69th National Film Awards: Full list of winners

The 69th National Film Awards for the year 2021 was declared on Thursday.

Kollywood actor Allu Arjun won the award for the best actor for the film Pushpa: The Rise and Bollywood stars Alia Bhatt and Kriti Sanon shared the award for the best actress for Gangubai Kathiawadi and Mimi respectively. Rocketry: The Nambi Effect, a retelling of the life story of Indian Space Research Organisation scientist Nambi Narayanan, written, produced and directed by R. Madhavan, won the award for the best feature film.

Here are the full list of winners.

Best films

Best Hindi Film - Sardar Udham

Best Kannada Film - 777 Charlie

Best Marathi Film - Ekda Kay Zala

Best Malayalam Film - Home

Best Gujarati Film - Last Film Show

Best Mishing Film - Boomba Ride

Best Assamese Film - Anur

Best Bengali Film – Kalkokkho

Special mentions in feature films category

Home - Indrans

Kadaisi Vivasayi - Late Shri Nallandi

Jhilli - Aranya Gupta and Bithan Biswas

Anur - Jahanara Begum

Technical categories

Best action direction: RRR

Best choreography: RRR

Best special effects: RRR

Best music director: Devi Sri Prasad (Pushpa: The Rise)

Best original screenplay: Nayattu

Best dialogues: Gangubai Kathiawadi

Best editor: Sanjay Leela Bhansali (Gangubai Kathiawadi)

Non-feature film category

Best non-feature film - Ek Tha Gaon (Garhwali and Hindi)

Best director - Bakual Matiyani for the film Smile Please (Hindi)

Best film on family values - Chand Saanse (Hindi)

Best film on social issues - Mithu Di (English), Three Two One (Marathi and Hindi)

Best cinematographer - Bittu Rawat for the film Pataal Tee (Bhotiya)

Best investigative film - Looking For Challan (English)

Best educational film - Sirpigalin Sipangal (Tamil)

Best environmental film - Munnam Valavu (Malayalam)