69th National Film Awards for the year 2021 announce; Rocketry: The Nambi Effect bags best Feature Film

69th National Film Awards for the year 2021 announce; Rocketry: The Nambi Effect bags best Feature Film

Ek Tha Gaon by Srishti Lakhera wins best Non-feature Film Award;

Allu Arjun wins best actor award for Pushpa (The Rise Part 1) while Alia Bhatt and Kriti Sanon become joint winners of Best Actress Award

Pankaj Tripathi wins Best Supporting Actor while Pallavi Joshi wins Best Supporting Actress Award

This is our time; Indian films being recognized all over the world: Union Minister Shri Anurag Thakur

The Jury for the 69^th National Film Awards announced the winners for the year 2021 today. Ahead of the announcement, the Chairperson and other Jury members called on the Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Shri Anurag Thakur and presented him with the selections for the Awards. The Minister thanked the Jury for diligently going through the entries and selecting the best for the awards. During the interaction the Minister said “It was a very tough competition between all the films in every category. My congratulations and best wishes are with the winners. Today India is the largest film maker in the world. We have the potential to become the content hub of the world. This is our time. Today our films are being recognised all over the world, be it BAFTA or the Oscars.”

The Jury comprised of eminent film makers and film personalities from across the Indian cine-world. The awards were announced by Sh. Ketan Mehta, Chairperson, Feature Films Jury, Sh. Vasanth S Sai, Chairperson, Non-feature Films Jury, Sh. Yatindra Mishra, Best Writing on Cinema Jury in presence of Ms. Neerja Sekhar, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

Best feature film award has been given to Rocketry: The Nambi Effect and the Best Non-Feature Film has been bagged by Ek Tha Gaon directed by Srishti Lakhera.

The Kashmir Files has been awarded with Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration, while RRR has bagged the Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment.

Allu Arjun has won the award for Best Actor for his stellar performance in the movie Pushpa (The Rise Part I) while Alia Bhatt and Kriti Sanon have become joint winners of Best Actress Award for Gangubai Kathiawadi and Mimi respectively.

The complete list of the awardees is provided below

69^th National Film Awards 2021

Best Writing on Cinema

Award for Best Book on Cinema:

Sr. No.	Title of the Book	Language	Name of the Author	Name of the Publisher	Medal and Cash prize
1.	MUSIC BY LAXMIKANT PYARELAL : THE INCREDIBLY MELODIOUS JOURNEY	English	Rajiv Vijayakar	Rupa Publications India Pvt. Ltd.	Swarna Kamal and Rs. 75,000/-

Award for Best Film Critic:

Sr. No.	Name of Critic	Language	Medal and Cash Prize
	Purushothama Charyulu	Telugu	Swarna Kamal and Rs. 75,000/-

Special Mention – Critic

Sr. No.	Name of Critic	Language	Prize
1.	Subramanya Badoor	Kannada	Certificate only

