The 72nd National Film Awards have been announced. Yami Gautam was chosen Best Actress for ‘Article 370’, while Kartik Aryan and Mammootty were jointly chosen Best Actor. ‘Article 370’ also received the Best Feature Film award.
New Delhi [भारत]July 18 (ANI): At the 72nd National Film Awards, Bollywood actress Yami Gautam won the Best Actress in a Leading Role award for ‘Article 370’, while Mammootty and Kartik Aaryan won the Best Actor in a Leading Role award for their films ‘Bhramayugam’ and ‘Chandu Champion’ respectively. The awards were announced by Feature Film Jury Chairman Jayaraj, Non-Feature Film Jury Chairman Aseem Sinha and Best Writing on Cinema Jury Chairman A. Chandrashekhar met Dr. Ajay Nagabhushan, Joint Secretary (Film), Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, M.N. And in the presence of Principal Director General of Press Information Bureau (PIB) Dhirendra Ojha.
The winners of the 72nd National Film Awards were announced on Saturday at the National Media Center in New Delhi. In these awards, which honor excellence in Indian cinema, many films and artists from different languages were also honored for their contribution to film production. According to a press release issued by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Randeep Hooda won the Best Debut Director award for ‘Swatantrya Veer Savarkar’, while films like ‘Kalki 2898 AD’, ‘Amaran’, ‘Pushpa 2: The Rule’, ‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3’, ‘Stree 2’ also won major honours, showcasing the diversity and excellence of Indian cinema.
Rajkumar Periyasamy was given the Best Director Award for ‘Amaran’. ‘Srikanth’ starring Rajkummar Rao and directed by Tushar Hiranandani was adjudged the best Hindi film, while ‘Mithya’ won the best Kannada film award. In the technical awards, Shashwat Sachdev got the Best Music Direction (Songs) for ‘Article 370’, G.V. Best Background Score for ‘Amaran’ to Prakash Kumar, Best Sound Design to Manas Chaudhary (‘Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3’), R. Kalaivanan was awarded for Best Editing (“Amaran”), and Deepali Noor and Sheetal Sharma were awarded for Best Costume Design (“Pushpa 2: The Rule”).
72nd National Film Awards: Complete list of winners
Feature Film Category Winner
Best Feature Film: Article 370
Best Actor: Kartik Aryan (Chandu Champion), Mammootty (Bhramayugam)
Best Actress: Yami Gautam (Article 370)
Best Director: Rajkumar Periyasamy (Amaran)
Best Supporting Actress: Ropashree Varkadi (Mithya), Sachna Namidas (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: Swatantra Veer Savarkar
Best Children’s Film: 35 Chinna Katha Kaadu
Best Child Artist: Wriddhiman Banerjee, Tapomay Deb, Geeta Shree Chakraborty, Arundev Pothula, Athish S Shetty
Best Cinematography: Shahnad Jalal (Bhramayugam)
Best Screenplay (Original): Sukumar (Pushpa 2)
Best Screenplay (Adapted): Yogesh Deshpande (Swargandharva Sudhir Phadke)
Best Dialogue Writer: Venky Atluri (Lucky Bhaskar)
Best Production Design: Nitin Jihani Choudhary (Kalki 2898 AD)
Best Action Direction: Anal Arasu (Maharaja)
Best Makeup Artist: P Ravi Kumar (Committee Kurrollu)
Best Costume Design: Deepali Noor and Sheetal Sharma (Pushpa 2)
Best Music Direction: Shashwat Sachdev (Article 370)
Best Background Music: GV Prakash (Amaran)
Best Lyrics: Manoj Muntashir (Maidan)
Best Male Playback Singer: Abhay Jodhpurkar, song “Gharat Ganpati” (Navasachi Gauri Majhi)
Best Female Playback Singer: Vaikom Vijayalakshmi, song “Angu Vana Konilu” (ARM)
Best Choreography: Vijay Ganguly (Stree 2)
Best Sound Design: Manas Chaudhary (Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3)
Best Editing: R Kalaivanan (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 Oriya Film: Lahari
Best Tamil Film: Raayan
Best Garhwali Film: Dholi
Best Telugu Film: Committee Kurrollu
Best Gujarati Film: Maaran
Best Manipuri Film: Sunita
Best Konkani Film: Mog Asum
Best Tulu Film: Imbu
Special mention: Dhanush (Captain Miller) and Suren ji (Meyazhagan) (ANI)
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