal Bharadwaj for Fursat (Leisure)

Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Non-Feature Film)

Best Book On Cinema - Kishore Kumar: The Ultimate Biography by Anirudha Bhattacharjee and Parthiv Dhar

Best Film Critic - Deepak Dua (Hindi)