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Nation National Film Awards

69TH NATIONAL FILM AWARDS ANNOUNCED

ALLU ARJUN WINS THE BEST

ACTOR AWARD FOR 'PUSHPA',

ALIA BHATT AND KRITI SANON

SHARE THE BEST ACTRESS AWARD

The jury of the 69th National Film Awards announced the winners of the 2021 National
Film Awards on August 24, 2023. Prior to the announcement, the chairperson and other
members of the jury met Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur
and presented the names selected for the awards before him. 'The Kashmir Files' won
the Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration, while 'RRR' won the
award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment.

Alia Bhatt
(Gangubai
Kathiawadi)
'Rocketry: The Allu Arjun won
and Kriti Sanon
Nambi Effect the Best Actor 'Ek Tha Gaon Pankaj Tripathi Pallavi Joshi
(Mimi) were the 'selected for
'won the Best award for won the Best was selected for Best Hindi
joint winners of Best Non-
Feature Film Pushpa (The Supporting Best Supporting Feature Film:
the Best Actress Feature Film
award. Rise Part 1). Actor award. Actress. Sardar Udham
award. Award.
here was a very tough competition among Mishra, Best Cinematography Jury, in the presence
Tall the films in every category of the National of Neerja Shekhar, Additional Secretary, Ministry
Film Awards, but the jury diligently scrutinised all of Information and Broadcasting. Speaking on the
the entries and selected the best for the awards. announcement of the National Film Awards, Union
The jury consisted of eminent filmmakers and Minister Anurag Thakur said, "Today India is the
film personalities from the Indian film industry. biggest film producer in the world. We have the
The awards were announced by Ketan Mehta, potential to become the content hub of the world. It
Chairman, Feature Film Jury; Vasant S. Sai, is our time. Today our films are getting recognition
Chairman, Non-Feature Film Jury; and Yatindra all over the world, be it BAFTA or Oscars.

Met the chairperson and jury members of the National Film Awards, and they
have handed over the reports of these awards to me. We received around
430 applications for feature, non-feature, and best writing in cinema. The jury
members have gone through all the films very carefully. My best wishes to all.

-Anurag Thakur, Union Minister for I&B and Youth Affairs & Sports

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