69^th National Film Awards 2021

Non-Feature Films Results

S.No.	Category of Award	Title of the Film	Awardee	Medal & Cash Prize
	BEST NON-FEATURE FILM	Ek Tha Gaon	Producer & Director: Srishti Lakhera	Swarna Kamal and Rs. 1,50,000/-each
	BEST DEBUT NON-FEATURE FILM OF A DIRECTOR	Paanchika	Producer: Shreya Kapadiya Director: Ankit Kothari	Rajat Kamal and Rs. 75,000/- each
	BESTANTHROPOLOGICAL	Fire on Edge	Producer: Risen North East. Non Govt. Organization Director: Pranab Jyoti Deka	Rajat Kamal and Rs. 50,000/- each
	BEST BIOGRAPHICAL FILM/HISTORICAL RECONSTRUCTION/COMPILATION FILM	1. Rukhu Matir Dukhu Majhi 2. Beyond Blast	1.Producer & Director: Somnath Mondal 2.Producer: Luwang Apokpa Mamikon Director: Saikhom Ratan	Rajat Kamal and Rs. 50,000/- (Shared)
	BEST ARTS FILM	T.N. Krishnan Bow Strings to Divine	Producer: NFDC Director: V. Packirisamy	Rajat Kamal and Rs. 50,000/- each
	BEST SCIENCE & TECHNOLGY FILM	Ethos of Darkness	Producer: Sri Ganesh Productions  Director: Avijit Banerjee	Rajat Kamal and Rs. 50,000/- each
	BEST PROMOTIONAL FILM (to cover tourism, exports, crafts, industry, etc.)	Endangered Heritage ‘Warli Art’	Producer: Baba Cinemas Director: Hemant Verma	Rajat Kamal and Rs. 50,000/- each
	BEST ENVIRONMENT FILM INCLUDING AGRICULTURE	Munnam Valavu	Producer: Sree Gokulam Movies Director: R S Pradeep	Rajat Kamal and Rs. 50,000/- each
	BEST FILM ON SOCIAL ISSUES	Mithu Di  Three Two One	Producer & Director: Asim Kumar Sinha Producer: FTIIDirector: Himanshu Prajapati	Rajat Kamal and Rs. 50,000/- each (Shared)
	BEST EDUCATIONAL FILM	Sirpigalin Sirpangal	Producer: KKV Media Venture Director: B Lenin	Rajat Kamal and Rs. 50,000/- each
	BEST EXPLORATION / ADVENTURE FILM (to include sports)	Ayushman	Producer: Mathew Varghese, Dinesh Rajkumar N, Naveen Francis Director: Jacob Varghese	Rajat Kamal and Rs. 50,000/- each
	BEST INVESTIGATIVE FILM	Looking For Challan	Producer: IGNCA Director: Bappa Ray	Rajat Kamal and Rs. 50,000/- each
	BEST ANIMATION FILM	Kandittundu	Producer: Studio Eeksaurus Productions Pvt.Ltd Director: Adithi Krishnadas	Rajat Kamal and Rs. 50,000/- each
	SPECIAL JURY AWARD	Rekha	Director: Shekhar Bapu Rankhambe	Rajat Kamal and Rs. 1,00,000/- each
	BEST SHORT FICTION FILM	Dal Bhat	Producer: Nemil Shah Director: Nemil Shah	Rajat Kamal and Rs. 50,000/- each
	BEST FILM ON FAMILY VALUES	Chand Saanse	Producer: Chandrakant Kulkarni Director: Pratima Joshi	Rajat Kamal and Rs. 50,000/- each
	BEST DIRECTION	Smile Please	Director: Bakul Matiyani	Swarna Kamal and Rs. 1,50,000/-
	BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY	Pataal – Tee	Cinematographer: Bittu Rawat	Rajat Kamal and Rs. 50,000/- each
	BEST AUDIOGRAPHY(Re-recordist of the final mixed track)	Ek Tha Gaon	Re-recordist (final mixed track): Unni krishnan	Rajat Kamal and Rs. 50,000/-
	BEST PRODUCTION SOUND RECORDIST (LOCATION/SYNC SOUND)	Meen Raag	Production sound recordist: Suruchi Sharma	Rajat Kamal and Rs. 50,000/-
	BEST EDITING	If Memory Serves Me Right	Editor: Abhro Banerjee	Rajat Kamal and Rs. 50,000/-
	BEST MUSIC DIRECTION	Succelent	Music Director: Ishaan Divecha	Rajat Kamal and Rs. 50,000/-
	BEST NARRATION/ VOICE OVER	Hathibondhu	Voice Over: Kulada Kumar Bhattacharjee	Rajat Kamal and Rs. 50,000/-
	SPECIAL MENTION	1.Baale Bangara 2.Karuvarai 3.The Healing Touch 4.Ek Duaa	Aniruddha Jatkar Srikanth Deva Sweta Kumar Das Ram Kamal Mukherjee	Certificate Only

