National Film Awards 2023: Alia Bhatt, Kriti Sanon Share Best Actress Award For Gangubai Kathiawadi, Mimi! See Winners List

Like the Oscars are for the West, the National Film Awards are for India. Each year, the best actors, actresses and performances are bestowed with this prestigious honour. The 69th edition of the National Film Awards are going to be announced on August 24, 2023. This time, the contenders for the coveted awards are Kiara Advani-Sidharth Malhotra’s Shershaah, Alia Bhatt starrer Gangubai Kathiawadi, Suriya starrer Jai Bhim, Kangana Ranaut’s Thalaivii, Vicky Kaushal’s Sardar Udham, Ranveer Singh’s 83, and Allu Arjun’s Pushpa The Rise among others.

Best Supporting Actress

Pallavi Joshi won the National Award for her performance in Kashmir Files.

Best Supporting Actor

Pankaj Tripathi won for his performance in Mimi.

Best Actress

Alia Bhatt shared the National Award 2023 for her stunning performance in Gangubai Kathiawadi with Kriti Sanon for her beautiful performance in Mimi.

Best Actor

Allu Arjun won for Pushpa: The Rise.

Best Hindi Film

Vicky Kaushal’s Sardar Udham Singh bagged the National Award 2023 in the best Hindi film category.

Best Gujarati Film

The Pan Nalin directorial film, Chhello Show, won the National Award 2023 in the best Gujarati film.

Best Action Direction Stunt

Ram Charan and NT Rama Rao Jr’s film RRR won in the best action direction stunt category.

Best Choreography

RRR also won in best choreography category.

Best VFX

SS Rajamoul’s film took home the award in the best VFX category as well.

Special Jury Award

Kiara Advani-Sidharth Malhotra’s Shershaah won the prestigious National Award 2023 as well.

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Best Music Direction

Allu Arjun’s Pusha and RRR shared the award for best music direction.

Best Editing

Alia Bhatt’s Gangubai Kathiawadi won in the best editing category and the editor for the film was director Sanjay Leela Bhansali.

Best Adapted Screenplay

Sanjay Leela Bhansali also won the best-adapted screenplay for Alia Bhatt starrer Gangubai Kathiawadi.

Hearty congratulations to the winners and they’re all well-deserved. One of the most anticipated award categories was the Best Actress one because it was Alia vs Kangana as the latter has always disliked Bhatt for being a nepo-kid. Rajamouli’s RRR also took home the National Film Award in many categories!