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The National Awards 2024, announced on Friday, august 16, highlighted major achievements with Kantara and kgf chapter 2 emerging as the standout winners. Kantara secured the Best Picture award, and Rishab Shetty was honored with the Best Actor award. kgf chapter 2 won Best kannada Film, while Gulmohar was recognized as the Best hindi Film. The Best Actress award was shared by Nitya menon and maansi Paarekh, and Sooraj R Barjatya received Best director for Uunchai.
In the music category, Pritam was awarded Best music director for Brahmastra, and AR rahman won Best Background music for ponniyin selvan 2. anand Krishnamurthy from PS 2 also received the Best Sound Design award. arijit singh was named Best Playback singer (Male) for his work on Brahmastra, which also won Best VFX.
Best Feature Film: Aattam
Best Popular Film: Kantara
Best Actress – menon -Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW'>nithya menon and manasi Parekh
Best director – Sooraj Barjatya
Best Supporting Actress – Neena Gupta
Best Supporting Actor – Pawan Malhotra
Best Debut – Fouja, Pramod Kumar
Best telugu Film – kartikeya 2
Best tamil Film – ponniyin selvan – Part 1
Best punjabi Film – baaghi Di Dhee
Best Odia Film – Daman
Best malayalam Film – Soudi Velakka CC.225/2009
Best Marathi Film – Vaalvi
Best kannada Film – KGF: Chapter 2
Best hindi Film – Gulmohar
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 makeup – Aparajito
Best Production Design – Aparajito
Best Editing – AattamBest Sound Design – ponniyin selvan – Part 1
Best Female Playback – Brahmastra