Nagaland’s Andrea Kevichusa won ‘Best Debut Female’ at the 68th Hyundai Filmfare Awards 2023.

Nagaland's Andrea Kevichüsa bags the ‘Best Debut Female’ award for Anek at the 68th Hyundai Filmfare Awards 2023 held at the Jio World Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra on Thursday.

Taking to her instagram, Kevichusa wrote, “BEYOND grateful!!” while thanking all who were involved in the film Anek. “I am indebted to everyone for all the support I have received in this journey,” she added.

Other actors who were nominated for the award apart from Andrea Kevichüsa were, Khushali Kumar for Dhokha: Round D Corner, Manushi Chhillar for Samrat Prithviraj and Prajakta Koli for Jugjugg Jeeyo.

Andrea Kevichusa is a model turned actor from Nagaland. She made her acting debut in the Ayushmann Khurrana starrer 2022 movie Anek and has also worked as a model for brands like Sabyasachi, KayBeauty by Katrina Kaif and appeared in many magazines such Grazia, Vogue India etc.

Anek, a film by Anubhav Sinha is set up in Northeast India is a story which revolves around an undercover spy agent Joshua played by Ayushmann Khurrana who is sent to the Northeast to bring a peace deal between the government and a insurgent group in the North East. While the female protagonist, Aido, a boxer by profession is played by Andrea Kevichusa.

While in the male category, Ankush Gedam won the 'Best Debut Male' for Jhund.

Another one from Northeast India who won an award in the 68^th Filmfare Awards 2023 is Assam’s Suman Adhikary who bagged two Filmfare Awards, one for the Best Story and another for the Best Screenplay for the Hindi film ‘Badhaai Do’. 

In frame-Suman Adhikary?

The 68th Hyundai Filmfare Awards 2023 with Maharashtra Tourism was hosted for the first time by Bollywood Superstar Salman Khan, alongside co-hosts Ayushmann Khurrana and Maniesh Paul.

While other Bollywood celebrities such as Vicky Kaushal, Govinda, Tiger Shroff, Janhvi Kapoor and Jacqueline Fernandez lit up the ceremony with their powerful performance.

The full list of winners at the 68th Hyundai Filmfare Awards 2023 with Maharashtra Tourism are:

BEST FILM

GANGUBAI KATHIAWADI

BEST DIRECTOR

SANJAY LEELA BHANSALI (GANGUBAI KATHIAWADI)

BEST FILM CRITICS’

BADHAAI DO (HARSHVARDHAN KULKARNI)

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE (MALE)

RAJKUMMAR RAO (BADHAAI DO)

BEST ACTOR CRITICS"

SANJAY MISHRA (VADH)

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE (FEMALE)

ALIA BHATT (GANGUBAI KATHIAWADI)

BEST ACTRESS CRITICS"

TABU (BHOOL BHULAIYAA 2)

BHUMI PEDNEKAR (BADHAAI DO)

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (MALE)

ANIL KAPOOR (JUGJUGG JEEYO)

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE (FEMALE)

SHEEBA CHADDHA (BADHAAI DO)

BEST LYRICS

AMITABH BHATTACHARYA (KESARIYA- BRAHMASTRA PART ONE: SHIVA)

BEST MUSIC ALBUM

PRITAM (BRAHMASTRA PART ONE: SHIVA)

BEST PLAYBACK SINGER (MALE)

ARIJIT SINGH (KESARIYA- BRAHMASTRA PART ONE: SHIVA)

BEST PLAYBACK SINGER (FEMALE)

KAVITA SETH (RANGISARI- JUGJUGG JEEYO)

BEST STORY

AKSHAT GHILDIAL, SUMAN ADHIKARY (BADHAAI DO)

BEST SCREENPLAY

AKSHAT GHILDIAL, SUMAN ADHIKARY AND HARSHAVARDHAN KULKARNI (BADHAAI DO)

BEST DIALOGUE

PRAKASH KAPADIA, UTKARSHINI VASHISHTHA (GANGUBAI KATHIAWADI)

BEST BACKGROUND SCORE

SANCHIT BALHARA AND ANKIT BALHARA (GANGUBAI KATHIAWADI)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

SUDEEP CHATTERJEE (GANGUBAI KATHIAWADI)

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

SUBRATA CHAKRABORTY AND AMIT RAY (GANGUBAI KATHIAWADI)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

SHEETAL IQBAL SHARMA (GANGUBAI KATHIAWADI)

BEST SOUND DESIGN

BISHWADEEP DIPAK CHATTERJEE (BRAHMASTRA PART ONE: SHIVA)

BEST EDITING

NINAD KHANOLKAR (AN ACTION HERO)

BEST ACTION

PARVEZ SHAIKH (VIKRAM VEDHA)

BEST VFX

DNEG, REDEFINE (BRAHMASTRA PART ONE: SHIVA)

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY

KRUTI MAHESH (DHOLIDA- GANGUBAI KATHIAWADI)

BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR

JASPAL SINGH SANDHU AND RAJEEV BARNWAL (VADH)

BEST DEBUT MALE

ANKUSH GEDAM (JHUND)

BEST DEBUT FEMALE

ANDREA KEVICHUSA (ANEK)

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

PREM CHOPRA

R D BURMAN AWARD FOR UPCOMING MUSIC TALENT

JAHNVI SHRIMANKAR (DHOLIDA- GANGUBAI KATHIAWADI)