Telugu Icon star Allu Arjun is declared as the best actor at 69th National Film Awards today
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69th National Film Awards 2021
Best Writing on Cinema
69th National Film Awards 2021
Best Writing on Cinema
Award for Best Book on Cinema:
Sr. No. | Title of the Book | Language | Name of the Author | Name of the Publisher | Medal and Cash prize |
1. | MUSIC BY LAXMIKANT PYARELAL : THE INCREDIBLY MELODIOUS JOURNEY | English | Rajiv Vijayakar | RupaPublications India Pvt. Ltd. | Swarna Kamal and Rs. 75,000/- |
Award for Best Film Critic:
Sr. No. | Name of Critic | Language | Medal and Cash Prize |
| PurushothamaCharyulu | Telugu | Swarna Kamal and Rs. 75,000/- |
Special Mention - Critic
Sr. No. | Name of Critic | Language | Prize |
1. | SubramanyaBadoor | Kannada | Certificate only |
69th National Film Awards 2021
Non-Feature Films
69th National Film Awards 2021
Non-Feature Films Results
S.No. | Category ofAward | Title of the Film | Awardee | Medal& Cash Prize |
| BEST NON-FEATURE FILM | EkThaGaon | Producer &Director: SrishtiLakhera | Swarna Kamal and Rs. 1,50,000/-each |
| BEST DEBUT NON-FEATURE FILM OF A DIRECTOR | Paanchika | Producer: Shreya Kapadiya
Director: Ankit Kothari | RajatKamal and Rs. 75,000/- each |
| BEST ANTHROPOLOGICAL
| Fire on Edge | Producer:Risen North East. Non Govt. Organization
Director: PranabJyotiDeka | RajatKamal and Rs. 50,000/- each |
| BEST BIOGRAPHICAL FILM/HISTORICAL RECONSTRUCTION/ COMPILATION FILM | 1.RukhuMatirDukhuMajhi
2.Beyond Blast | 1.Producer&Director: SomnathMondal
2.Producer:LuwangApokpaMamikon
Director: SaikhomRatan | RajatKamal andRs. 50,000/-(Shared)
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| BEST ARTSFILM | T.N. Krishnan Bow Strings to Divine | Producer: NFDC
Director:V. Packirisamy | RajatKamal andRs. 50,000/- each |
| BEST SCIENCE &TECHNOLGY FILM | Ethos of Darkness | Producer: Sri Ganesh Productions Director: Avijit Banerjee
| RajatKamal and Rs. 50,000/- each |
| BEST PROMOTIONAL FILM (to cover tourism, exports, crafts, industry, etc.) | Endangered Heritage ‘Warli Art’ | Producer:Baba Cinemas
Director: Hemant Verma | RajatKamal andRs. 50,000/- each
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| BEST ENVIRONMENT FILM INCLUDING AGRICULTURE | MunnamValavu | Producer:SreeGokulam Movies
Director:R S Pradeep | RajatKamal and Rs. 50,000/- each
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| BEST FILM ON SOCIAL ISSUES |
| Producer &Director: Asim Kumar Sinha
Producer:FTII Director: HimanshuPrajapati | RajatKamal and Rs. 50,000/- each (Shared)
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| BEST EDUCATIONAL FILM | SirpigalinSirpangal | Producer: KKV Media Venture
Director:B Lenin | RajatKamal and Rs. 50,000/- each
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| BEST EXPLORATION / ADVENTURE FILM (to include sports)
| Ayushman | Producer: Mathew Varghese, Dinesh Rajkumar N, Naveen Francis
Director: Jacob Varghese | RajatKamal and Rs. 50,000/- each
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| BEST INVESTIGATIVE FILM | Looking For Challan | Producer:IGNCA
Director: Bappa Ray | Rajat Kamal and Rs. 50,000/- each
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| BEST ANIMATION FILM | Kandittundu | Producer:Studio Eeksaurus Productions Pvt.Ltd
Director:AdithiKrishnadas
| Rajat Kamal and Rs. 50,000/- each
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| SPECIAL JURY AWARD | Rekha | Director: ShekharBapuRankhambe | RajatKamal and Rs. 1,00,000/- each |
| BEST SHORT FICTION FILM | Dal Bhat | Producer:Nemil Shah
Director: Nemil Shah | RajatKamal and Rs. 50,000/- each |
