South Newsmakers of the week: Rishab Shetty wins National Award for Best Actor, ‘Aadujeevitham’ wins big at Kerala State Film Awards, ‘Thiruchitrambalam’ wins two awards at 70th National Film Awards

The South film industry’s pride soared with the 70th National Film Awards. Rishab Shetty won Best Actor and Best Entertaining Film for Kantara. KGF Chapter 2 snagged Best Kannada Film. Tamil cinema shone with Ponniyin Selvan 1 and Thiruchitrambalam. Prithviraj Sukumaran won at the Kerala State Film Awards for Aadujeevitham.