The winners of the 69th National Film Awards for the year of 2021, have been announced on August 24, 2023.

The awards for the Best Supportive Actor and Actress went to Pankaj Tripathi and Pallavi Joshi.

Pallavi was awarded for her thunderous act in The Kashmir Files and Pankaj was lauded for his outstanding work in Mimi. 

On his big win, Pankaj released a statement,  "This is unfortunately a period of loss and grieving for me. If Babuji was around, he would have been really happy for me. When I first got the National award mention, he was very proud and pleased. This National Award I dedicate to him and his spirit. I’m who I’m today because of him. I’m in loss of words due to this time but I’m happy and grateful to the team. Kriti also has won the Best Actress, so a huge congratulations to her."

Pallavi said,"I am in Chicago right now for the promotion of our new film 'The Vaccine War'. I am very happy about winning this award, of course, every actor will be happy but I am happier that our film won the 69th National Award in the category of Best National Integration  because that is very important for us. I dedicate this award to the entire Kashmiri Pundit community and all the prosecuted community in the world who have suffered at the hands of the terrorism"