| BEST FILM ON FAMILY VALUES | Chand Saanse | Producer:Chandrakant Kulkarni
Director: Pratima Joshi | RajatKamal and Rs. 50,000/- each |
| BEST DIRECTION | Smile Please | Director: BakulMatiyani | Swarna Kamal and Rs. 1,50,000/- |
| BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY | Pataal - Tee | Cinematographer:BittuRawat
| RajatKamal and Rs. 50,000/- each
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| BEST AUDIOGRAPHY(Re-recordist of the final mixed track) | EkThaGaon | Re-recordist (final mixed track):Unnikrishnan | RajatKamal and Rs. 50,000/- |
| BEST PRODUCTION SOUND RECORDIST (LOCATION/SYNC SOUND) | MeenRaag | Production sound recordist: Suruchi Sharma | RajatKamal and Rs.50,000/- |
| BEST EDITING
| If Memory Serves Me Right | Editor:Abhro Banerjee | RajatKamal and Rs.50,000/-
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| BEST MUSIC DIRECTION | Succelent | Music Director: Ishaan Divecha
| RajatKamal andRs.50,000/- |
| BEST NARRATION/ VOICE OVER
| Hathibondhu
| Voice Over:Kulada Kumar Bhattacharjee
| RajatKamal and Rs. 50,000/-
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| SPECIAL MENTION | 1.Baale Bangara
2.Karuvarai
3.The Healing Touch
4.Ek Duaa | AniruddhaJatkar
Srikanth Deva
Sweta Kumar Das
Ram Kamal Mukherjee
| Certificate Only |
69th National Film Awards 2021 Feature Films
69th National Film Awards 2021 Feature Films - Results
S.No. | Category of Award | Title OfThe Film | Awardee | Medal & Cash Prize |
| Best Feature Film | Rocketry: The Nambi Effect
(Hindi) | Producer: Rocketry Entertainment LLP
Director: R Madhavan | Swarna Kamal and Rs. 2,50,000 (each) |
| Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director | Meppadiyan (Person above mentioned)
(Malayalam)
| Producer: UnniMukundan Films Private Ltd.
Director: Vishnu Mohan | Swarna Kamal and Rs.1,25,000 (each) |
| Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment | RRR(Telugu) | Producer: DVV Entertainments LLP
Director: S SRajamouli
| Swarna Kamal and Rs. 2,00,000/- (each) |
| NargisDutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration |
The Kashmir Files (Hindi) |
Producer :Zee Studios Limited
Director : VivekRanjanAgnihotri
| Rajat Kamal and Rs. 1,50,000/- (each) |
| Best Film on Social Issues |
Anunaad-The Resonance
(Assamese) |
Producer: Assam State Film Corporation Ltd.
Director:Reema Borah
| Rajat Kamal and Rs. 1,50,000/- (each) |
| Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation | Aavasavyuham (Malayalam) | Producer : Krishand Films
Director : Krishand | Rajat Kamal and Rs. 1,50,000/- (each) |
| Best Children's Film | Gandhi&Co. (Gujarati) | Producer : MD Media Corp
Director: Manish Saini | Swarna Kamal and Rs. 1,50,000/- (each) |
| Best Direction | Godavari (The Holy Water) (Marathi) | Director: Nikhil Mahajan | Swarna Kamal and
Rs. 2,50,000/- |
| Best Actor | Pushpa (The Rise Part I)
(Telugu) | Lead Actor : Allu Arjun
| Rajat Kamal and Rs. 50,000/-
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| Best Actress | 1. GangubaiKathiawadi(Hindi)
2. Mimi (Hindi) | Lead Actress : Alia Bhatt
Lead Actress :KritiSanon | Rajat Kamal and Rs. 50,000/-
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| Best Supporting Actor | Mimi (Hindi) | Supporting Actor: Pankaj Tripathi
| Rajat Kamal and Rs. 50,000/- |
| Best Supporting Actress | The Kashmir Files (Hindi) | Supporting Actress: Pallavi Joshi
| Rajat Kamal and Rs. 50,000/- |
| Best Child Artist | Last Film Show (Chhello Show) (Gujarati) | Child Artist : BhavinRabari
| Rajat Kamal and Rs. 50,000/- |
| Best Male Playback Singer | RRR (Telugu) | Singer :KaalaBhairava
