The prestigious 71st National Film Award is all set to take place today at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi. The ceremony is being held to celebrate and honour the best work of Indian cinema in 2023. Shah Rukh Khan, Vikrant Massey, Mohanlal and Rani Mukerji are some of the celebrities who will be honoured in the 71st National Film Award.
71st National Film Award: When and where to watch
The 71st National Film Award will air live on DD News Channel and will begin at 3 PM. It will also be available to watch on the YouTube channel of DD News.
71st National Film Award Winner List:
Best Actor In A Leading Role- Shah Rukh Khan for Jawan and Vikrant Massey for 12th Fail
Best Actress In A Leading Role- Rani Mukerji for Mrs Chatterjee Vs. Norwary
Best Feature Film- 12th Fail
Best Director- Sudipto Sen for The Kerala Story
Best Actress in Supporting Role- Janki Bodiwala (Vash) and Urvashi (Ulazhukku)
Best Actor in Supporting Role- Poolkalam (Malayalam) by Vijayaraghavan and Parking (Tamil) by Muthupettai Somu Bhaskar
Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2023- Mohanlal
Best Child Artist- Gandhi Tatha Chettu (Telugu) by Sukriti Veni, Gypsy (Marathi) by Kabir Khandare, Naal 2 (Marathi) by Treesha Thasar, Shrinivas Pokaole and Bhargav
Best Male Playback Singer- Baby (Telugu) by PVN S Rohit
Best Female Playback Singer- Shilpa Rao (Jawan)
Best Screenplay- Ramkumar Balakrishnan for Parking (Tamil) and Sai Rajesh for Baby (Telugu)
Best Sound Design- Sachin Sudhakaran and Hariharan Muralidaran for Animal
Best Editing- Midhun Murali for Pookalam (Malayalam)
Best Production Design- Mohandas for 2018: Everyone Is A Hero
Best Costume Design- Sachin Lavalekar, Divuyaa Gambhri and Niddhi Gambhir for Sam Bahadur
Best Makeup- Shrikant Desai for Sam Bahadur
Best Music Direction for the Background score- Animal
Best Music Direction- GV Prakash Kumar for Vaathi (Tamil)
Best Lyrics- Kasarla Shyam for the song ‘Ooru Palleturu’, Balagam (Telugu)
Best Choreography- “Dhodora Baje re” in Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani
Best Cinematography- The Kerala Story’s Prasantanu Mohapatra
Best Dialogue Writer- Sirf Ek Banda Kafi Hai (Hindi) by Deepak Kingarani
Best Action Direction: Nandu-Prudhvi (HanuMan)
Best Film Promoting National, Social Values- Sam Bahadur
Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment- Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani
Best Hindi Feature Film- Kathal: A Jackfruit Mystery
Best Assamese Film- Rongatapu
Best Bengali Film- Deep Fridge
Best Gujarati Film- Vash
Best Kannada Film-Kandeelu – The Ray of Hope by K Yashoda Prakash
Best Malayalam Film- Ullazhukku by Christo Tomy
Best Marathi Film- Shyamchi Aai by Sujay Sunil Dahake
Best Odia Film- Pushkara by Subhransu Das
Best Tamil Film- Parking
Best Telugu film- Bhagavanth Kesari
Best Tai Phake Film- PAi Tang.. Step of Hope by Prabal Khaund
Best Punjabi Film- Godday Godday Chaa
Best Documentary- God Vulture and Human by Rishiraj Agarwal
71st National Film Award is being in 2025 because it was postponed due to Covid-19.