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69th NATIONAL FILM AWARDS FOR 2021 – ENGLISH
69th NATIONAL FILM AWARDS FOR 2021 – Non-Feature Films Results
| Category of Award | Title of the Film | Awardee |
| BEST NON-FEATURE FILM | Ek Tha Gaon | Producer & Director: Srishti Lakhera |
| BEST DEBUT NON-FEATURE FILM OF A DIRECTOR | Paanchika | Producer: Shreya Kapadiya
Director: Ankit Kothari |
| BEST ANTHROPOLOGICAL |
Fire on Edge | Producer: Risen North East. Non Govt. Organization
Director: Pranab Jyoti Deka |
| BEST BIOGRAPHICAL FILM/HISTORICAL RECONSTRUCTION/
COMPILATION FILM |
1. Rukhu Matir Dukhu Majhi
2. Beyond Blast |
1.Producer & Director: Somnath Mondal 2.Producer: Luwang Apokpa Mamikon Director: Saikhom Ratan |
| BEST ARTS FILM | T.N. Krishnan Bow Strings to Divine | Producer: NFDC
Director: V. Packirisamy |
| BEST SCIENCE & TECHNOLGY FILM | Ethos of Darkness | Producer: Sri Ganesh Productions
Director: Avijit Banerjee |
| BEST PROMOTIONAL FILM (to cover tourism, exports, crafts, industry, etc.) | Endangered Heritage ‘Warli Art’ |
Producer: Baba Cinemas
Director: Hemant Verma |
| BEST ENVIRONMENT FILM INCLUDING AGRICULTURE | Munnam Valavu | Producer: Sree Gokulam Movies
Director: R S Pradeep |
| BEST FILM ON SOCIAL ISSUES |
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Producer & Director: Asim Kumar Sinha
Producer: FTII Director: Himanshu Prajapati |
| BEST EDUCATIONAL FILM | Sirpigalin Sirpangal | Producer: KKV Media Venture
Director: B Lenin |
| BEST EXPLORATION / ADVENTURE FILM (to include sports) | Ayushman | Producer: Mathew Varghese, Dinesh Rajkumar N, Naveen Francis Director: Jacob Varghese |
| BEST INVESTIGATIVE FILM | Looking For Challan | Producer: IGNCA
Director: Bappa Ray |
| BEST ANIMATION FILM | Kandittundu | Producer: Studio Eeksaurus Productions Pvt.Ltd
Director: Adithi Krishnadas |
| SPECIAL JURY AWARD | Rekha | Director: Shekhar Bapu Rankhambe |
| BEST SHORT FICTION FILM | Dal Bhat | Producer: Nemil Shah Director: Nemil Shah |
| BEST FILM ON FAMILY VALUES | Chand Saanse | Producer: Chandrakant Kulkarni
Director: Pratima Joshi |
| BEST DIRECTION | Smile Please | Director: Bakul Matiyani |
| BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY | Pataal – Tee | Cinematographer: Bittu Rawat |
| BEST AUDIOGRAPHY(Re-recordist of the final mixed track) | Ek Tha Gaon | Re-recordist (final mixed track): Unni Krishnan |
| BEST PRODUCTION SOUND RECORDIST (LOCATION/SYNC SOUND) | Meen Raag | Production sound recordist: Suruchi Sharma |
| BEST EDITING | If Memory Serves Me Right | Editor: Abhro Banerjee |
| BEST MUSIC DIRECTION | Succelent | Music Director: Ishaan Divecha |
| BEST NARRATION/ VOICE OVER | Hathibondhu | Voice Over: Kulada Kumar Bhattacharjee |
| SPECIAL MENTION | 1.Baale Bangara
2.Karuvarai 3.The Healing Touch 4.Ek Duaa |
Aniruddha Jatkar
Srikanth Deva Sweta Kumar Das Ram Kamal Mukherjee |
69th NATIONAL FILM AWARDS FOR 2021 – Feature Films – Results
| Category of Award | Title Of The Film | Awardee |
| Best Feature Film | Rocketry: The Nambi Effect (Hindi) | Producer: Rocketry Entertainment LLP
Director: R Madhavan |
| Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director | Meppadiyan (Person above mentioned)
(Malayalam) |
Producer: Unni Mukundan Films Private Ltd.
Director: Vishnu Mohan |
| Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment | RRR (Telugu) | Producer: DVV Entertainments LLP
Director: S S Rajamouli |
| Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration | The Kashmir Files (Hindi) | Producer :Zee Studios Limited
Director : Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri |
| Best Film on Social Issues | Anunaad-The Resonance
(Assamese) |
Producer: Assam State Film Corporation Ltd.
Director: Reema Borah |
| Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation | Aavasavyuham
(Malayalam) |
Producer : Krishand Films
Director : Krishand |
| Best Children’s Film | Gandhi&Co.
