67th National Film Awards: Chichore bags the best Hindi film award, Kangana wins the best actress award fourth time in the row

The 67th National Film Awards were announced on Monday evening in New Delhi, with honours for films from the year 2019. The event was organised by the Directorate of Film Festivals, which comes under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

The ceremony was supposed to be held in May last year but was delayed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

And here are the highlights of the event!

Late actor Sushant Singh Rajput starrer ‘Chichore’ receives the best Hindi film award. Kangana Ranaut won her fourth National Award of Best Actress for her work in the films Manikarnika and Panga. The National Award for Best Actor was shared by Manoj Bajpayee for his performance in Bhonsle and Dhanush for Asuran which also won Best Tamil Film. Vijay Sethupathi won Best Supporting Actor for Super Deluxe and Pallavi Joshi was awarded Best Supporting Actress for The Tashkent Files. Sikkim was declared the most film-friendly state. Gumnaami, based on Netaji Subhash Bose, won Best Bengali Film and Best Adapted Screenplay. Jallikattu, the Oscar entry from India this year, won Best Cinematography. The National Film Awards are selected by a committee consisting of eminent personalities from the film industry and the ceremony is held in New Delhi every year where the President of India presents the awards.