69^th National Film Awards 2021

Feature Films – Results

S.No.	Category of Award	Title Of The Film	Awardee	Medal& Cash Prize
	Best Feature Film	Rocketry: The Nambi Effect (Hindi)	Producer:  Rocketry Entertainment LLP Director: R Madhavan	Swarna Kamal andRs. 2,50,000 (each)
	Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director	Meppadiyan (Person above mentioned) (Malayalam)	Producer: Unni Mukundan Films Private Ltd. Director:  Vishnu Mohan	Swarna Kamal and Rs.1,25,000 (each)
	Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment	RRR (Telugu)	Producer:  DVV Entertainments LLP Director:  S S Rajamouli	Swarna Kamal andRs. 2,00,000/- (each)
	Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration	The Kashmir Files(Hindi)	Producer :Zee Studios Limited Director : Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri	Rajat Kamal andRs. 1,50,000/- (each)
	Best Film on Social Issues	Anunaad-The Resonance (Assamese)	Producer:  Assam State Film Corporation Ltd. Director:  Reema Borah	Rajat Kamal andRs. 1,50,000/- (each)
	Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation	Aavasavyuham(Malayalam)	Producer : Krishand Films Director : Krishand	Rajat Kamal andRs. 1,50,000/- (each)
	Best Children’s Film	Gandhi&Co.(Gujarati)	Producer :  MD Media Corp Director: Manish Saini	Swarna Kamal andRs. 1,50,000/- (each)
	Best Direction	Godavari (The Holy Water)(Marathi)	Director: Nikhil Mahajan	Swarna Kamal and  Rs. 2,50,000/-
	Best Actor	Pushpa (The Rise Part I) (Telugu)	Lead Actor : Allu Arjun	Rajat Kamal andRs. 50,000/-
	Best Actress	1. Gangubai Kathiawadi (Hindi)  2. Mimi (Hindi)	Lead Actress : Alia Bhatt   Lead Actress :  Kriti Sanon	Rajat Kamal andRs. 50,000/-
	Best Supporting Actor	Mimi (Hindi)	Supporting Actor:  Pankaj Tripathi	Rajat Kamal andRs. 50,000/-
	Best Supporting Actress	The Kashmir Files(Hindi)	Supporting Actress:  Pallavi Joshi	Rajat Kamal andRs. 50,000/-
	Best Child Artist	Last Film Show (Chhello Show)(Gujarati)	Child Artist : Bhavin Rabari	Rajat Kamal andRs. 50,000/-
	Best Male Playback Singer	RRR(Telugu)	Singer : Kaala Bhairava (Song : Komuram Bheemudo)	Rajat Kamal andRs. 50,000/-
	Best Female Playback Singer	Iravin Nizhal (Shadow of the Night)(Tamil)	Singer : Shreya Ghoshal (Song : Maayava Chaayavaa)	Rajat Kamal andRs. 50,000/-
	Best Cinematography	Sardar Udham(Hindi)	Cameraman: Avik Mukhopadhayay	Rajat Kamal andRs. 50,000/-
	Best Screenplay	Nayattu (The Hunt)(Malayalam)  Gangubai Kathiawadi(Hindi)   Gangubai Kathiawadi(Hindi)	Screenplay writer (original):  Shahi Kabir   Screenplay writer (Adapted) : Sanjay Leela Bhansali & Utkarshini Vashishtha  Dialogue Writer:  Utkarshini  Vashishtha & Prakash Kapadia	Rajat Kamal andRs. 50,000/- (each)
	Best Audiography	Chavittu(Malayalam)   Jhilli (Discards)(Bengali) Sardar Udham(Hindi)	Best Production Sound Recordist (Location / sync sound) :   Arun Asok & Sonu K P Sound Designer : Aneesh Basu  Re- Recording (Final Mixing): Sinoy Joseph	Rajat Kamal andRs. 50,000/- (each)
	Best Editing	Gangubai Kathiawadi(Hindi)	Editor: Sanjay Leela Bhansali	Rajat Kamal andRs. 50,000/-
	Best Production Design	Sardar Udham(Hindi)	Production  Designer:  Dmitrii Malich & Mansi Dhruv Mehta	Rajat Kamal andRs. 50,000/- (Shared)
	Best Costume Designer	Sardar Udham(Hindi)	Costume Designer:  Veera Kapur Ee	Rajat Kamal and Rs. 50,000/- (Shared)
	Best Make-up Artist	Gangubai Kathiawadi(Hindi)	Make-up Artist: Preetisheel Singh D’souza	Rajat Kamal andRs. 50,000/-
	Best Music Direction	Pushpa (The Rise Part I)(Telugu)  RRR(Telugu)	Music Director (Songs): Devi Sri Prasad  Music Director (Background Score) : M.M. Keeravaani	Rajat Kamal andRs. 50,000/- (each)
	Best Lyrics	Konda Polam(Telugu)	Lyricist:  Chandrabose (Song : Dham Dham Dham)	Rajat Kamal andRs. 50,000/-
	Special Jury Award	Shershaah	Director : Vishnu Varadhan	Rajat Kamal andRs. 2,00,000/-
	Best Special Effects	RRR(Telugu)	Special Effects Creator : V Srinivas Mohan	Rajat Kamal andRs. 50,000/-
	Best Choreography	RRR(Telugu)	Choreographer: Prem Rakshith	Rajat Kamal andRs. 50,000/-
	Best Action Direction Award (Stunt Choreography)	RRR(Telugu)	Stunt Choreographer : King Soloman	Rajat Kamal andRs. 50,000/-
	Best Feature Film in each of the language specified in the Schedule VIII of the Constitution
	Best Assamese Film	Anur (Eyes on the Sunshine)	Producer:   Gopendra Mohan Das Director:  Monjul Baruah	Rajat Kamal andRs. 1,00,000/- (each)
	Best Bengali Film	Kalkokkho – House of Time	Producer:   Aurora Film Corporation Pvt.Ltd Director:  Rajdeep Paul & Sarmistha Maiti	Rajat Kamal andRs. 1,00,000/- (each)
	Best Hindi Film	Sardar Udham(Hindi)	Producer:  Kino works LLP Director:  Sujit Sircar	Rajat Kamal andRs. 1,00,000/- (each)
	Best Gujarati Film	Last Film Show(Chhello Show)	Producer : Jugaad Motion Pictures Director : Pan Nalin	Rajat Kamal andRs. 1,00,000/- (each)
	Best Kannada Film	777 Charlie	Producer:   Parmvah Studios Pvt.Ltd Director:  Kiranraj K	Rajat Kamal andRs. 1,00,000/- (each)
	Best Maithili Film	Samanantar (The Parallel)	Producer : Anirati Films Director:   Niraj Kumar Mishra	Rajat Kamal andRs. 1,00,000/- (each)
	Best Marathi Film	Ekda Kay Zala	Producer : Gajavadana Showbox LLP Director:  Saleel Shrinivas Kulkarni	Rajat Kamal andRs. 1,00,000/- (each)
	Best Malayalam Film	Home	Producer: Friday Film House Pvt.Ltd. Director:  Rojin.P.Thomas	Rajat Kamal andRs. 1,00,000/- (each)
	Best Meiteilon Film	Eikhoigi Yum(Our Home)	Producer:   Chingsubam Sheetal Director:  Mayanglambam Romi Meitei	Rajat Kamal andRs. 1,00,000/- (each)
	Best Odia Film	Pratikshya(The Wait)	Producer:   Amiya Patnaik Procutions Director:  Anupam Patnaik	Rajat Kamal andRs. 1,00,000/- (each)
	Best Tamil Film	Kadaisi Vivasayi(The Last Farmer)	Producer : Tribal Arts Director:  M. Manikandan	Rajat Kamal andRs. 1,00,000/- (each)
	Best Telugu Film	Uppena (Wave)	Producer:  Mythri Movie Makers Director: Sana Buchibabu	Rajat Kamal andRs. 1,00,000/- (each)
31	Best Feature Film in each of the languages other than those specified in Schedule VIII of the Constitution
(a)	Best Mishing Film	Boomba Ride	Producer:   Quarter Moon productions Director:  Biswajit Bora	Rajat Kamal andRs. 1,00,000/- (each)
32.	Special Mention	1. Kadaisi Vivasayi (The Last Farmer)  2 . Jhilli (Discards) 3. Home 4. Anur – Eyes on the Sunshine	Late Shri Nallandi  Aranya Gupta & Bithan Biswas Indrans Jahanara Begum	Certificate only

