By Actor Randeep Hooda won the Best Debut Director award at the 72nd National Film Awards for Swatantrya Veer Savarkar.
The award was presented at Ekta Nagar, Gujarat, on September 22.
President Droupadi Murmu presented the honours.
Article 370 won Best Feature Film, and Yami Gautam won Best Actress for the same film.
It was the first time the ceremony was held outside Delhi.
Mammootty and Kartik Aaryan shared the Best Actor in a Leading Role award, for Bramayugam and Chandu Champion respectively.
Yami Gautam won the Best Actress in a Leading Role award for Article 370.
Actor Randeep Hooda was honoured with the Best Debut Director award for Swatantrya Veer Savarkar.
Bhangaar won the Best Non-Feature Film award.
Ram-Nami was selected as the Best Documentary.
Veteran Kannada actor Anant Nag received the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2024, the highest honour in Indian cinema.
President Murmu felicitated a total of 92 winners at the ceremony.
The National Film Awards are given annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, part of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
Holding the ceremony at Ekta Nagar, home to the Statue of Unity, marked a departure from the awards’ traditional Delhi venue.
The Gujarat Chief Minister was among those who joined President Murmu at the ceremony.
The National Film Awards recognise achievement across feature films, non-feature films and best writing on cinema, spanning multiple Indian languages.
The awards are decided by juries appointed by the Directorate of Film Festivals for each category.
Past ceremonies were traditionally held in New Delhi, often with the President of India as the chief guest.
The Statue of Unity, located at Ekta Nagar, is one of the tallest statues in the world and has become a major tourism and event venue in Gujarat.
Winners at the National Film Awards typically receive a certificate, a medal and a cash prize alongside the trophy.
Statue of Unity, Ekta Nagar, Gujarat (representative image), Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
