At the 70th National Film Awards, actress Nithya Menen and Manasi Parekh received the award for Best Actress for 'Thiruchitrambalam' and 'Kutch Express', respectively. Kannada actor Rishab Shetty received the Best Actor award for 'Kantara'. Neena Gupta and Pavan Raj Malhotra received Best Supporting Actress and Best Supporting Actor awards for 'Uunchai' and 'Fouja', respectively.