National Film Awards 2023: Rakshith Shetty’s 777 Charlie Bags The ‘Best Kannada Film’ (Picture Credit: IMDB)

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The Kannada cinema industry has bagged four awards in the 69th National Film Awards that were declared on Thursday while pan-India hit ‘777 Charlie’ starring Rakshith Shetty bagged the Best Kannada Film.

Documentary ‘Bale Bangara’, directed by Anirudh Jatkaar, is honoured with Special Appreciation of jury members in the non-feature section. ‘Ayushman’, directed by Jacob Verghese and produced by Jacob Verghese, Dinesh Rajkumar and Naveen Francis, has received the Best Exploration Cinema award in the non-feature section.

Senior film journalist Subramanya Bandoor has been honoured with the Best Film Critic (Special-Mention) award. Subramanya Bandoor is working as a film journalist for 43 years. He has been contributing articles and columns.

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