In the 71st National Awards 2025, Shah Rukh Khan and Vikrant Massey received the Best Actor Award. Rani Mukherjee was selected as Best Actress and 12th Fail Best Film. Know the prize money, list of winners and complete information about the event.
National Film Awards 2025 Winners and Prize Money: 71st National Awards were distributed on Tuesday at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi. During this time Shahrukh Khan received the first Best Actor Award for his career. But they will not get half prize money, not complete. Because Vikrant Massey has also been selected for this award with him. Shahrukh has been awarded the National Award for ‘Jawan’, while Vikrant Massey has been awarded the National Award for ’12th Fail’. But do you know how much money and what has been received by the winners who have won the National Film Award this year? Otherwise, take a look.
National Award: Winner of Golden Kalash and Certificate
| Category | Winner | Prize money |
| Best feature film | 12th fail | 3 lakh rupees |
| Best Debut Film of a Director | Ashish Avinash Bhende (Self-Common- Marathi) | 3 lakh rupees |
| Best film providing hallsam entertainment | Rocky and queen’s love story | 3 lakh rupees |
| Best Children Film | Pal 2 (Marathi) | 3 lakh rupees |
| Best Film in AVGC (Animator) and Best Film in AVGC (Producer and Director) | Hanuman (Telugu) | 3 lakh rupees (separate) |
| Best direction | Sudipto Sen (The Keral Story) | 3 lakh rupees |
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National Award: Winner of Silver Kalash and Certificate
| Category | Winner | Prize money |
| Best actor | Shahrukh Khan (Jawan) and Vikrant Masi (12th fail) | 2 lakh rupees (shared) |
| Best actress | Rani Mukherjee (Mrs. Chatterjee vs Norway) | 2 lakh rupees |
| Best Supporting Actor | Vijay Raghavan (Pokkalam- Malayalam) and M.S. Bhaskar (Parking Tamil) | 2 lakh rupees (shared) |
| Best supporting actress | Urvashi (ullozhukku-Malayalam) and Janaki Bodiwala (subdued) | 2 lakh rupees (shared) |
| Best child artist | Sukriti Veni Bandreddy (Gandhi and Chetu-Telugu), Kabir Khandare (Gypsy- Marathi), Tisha Thosar, Srinivas Pokle Bhargava Jagtap (Nal 2- Marathi) | 2 lakh rupees (shared) |
| Best Playback Singer (Mail) | PVNS Rohit (Baby- Premistunna- Telugu) | 2 lakh rupees |
| Best Playback Singer (Female) | Shilpa Rao (Jawan- Chaiya- Hindi) | 2 lakh rupees |
| Best Cinematography | (Prasantu Mohapatra- The Keral Story) | 2 lakh rupees |
| Best Screen Play (Writer- Original) | Sai Rajesh (Baby-Telugu), Ramkumar Balakrishna (Parking- Tamil) | 2 lakh rupees (shared) |
| Best screenplay (dialogues) | Deepak Kingrani (is only a man enough) | 2 lakh rupees |
| Best sound design | Sachin Sudhakaran and Hariharan Muralitharan (Animal) | 2 lakh rupees (shared) |
| Best Editing | Gemini Murali (Pokkalam- Malayalam) | 2 lakh rupees |
| Best production design | Mohandas (2018- Malayalam) | 2 lakh rupees |
| Best costume design | Sachin Lowelkar, Divya Gambhir, Nidhi Gambhir (Sam Bahadur) | 2 lakh rupees (shared) |
| Best makeup | Srikanth Desai (Sam Bahadur) | 2 lakh rupees |
| Best Music Direction (Background Score) | Harshvardhan Rameshwar (Animal) | 2 lakh rupees |
| Best Music Direction (Songs) | G.V. Prakash Kumar (Vati- Tamil) | 2 lakh rupees |
| Best lyrics | Kasaria Shyam (Uru Palleturu – Balgam -Telugu) | 2 lakh rupees |
| Best choreography | Vaibhavi Merchant (Dhidhora Baje Re- Rocky and Rani’s love story) | 2 lakh rupees |
| Best Stunt Choreography | Nandu and Prithvi (Hanuman) | 2 lakh rupees |
| Best feature film (Hindi) | Jackfruit | 2 lakh rupees |
Note : Apart from this list, other best films of regional languages were also provided silver lotus, citation and Rs 2 lakh. MR for ‘Animal’ Ramakrishnan was chosen as Special Mensions Best Sound Designer and was given only a certificate.
FAQS
How much prize money did Shahrukh Khan get as the best actor?
The prize money of the best actor in the National Award is Rs 2 lakh. But Shahrukh Khan shared this award with Vikrant Massey. So they got 1 lakh rupees.
Rani Mukherjee received the first National Award for Best Actress for which film?
Rani Mukherjee received the first National Award for Best Actress this year for ‘Mrs. Chatterjee vs Norway’.
What did ’12th Fail’ get when the best film was selected at the National Awards?
’12th Fail’ has received a golden urn, Rs 3 lakh and certificate for being selected the best film at the National Awards.