Gulmohar Manoj Bajpayee, Sharmila Tagore's Gulmohar wins Best movie at National Film Awards
The Indian government on Friday announced the National Film Awards that celebrated the best movies of 2022.
Gulmohar, which featured Manoj Bajpayee in the lead role, won the Best (Hindi) National Film award.
Bajpayee was given a special mention by the jury for his performance in the movie which also saw veteran actress Sharmila Tagore playing a pivotal role.
The movie is directed by Rahul V. Chittella.
It was featured in the 54th IFFI Indian panorama mainstream section.
Best feature film award has been given to Aattam (The Play) directed by Anand Ekarshi and the award for Best Non-Feature Film has been bagged by Ayena (Mirror) directed by Siddhant Sarin.
Award for Best Book on Cinema has been given to Kishore Kumar: The Ultimate Biography authored by Anirudha Bhattacharjee & Parthiv Dhar.
Kantara won the Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment.
Rishab Shetty has been awarded the Best Actor in Leading Role for his performance in the movie Kantara whereas Nithya Menen bagged the award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for Thiruchitrambalam.
Pavan Raj Malhotra won the award for Best Supporting Actor while Neena Gupta won the Best Supporting Actress Award in the Feature Films category.
Directed by Ayan Mukerji with its VFX Supervisors Jaykar Arudra, Viral Thakkar, and Neelesh Gore, BRAHMASTRA-PART 1: SHIVA bagged the award for Best Film in AVGC (Animation, Visual Effects Gaming & Comic).
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