68th National Awards Winners: On Friday, the winners of the 68th National Awards for movies released in the year 2020 are being announced and all eyes are on the Best Film, Best Actor, and Best Actress categories. The year 2020 was changed the course of cinema owing to the Covid-19 pandemic. With theatres under lockdown, several filmamkers shifted gears and released their original theatrical releases on OTT.
Despite the change in medium, there were some critically acclaimed releases that year. The year also put regional content in the spotlight, with Suriya’s Soorai Pottru and P Virumaandi’s directorial debut Ka Pae Ranasingham winning hearts across the country. It is to see if regional cinemas will overshadow Bollywood in the big categories.
Note: The live blog will be updated as and when the winners are announced.
68th National Awards Winners Complete List:
Best Feature Film:
Best Actor:
Best Actress:
Best Child Artist:
Best Direction:
Best Original Screenplay:
Best Adapted Screenplay:
Best Dialogue Writing:
Best Supporting Actress:
Best Supporting Actor:
Best Film on Social Issues:
Best Female Playback Singer:
Best Male Playback Singer:
Special Mention in Feature Film category:
Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director:
Nargis Dutt Award for National Integration:
Best Choreography:
Best Special Effects:
Best Hindi Film:
Best Bengali Film:
Best Telugu Film:
Best Tamil Film:
Best Assamese Film:
Best Malayalam Film:
Best Punjabi Film:
Best Paniya Film:
Best Mishing Film:
Best Khasi Film:
Best Haryanvi Film:
Best Marathi Film:
Best Manipuri Film:
Best Konkani Film:
Best Kannada Film:
Best Music Direction:
Best Background Music:
Best Makeup Artist:
Best Production Design:
Best Editing:
Non-feature Films Category
Best Film on Family Values:
Best Short Fiction Film:
Special Jury Award:
Best Animation Film:
Best Investigation Film:
Best Exploration Film:
Best Educational Film:
Best Film on Social Issue:
Best Environmental Film:
Best Promotional Film:
Best Arts and Cultural Film:
Best Biographical Film:
Best Debut non-feature film of a Director:
Best Non-Feature Film:
Best Narration:
Best Audiography:
Best Editing:
Best Music Direction:
Best on Location Sound Recordist:
Best Cinematography:
Best Direction:
Best Film Critic:
Most Film-friendly State:
Best Book on Cinema:
Congratulations to all the winners!