(Song : KomuramBheemudo)
| Rajat Kamal and Rs. 50,000/- |
| Best Female Playback Singer | IravinNizhal (Shadow of the Night) (Tamil)
| Singer : Shreya Ghoshal
(Song : MaayavaChaayavaa)
| Rajat Kamal and Rs. 50,000/- |
| Best Cinematography | SardarUdham (Hindi)
| Cameraman: AvikMukhopadhayay | Rajat Kamal and Rs. 50,000/- |
| Best Screenplay | Nayattu (The Hunt) (Malayalam)
GangubaiKathiawadi (Hindi)
GangubaiKathiawadi (Hindi)
| Screenplay writer (original): ShahiKabir
Screenplay writer (Adapted) :
Sanjay LeelaBhansali&UtkarshiniVashishtha
Dialogue Writer: UtkarshiniVashishtha& Prakash Kapadia
| Rajat Kamal and Rs. 50,000/- (each) |
| Best Audiography | Chavittu (Malayalam)
Jhilli (Discards) (Bengali)
SardarUdham (Hindi) | Best Production Sound Recordist (Location / sync sound) :
ArunAsok&Sonu K P
Sound Designer : AneeshBasu
Re- Recording (Final Mixing): Sinoy Joseph | Rajat Kamal and Rs. 50,000/- (each) |
| Best Editing | GangubaiKathiawadi (Hindi) | Editor: Sanjay LeelaBhansali | Rajat Kamal and Rs. 50,000/- |
| Best Production Design | SardarUdham (Hindi) | Production Designer: DmitriiMalich& Mansi Dhruv Mehta | Rajat Kamal and Rs. 50,000/- (Shared) |
| Best Costume Designer | SardarUdham (Hindi) | Costume Designer: Veera KapurEe | Rajat Kamal and Rs.50,000/- (Shared) |
| Best Make-up Artist | GangubaiKathiawadi (Hindi)
| Make-up Artist: Preetisheel Singh D’souza
| Rajat Kamal and Rs. 50,000/- |
| Best Music Direction | Pushpa (The Rise Part I) (Telugu)
RRR (Telugu)
| Music Director (Songs):
Devi Sri Prasad
Music Director (Background Score) :
M.M. Keeravaani | Rajat Kamal and Rs. 50,000/- (each) |
| Best Lyrics | Konda Polam (Telugu)
| Lyricist: Chandrabose
(Song : DhamDhamDham) | Rajat Kamal and Rs. 50,000/- |
| Special Jury Award | Shershaah
| Director : Vishnu Varadhan | Rajat Kamal and Rs. 2,00,000/-
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| Best Special Effects | RRR (Telugu) | Special Effects Creator : V Srinivas Mohan | Rajat Kamal and Rs. 50,000/-
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| Best Choreography | RRR (Telugu)
| Choreographer: PremRakshith | Rajat Kamal and Rs. 50,000/-
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| Best Action Direction Award (Stunt Choreography) | RRR (Telugu) | Stunt Choreographer : King Soloman | Rajat Kamal and Rs. 50,000/- |
| Best Feature Film in each of the language specified in the Schedule VIII of the Constitution |
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| BestAssamese Film
| Anur (Eyes on the Sunshine) | Producer: Gopendra Mohan Das
Director: MonjulBaruah | Rajat Kamal and Rs. 1,00,000/- (each) |
| Best BengaliFilm
| Kalkokkho – House of Time
| Producer: Aurora Film CorporationPvt.Ltd
Director: Rajdeep Paul &SarmisthaMaiti | Rajat Kamal and Rs. 1,00,000/- (each) |
| Best Hindi Film
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SardarUdham (Hindi) | Producer: Kino works LLP
Director: SujitSircar | Rajat Kamal and Rs. 1,00,000/- (each) |
| Best Gujarati Film | Last Film Show (Chhello Show) | Producer : Jugaad Motion Pictures
Director : Pan Nalin | Rajat Kamal and Rs. 1,00,000/- (each) |
| Best Kannada Film
| 777 Charlie | Producer: Parmvah Studios Pvt.Ltd
Director: Kiranraj K | Rajat Kamal and Rs. 1,00,000/- (each) |
| Best Maithili Film
| Samanantar (The Parallel) | Producer : Anirati Films
Director: Niraj Kumar Mishra | Rajat Kamal and Rs. 1,00,000/- (each) |
| Best Marathi Film
| Ekda Kay Zala | Producer : GajavadanaShowbox LLP
Director: Saleel Shrinivas Kulkarni | Rajat Kamal and Rs. 1,00,000/- (each) |
| Best Malayalam Film
| Home | Producer: Friday Film House Pvt.Ltd.