(Gujarati) |
Producer : MD Media Corp
Director: Manish Saini |
| Best Direction | Godavari (The Holy Water) (Marathi) | Director: Nikhil Mahajan |
| Best Actor | Pushpa (The Rise Part I
(Telugu) |
Lead Actor : Allu Arjun
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| Best Actress | 1. Gangubai Kathiawadi (Hindi)
2. Mimi (Hindi) |
Lead Actress : Alia Bhatt
Lead Actress : Kriti Sanon |
| Best Supporting Actor | Mimi (Hindi) | Supporting Actor: Pankaj Tripathi |
| Best Supporting Actress | The Kashmir Files (Hindi) | Supporting Actress: Pallavi Joshi |
| Best Child Artist | Last Film Show (Chhello Show) (Gujarati) | Child Artist : Bhavin Rabari |
| Best Male Playback Singer | RRR (Telugu) | Singer : Kaala Bhairava
(Song : Komuram Bheemudo) |
| Best Female Playback Singer | Iravin Nizhal (Shadow of the Night) (Tamil) | Singer : Shreya Ghoshal
(Song : Maayava Chaayavaa) |
| Best Cinematography | Sardar Udham (Hindi) | Cameraman: Avik Mukhopadhayay |
| Best Screenplay | Nayattu (The Hunt)
(Malayalam) Gangubai Kathiawadi (Hindi) Gangubai Kathiawadi (Hindi) |
Screenplay writer (original): Shahi Kabir
Screenplay writer (Adapted) : Sanjay Leela Bhansali & Utkarshini Vashishtha Dialogue Writer: Utkarshini Vashishtha & Prakash Kapadia |
| Best Audiography | Chavittu
(Malayalam) Jhilli (Discards) (Bengali) Sardar Udham (Hindi) |
Best Production Sound Recordist (Location / sync sound) :
Arun Asok & Sonu K P Sound Designer : Aneesh Basu Re- Recording (Final Mixing): Sinoy Joseph |
| Best Editing | Gangubai Kathiawadi
(Hindi) |
Editor: Sanjay Leela Bhansali |
| Best Production Design | Sardar Udham
(Hindi) |
Production Designer: Dmitrii Malich & Mansi Dhruv Mehta |
| Best Costume Designer | Sardar Udham
(Hindi) |
Costume Designer: Veera Kapur Ee |
| Best Make-up Artist | Gangubai Kathiawadi
(Hindi) |
Make-up Artist: Preetisheel Singh D’souza |
| Best Music Direction | Pushpa (The Rise Part I) (Telugu)
RRR (Telugu) |
Music Director (Songs): Devi Sri Prasad
Music Director (Background Score) : M.M. Keeravaani |
| Best Lyrics | Konda Polam
(Telugu) |
Lyricist: Chandrabose
(Song : Dham Dham Dham) |
| Special Jury Award | Shershaah | Director : Vishnu Varadhan |
| Best Special Effects | RRR
(Telugu) |
Special Effects Creator : V Srinivas Mohan |
| Best Choreography | RRR (Telugu) | Choreographer: Prem Rakshith |
| Best Action Direction Award (Stunt Choreography) | RRR (Telugu) | Stunt Choreographer : King Soloman |
| Best Feature Film in each of the language specified in the Schedule VIII of the Constitution | ||
| Best Assamese Film | Anur (Eyes on the Sunshine) | Producer: Gopendra Mohan Das
Director: Monjul Baruah |
| Best Bengali Film | Kalkokkho – House of Time | Producer: Aurora Film Corporation Pvt.Ltd
Director: Rajdeep Paul & Sarmistha Maiti |
| Best Hindi Film | Sardar Udham
(Hindi) |
Producer: Kino works LLP
Director: Sujit Sircar |
| Best Gujarati Film | Last Film Show
(Chhello Show) |
Producer : Jugaad Motion Pictures
Director : Pan Nalin |
| Best Kannada Film | 777 Charlie | Producer: Parmvah Studios Pvt.Ltd
Director: Kiranraj K |
| Best Maithili Film | Samanantar (The Parallel) | Producer : Anirati Films
Director: Niraj Kumar Mishra |
| Best Marathi Film | Ekda Kay Zala | Producer : Gajavadana Showbox LLP
Director: Saleel Shrinivas Kulkarni |
| Best Malayalam Film | Home | Producer: Friday Film House Pvt.Ltd.
Director: Rojin.P.Thomas |
| Best Meiteilon Film | Eikhoigi Yum
(Our Home) |
Producer: Chingsubam Sheetal
Director: Mayanglambam Romi Meitei |
| Best Odia Film | Pratikshya
(The Wait) |
Producer: Amiya Patnaik Procutions
Director: Anupam Patnaik |
| Best Tamil Film | Kadaisi Vivasayi
(The Last Farmer) |
Producer : Tribal Arts
Director: M. Manikandan |
| Best Telugu Film | Uppena (Wave) | Producer: Mythri Movie Makers
Director: Sana Buchibabu |
| Best Feature Film in each of the languages other than those specified in Schedule VIII of the Constitution | ||
| Best Mishing Film | Boomba Ride | Producer: Quarter Moon productions
Director: Biswajit Bora |
| Special Mention | 1. Kadaisi Vivasayi (The Last Farmer)
2 . Jhilli (Discards) 3. Home
4. Anur – Eyes on the Sunshine |
Late Shri Nallandi
Aranya Gupta & Bithan Biswas Indrans
Jahanara Begum |
