Manoj Bajpayee receiving the award from President Draupadi Murmu.
The 70th National Awards had already been announced. Today i.e. on 8th October, the awards are being given at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi. On this occasion, President Draupadi Murmu is giving awards to all the winners with her own hands. Bollywood actor Manoj Bajpayee received his fourth National Film Award on Tuesday. He received this honor for his acting in the film ‘Gulmohar’ released on OTT.
Manoj Bajpayee! The Man of the Hour
President Draupadi Murmu presented this prestigious award to Manoj at the 70th National Film Awards ceremony held at Vigyan Bhawan in the national capital. Manoj expressed his gratitude on winning the award and thanked the film’s director and other co-stars. He said that it is a big thing when such a small film makes its presence felt at the National Film Awards. The actor said, ‘I feel honored. I can’t take all the credit myself. I thank my director who offered me this film and everyone who worked with me, all my co-stars who supported my work. The actor has also described himself as fortunate.
Manoj told how the story of the film is
Manoj Bajpayee further said, ‘I also thank my audience who loved me. Directed by Rahul V Chittela, ‘Gulmohar’ revolves around the Batra family of multiple generations who are set to move out of their 34-year-old family home – Gulmohar and how this change in their lives leads to the rediscovery of those bonds. ‘Who have kept them together as a family with secrets and insecurities.’
A look at all the winners
- Best Feature Film: Aattam (Drama)
- Best Popular Film: Kantara
- Best Film in AVGC (Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming, and Comics): Brahmastra Part 1: Shiva
- Best Directorial Debut Film: Fauja
- Best Lead Actor: Rishabh Shetty (Kantara)
- Best Actress: Nithya Menen (Tiruchirambalam) (Tamil), Mansi Parekh (Kutch Express) (Gujarati)
- Best Supporting Actor: Pawan Raj Malhotra, Fauja (Haryanvi)
- Best Supporting Actress: Neena Gupta (Hindi) (Hindi)
- Best Child Artist: Sripath, Malikappuram (Malayalam)
- Best Playback Singer Male: Arijit Singh (Kesariya from Brahmastra Part 1)
- Best Playback Singer Female: Saudi Wellakka Bombay Jayashree (CC.225/2009 (Malayalam)
- Best Cinematography: Ravi Varman (Ponniyin Selvan Part 1) (Tamil)
- Best Dialogue Writer: Arpita Mukherjee and Rahul V Chittela (Gulmohar (Hindi))
- Best Screenplay: Anand Ekarshi for Aattam (Drama)
- Best Sound Design: Anand Krishnamurthy for Ponniyin Selvan Part 1
- Best Editing: Mahesh Bhuvanend for Aatam (The Play)
- Best Production Design: Anand Adhya for Aparajito (Bengali)
- Best Costume Designer: Nikki Joshi (Kutch Express) (Gujarati)
- Best Makeup: Somnath Kundu Aparajito (Bengali)
- Best Music Director (Song): Pritam for Brahmastra Part 1: Shiva (Hindi)
- Best Music Director (BGM): AR Rahman, Ponniyin Selvan Part 1 (Tamil)
- Best Song: Naushad Sardar Khan (Haryanvi) for Fauja
- Best Choreography: Sathish Krishnan, Thirichitrambalam (Tamil)
- Best Action Direction Award: Anabariv (KGF Chapter 2) (Kannada)
- Best Assamese Film: Emuthi Puthi
- Best Bengali Film: Kaberi Antardhan
- Best Hindi Film: Gulmohar
- Best Kannada Film: KGF Chapter 2
- Best Kannada Film: KGF Chapter 2
- Best Marathi Film: Valvi
- Best Malayalam Film: Saudi Wellakka CC.225/2009
- Best Oriya Film: Daman
- Best Punjabi Film: Baaghi Di Dhi
- Best Tamil Movie: Ponniyin Selvan Part 1
- Best Telugu Movie: Karthikeya 2
- Best Tiwa Film: Sikkasal
