New Delhi: Bollywood superstars Alia Bhatt and Kriti Sanan have been awarded the joint National Film Award for Best Actress while Allu Arjun has bagged the award for Best Actor.
The 69th National Film Awards were announced during a press conference in New Delhi and it is the first time for the three artists to win a National Award.
Alia Bhatt received the award for the best performance in the film ‘Gangubai Kathiyawari’ and Kriti Sanan for the film ‘Mimi’ while Allu Arjun was awarded for his performance in ‘Pushpa: The Rise’.
‘Rocketry: The Numby Effect’ won the best film award while Pankaj Tripathi won the best supporting actor award for ‘Mimi’.
‘RRR’ won the award for Best Popular Film while Shreya Ghoshal was given the award for Best Female Playback Singer.
All the artists will be given these awards at the end of this year by Indian President Draupadi Murmu in a grand ceremony.
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