72nd National Film Awards winners were announced today, Saturday, in New Delhi. 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.
National Film Awards Winners 2026 Winners Full List
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 Choreography:
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 Lyrics:
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 Action Direction:
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
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Special Mention – Dhanush for Captain Miller and Suren G for Meiyazhagan,
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
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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)
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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
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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
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Best Non-Feature Film – Bhangaar (Obsolete) (Marathi & English) – Producer & Director: Sumira Roy
