Veteran actor Mammootty and Bollywood actor Kartik Aaryan shared the Best Actor award at the 72nd National Film Awards announced on Saturday, July 18, while Yaami Gautam was named Best Actress.
Mammootty won for his performance in the Malayalam film Bramayugam, while Kartik Aaryan was awarded for the sports film Chandu Champion. Yami Gautam won for the Hindi film Article 370. The award for the best feature film was bagged by Article 370.
The awards recognise films certified by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) between January 1 and December 31, 2024. The winners were announced in New Delhi by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting across feature films, non-feature films and writing on cinema.
In other major awards, Feminichi Fathima won the Best Malayalam Film award, while Srikanth was named Best Hindi Film.
Among the non-feature film winners, the Tamil documentary Blue won the award for Best Sound Design, with TS Hari Hara Sudhan receiving the honour. The Best Editing award went to the Hindi non-feature film NDA, with editor Manvir Jasrotia being recognised for his work.
Here is the full list of winners:
Best Feature Film: Article 370
Best Actor: Kartik Aaryan for Chandu Champion, Mammootty for Bramayugam
Best Actress: Yami Gautam, Article 370
Best Director: Rajkumar Periasamy, Amaran
Best Supporting Actress: Ropashree Varkady for Mithya, Sachana Namidass for Maharaja
Best Supporting Actor: Sanjay Mishra, Bhakshak
Best Feature Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment: Kalki 2898 AD
Best Film Promoting National, Social Values: Captain Miller
Best Child Artist: Riddhiman Banerjee, Tapomoy Deb, Gitashree Chakraborty, Arundev Pothula, Athish S Shetty
Best Cinematography: Bramayugam, Shehnad Jalaal
Best Screenplay: Pushpa 2, Sukumar
Best Dialogue Writer: Lucky Baskhar, Dialogue Writer: Venky Atluri
Best Production Design: Kalki 2898 AD
Best Action Choreography:
Best Make-Up Artist: Committee Kurrollu
Best Costume Design: Pushpa 2; Deepali Noor & Sheetal Sharma
Best Music Direction for Songs: Article 370, Shashwat Sachdev
Best Music Direction for Background Score: Amaran
Best Male Playback Singer: Abhay Jodhpurkar, Gharat Ganpati from Navasachi Gauri Mazi
Best Female Playback Singer: Vaikom Vijayalakshmi for Angu Vaana Konilu from ARM
Best Choreography: Stree 2
Best Sound Design: Bhool Bhulaiya 3, Manas Choudhury
Best Editing: Amaran, R Kalaivannan
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 Odia Film: Lahari
Best Tamil Film: Raayan
Best Tai Phake Film:
Best Garo Film:
Best Telugu Film: Committee Kurrollu
Best Gujarati Film: Maaran
Best Manipuri Film: Sunita
Best Konakani Film: Mog Asum
Special Mention: Meiyazhagan, Film Sound Mix Engineer: Suren G
Non-feature categories
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Best Film Critic - Sanjeev Shrivastava (Hindi)
Best Book on Cinema - Naaniruvude Nimagaagi Naadiruvude Nanagaagi: Kannada
Cinemada Thathva Matthu Rajakeeya (I Stand for You, the State Stands for Us: Political and Philosophical Dimensions of Kannada Cinema) by Kenchanuru Pradeep Kumar Shetty
Special Mention - Bhadra-Kali Natakam (Bhadra - The Dance of Kali) (Malayalam) -
Director: Ananda Jyothi (Jose Antony)
Special Mention - Chola Dora aur Sui (Hindi) - Directors: Jaymin Modi & Lokesh Ghai
Best Narrator/Voice Over - Soundarya Jayachandran - Little Planet: A Tale of Frogs (English)
Best Music Direction Shivpal Singh Kang - Parat 41°chya Magavar (On the Trail of 41°)
(Marathi)
Best Editing Manvir Jasrotia - NDA (Hindi)
Best Sound Design T S Hari Hara Sudhan - Blue (Tamil)
Best Cinematography Edmond Ranson - Life in Loom (English, Tamil, Hindi, Assamese &
Bengali)
Best Direction Aanand L Rai - Statue of Unity - Ekta ka Prateek (Hindi)
Best Short Film (Up to 30 Minutes) Hamsafar (Marathi) - Producer: Anushka Motion Pictures & Entertainments; Director: Abhijeet Arvind Dalvi
Best Animation Film Touched as Water (Silent) - Producer: JB Productions; Director &
Animator: Joshy Benedict
Best Non-Feature Film Promoting Social and Environmental Values Piplantri: A Tale of Eco Feminism (Hindi, Rajasthani & English) - Producer: Johnsons Suraj Films International;
Director: Suraj Kumar
Best Documentary Ram-Nami (Hindi) - Producer: BBP Studio Virtual Bharat Pvt. Ltd.;
Director: Bharatbala Ganapathy
Best Arts/Culture Film Main Nida (Hindi) - Producer: Sampreshan Multimedia Pvt. Ltd.;
Director: Atul Pandey
Best Biographical/Historical Reconstruction/Compilation Film Kakori (Hindi) - Producer:
KSR Brothers & Minti Mishra; Director: Kamlesh K Mishra
Best Debut Film of a Director - Angen (Invisible) (Santhali) - Director: Ravi Raj Murmu
Best Non-Feature Film - Bhangaar (Obsolete) (Marathi & English) - Producer & Director:
Sumira Roy