New Delhi: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting announced the winners of the 72nd National Film Awards at a ceremony in New Delhi on Saturday evening.
Selected by a national jury, the awards honoured films certified by the Central Board of Film Certification in 2024.
Kartik Aaryan, Mammootty and Yami Gautam were among the prominent winners, while Article 370 also secured a major honour.
Here is the complete list of winners:
Feature Films: Selected from 400 submissions
Special Mentions: Suren G for II Meiyazhagan; Dhanush for Captain Miller
Best Tulu Film: IMBU
Best Garhwali Film: Dholi
Best Telugu Film: Committee Kurrollu
Best Tamil Film: Raayan
Best Manipuri Film: Sunita
Best Odia Film: Lahari
Best Marathi Film: Mukkham Post Bombilwadi
Best Malayalam Film: Feminichi Fathima
Best Kannada Film: Mithya
Best Hindi Film: Srikanth
Best Gujarati Film: Maaran
Best Bengali Film: Chalchithra Ekhon
Best Assamese Film: Juiphool
Best Konkani Film: Mog Asum
Best Action Direction: Ani Arasu for Maharaja
Best Choreography: Vijay Ganguly for Stree 2
Best Lyrics: Manoj Muntashir for “Jaane Do” from Maidaan
Best Music Direction: GV Prakash Kumar for Amaran; Shaswat Sachdev for Article 370
Best Makeup: P Ravi Kumar for Committee Kurrollu
Best Costume Design: Deepali Noor and Sheetal Sharma for Pushpa 2
Best Production Design: Nitin Zihan Choudhary for Kalki 2898 AD
Best Editing: R Kalaivannan for Amaran
Best Sound Design: Manas Choudhury for Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3
Best Dialogues: Venky Atluri for Lucky Baskhar
Best Screenplay: Yogesh Deshpande for Swargandharva Sudhir Phadke; Bandireddi Sukumar for Pushpa 2
Best Cinematography: Shehnad Jalal for Bramayugam
Best Playback Singer: Vaikom Vijayalakshmi for ARM (“Angu Vaana Konilu”); Abhay Jodhpurkar for Gharat Ganpati (“Navsachi Gauri Mazi”)
Best Child Artist: Riddhiman Banerjee, Topomoy Deb and Gitashree Chakraborty for Onko Ki Kothin; Arundev Pothula for 35 – Chinna Katha Kaadu; Athish S Shetty for Mithya
Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Ropashree Varkady for Mithya; Sachana Namidass for Maharaja; Sanjay Mishra for Bakshak
Best Actor in a Leading Role: Yami Gautam for Article 370; Kartik Aaryan for Chandu Champion; Mammootty for Bramayugam
Best Direction: Rajkumar Periasamy for Amaran
Best Children’s Film: 35 – Chinna Katha Kaadu
Best Film Promoting National, Social and Environmental Values: Captain Miller
Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment: Kalki 2898 AD
Best Debut Film: Swatantrya Veer Savarkar
Best Film: Article 370
Non-Feature Films: Selected from 161 submissions
Special Mentions: Chola Dora Aur Sui; Badra-Kali Natakam
Best Script: Faraz Ali
Best Voiceover: Soundarya Jayachandran for Little Frogs
Best Music Direction: Shivpal Singh Kang for On the Trail of 41
Best Editing: Manvir Jasrotia
Best Sound Design: Hari Hara Sudhan for Blue
Best Cinematography: Edmond Ranson for Life in Loom
Best Direction: Aanand L Rai for Statue of Unity
Best Short Film: Hamsafar
Best Animation Film: Touched as Water
Best Social/Environmental Film: Piplantri
Best Documentary Film: Ram-Nami
Best Art/Culture Film: Main Nida
Best Biographical/Historical Reconstruction Film: Kakori
Best Debut Film: Angen
Best Non-Fiction Film: Bhangar