Celebrating achievements in Indian cinema, the 71st National Film Awards ceremony announced its winners in New Delhi today. The event, which recognizes outstanding contribution to various categories such as acting, direction, music and production, was held at the National Media Center.

This year’s best actor Acclade was jointly honored for his performance in ‘Jawan’ and Vikrant Massey for ’12th failure’. Rani Mukherjee received the Best Actress Award for her role in ‘Mrs. Chatterjee vs Norway’. The best film award in the Hindi category was given to ‘Kathal’.

See the list of full winners below:

feature films

Best Tai Fake Film: Pie tangstep of hope

Best Garo Film: Remdotianga

Best Telugu film: Bhagwant Kesari

Best Tamil Film: Parking

Best Punjabi Film: Godde Godded Cha

Best Odia movie: Pushra

Best Marathi Film: Shyamachi Ai

Best Malayalam Film: Owljuku

Best Kannada Film: Candilu

Best hindi film: Kathal

Best Gujarati Film: Subjugation

Best Bengali Film: Deep fridge

Best Assamese Film: Rongatapu 1982

Best Action Direction: Nandu-Pudhavi (Hanuman)

Best choreography: Vaibhavi Merchant (Dindhora Baje Re – Rocky and Rani Keim Prem Kahani)

Best song: Kasarla Shyam (Oru Felturu – Balgam)

Best music direction: GV Prakash Kumar (Vathi), Harshvardhan Rameshwar (Animal)

Best Makeup: Srikanth Desai (Sam Bahadur)

Best Dress Design: Sachin, Divya, Nidhi (Sam Bahadur)

Best Production Design: Mohandas (2018)

Best Editing: Midhun Murali (Pokalam)

Best Sound Design: Sachin Sudhakaran, Hariharan (Animal)

Best screenplay: Sai Rajesh (Baby), Ramkumar Balakrishnan (Parking)

Best Dialogue: Deepak Kingrani (sirf ek bandha kaafi hai)

Best Cinematography: Prasanthanu Mohapatra (Kerala Story)

Best playback singer: Shilpa Rao (Chaliya – Jawan), Rohit (Premisathunna – Baby)

Best Child Artist: Sukriti Bandreddi (Gandhi Thiha Chettu), Kabir Khandare (Gypsy), Toshr, Srinivas Pokle, Bhargava (Naal 2)

Best Actor in Supporting Role: Urvashi (Ulozuku), Janaki Bodiwala (Vash), Vijayaraghavan (Pukalam), Muthupatai Somu Bhaskar (Parking)

Best Actor in the lead role: Rani Mukherjee (Mrs. Chatterjee vs Norway), Shah Rukh Khan (Jawan), Vikrant Massey (12th failure)

Best direction: Sudipto Sen (Kerala Story)

Best movie in AVGC: Hanu-man

Best Children’s Film: Plain 2

Best film promoting national, social values: Sam Bahadur

The best popular film that provides complete entertainment: Rocky and queen’s love kahani

Best First Film: Aatmapamphlet

best movie: 12th failure

Non-feature movies:

Special mention: Neckle – Paddy man, Chronicle of Sea and Seven Villages

Best Script: Sunflowers were going to know earlier

Best Voiceover: Hari Krishnan S (Holy Jack – Search for Trees of Wishes)

Best music direction: Pranil Desai (first film)

Best Editing: Niladri Roy (Moving Focus)

Best Sound Design: Shubarun Sengupta (Flower of Dhundahgiri)

Best Cinematography: Meenakshi Soman, Saravanmaruthu (Little Wings)

Best direction: Piyush Thakur (first film)

Best Short Film: Gum: Mehtar

Best non-feature film promoting social and environmental values: Mute epidemic

Best documentary movie: God vulture and human

Best Arts/Culture Film: Timely Tamil Nadu

Best Biography/Historical Reconstruction Film: Mo Bu Mo Gaan, Lentina AO

Best First Film: The Spit Dreams of Cherou

Best non-fiction film: Flower

Jury has given its final report Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnav and Minister of State Dr. L. Murugan was officially presented before the winners surfaced. This prestigious ceremony is a will for lively and diverse film industry in India, which continues to captive audiences worldwide for its creativity and storytelling.