Rishab Shetty won the Best Actor award for his performance in Kantara. The Best Actress award was won by Nithya Menen and Mansi Parekh in Thiruchitrambalam and Kutch Express while Aattam bagged the Best Film honour.
The winners of the 70th National Film Awards were announced at the National Media Center in New Delhi on Friday with the Malayalam film Aattam emerging as the Best Feature Film. While Rishab Shetty won the Best Actor award for Kantara, the Best Actress honour was shared by Nithya Menen for Thiruchitrambalam and Manasi Parekh for The Kutch Express, respectively. The Best Director honour went to Sooraj Barjatya for his film, Uunchai. Ponniyin Selvan I won the maximum number of awards while Fouja, KGF 2, Brahmastra and Aparajito were among the other films which won multiple honoyrs.
The awards were announced by the chairperson of the Feature Film Jury, Rahul Rawail; Nila Madhab Panda, chairperson of the Non-Feature Film Jury; and Gangadhar Mudalair, chairperson of the Best Writing on Cinema Jury.
