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National Film Awards, India

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    Golden Lotus Award

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    Best Children's Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ramayanam

      7.6 (458)
      M.S. Reddy(producer)
      Gunasekhar(director)

    Best Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Thai Saheba

      7.3 (51)

    Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Dil To Pagal Hai

      7.0 (26K)
      Yash Chopra

    Silver Lotus Award

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    Best Actor

    • Balachandra Menon
      Winner
      • Balachandra Menon
      • Samantharangal
      Tied with Suresh Gopi for The Play of God (1997).
    • Suresh Gopi
      Winner
      • Suresh Gopi
      • The Play of God
      Tied with Balachandra Menon for Samantharangal (1998).

    Best Actress

    • Indrani Haldar
      Winner
      • Indrani Haldar
      • Dahan
      Tied with Rituparna Sengupta
    • Rituparna Sengupta
      Winner
      • Rituparna Sengupta
      • Dahan
      Tied with Indrani Haldar

    Best Animation Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Trade

      5.4 (8)
      Kireet Khurana(director)
      Bhimsain(producer)

    Best Biographical Film

    • Winner

      Mounam Sowmanasyam

      T. Ravindranath

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Iruvar

      8.4 (8.1K)
      Santosh Sivan

    Best Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Terrorist

      7.0 (2.1K)
      A. Sreekar Prasad

    Best Feature Film on National Integration

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Border

      7.9 (19K)
      J.P. Dutta

    Best Lyrics

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Border

      7.9 (19K)
      Javed Akhtar
      For the song "Sandese aate hain"

    Best Music Director

    • M.M. Keeravani at an event for RRR (2022)
      Winner
      • M.M. Keeravani
      • Annamayya

    Best Non-Feature Environment/Conservation/Preservation Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Willing to Sacrifice

      Paparao Biyyala(director)
      Yamini Films

    Best Playback Singer (Female)

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Virasat

      7.4 (3.1K)
      K.S. Chithra
      For the song ""Paayalein Chun Mun"

    Best Playback Singer (Male)

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Border

      7.9 (19K)
      Hariharan
      For the song "Mere Dushman mere bhai"

    Best Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Dahan

      7.7 (402)
      Rituparno Ghosh

    Best Supporting Actor

    • Prakash Raj
      Winner
      • Prakash Raj
      • Iruvar

    Best Supporting Actress

    • Karisma Kapoor
      Winner
      • Karisma Kapoor
      • Dil To Pagal Hai

    Special Mention

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    Special Mention (Actor)

    • Nagarjuna Akkineni
      Winner
      • Nagarjuna Akkineni
      • Annamayya

    Lifetime Achievement Award

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    Dadasaheb Phalke Award

    • Shivaji Ganesan
      Winner
      • Shivaji Ganesan

    Regional Award

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    Best Feature Film in Bengali

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Dahan

      7.7 (402)
      Rituparno Ghosh

    Best Feature Film in Oriya

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Shesha Drushti

      7.4 (20)
      Apurba Kishore Bir
      National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC)

    Best Feature Film in Punjabi

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Main Maa Punjab Dee

      7.7 (17)
      Balwant Dullat(director)
      Rajvin Films

    Best Feature Film in Tamil

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Terrorist

      7.0 (2.1K)
      A. Sriram
      Santosh Sivan

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