Filmmaker Mani Ratnam, who gave AR Rahman his first National Award winning film Roja, congratulated the music composer and appreciated him for his hard work.

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AR Rahman looks regal as he gets honoured in Best Music Direction (Background score) category for Ponniyin Selvan: Part I. Talking about it, he said, "This award is special and it is my seventh National Film Award. My first National Film Award was for the film 'Roja' with Mani Ratnam. This film is also with him. Whenever I work with him it is very special, he gets the best out of all of us."

Vishal Bhardwaj was honoured with the National Film Award for Best Music Direction for his work in Fursat. The film starred Ishaan Khattar, Wamiqa Gabbi and Salman Yusuff Khan.

Music Composer Pritam, who receives the National Film Award for Brahmastra Part 1: Shiva, shares he is here with family. "My wife and mother are with me. I am very excited and happy to be here."

Rishabh Shetty will take back trophy in the Best Actor category for his film Kantara. While it became a huge hit, Rishab says he did not expect it. "I always believed in the theory of 'more regional, more global.' Kantara has core regional content and I felt it will connect with people. I wanted to do a Kannada film. But the amount of love that people have shown was unexpected," he shared at the red carpet.

Legendary filmmaker Sooraj Barjatrya engages in an interaction with the red carpet host ahead of the award ceremony. He will be honored in the Best Director Category for Uunchai. makes a shocking revelation. "I had this story since 2016, but was not keen on making this film because it does not lie in my comfort zone."

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Manoj Bajpayee wins a Special Mention for Gulmohar at the National Film Award. Though he has won the prestigious honour in three more time in the past, what makes this win even more special is the presence of his wife.

"My reaction on winning my fourth National Award remains the same as it was when I received it three times before. When I did theatre, I used to think if I ever win a National Award, my life would get a meaning. By the grace of God, I getting my fourth one for Gulmohar. I consider myself a very blessed artiste who's getting this privilege," he told Doordarshan, adding, "What's special about this time would be my wife's presence there, attending it for the first time. She never came before, so you can understand how important this one has become for me."

Nithya Menen, who has won the Best Actress Award for her iconic role in 'Thiruchitrambalam', has arrived in New Delhi to attend National Film Awards.

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Anand Ekarshi's Aattam has been announced as the winner in three categories - Best Film, Best Editing and Best Screenplay. The news came as a surprise for Anand, who in an interview with Zoom had revealed that he did not expect it. "To get three national awards for your debut film - you cannot even call it a dream come true because I have never ever dreamt to this sort of an extent," he had shared, adding, "

"I was at my editor's studio, along with a few actor friends when the press conference was happening. I had got a few calls from the media on the previous day saying that there are high chances of Aattam winning some award and all. While we were watching this, suddenly when the award for the best editor was announced, I was super elated because honestly speaking after we had finished the movie and throughout the festival run I was slightly disappointed that nobody was speaking about the edit of the film. I'm not talking about the normal audience but the filmmakers, the other technicians or people who have been working on the film. I really thought that the editing of Attam was of a masterful craft."

Abhishek Agarwal, Producer of Karthikeya 2, was spotted at the airport with actor Nikhil Siddhartha. Their movie has won in the Best Film category.

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