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<\/div>\nThis year’s big winners – Alia Bhatt, Allu Arjun and Kriti Sanon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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The 69th National Film Awards<\/a> were announced at a press conference in New Delhi today. The winners list was fairly Hindi film-heavy with RRR<\/em> also featuring prominently. Alia Bhatt and Kriti Sanon share the Best Actress award for their performances in Gangubai Kathiawadi <\/em>and Mimi<\/em>. Allu Arjun was named Best Actor for the blockbuster Pushpa: The Rise.<\/em> It is the first National Award for all three actors. Rocketry: The Nambi Effect<\/em> was awarded Best Film. Kriti’s Mimi<\/em> co-star Pankaj Tripathi won Best Supporting Actor and Pallavi Joshi won Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Kashmir Files<\/em> which also won Best Film on National Integration. Both Pankaj Tripathi and Pallavi Joshi have won special awards before.<\/p>\n RRR<\/em> won a slew of awards including Best Popular Film. It shared the Best Music prize and Kaala Bhairava won Best Male Playback Singer for Naatu Naatu<\/em>; Shreya Ghoshal won Best Female Playback Singer. Gangubai Kathiawadi<\/em> and Sardar Udham<\/em>, which was named Best Hindi Film, also won several awards – Gangubai Kathiawadi<\/em> won Best Screenplay, among other honours. Shershaah received a Special Jury award.<\/p>\n The feature film awardees were announced by jury head filmmaker Ketan Mehta.<\/p>\n The Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India’s highest film honour, will be announced later.<\/p>\n The National Awards will be handed out by President Droupadi Murmu in a ceremony later in the year. Last year’s winners included Suriya and Ajay Devgn <\/a>who shared the Best Actor prize for their roles in Soorarai Pottru<\/em> and Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior.<\/em> Suriya’s co-star Aparna Balamurali.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n