By Shishir Prashant PrashantNews
The Jury for the 71st National Film Awards announced the winners for the year 2023 on Friday with Shah Rukh Khan and Vikrant Massey getting Best Actor in leading role for Jawan & 12th Fail.
Rani Mukerji was adjudged Best Actress in a Leading Role for Mrs. Chatterjee V/s Norway.
Award for Best Non-Feature Film was bagged by Flowering Man; God Vulture and Human gets the award for Best Documentary.
Vijayaraghavan & Muthupettai Somu Bhaskar won the awards for Best Supporting Actor while Urvashi & Janki Bodiwala won the Best Supporting Actress Award.
Hanu-Man adjudged as Best Film in AVGC (Animation, Visual Effects Gaming & Comic)
Award for Best Short Film bagged by Giddh The Scavenger.
Ahead of this announcement, Ashutosh Gowarikar Chairperson of the Feature Film Jury, P. Sheshadri Chairperson of the Non-Feature Film Jury, Dr Ajay Nagabhushan MN, JS (Films) presented the list of award winners of the 71st National Film Awards for the year 2023.
Ms. Mattu J P Singh, Director General,PIB also present at the occasion. This year, the awards received a total of 332 feature film entries, 115 non-feature film entries, 27 book entries, and 16 critics’ entries.