National Film Awards 2022: The 68th National Award for best actor was shared by Ajay Devgn and Suriya. The actors got the prestigious award for their films Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior and Soorarai Pottru respectively, the I & B Ministry informed on Friday afternoon.
Lyricist Manoj Muntashir who won the Best Lyrics award for the movie Saina talked to indianexpress.com after his big win. He said, “When a writer picks up a pen to write for films, this is all he dreams of. I am exhilarated and thankful to the jury.”
Best Feature Film: Soorarai Pottru
Best Director: Sachy, Ayyappanum Koshiyum
Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment: Tanhaji
Best Actor: Suriya for Soorarai Pottru and Ajay Devgn for Tanhaji
Best Actress: Aparna Balamurali, Soorarai Pottru
Best Supporting Actor: Biju Menon, Ayyappanum Koshiyam
Best Supporting Actress: Lakshmi Priya Chandramouli, Sivaranjaniyum Innam Sila Pengallum
Best Music Direction: Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo, S Thaman
Best Male Playback Singer: Rahul Deshpande for Mi Vasantrao and Anish Mangesh Gosavi for Taktak
Best Female Playback Singer: Nanchamma, Ayyappanum Koshiyam
Best Lyrics: Saina
Best Cinematography: Avijatrik
Best Costume Design: Tanhaji
Best Make-up: Natyam
Best Screenplay: Soorarai Pottru, Sudha Kongara and Mandela, Madonne Ashwin
Best Stunt Choreography: Ayyappanum Koshiyum
Varun Buddhadeb got the special jury mention for Toolsidas Junior, which also won the Best Hindi Film award. Child actor Varun Buddhadeb also a a special jury mention for the Sanjay Dutt and Rajiv Kapoor-starrer.
The award for the most film-friendly state has been given to Madhya Pradesh with a special mention by the jury to Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh.
Over 300 feature films and 150 non-feature films competed for the awards in 50 categories this year. The films were in 30 different languages.