69th National Awards : Allu Arjun creates history, RRR wins top honours

The 69th National Film Awards were announced by the government of India today evening. Many artists and technicians from different languages who were part of films made in 2021 were in contention this time.

Tollywood actor Allu Arjun created history as he became the first Telugu actor to win National Award in Best Actor category. For his stupendous acting as Pushpa Raj in Sukumar’s blockbuster crime drama ‘Pushpa: The Rise’, Allu Arjun won the prestigious award and also emerged as the first actor of Tollywood in its 9 decade history to receive it.

SS Rajamouli’s global hit RRR swept the awards ceremony as it received top honours in categories like Best Action Choreography, Best Choreographer, Best Special Effects Creator, Best Background score, Best Male Playback Singer and Best Popular Film.

In Best Feature Film category for Telugu, Bucchi Babu’s romantic entertainer Uppena won the award. MM Keeravani, Srinivas Mohan, Kaala Bhairava, Prem Rakshit are among those who bagged the awards for their contribution to RRR. Unfortunately, SS Rajamouli didn’t win any award for his direction in RRR.

Devi Sri Prasad won the Best Music Director Award for his outstanding work in Pushpa.

Purushottam Charyulu from Telugu won the Best Film Critic award.

Here is the list of winners of 69th National Film Awards.

Best Film Critic: Purushothama Charyulu (Telugu).
Best Book on Cinema: Incredible Music by Laxmikanth Pyarelal by Rajiv Vijayakar.

Best Mishing Film: Boomba Ride Best Assamese Film: Anur Best Bengali Film: Kalkokkho Best Hindi Film: Sardar Udham Best Gujarati Film: Last Film Show
Best Kannada Film: 777 Charlie
Best Maithili Film: Samanantar
Best Marathi Film: Ekda Kay Zala
Best Malayalam Film: Home
Best Meiteilon Film: Ekihoigi Yum
Best Odia Film: Pratikshya
Best Telugu Film: Uppena
Best Tamil Film: Kadaisi Vivasayi

Best Action Direction Award: King Solomon (RRR)
Best Choreographer: Prem Rakshith (RRR) Best Special Effects Creator: V Srinivas Mohan (RRR)
Best Lyrics: Chandrabose (Konda Polam) Best Music Direction: Devi Sri Prasad (Pushpa: The Rise)
Best Background score: MM Keeravani (RRR) Best Makeup Artist: Preetisheel Singh D’souza (Gangubai Kathiawadi)
Best Costume Designer: Veera Kapur (Sardar Udham)
Best Production Design: Dmitrii Malich and Mansi Dhruv Mehta (Sardar Udham)
Best Editing: Sanjay Leela Bhansali (Gangubai Kathiawadi)
Best Audiography: Chavittu (Malayalam), Jhilli (Bengali) and Sardar Udham (Hindi). Best Original Screenplay: Nayattu (Malayalam)
Best Adapted Screenplay: Sanjay Leela Bhansali (Gangubai Kathiawadi)
Best Dialogues: Utkarshini Vashishtha and Prakash Kapadia (Gangubai Kathiawadi) Best Cinematography: Avik Mukhopadhyay (Sardar Udham)
Best Female Singer: Shreya Ghoshal (Maayava Chaayavaa from Iravin Nizhal) Best Male Singer: Kaala Bhairava (Komuram Bheemudo from RRR)
Best Child Artist: Bhavin Rabari (Chehello Show)
Best Supporting Actress: Pallavi Joshi (The Kashmir Files)
Best Supporting Actor: Pankaj Tripathi (Mimi) Best Actress: Alia Bhatt (Gangubai Kathiawadi) and Kriti Sanon (Mimi)
Best Actor: Allu Arjun (Pushpa: The Rise) Best Direction: Nikhil Mahajan (Godavari: Marathi)
Best Feature Film: Rocketry: The Nambi Effect (R Madhavan)
Best Children’s Film: Gandhi and Co.
Nargis Dutt Award for the Best Film on National Integration: The Kashmir Files.
Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment: RRR
Indira Gandhi Award for the Best Debut Film of a Director: Vishnu Mohan (Meppadiyan from Malayalam)