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Allu Arjun bags National Award as the Best Actor:- It is a day of celebrations for Telugu cinema and Tollywood fans. Stylish Star Allu Arjun created a sensation and is named as the first Telugu male actor to bag a National Award. The nation lauded his performance in Pushpa: The Rise and now the critics, jury of the 69th National Film Awards announced Allu Arjun as the Best Actor. Allu Arjun and his family started celebrating the ocassion along with the team of Pushpa. RRR, Pushpa: The Rise and Uppena bagged awards in various categories. Here is the complete list of winners:
Best Actor: Allu Arjun (Pushpa: The Rise)
Best Actress: Alia Bhatt (Gangubai Kathiawadi) and Kriti Sanon (Mimi)
Best Direction: Nikhil Mahajan (Godavari: Marathi)
Best Feature Film: Rocketry: The Nambi Effect (R Madhavan)
Best Supporting Actor: Pankaj Tripathi (Mimi)
Best Supporting Actress: Pallavi Joshi (The Kashmir Files)
Best Child Artist: Bhavin Rabari (Chehello Show)
Best Action Direction Award: King Solomon (RRR)
Best Choreographer: Prem Rakshith (RRR)
Best Special Effects Creator: V Srinivas Mohan (RRR)
Best Lyrics: Chandrabose (Konda Polam)
Best Music Direction: Devi Sri Prasad (Pushpa: The Rise)
Best Background score: MM Keeravani (RRR)
Best Makeup Artist: Preetisheel Singh D'souza (Gangubai Kathiawadi)
Best Costume Designer: Veera Kapur (Sardar Udham)
Best Production Design: Dmitrii Malich and Mansi Dhruv Mehta (Sardar Udham)
Best Editing: Sanjay Leela Bhansali (Gangubai Kathiawadi)
Best Audiography: Chavittu (Malayalam), Jhilli (Bengali) and Sardar Udham (Hindi).
Best Original Screenplay: Nayattu (Malayalam)
Best Adapted Screenplay: Sanjay Leela Bhansali (Gangubai Kathiawadi)
Best Dialogues: Utkarshini Vashishtha and Prakash Kapadia (Gangubai Kathiawadi)
Best Cinematography: Avik Mukhopadhyay (Sardar Udham)
Best Female Singer: Shreya Ghoshal (Maayava Chaayavaa from Iravin Nizhal)
Best Male Singer: Kaala Bhairava (Komuram Bheemudo from RRR)
Best Bengali Film: Kalkokkho
Best Hindi Film: Sardar Udham
Best Gujarati Film: Last Film Show
Best Kannada Film: 777 Charlie
Best Maithili Film: Samanantar
Best Marathi Film: Ekda Kay Zala
Best Malayalam Film: Home
Best Meiteilon Film: Ekihoigi Yum
Best Odia Film: Pratikshya
Best Telugu Film: Uppena
Best Tamil Film: Kadaisi Vivasayi