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National Film Awards  Nation


















                                                                  AATTAM WINS BEST FEATURE

                                                                  FILM AWARD AT THE NATIONAL
                                                                            FILM AWARDS


                                                               Best Feature Film: Aattam, Language-Malayalam
                                                               Best Non-Feature Film: Ayena (Mirror)
                                                               Best Documentary Award: 'Murmurs of the Jungle'
                                                               Best Actor: Rishab Shetty for 'Kantara'
                                                               Best Actress: Nithya Menen for
                                                               'Thiruchitrambalam'
        Silver Lotus. Satyajit Ray was awarded the National    Best Supporting Actor: Pawan Raj Malhotra
        Film  Award 6  times  for best  direction.  Amitabh    Best Supporting Actress: Neena Gupta
        Bachchan  has received the  National  Film  Award      Best Film in AVGC (Animation, Visual Effects
        for Best Actor five times while Shabana Azmi has       Gaming and Comic) Category: 'Brahmastra -
                                                               Part 1: Shiva '
        received the National Film Award for Best Actress      Best Book on Cinema: 'Kishore Kumar: The
        five times.                                            Ultimate Biography'


        MITHUN CHAKRABORTY WAS AWARDED
        THE NATIONAL FILM AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR
        FOR HIS FIRST FILM                                   Award  for  Best  Actor  for  his  first  film  'Mrigayaa'
        Born on 16  June  1950  in  Kolkata,  West  Bengal,   (1976).  Mithun  Chakraborty, an  alumnus of the
        Mithun Chakraborty was awarded the National Film     prestigious  Film and Television  Institute  of India
                                                             (FTII), gained immense popularity in the 1980s with
                                                             "Disco  Dancer".  The  film  achieved  extraordinary
                                                             success in India and internationally. It established
                 I am delighted that Mithun                  him as a great actor proficient in dance. He became
                                                             a household name due to his historical role in this
           Chakraborty has been honored with
                                                             1982 film. His performance in Agneepath also won
            the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke
                                                             him the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor
         Award in recognition of his unparalleled
                                                             in 1990. Later, he received two more National Film
           contribution to Indian cinema. He is              Awards for his roles in Tahader Katha (1992) and
            an icon of cultural genius who has               Swami Vivekananda  (1998).  In  his  career, Mithun
           been admired for generations for his              has acted in more than 350 films in various Indian
          versatile acting. Congratulations and              languages  including  Hindi,  Bengali,  Odia,  Bhojpuri,
                                                             and  Telugu. He  was also  recently  honored with
                     best wishes to him.
                                                             the  prestigious  Padma Bhushan  award for  his
             - Narendra Modi, Prime Minister                 outstanding contribution to Indian cinema.

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