RRR, Gangubai Kathiawadi sweep National Film Awards 2023 - check full list of winners

The 69th National Film Awards were announced on Thursday. Filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Gangubai Kathiawadi and SS Rajamouli's magnum opus RRR locked horns as they swept major technical awards. While SLB's Gangubai Kathiawadi was feted with Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Make-up, Best Editing and Best Dialogues, RRR bagged Best Choreography, Best Special Effects and Best Stunt Choreography.

However, out of the scope of technical awards, RRR edged out Gangubai Kathiawadi as its Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment, Best Music Direction (Background Music) and Best Male Playback Singer to Kaala Bhairava for Komuram Bheemudo. Gangubai Kathiawadi though managed to bag the Best Actress award for Alia Bhatt in sharing with Kriti Sanon for Mimi.

Check out the full list of National Award winners 2023 below:

FEATURE FILM

Best Feature Film - Rocketry: The Nambi Effect
Best Feature Film - debut - Meppadiyan (Malayalam)
Best Popular Film Providing Whole Entertainment - RRR
Nargis Dut award for Best film on National Integration - The Kashmir Files
Best Film on Social Issues - Anunaad (The Resonance) - Assamese
 Best film on Environment - Aavasavyuham (Malayalam)
 Best Children's film - Gandhi & Co. - Gujarati
 Best Direction - Godavari (The Holy Water) - Marathi
 Best Actor - Pushpa - Allu Arjun
 Best Actress - Alia Bhatt, Kriti Sanon
 Best Supporting Actor - Pankaj Tripathi - Mimi
 Best Supporting Actress - Pallavi Joshi - The Kashmir Files
 Best Child Artist - Chhello Show - Bhavin Rabari
 Male Playback Singer - Kaala Bhairava - Komuram Bheemudu - RRR
 Female playback singer - Shreya Ghoshal - Maayaava Bhaavaya - Iravin Nizhal
Choreography - RRR - Prem Rakshith
Chhello Show wins the Best Gujarati Film and 777 Charlie wins the Best Kannada Film
Cinematography - Sardar Udham
Special Effects - RRR - V Sreenivas Mohan
Costume - Sardar Udham - Veera Kapur Ee
Screenplay - Nayattu & Gangubai Kathiawadi - Shahi Kabir, Sanjay Leela Bhansali & Utkarshini Vashishtha
Dialogue - Gangubai Kathiawadi - Utkarshini Vashishtha, Prakash Kapadia
Best Production Design - Sardar Udham - Mansi Dhruv Mehta, Dmitrii Malich
Best Production/Sound recordist - Arun Asok & Sonu K P - Chavittu
Sound Designer - Aneesh Basu - Jhilli -
Re-Recording (Final Mixing) - Sinoy Joseph - Sardar Udham
Editing - Gangubai Kathiawadi - Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Makeup Artist - Gangubai Kathiawadi - Preetisheel Singh D’Souza
VFX - RRR
Action direction - RRR - King Soloman
Music - Pushpa - Devi Sri Prasad
Background Score - RRR - M.M.Keeravani
Lyrics - Chandrabose - Dham Dham Dham - Konda Polam
Special Mention - Shershaah - Vishnu Vardhan
 Feature Films - Special Mention - Kadaisi Vivasayi, Jhilli, Home, Anur - Eyes on the Sunshine

BEST FILM LANGUAGE WISE AWARDS

Malayalam - Home
Kannada - 777 Charlie
Mishing - Boomba Ride
 Assamese - Anur (Eyes on the Sunshine)
 Bengali - Kalkokkho (House of Time)
 Hindi - Sardar Udham
Gujarati Film - Chello Show (Last Film Show)
 Maithili Film - Samanantar (The Parallel)
 Marathi - Ekda Kay Zala
 Malayalam - Home
 Meiteilon - Eikhoigi Yum (Our Home)
 Odia - Pratikshya (The Wait)
 Tamil - Kadaisi Vivasayi (The Last Farmer)
 Telugu - Uppena (Wave)

NON-FEATURE FILMS

Best Voiceover- Kulada Kumar Bhattacharjee - Hatibondhu
Music Direction - Ishaan Divecha, Succulent
Best Editing - Abhro Banarjee, If Memory Serves Me Right
Production Sound Recordist - Suruchi Sharma, Meen Raag (Rajasthan)
Best Audiography (Re-recording of the final track) - Unni Krishnan - Ek Tha Gaon, Garhwali and Hindi
Cinematography - Bittu Rawat - Paataal Tee - Bhotiya
Best Direction - Bakul Matiyani - Smile Please
Best Film on Family Values - Chand Saanse, Pratima Joshi - Chandrakant Kulkarni
Best Short Fiction Film - Dal Bhat - Nemil Shah
Special Jury Award - Rekha - Shekhar Bapu Rankhambe - Marathi
Best Animation Film - Kandittundu - Adithi Krishnadas, Malayalam
Best Investigative Film - Looking for Challan, Bappa Ray
Best Exploration/Adventure Film - Ayushman, Jacob Verghese
Best Educational Film - Sirpigalin Sirpangal - B Lenin
Best Film on Social Issues - Mithu Di, English, Asim Kumar Sinha - Three Two One, Marathi and Hindi, Himanshu Prajapati
Best Environmental Film Including Agriculture - Munnam Valavu (Malayalam)
Best Promotional Film - Endangered Heritage “Warli Art” - Hemant Verma
Best Science and Technology Film - Ethos of Darkness, Avijit Banarjee
Best Arts/Cultural Film - T.N.Krishnan Bow Strings to Divine, V.Packirisamy
Best Biographical Film - Rukhu Matir Dukhu Majhi (Bengali), Beyond Blast (Manipuri)
Best Anthropological/Ethnographic film - Fire on Edge (Tiwa)
Best Debut Non feature Film of a Director - Paanchika (Gujarati)
Best Non-Feature Film - Ek Tha Gaon, Srishti Lakhera

Non-feature Special Mention - Baale Bangaara - Aniruddha Jatkar, Karuvarai - Srikanth Deva, The Healing Touch - Sweta Kumar Das, Ek Dua - Ram Kamal Mukherjee

CRITIC AWARDS

Critic - Special Mention - Subramanya Badoor (Kannada)
Best Critic - Purushottama Charulu (Telugu)
Best Book on Cinema - Music by Laxmikant Pyarelal: The Incredible Musical Journey - Rajiv Vijaykar

-- With inputs from IANS--