The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting announced the recipients of the 72nd National Film Awards at the National Media Centre in New Delhi on Friday. The prestigious honours commemorated excellence in Indian cinema across feature films, non-feature films and writing on cinema. Widely regarded as the country’s highest recognition in Indian cinema, this year’s awards considered films certified by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) between January 1 and December 31, 2024.

Yami Gautam bagged the Best Actress award for her performance in Article 370, while Kartik Aaryan and Mammootty shared the Best Actor honour for Chandu Champion and Bramayugam, respectively. Meanwhile, the Rajkummar Rao-led Srikant emerged as the winner in the Best Film category. Here is the complete list of winners at the 72nd National Film Awards

72nd National Film Awards full winners list

Feature films selected from 400 submissions

Special mentions: Suren G (II Meiyazhagan), Dhanush (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 (Maharaja)

Best Choreography: Vijay Ganguly (Stree 2)

Best Lyrics: Manoj Muntashir (Jaane Do – Maidaan)

Best Music Direction: GV Prakash Kumar (Amaran), Shaswat Sachdev (Article 370)

Best Makeup: P Ravi Kumar (Committee Kurrolu)

Best Costume Design: Deepali Noor, Sheetal Sharma (Pushpa 2)

Best Production Design: Nitin Zihan Choudhary (Kalki 2898 AD)

Best Editing: R Kalaivannan (Amaran)

Best Sound Design: Manas Choudhury (Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3)

Best Dialogues: Venky Atluri (Lucky Baskhar)

Best Screenplay: Yogesh Deshpande (Swargandharva Sudhir Phadke), Bandireddi Sukumar (Pushpa 2)

Best Cinematography: Shehnad Jalal (Bramayugam)

Best Playback Singer: Vaikom Vijayalakshmi (ARM – Angu Vaana Konilu), Abhay Jodhpurkar (Gharat Ganpati – Navsachi Gauri Mazi)

Best Child Artist: Riddhiman Banerjee, Topomoy Deb, Gitashree Chakraborty (Onko Ki Kothin), Arundev Pothula (35 – Chinna Katha Kaadu), Athish S Shetty (Mithya)

Best Actor in Supporting Role: Ropashree Varkady (Mithya), Sachana Namidass (Maharaja), Sanjay Mishra (Bakshak)

Best Actor in Leading Role: Yami Gautam (Article 370), Kartik Aaryan (Chandu Champion), Mammootty (Bramayugam)

Best Direction: Rajkumar Periasamy (Amaran)

Best Children’s Film: 35 – Chinna Katha Kaadu

Best Film Promoting National, Social, 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 from 161 submissions

Special mentions: Chola Dora Aur Sui, Badra-Kali Natakam

Best Script: Faraz Ali

Best Voiceover: Soundarya Jayachandran (Little Frogs)

Best Music Direction: Shivpal Singh Kang (On the Trail of 41)

Best Editing: Manvir Jasrotia

Best Sound Design: Hari Hara Sudhan (Blue)

Best Cinematography: Edmond Ranson (Life in Loom)

Best Direction: Aanand L Rai (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