Director: Rojin.P.Thomas | Rajat Kamal and Rs. 1,00,000/- (each) |
| Best Meiteilon Film
| Eikhoigi Yum (Our Home) | Producer: ChingsubamSheetal
Director: MayanglambamRomi Meitei | Rajat Kamal and Rs. 1,00,000/- (each) |
| Best Odia Film
| Pratikshya (The Wait) | Producer: Amiya Patnaik Procutions
Director: Anupam Patnaik | Rajat Kamal and Rs. 1,00,000/- (each) |
| Best Tamil Film
| KadaisiVivasayi (The Last Farmer) | Producer : Tribal Arts
Director: M. Manikandan | Rajat Kamal and Rs. 1,00,000/- (each)
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| Best Telugu Film
| Uppena (Wave) | Producer: Mythri Movie Makers
Director: Sana Buchibabu | Rajat Kamal and Rs. 1,00,000/- (each) |
31 | Best Feature Film in each of the languages other than those specified in Schedule VIII of the Constitution |
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(a) | Best Mishing Film | Boomba Ride | Producer: Quarter Moon productions
Director: Biswajit Bora | Rajat Kamal and Rs. 1,00,000/- (each) |
32. | Special Mention | 1. KadaisiVivasayi (The Last Farmer)
2 .Jhilli (Discards)
3. Home
4. Anur - Eyes on the Sunshine | Late Shri Nallandi
Aranya Gupta &Bithan Biswas
Indrans
Jahanara Begum | Certificate only |
69th National Film Awards 2021
Jury
FEATURE FILMS JURY
| CENTRAL PANEL |
| Sh. Ketan Mehta (Chairperson) |
| Sh. SabyasachiMohapatra(Member) |
| Sh.V.N. Aditya(Member) |
| Sh. Paresh Vora(Member) |
| Sh. Manas Choudhury(Member) |
| Sh. Malay Ray (Member) |
| Sh. G. Suresh Kumar (Member) |
| Sh.Sunil Kumar Desai (Member) |
| Ms. PapiaAdhikary(Member) |
| Sh. Muthu Ganesh (Member) |
| Sh. Shantanu Ganesh Rode(Member) |
Regional Jury
| NORTH PANEL |
| Sh. V.N.Aditya, (Chairperson) |
| Sh. R V Ramani(Member) |
| Sh.Anand Kumar Singh (Member) |
| Sh. Murtaza Ali Khan (Member) |
| Sh. Shivam Chhabra(Member) |
| EAST PANEL |
| Sh. Paresh Vora (Chairperson) |
| Ms. Runa Ashish (Member) |
| Ms. Jayasree Bhattacharyya (Member) |
| Ms. Bobby SarmaBaruah(Member) |
| Sh. ShiladityaMoulik (Member) |
| WEST PANEL |
| Ms. Malay Ray,(Chairperson) |
| Sh. MandarTalauliker(Member) |
| Ms. Olivia Das (Member) |
| Sh. Pritesh Sodha(Member) |
| Sh. BhauraoKarhade(Member) |
| SOUTH I PANEL |
| Sh.SabyasachiMohapatra(Chairperson) |
| Sh. SukumarJatania (Member) |
| MsG Kala(Member) |
| Ms.GeetaGurappa(Member) |
| Sh. Sajin Babu(Member) |
| SOUTH II PANEL |
| Sh. Manas Choudhury, (Chairperson) |
| Sh. M N Swamy(Member) |
| Ms. BalabadhrapathruniRamani (Member) |
| Ms. M MSreelekha (Member) |
| Sh. Suryapal Singh (Member) |
NON FEATURE FILMS JURY
| Sh. Vasanth S Sai, (Chairperson ) |
| Sh. BorunThokchom(Member) |
| Sh. Shankhajeet De (Member) |
| Sh. Panchakshri C E(Member) |
| Sh. Hari Prasad(Member) |
| Sh. Amol Vasant Gole (Member) |
| Sh. Kamakhya Narayan Singh(Member) |
BEST WRITING ON CINEMA JURY
1 | Sh. Yatindra Mishra (Chairperson) |
2 | Sh.Veejay Sai (Member) |
3 | Sh. Ramadasa Naidu (Member) |