The much-awaited announcements on the winners of the 69th National Film Awards are finally out. Numerous films from the year 2021 were in contention at the National Awards 2023. For those who don’t know, the National Awards 2023 have taken into consideration all those films that were certified by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) between 1st January 2021, and 31st December, 2021. It does not matter if those films hit theatres in the year 2022, as long as they got certified in 2021.
Leading the pack of winners is Oscar winner RRR and Sardar Udham, which have bagged the most awards at the National Awards 2023. The Kashmir Files and Pushpa won their share of awards, along with Gangubai Kathiawadi, Mimi, among others.
For all those who want to watch the films that have got the honour of winning a National Award this year, here’s the complete list of winners, and where you can stream the National Awards winning films –
Feature Films Category –
Best Feature Film –
Rocketry – The Nambie Effect
Stream it on Prime Video, Jio Cinema, Voot Select
Nargis Dutt Award for Best Film on National Integration –
The Kashmir Files
Stream it on ZEE5
Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment –
RRR
Stream it on Netflix, ZEE5, Disney Plus Hotstar
Best Actor –
Allu Arjun for Pushpa: The Rise
Stream it on Prime Video
Best Actress –
Tie between Alia Bhatt – Gangubai Kathiawadi
Kriti Sanon – Mimi
Stream both on Netflix
Best Supporting Actor –
Pankaj Tripathi for Mimi
Stream it on Netflix
Best Supporting Actress –
Pallavi Joshi for The Kashmir Files
Stream it on ZEE5
Best Child Artist –
Bhavin Rabari for Chhello Show
Stream the Gujarati / English film on Netflix
Best Director –
Nikhil Mahajan – Godavari
Stream the Marathi movie on Jio Cinema
Best Screenplay (Original) –
Shahi Kabir – Nayattu (The Hunt)
Stream the Malayalam film on Netflix
Best Screenplay (Adapted) –
Sanjay Leela Bhansali & Utkarshini Vashishtha for Gangubai Kathiawadi
Stream it on Netflix
Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director –
Vishnu Mohan for Meppadiyan
Stream the Malayalam film on Prime Video
Special Jury Award
Shershaah
Stream it on Prime Video
Best Music Direction (Songs) –
Devi Sri Prasad for Pushpa: The Rise
Stream it on Prime Video
Best Music Director (Background music) –
M.M. Keeravaani for RRR
Stream it on Netflix, ZEE5 and Disney Plus Hotstar
Best Lyrics –
Chandrabose for Dham Dham Dham from Konda Polam
Stream the Telugu film on Netflix and Prime Video
Best Male playback –
Kala Bhairava for the song Komuram Bheemudo in RRR
Stream it on Netflix, ZEE5 and Disney Plus Hotstar
Best Female playback:
Sreya Ghoshal for the song Maayava Chaayavaa in Iravin Nizhal
Stream the Tamil film on Prime Video
Best Dialogue –
Utkarshini Vashishtha & Prakash Kapadia for Gangubai Kathiawadi
Stream it on Netflix
Best Cinematography: Avik Mukhopadhayay for Sardar Udham
Stream it on Prime Video
Best Editing –
Sanjay Leela Bhansali for Gangubai Kathiawadi
Stream it on Netflix
Best Audiography –
Best Production Sound Recordist (Location / sync sound) –
Chavittu (Malayalam) + Jhilli (Discards)
Sound Designer –
Aneesh Basu for Sardar Udham
Stream it on Prime Video
Re- Recording (Final Mixing) –
Sinoy Joseph for Sardar Udham
Stream it on Prime Video
Best Production Design –
Dmitrii Malich & Mansi Dhruv Mehta for Sardar Udham
Stream it on Prime Video
Best Costume Designer –
Veera Kapur for Sardar Udham
Stream it on Prime Video
Best Make-up Artist –
Preetisheel Singh D’souza for Gangubai Kathiawadi
Stream it on Netflix
Best Special Effects –
V Srinivas Mohan for RRR
Stream it on Netflix, ZEE5 and Disney Plus Hotstar
Best Choreography –
Prem Rakshith for RRR
Stream it on Netflix, ZEE5 and Disney Plus Hotstar
Best Action Direction (Stunt Choreography) –
King Soloman for RRR
Stream it on Netflix, ZEE5 and Disney Plus Hotstar
Best Film on Social Issues –
Anunaad – The Resonance (Assamese)
Not streaming anywhere as yet
Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation –
Aavasavyuham
Stream the Malayalam film on SonyLIV
Best Children’s Film –
Gandhi & Co. (Gujarati)
Not streaming anywhere as yet
BEST FILMS FROM EACH LANGUAGE –
Best Mishing Film – Bamboo Rice
Not streaming anywhere as yet
Best Assamese Movie – Anur
Not streaming anywhere as yet
Best Bengali Movie – Kalkokkho
Not streaming anywhere as yet
Best Hindi Film – Sardar Udham
Stream it on Prime Video
Best Gujarati Film – Last Film show
Stream it on Netflix
Best Kannada Movie – 777 Charlie
Stream it on Prime Video
Best Maithali Film- Samanantar
Not streaming anywhere as yet
Best Marathi Film – Ekda Kay Zala
Not streaming anywhere as yet
Best Malayalam Film – Home
Stream it on Prime Video
Best Odia movie – Pratikshya
Not streaming anywhere as yet
Best Tamil Film – Kadaisi Vivasayi
Stream it on SonyLIV
Best Telugu film – Uppena
Stream it on Netflix
SPECIAL MENTIONS –
1. Kadaisi Vivasayi (Late Shri Nallandi)
Stream it on SonyLIV
2. Jhilli (Aranya Gupta & Bithan Biswas)
Stream it on Prime Video
3. Home (Indrans)
Stream it on Prime Video
4. Anur (Jahanara Begum)
Not streaming anywhere as yet
Best Non Feature Film –
Garwali and Hindi film Ek Tha Gaon
Best Book on Cinema –
Music By Laxmikant Pyarelal – The Incredibly Melodious Journey (Rajiv Vijayakar/Rupa Publications India Pvt. Ltd.)
Best Film Critic –
Purushothama Charyulu (Telugu)
Special Mention – Critic – Subramanya Badoor (Kannada)
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