Complete list of 72nd National Film Awards winners: Best Actor, Best Film and more
The 72nd National Film Awards were announced in New Delhi on Saturday, with Article 370 being named the best film. The list also recognizes artistes and filmmakers in feature and non-feature categories for CBFC-certified 2024 releases.

The winners of the 72nd National Film Awards were announced in New Delhi on Saturday with a political drama. Article 370 Emerging as the best feature film. Actors Kartik Aaryan and Mammootty shared the top honor of Best Actor in a Leading Role, with Yami Gautam winning the Best Actress award. Actors Sanjay Mishra, Ropashree Varkadi and Sachana Namidas dominated the supporting performance categories.
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The jury, headed by filmmaker Jayaraj, evaluated the entries certified by the CBFC between January 1 and December 31, 2024. Other major winners included Rajkumar Periyasamy as Best Director. Kalki 2898 AD For complete entertainment, Srikanth as Best Hindi Film, and captain miller To promote national and social values.
Feature Categories
Best Feature Film: : Article 370
best Actor: Kartik Aryan for Chandu Champion, Mammootty for Brahmayugam
best Actress: Yami Gautam, Article 370
best director: Rajkumar Periyasamy, Amaran
best Supporting Actress: Ropashree Varkadi for Mithya, Sachana Namidas for Maharaja
Best Supporting Actor:Sanjay Mishra, eater
Best Feature Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment: : Kalki 2898 AD
Best film promoting national and social values: : captain miller
Best Child Artist: Wriddhiman Banerjee, Tapomoy Deb, Geeta Shree Chakraborty, Arundev Pothula, Aatish S Shetty
Best Cinematography: : BrahmayugamShahnad Jalal
best screenplay: : Pushpa 2, delicate
Best Dialogue Writer: : Lucky BaskharDialogue Writer: Venky Atluri
Best Production Design: : Kalki 2898 AD
best practice direction: : King (Tamil)
Best Make-up Artist: : Committee Kurolu
best dress design: : Pushpa 2; Deepali Noor and Sheetal Sharma
Best Music Direction for Songs: : Article 370,Eternal Sachdev
Best Music Direction for Background Score: : Amaran
Best Male Playback Singer: Abhay Jodhpurkar, Navsachi Gauri Maji to Gharat Ganpati
Best Female Playback Singer: Vaikom Vijayalakshmi for ARM to Angu Vana Konilu
Best Choreography: : woman 2
Best Sound Design: : maze 3, Manas Chaudhary
best editing: Amaran, R Kalaivannan
best assamese movie: : Juiphool
best bengali movie: : Chalchitra Ekhon
Best Hindi Film: Srikanth
Best Kannada Film: false
Best Malayalam Film: Feminichi Fatima
Best Marathi Film: Mukkam Post Bombilwadi
best oriya movie: : wavy
best punjabi movie: : Godde Godde cha
best tamil movie: : Ryan
Best Tai Fake Film:
best garo movie: : wavy
best telugu movie: : Committee Kurolu
Best Gujarati Film: Maran
Best Manipuri Film: Sunita
Best Konkani Film: Mog Asum
Special mention: MiazhaganFilm Sound Mix Engineer: Suren ji
non-feature categories
best film critic -Sanjeev Srivastava (Hindi)
best book on cinema – Naniruvude Nimagagi Nadiruvude Nanagagi: Kannada
Cinemada Thathava Mathu Rajakeya (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 – Dance of Kali) (Malayalam) -Director: Anand Jyoti (Jose Antony)
Special mention – chola dora and needle (Hindi) – Director: Jaimeen Modi and 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 path of 41°) (Marathi)
Best Editing Manveer Jasrotia – NDA (Hindi)
Best Sound Design TS Hari Har Sudhan – Blue (Tamil)
Best Cinematography Edmund Ranson – life in the loom (English, Tamil, Hindi, Assamese and Bengali)
Best Direction Aanand L Rai – Statue of Unity – symbol of unity (Hindi)
Best Short Film (up to 30 minutes) – Companion (Marathi) – Producer: Anushka Motion Pictures & Entertainments; Director: Abhijeet Arvind Dalvi
Best Animation Film – touched as water (Silent) – Producer: JB Productions; Director & Animator: Joshi Benedict
Best Non-Feature Film Promoting Social and Environmental Values Pipalanthri: A story of eco feminism (Hindi, Rajasthani and English) – Producer: Johnson 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 – i nida (Hindi) – Producer: Samprashan Multimedia Pvt. Ltd;
director:Atul Pandey
Best Biography/Historical Reconstruction/Anthology Film – Kakori (Hindi) – Producer: KSR Brothers & Minati Mishra; Director:Kamlesh K Mishra
Best debut film of a director – engen (invisible) (Santali) – Director: Ravi Raj Murmu
Best Non-Feature Film – Bhangar (Obsolete) (Marathi and English) – Producer and Director: Sumira Roy
The 72nd National Film Awards were announced on Saturday at the National Media Center in New Delhi.


