Kochi: Mammootty and Kartik Aaryan shared the 72nd Best Actor National award for their films Brahamayugam and Chandu Champion respectively. Mammootty is winning it for the fourth time. The first one was for Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha in 1990, Ponthan Mada and Vidheyan in 1994, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar in 1999.The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting announced the winners for the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) between January 1 and December 31, 2024.The awards honour outstanding achievements across feature films, non-feature films and writing on cinema, along with acting, direction, screenplay, music, cinematography, editing and other technical categories.The winners were selected by an 11-member jury by evaluating entries from across the country before submitting its recommendations to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Internationally recognised films such as All We Imagine As Light and Laapataa Ladies earned widespread praise, while blockbusters including Pushpa 2: The Rule, Stree 2, Hanu Man, Manjummel Boys and Premalu dominated the box office.Among the performances widely considered to be in contention this year were Mammootty for Bramayugam, Prithviraj Sukumaran for Aadujeevitham: The Goat Life, Kartik Aaryan for Chandu Champion, Yami Gautam for Article 370, Shraddha Kapoor for Stree 2, Sai Pallavi for Amaran, Kani Kusruti for All We Imagine As Light and Girls Will Be Girls, and Alia Bhatt for Jigra.
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