69^th National Film Awards 2021

Jury

FEATURE FILMS JURY

	CENTRAL PANEL
	Sh. Ketan Mehta (Chairperson)
	Sh. Sabyasachi Mohapatra (Member)
	Sh.V.N. Aditya (Member)
	Sh. Paresh Vora(Member)
	Sh. Manas Choudhury (Member)
	Sh. Malay Ray (Member)
	Sh. G. Suresh Kumar (Member)
	Sh. Sunil Kumar Desai (Member)
	Ms. Papia Adhikary (Member)
	Sh. Muthu Ganesh (Member)
	Sh. Shantanu Ganesh Rode (Member)

Regional Jury

	NORTH PANEL
	Sh. V.N.Aditya, (Chairperson)
	Sh. R V Ramani (Member)
	Sh. Anand Kumar Singh (Member)
	Sh. Murtaza Ali Khan (Member)
	Sh. Shivam Chhabra (Member)

	EAST PANEL
	Sh. Paresh Vora (Chairperson)
	Ms. Runa Ashish (Member)
	Ms. Jayasree Bhattacharyya (Member)
	Ms. Bobby Sarma Baruah  (Member)
	Sh. Shiladitya Moulik (Member)

	WEST PANEL
	Ms. Malay Ray,(Chairperson)
	Sh. Mandar Talauliker (Member)
	Ms. Olivia Das (Member)
	Sh. Pritesh Sodha (Member)
	Sh. Bhaurao Karhade (Member)

	SOUTH I PANEL
	Sh. Sabyasachi Mohapatra (Chairperson)
	Sh. Sukumar Jatania (Member)
	Ms G Kala (Member)
	Ms. Geeta Gurappa (Member)
	Sh. Sajin Babu (Member)

	SOUTH II PANEL
	Sh. Manas Choudhury, (Chairperson)
	Sh. M N Swamy (Member)
	Ms. Balabadhrapathruni Ramani (Member)
	Ms. M M Sreelekha (Member)
	Sh. Suryapal Singh (Member)

NON FEATURE FILMS JURY

	Sh. Vasanth S Sai, (Chairperson )
	Sh. Borun Thokchom(Member)
	Sh. Shankhajeet De (Member)
	Sh. Panchakshri C E (Member)
	Sh. Hari Prasad (Member)
	Sh. Amol Vasant Gole (Member)
	Sh. Kamakhya Narayan Singh (Member)

BEST WRITING ON CINEMA JURY

1	Sh. Yatindra Mishra  (Chairperson)
2	Sh.Veejay Sai (Member)
3	Sh. Ramadasa Naidu (Member)