72nd National Film Awards full winners list announced

The winners of the 72nd National Film Awards were announced in New Delhi on Saturday, with the political drama Article 370 emerging as the Best Feature Film. Actors Kartik Aaryan and Mammootty shared top honours for Best Actor in a Leading Role, alongside Yami Gautam who bagged Best Actress. Actors Sanjay Mishra, Ropashree Varkady, and Sachana Namidass dominated the supporting performance categories.

The jury, chaired by filmmaker Jayaraj, evaluated entries certified by the CBFC between 1 January and 31 December 2024. Other key winners included Rajkumar Periasamy as Best Director, Kalki 2898 AD for Wholesome Entertainment, Srikanth as Best Hindi Film, and Captain Miller for Promoting National, Social Values.

Feature categories

Best Feature Film: Article 370

Best Actor: Kartik Aaryan for Chandu Champion, Mammootty for Bramayugam

Best Actress: Yami Gautam, Article 370

Best Director: Rajkumar Periasamy, Amaran

Best Supporting Actress: Ropashree Varkady for Mithya, Sachana Namidass for Maharaja

Best Supporting Actor: Sanjay Mishra, Bhakshak

Best Feature Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment: Kalki 2898 AD

Best Film Promoting National, Social Values: Captain Miller

Best Child Artist: Riddhiman Banerjee, Tapomoy Deb, Gitashree Chakraborty, Arundev Pothula, Athish S Shetty

Best Cinematography: Bramayugam, Shehnad Jalaal

Best Screenplay: Pushpa 2, Sukumar

Best Dialogue Writer: Lucky Baskhar, Dialogue Writer: Venky Atluri

Best Production Design: Kalki 2898 AD

Best Action Direction: Maharaja (Tamil)

Best Make-Up Artist: Committee Kurrollu

Best Costume Design: Pushpa 2; Deepali Noor & Sheetal Sharma

Best Music Direction for Songs: Article 370, Shashwat Sachdev

Best Music Direction for Background Score: Amaran

Best Male Playback Singer: Abhay Jodhpurkar, Gharat Ganpati from Navasachi Gauri Mazi

Best Female Playback Singer: Vaikom Vijayalakshmi for Angu Vaana Konilu from ARM

Best Choreography: Stree 2

Best Sound Design: Bhool Bhulaiya 3, Manas Choudhury

Best Editing: Amaran, R Kalaivannan

Best Assamese Film: Juiphool

Best Bengali Film: Chalchitra Ekhon

Best Hindi Film: Srikanth

Best Kannada Film: Mithya

Best Malayalam Film: Feminichi Fathima

Best Marathi Film: Mukkam Post Bombilwadi

Best Odia Film: Lahari

Best Punjabi Film: Godday Godday



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Best Tamil Film: Raayan

Best Tai Phake Film:

Best Garo Film: Lahari

Best Telugu Film: Committee Kurrollu

Best Gujarati Film: Maaran

Best Manipuri Film: Sunita

Best Konakani Film: Mog Asum

Special Mention: Meiyazhagan, Film Sound Mix Engineer: Suren G

Non-feature categories

Best Film Critic – Sanjeev Shrivastava (Hindi)

Best Book on Cinema - Naaniruvude Nimagaagi Naadiruvude Nanagaagi: Kannada

Cinemada Thathva Matthu Rajakeeya (I Stand for You, the State Stands for Us: Political and Philosophical Dimensions of Kannada Cinema) by Kenchanuru Pradeep Kumar Shetty

Special Mention - Bhadra-Kali Natakam (Bhadra - The Dance of Kali) (Malayalam) -Director: Ananda Jyothi (Jose Antony)

Special Mention - Chola Dora aur Sui (Hindi) - Directors: Jaymin Modi & Lokesh Ghai

Best Narrator/Voice Over - Soundarya Jayachandran - Little Planet: A Tale of Frogs (English)

Best Music Direction Shivpal Singh Kang - Parat 41°chya Magavar (On the Trail of 41°) (Marathi)

Best Editing Manvir Jasrotia - NDA (Hindi)

Best Sound Design T S Hari Hara Sudhan - Blue (Tamil)

Best Cinematography Edmond Ranson - Life in Loom (English, Tamil, Hindi, Assamese & Bengali)

Best Direction Aanand L Rai - Statue of Unity - Ekta ka Prateek (Hindi)

Best Short Film (Up to 30 Minutes) - Hamsafar (Marathi) - Producer: Anushka Motion Pictures & Entertainments; Director: Abhijeet Arvind Dalvi

Best Animation Film - Touched as Water (Silent) - Producer: JB Productions; Director & Animator: Joshy Benedict

Best Non-Feature Film Promoting Social and Environmental Values Piplantri: A Tale of Eco Feminism (Hindi, Rajasthani & English) - Producer: Johnsons Suraj Films International; Director: Suraj Kumar

Best Documentary - Ram-Nami (Hindi) - Producer: BBP Studio Virtual Bharat Pvt. Ltd.; Director: Bharatbala Ganapathy

Best Arts/Culture Film - Main Nida (Hindi) - Producer: Sampreshan Multimedia Pvt. Ltd.;

Director: Atul Pandey

Best Biographical/Historical Reconstruction/Compilation Film - Kakori (Hindi) - Producer: KSR Brothers & Minti Mishra; Director: Kamlesh K Mishra

Best Debut Film of a Director - Angen (Invisible) (Santhali) - Director: Ravi Raj Murmu

Best Non-Feature Film - Bhangaar (Obsolete) (Marathi & English) - Producer & Director: Sumira Roy

The 72nd National Film Awards were announced on Saturday at the National Media Centre in New Delhi.