The winners of the 72nd National Film Awards were announced in New Delhi on Saturday with Article 370 emerging as the Best Film and Kartik Aaryan, Mammootty, Yami Gautam, Sanjay Mishra, Ropashree Varkady and Sachana Namidass receiving acting honours. The film jury was chaired by Malayalam filmmaker Jayaraj who announced the awards for film certified by CBFC between January 1, 2024 and December 31, 2024. Rajkumar Periasamy (Best Director), Kalki 2898 AD (Best Feature Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment), Srikanth (Best Hindi Film) and Captain Miller (Best Film Promoting National, Social Values) were among the winners as well.
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 and Environmental Values: Captain Miller
Best Debut Film of a Director: Swatantrya Veer Savarkar
Best Children’s Film – 35 Chinna Katha Kaadu
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Best Child Artist: Riddhiman Banerjee, Tapomoy Deb, Gitashree Chakraborty, Arundev Pothula, Athish S Shetty
Best Cinematography: Shehnad Jalal, Bramayugam
Best Screenplay (Original): Sukumar, Pushpa 2
Best Screenplay (Adapted): Yogesh Deshpande, Swargandharva Sudhir Phadke
Best Dialogue Writer: Venky Atluri, Lucky Baskhar
Best Production Design: Nitin Zihani Choudhary, Kalki 2898 AD
Best Action Direction: Anl Arasu, Maharaja
Best Make-Up Artist: P Ravi Kumar, Committee Kurrollu
Best Costume Design: Deepali Noor & Sheetal Sharma, Pushpa 2
Best Music Direction: Shashwat Sachdev, Article 370
Best Background Music: GV Prakash, Amaran
Best Lyrics: Manoj Muntashir, Maidaan
Best Male Playback Singer: Abhay Jodhpurkar for “Gharat Ganpati” from Navasachi Gauri Mazi
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Best Female Playback Singer: Vaikom Vijayalakshmi for “Angu Vaana Konilu” from ARM
Best Choreography: Vijay Ganguly, Stree 2
Best Sound Design: Manas Choudhury, Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3
Best Editing: R Kalaivannan, Amaran
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 Tamil Film: Raayan
Best Garhwali Film: Dholi
Best Telugu Film: Committee Kurrollu
Best Gujarati Film: Maaran
Best Manipuri Film: Sunita
Best Konakani Film: Mog Asum
Best Tulu Film: IMBU
Special Mention: Dhanush for Captain Miller and Suren G for Meiyazhagan
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Non-feature Films category
Best Non-Feature Film – Bhangaar
Best Debut Film of a Director – Angen
Best Biographical/Historical Reconstruction/Compilation Film – Kakori
Best Arts/Culture Film – Main Nida
Best Animation Film – Touched as Water
Best Non-Feature Film Promoting Social and Environmental Values – Piplantri: A Tale of Eco Feminism
Best Documentary – Ram-Nami
Best Short Film (Up to 30 Minutes) – Hamsafar
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Best Direction – Aanand L Rai, Statue of Unity – Ekta ka Prateek
Best Sound Design – T S Hari Hara Sudhan, Blue
Best Cinematography – Edmond Ranson, Life in Loom
Best Music Direction – Shivpal Singh Kang, Parat 41°chya Magavar
Best Editing – Manvir Jasrotia, NDA
Best Narrator/Voice Over – Soundarya Jayachandran, Little Planet: A Tale of Frogs
Special Mention – Bhadra-Kali Natakam, Chola Dora aur Sui
Best Book on Cinema – Naaniruvude Nimagaagi Naadiruvude Nanagaagi: Kannada Cinemada Thathva Matthu Rajakeeyaby Kenchanuru Pradeep Kumar Shetty
Best Film Critic – Sanjeev Shrivastava
