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.

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

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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.