70th National Film Awards: Manoj Bapayee-Sharmila Tagore Starrer Gulmohar Wins Best Hindi Film Award

70th National Film Awards: Actor Manoj Bajpayee starrer Gulmohar bagged the Best Film Award at the 70th National Film Awards for the year 2022. The 70th National Film Awards were announced on Friday in the national capital. The jury includes - Rahul Rawail, Chairperson of the Feature Film Jury; Nila Madhab Panda, Chairperson of the Non-Feature Film Jury; Gangadhar Mudalair, Chairperson of the Best Writing on Cinema Jury.

Manoj Bajpayee gets special mention at 70th National Film Awards

Manoj Bajpayee's Gulmohar bagged the Best Hindi Film award. The film also received a Special Mention. Apart from Gulmohar, the Malayalam film Kadhikan, Ponniyin Selvan Part-1 and Sanjoy Salil Chowdhury also got a Special Mention.

Helmed by Rahul V. Chittella, Gulmohar revolves around the multi-generation Batra family who are all set to move out of their 34-year-old family home - Gulmohar- and how this shift in their lives is rediscovery of the bonds that have held them together as a family with secrets and insecurities. The film also stars Sharmila Tagore, Simran, and Suraj Sharma in the lead roles.

List of National Awards won by Manoj Bajpayee

The award and accolade won by Manoj Bajpayee is not new for the actor. The actor first won the National Film Award in the category of Best Supporting Actor in the year 1999 for the film Satya. Following this his film, Pinjar won the Special Jury Award for Best Film in 2004. In 2021, the actor won the National Award for Best Actor for the film Bhonsle. The win for Gulmohar marks the fourth victory for Manoj Bajpayee at the awards.