The 70th National Film Awards were announced on 16 August 2024 to honour the best films of 2022 in Indian cinema, presented by the National Film Development Corporation of India. The awards ceremony was originally slated to be held on 3 May 2023 but was postponed to October 2024 due to delays after the COVID-19 pandemic. The winners were announced on 16 August 2024, by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in a press conference. The winners along with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award recipient were felicitated by the President, Droupadi Murmu on 8 October 2024 at the Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.
Selection process The National Film Development Corporation of India invited online entries with the acceptable last date for entries until 30 January 2024. Feature and Non-Feature Films certified by Central Board of Film Certification between 1 January 2022, and 31 December 2022, were eligible for the film award categories. Books, critical studies, reviews or articles on cinema published in Indian newspapers, magazines, and journals between 1 January 2022, and 31 December 2022, were eligible for the best writing on cinema section. Entries of dubbed, revised or copied versions of a film or translation, abridgements, edited or annotated works and reprints were ineligible for the awards.
For the feature and non-feature Films sections, films in any Indian language, shot on 16 mm, 35 mm, a wider film gauge or a digital format, and released in cinemas, on video or digital formats for home viewing were eligible. Films were required to be certified as a feature film, documentary, short film, or animation film etc by the Central Board of Film Certification.
Feature Film Jury Rahul Rawail (chairman) Subhrajit Mitra
Golden Lotus Awards Official Name: Swarna Kamal
All the awardees are awarded with 'Golden Lotus Award (Swarna Kamal)', a certificate and cash prize.
AwardFilmLanguageAwardee(s)Cash prize Best Feature Film Aattam Malayalam Producer: Joy Movie ProductionsDirector: Anand Ekarshi ₹3,00,000 each Best Debut Film of a Director Fouja Haryanvi Director: Pramod Kumar ₹3,00,000 Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment Kantara Kannada Producer: Hombale FilmsDirector: Rishab Shetty ₹3,00,000 eachBest Film in AVGC Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva Hindi Producer: Dharma Productions, Prime Focus and Starlight PicturesDirector: Ayan Mukerji₹3,00,000 each Best Direction Uunchai Sooraj R. Barjatya ₹3,00,000
Silver Lotus Award Official Name: Rajat Kamal
All the awardees are awarded with 'Silver Lotus Award (Rajat Kamal)', a certificate and cash prize.
AwardFilmLanguageAwardee(s)Cash prizeBest Film in AVGC Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva HindiJaykar Arudra, Viral Thakkar and Neelesh Gore ₹2,00,000 shared Best Feature Film Promoting National, Social and Environmental Values Kutch Express Gujarati Producer: Soul Sutra LLPDirector: Viral Shah ₹2,00,000 each Best Actor in a Leading Role Kantara Kannada Rishab Shetty ₹2,00,000 Best Actress in a Leading Role Thiruchitrambalam Tamil Nithya Menen ₹2,00,000 sharedKutch ExpressGujaratiManasi Parekh Best Actor in a Supporting Role Fouja Haryanvi Pavan Malhotra ₹2,00,000 Best Actress in a Supporting Role Uunchai Hindi Neena Gupta ₹2,00,000Best Child ArtistMalikappuram MalayalamSreepath₹2,00,000Best Male Playback SingerBrahmāstra: Part One – ShivaHindiArijit Singh₹2,00,000Best Female Playback SingerSaudi VellakkaMalayalamBombay Jayashri₹2,00,000Best CinematographyPonniyin Selvan: ITamilRavi Varman₹2,00,000Best Screenplay Aattam Malayalam Anand Ekarshi₹2,00,000Best ScreenplayGulmoharHindiArpita Mukherjee and Rahul V. Chittella₹2,00,000 sharedBest Sound DesignPonniyin Selvan: ITamilAnand Krishnamoorthi₹2,00,000Best EditingAattamMalayalamMahesh Bhuvanend₹2,00,000Best Production DesignAparajitoBengaliAnanda Addhya₹2,00,000Best Costume DesignKutch ExpressGujaratiNiki Joshi₹2,00,000Best Make-upAparajitoBengaliSomnath Kundu₹2,00,000Best Music DirectionBrahmāstra: Part One – ShivaHindiPritam₹2,00,000Best Music DirectionPonniyin Selvan: ITamilA. R. Rahman₹2,00,000 Best LyricsFoujaHaryanviNaushad Sadar Khan₹2,00,000Best ChoreographyThiruchitrambalamTamilJani Master and Sathish Krishnan₹2,00,000 shared Best Action DirectionKGF: Chapter 2 Kannada Anbariv₹2,00,000
Regional awards All the awardees are awarded with Silver Lotus Award (Rajat Kamal), a certificate and cash prize.
