The 71st National Film Awards for the year 2023 were announced on Friday evening. Films, actors and technicians across the country were honored for their contribution to cinema. The Best Actor Award was awarded to Shah Rukh Khan (film ‘Jawan’) and Vikrant Massey (the film ’12th fail’). Rani Mukherjee received the Best Actress Award for ‘Mrs. Chatterjee Verses Norway’. ’12th Fail’ has received the Best Feature Film Award.
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Utpal Dutta (Assamese) received the best film critic for his important writing on cinema, especially Assamese cinema. “God Vulture and Human” received the best documentary award in the non-feature film category. It is directed by Rishiraj Aggarwal and built by studio Litchi and Dr. Rajesh Chandwani. Flowering Man (Hindi) received the Best Non-Feature Film Award. It is directed by Soumyajit Ghosh Dasididar and produced by the Indian Institute of Film and Television.
MR Rajkrishnan is specially mentioned for Animal (re-ricading mixer). The film featured Ranbir Kapoor in the lead role and was directed by Sandeep Reddy Wanga. The best Hindi film award in the category of feature films received the award “A Jackfruit Mystery”. Directed by Yashovardhan Mishra, the film is available for viewing on Netflix. Vaibhavi Merchant received the best choreography award for Alia Bhatt and Ranveer Singh’s film Rocky and Rani’s love story.
Harshvardhan Rameshwar of Animal received the Best Music Directing Award for the background music of the film. He shared the award with GV Prakash Kumar of Vathi for the songs of the film. Vicky Kaushal’s film Sam Bahadur won the award for the best makeup and the best costume designer. Srikanth Desai received the award for her makeup skills, while Sachin Lowlekar, Divya Gambhir and Nidhi Gambhir received the prize for her costume design.
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Ranbir Kapoor’s film ‘Animal’ has won its second prize so far. Sachin Sudhakaran and Hariharan Muralitharan have won the best sound design award. “Rocky Aur Rani’s Prem Kahani” has won the best popular entertainment award of the best popular film. In this film, Ranveer Singh stars Rocky Randhawa and Alia Bhatt played Rani Chatterjee, and actors like Dharmendra, Shabana Azmi and Jaya Bachchan have also supported her. Karan Johar is making a comeback in direction after almost seven years from this film.