68th National Film Awards: Suriya and Ajay Devgn Wins Best Actor Award

On Friday, in Delhi, the winners of the 68th National Film Awards for movies released in 2020 were declared. The Directorate of Film Festivals established this award in 1954. Tamil film Soorarai Pottru wins the biggest award of the night with Best Actor for Suriya, Best Actress for Aparrna Balamurali, and Best Film. Suriya got honored with the Best Actor award for Soorarai Pottru and Ajay Devgn won the best actor award for Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior. 

On Friday, Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur shared about the awards. As quoted by ANI, he said, "I want to congratulate all the jury members and all those people whose work was reviewed and would like to congratulate those recipients who will be awarded the National Film Awards. A word of appreciation for everyone who has done an outstanding job. I am glad that this year we will be holding the 68 National Film Awards since we could not hold the awards for two years because of Covid." 

Feature Film Winners 

Best Feature Film: Soorarai Pottru  

Best Actor: Suriya for SooraraiPottru and Ajay Devgn for Tanhaji 

68th National Film Awards: Ajay Devgn, Suriya share Best Actor Award

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Best Director: Sachy for Ayyappanum Koshiyum 

Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment: Tanhaji 

Best Actress: Aparna Balamurali for Soorarai Pottru 

Best Supporting Actor: Biju Menon for Ayyappanum Koshiyum 

Best Supporting Actress: Lakshmi Priya Chandramouli for Sivaranjaniyum Innam Sila Pengallum 

Best Child Artist: Anish Mangesh Gosvi for Tak Tak 

Best Children's Film: Sumi 

Best Male Playback Singer: Rahul Deshpande for Mi Vasantrao 

Best Female Playback Singer: Nanchamma for Ayyappanum Koshiyum 

Best Choreography: Sandhya Raju 

Best Cinematography: Avijatrik 

Best Editing: Sreekar Prasad 

Best Make-up: TV Rambabu 

Best Hindi Film: Toolsidas Junior 

Best Tamil Film: Sivaranjaniyum Innam Sila Pengallum 

Best Telugu Film: Colour Photo 

Best Malayalam Film: Thinkalazhcha Nishchayam 

Best Kannada Film: Dollu 

Best Haryanvi Film: Dada Lakshmi 

Best Bengali Film: Avijatrik 

Non-Feature Film Winners 

Best Film on Family Values: Kumkumarchan (Marathi)

Best Short Fiction Film: Kachichinithu (Karbi)

Special Jury Award: Admitted

Best Investigation Film: The Saviour: Brig Pritam Singh (Punjabi)

Best Exploration Film: Wheeling the Ball

Best Educational Film: Dreaming of Words (Malayalam)

Best Film on Social Issue — Shared by: Justice Delayed but Delivered and Three Sisters (Bengali)

Best Environmental Film: Manah Aru Manuh (Assamese)

Best Promotional Film: Surmounting Challenges

Best Arts and Cultural Film: Naadada Navaneeta DR PT Venkateshkumar (Kannada)

Best Biographical Film: Pabung Syam (Manipuri)

Best Ethnographic Film: Mandal Ke Bol

Best Debut non-feature film of a Director: Pariah (Marathi and Hindi) by Vishesh Iyer

Best Non-Feature Film: Testimony of Ana

Best Science and Technology Film: On the Brink season 2 - Bats

Best Narration: Shobha Tharoor Sreenivasan for Rhapsody of Rains — Monsoons of Kerala

Best Audiography: Ajit Singh Rathore, Pearl of the Desert.

Best Editing: Anadi Athaley, Borderlands 

Best Music Direction: Vishal Bhardwaj, 1232 KMS: Marenge Toh Wahi Jaakar

Best on Location Sound Recordist: Sandip Bhati & Pradeep Lekhwar, Jadui Jangal

Best Cinematography: Nikhil S Praveen, Shabdikkunna Kalappa (Malayalam)

Best Direction: RV Ramani, Oh That’s Bhanu

Best Film Critic: No award this year

Most Film-friendly State: Madhya Pradesh

Best Book on Cinema: The Longest Kiss, by Kishwar Desai