The 68th National Film Awards were announced at the National Media Centre in New Delhi for films from 2020 on Friday, July 22. Among the major highlights of the 2020 National Film Awards organized by the Directorate of Film Festivals, Tamil films like Soorarai Pottru, Mandela, and Sivaranjiniyum Innum Sila Pengalum collectively won the most number of awards - a total of 10 accolades. The awards were announced by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting after recognizing the work of talented actors and technicians from across the country.

Here's the complete list of winners at the 68th National Film Awards: 

Most Film Friendly State: Madhya Pradesh

Best Feature Film: Soorarai Pottru

Best Director: Sachidanandan KR (Ayyappanum Koshiyum)

Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment: Tanhaji

Best Children’s Film: Sumi

Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of Director: Madonne Ashwin (Mandela)

Best Actor: Suriya (Soorarai Pottru) and Ajay Devgn for (Tanhaji)

Best Actress: Aparna Balamurali (Soorarai Pottru)

Best Supporting Actor: Biju Menon (Ayyappanum Koshiyum)

Best Supporting Actress: Lakshmi Priyaa Chandramouli (Sivaranjiniyum Innum Sila Pengalum)

Best Child Artist: Anish Mangesh Gosavi for Tak Tak and Akanksha Pingle & Divyesh Indulkar for Sumi

Best Music Direction: Thaman. S (Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo)

Best Male Playback Singer: Rahul Deshpande for Mi Vasantrao and Anish Mangesh Gosavi for Taktak

Best Female Playback Singer: Nanchamma

Best Lyrics: Saina

Best Audiography: Dollu

Best Choreography: Natyam

Best Cinematography: Avijatrik

Best Costume Design: Tanhaji

Best Editing: A. Sreekar Prasad Sivaranjiniyum Innum Sila Pengalum

Best Production Design: Kappela

Best Make-up: Natyam

Best Screenplay: Sudha Kongara and Shalini Ushadevi (Soorarai Pottru)

Best Stunt Choreography: Ayyappanum Koshiyum

SPECIAL JURY AWARD

Special Mention: Aimee Baruah, Kavya Prakash, Siddharth Menon, Kishore Kadam and Varun Buddhadev

Best Feature Film in Assamese: Bridge

Best Feature Film in Bengali: Avijatrik

Best Feature Film in Hindi: Toolsidas Junior

Best Feature Film in Kannada: Dollu

Best Feature Film in Malayalam: Thinkalazhcha Nishchayam

Best Feature Film in Marathi: Goshta Eka Paithanichi

Best Feature Film in Tamil: Sivaranjiniyum Innum Sila Pengalum

Best Feature Film in Telugu: Colour Photo

Best Feature Film in Haryanvi: Dada Lakhmi

Best Feature Film in Dimasa: Samkhor

Best Feature Film in Tulu: Jeetige

NON-FEATURE FILMS

Best Film on Family Values: Kumkumarchan, Abhijeet Arvind Dalvi

Best Direction: Oh That’s Bhanu, RV Ramani

Best Cinematography: Shabdikkunna Kalappa, Nikhil S Praveen

Best Audiography: Pearl of the Desert, Ajit Singh Rathore

Best Narration Voiceover: Rhapsody of Rains – Monsoons of Kerala, Shobha Tharoor Srinivasan

Best Music Direction: 1232 kms: Marenge Toh Wahin Jaakar, Vishal Bhardwaj

Best Editing: Borderlands, Anadi Athaley

Best On-Location Sound: Jadui Jangal, Sandip Bhati and Pradeep Lekhwar

Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation: Taledanda

Best Film on Family Values: Kukumarchan

Best Short Fiction Film: Kachichinithu

Special Jury Award: Admitted, Ojaswee Sharma

Best Investigative Film: The Saviour: Brig. Pritam Singh

Best Book on Cinema: The Longest Kiss by Kishwar Desai

Best Book on Cinema (Special Mention): MT Anunahvangalude Pusthakam, Anoop Ramakrishnan, and Kali Paine Kalira Cinema by Surya Deo