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‘Rocketry’, ‘The Kashmir Files’,

‘Sardar Udham Singh’ win big in

National Film Awards

Alia Bhatt shares the Best Actor (Female) award with Kriti Sanon; Pallavi Joshi bags

the Best Supporting Actress for her performance in ‘The Kashmir Files’

OUR BUREAU AND THE WINNERS ARE
New Delhi
• Best Feature Film: Rocketry
he winners of the 69th Na-
tional Film Awards were an- • Best Director: Nikhil Mahajan,
Tnounced on Thursday in New Godavari
Delhi and actor R Madhavan’s film • Best Popular Film Providing
‘Rocketry: The Nambi Effect’ won Wholesome Entertainment:
the award for Best Feature Film. Re- RRR
acting to the great news, Madhavan
took to X (formerly known as Twit- • Nargis Dutt Award for Best
ter) and thanked the jury members Feature Film on National
Integration: The Kashmir Files
for the National award.
He wrote, “Wish you the Hap- • Best Actor: Allu Arjun, Pushpa
piest Birthday yet Amma.. All yours,
Appa’s and Nambi Sirs Blessings. A • Best Actress: Alia Bhatt,
Heartfelt “Thank You” to all the jury the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre. the most prestigious awards in our Gangubai Kathiawadi and Kriti
members of the National Award, @ Actor Alia Bhatt won the Best country. I have always said that ‘The Sanon, Mimi
MIB_India Shri @ianuragthakur Ji Actor award (Female) at the 69th Kashmir Files’ is not only my film but • Best Supporting Actor: Pankaj
and all in his team. Thank you for National Film Awards for her perfor- it’s a film for all the Kashmiris, who Tripathi, Mimi
the auspicious, beginning in Cannes. mance in the film ‘Gangubai Kathi- have been the victim of terrorism in
Team Rocketry and @NambiNOf- awadi’. the Valley. It’s the voice of plight of • Best Supporting Actress: Pallavi
ficial I don’t know what to say. For Reacting to the great news, Alia Kashmiris who faced terrorism and Joshi, The Kashmir Files
once Truely speechless.” shared a couple of happy pictures on it’s medium through which their pain • Best Child Artist: Bhavin
‘Rocketry: The Nambi Effect’ her Instagram and wrote, “To Sanjay was shared with the whole country. I Rabari, Chhello Show
is a 2022 Indian biographical drama Sir..To the entire crew..To my family.. dedicate this award to all the victims
film written, produced and directed To my team & last but most definitely of terrorism.” • Best Screenplay (Original):
by R Madhavan in his directorial de- not the least.. To my audience..This Shahi Kabir, Nayattu
but. The film is based on the life of national award is yours .. because Helmed by Vivek Agnihotri the • Best Screenplay (Adapted):
Nambi Narayanan, played by Mad- without you ALL none of this would Sanjay Leela Bhansali &
havan, a scientist at the Indian Space be possible.. seriously!!! I am SO film starred Anupam Kher, Pal- Utkarshini Vashishtha,
Research Organisation. grateful.. I do not take moments like lavi Joshi, Mithun Chakraborty Gangubai Kathiawadi
Actor Vicky Kaushal’s film these lightly.. I hope to continue to en-
‘Sardar Udham’ on Thursday won tertain for as long as I can..Love and and Darshan Kumaar in the • Best Dialogue Writer: Utkarsh-
the Best Hindi Film Feature Award light.. Gangu (also known as alia)” lead roles. Apart from this, ac- ini Vashishtha & Prakash Kapa-
dia, Gangubai Kathiawadi
at the 69th National Film Awards. In the first picture, Alia could be
Congratulating the entire team of seen posing as her character Gangu. tor Pallavi Joshi also bagged • Best Music Director (Songs):
‘Sardar Udham’, Vicky shared a post Alia has shared the Best Actor the Best Supporting Actress at Devi Sri Prasad, Pushpa
on his Instagram account which he (Female) award with actor Kriti Sa-
captioned, “Congratulations team!!! non who also bagged the title for her the 69th National Awards for • Best Music Direction
Honoured and grateful to be a part performance in the film ‘Mimi’. her performance in the film. (Background Music): MM
Keeravaani, RRR
of #SardarUdham … To Irrfan Sir!” Anupam Kher starrer film ‘The
Helmed by Soojit Sircar, the film Kashmir Files’ won the Nargis Dutt • Best Male Playback Singer:
was released in 2021 on Prime Video Award for Best Feature Film on Na- ‘The Kashmir Files,’ on the life Kaala Bhairava, RRR
and starred Vicky Kaushal in the lead tional Integration. of Kashmiri Pandits during the 1990
role. ‘Sardar Udham’ is a biopic of Reacting to the news, director Kashmir insurgency, is based on • Best Female Playback Singer:
freedom fighter Sardar Udham Singh, Vivek Agnihotri said, “I am in Amer- first-generation video interviews of Shreya Ghoshal, Iravin Nizhal
who killed Michael O’Dwyer, the ica and got the news in the morning victims of the Kashmiri massacre, • Best Lyrics: Chandrabose, Konda
former Lieutenant Governor of Pun- that ‘The Kashmir Files’ has won the making an account of their pain, suf- Polam’s Dham Dham Dham
jab in British India in 1940, to avenge 69th National Award. It is one of fering, struggle and trauma.

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