+Best Feature Film in Each of the Language Specified in the Schedule VIII of the ConstitutionAwardFilmAwardee(s)Cash prize Producer DirectorBest Assamese Feature FilmEmuthi PuthiMetanormal Motion PicturesKulanandini Mahanta₹2,00,000 eachBest Bengali Feature FilmKaberi Antardhan Surinder FilmsKaushik Ganguly₹2,00,000 eachBest Hindi Feature FilmGulmohar Star IndiaRahul V. Chittella₹2,00,000 eachBest Kannada Feature Film KGF: Chapter 2 Hombale Films Prashanth Neel₹2,00,000 eachBest Malayalam Feature Film Saudi Vellakka Urvasi Theatres Tharun Moorthy₹2,00,000 eachBest Marathi Feature FilmVaalviMayasabha Karamanuk Mandali and Zee Paresh Mokashi₹2,00,000 eachBest Odia Feature Film Daman JP Motion PicturesVishal Mourya and Debi Prasad Lenka₹2,00,000 each Best Punjabi Feature FilmBaghi Di DheeG-Next MediaMukesh Gautam₹2,00,000 eachBest Tamil Feature FilmPonniyin Selvan: IMadras TalkiesMani Ratnam₹2,00,000 eachBest Telugu Feature FilmKarthikeya 2 Abhishek Agarwal Arts and People Media FactoryChandoo Mondeti₹2,00,000 each
+Best Feature Film in Each of the Language Other Than Those Specified In the Schedule VIII of the ConstitutionAwardFilmAwardee(s)Cash prize Producer Director Best Tiwa Feature Film SikaisalImaging MediaBobby Sarma Baruah₹2,00,000 each
Special Mention All the awardees are awarded with a certificate.
AwardFilmLanguageAwardee(s)Cash prize Special Mention Gulmohar Hindi Actor: Manoj BajpayeeCertificate only Kadhikan Malayalam Music Director: Sanjoy Chowdhury
Non-Feature Film Non-feature length films made in any Indian language and certified by the Central Board of Film Certification as a documentary, short film, animation film etc are eligible for non-feature film section.
Jury Nila Madhab Panda (chairman)
Golden Lotus Award Official Name: Swarna Kamal
All the awardees are awarded with 'Golden Lotus Award (Swarna Kamal)', a certificate and cash prize.
AwardFilmLanguageAwardee(s)Cash prizeBest Non-Feature Film AyenaHindi UrduProducer: Teh FilmsDirector: Siddhant Sarin ₹3,00,000 eachBest DirectionFrom the Shadows English Bengali HindiMiriam Chandy Menacherry₹3,00,000Best Debut Film of a DirectorMadhyantaraKannadaBasti Dinesh Shenoy₹3,00,000
Silver Lotus Award Official Name: Rajat Kamal
All the awardees are awarded with Silver Lotus Award (Rajat Kamal) and cash prize.
AwardFilmLanguageAwardee(s)Cash prize Best Biographical / Historical Reconstruction / Compilation FilmAankhi Ek Mohenjo DaroMarathiProducer: de Goan Studio Ashok Rane Productions Director: Ashok Rane₹2,00,000 eachBest Arts / Cultural Film Ranga VibhogaKannadaProducer and Director: Suneel Narasimhachar Puranik₹2,00,000 sharedVarsaMarathiProducer and Director: Sachin Balasaheb SuryawanshiBest DocumentaryMurmurs of the JungleMarathiProducer and Director: Sohil Vaidya ₹2,00,000Best Non Feature Film Promoting Social And Environmental ValuesOn the Brink – Season 2 – GharialEnglishProducer: The Gaia PeopleDirector: Akanksha Sood Singh ₹2,00,000 eachBest Animation FilmA Coconut TreeEnglishProducer: JB ProductionsDirector and Animator: Joshy Benedict₹2,00,000 eachBest Short Film XunyotaAssameseProducer: HM ProductionDirector: Nabapan Deka ₹2,00,000 each Best CinematographyMono No AwareHindi EnglishSiddharth Diwan₹2,00,000Best Sound Design YaanHindi Malwi Manas Choudhury ₹2,00,000Best Editing MadhyantaraKannadaSuresh Urs₹2,00,000Best Music DirectionFursatHindiVishal Bhardwaj ₹2,00,000 Best Narration / Voice OverMurmurs of the JungleMarathiSumant Shinde ₹2,00,000 Best Script Mono No AwareHindi EnglishKoushik Sarkar₹2,00,000
Special Mention All the awardees are awarded with a certificate.
AwardFilmLanguageAwardee(s)Cash prize Special Mention Birubala: Witch to Padmashri Assamese Producer: Aimee Baruah Production SocietyDirector: Aimee BaruahCertificate only Hargila – The Greater Adjutant Stork Assamese Producer: PI EntertainmentDirector: Partha Sarathi Mahanta
Best Writing on Cinema The awards aim at encouraging study and appreciation of cinema as an art form and dissemination of information and critical appreciation of this art-form through publication of books, articles, reviews etc.
Jury Gangadhar Mudaliar (Chairman)
Golden Lotus Award Official Name: Swarna Kamal
All the awardees are awarded with the Golden Lotus Award (Swarna Kamal) accompanied with a cash prize.
AwardBookLanguageAwardee(s)Cash prizeBest Book on CinemaKishore Kumar: The Ultimate Biography English Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers IndiaAuthor: Anirudha Bhattacharjee Parthiv Dhar₹1,00,000 eachBest Film Critic Hindi Deepak Dua₹1,00,000
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External links Official press release