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72nd National Film Awards 2026: Complete Winners List

72nd National Film Awards 2026: Complete Winners List
72nd National Film Awards 2026: Complete Winners List

The Central Government has announced the 72nd National Film Awards for films certified in 2024. Here is the complete list of major winners.

Feature Film Awards
  1. Best Feature Film: Article 370 (Hindi)
    Director: Aditya Suhas Jambhale
  2. Best Debut Director: Randeep Hooda
    Film: Swatantrya Veer Savarkar
  3. Best Feature Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment: Kalki 2898 AD (Telugu)
  4. Best Film Promoting National, Social and Environmental Values: Captain Miller (Tamil)
  5. Best Children’s Film: 35-Chinna Katha Kaadu
    Director: Nanda Kishore Emani
  6. Best Director: Raj Kumar Periasamy
    Film: Amaran
  7. Best Actor: Kartik Aaryan for Chandu Champion and Mammootty for Bramayugam
  8. Best Actress: Yami Gautam
    Film: Article 370
  9. Best Supporting Actor: Sanjay Mishra
    Film: Bhakshak
  10. Best Supporting Actress: Sachana Namidass
    Film: Maharaja
  11. Best Supporting Actress: Roopashree Vorkady
    Film: Mithya
  12. Best Child Artist: Athish S. Shetty
    Film: Mithya
  13. Best Child Artist: Arundev Pothula
    Film: 35-Chinna Katha Kaadu
  14. Best Child Artists: Riddhiman Banerjee, Tapomoy Deb and Geetashree Chakraborty
    Film: Onko Ki Kothin
Music and Technical Awards
  1. Best Male Playback Singer: Abhay Jodhpurkar
  2. Best Female Playback Singer: Vaikom Vijayalakshmi
    Film: ARM
  3. Best Cinematography: Shehnad Jalal
    Film: Bramayugam
  4. Best Original Screenplay: Sukumar
    Film: Pushpa 2: The Rule
  5. Best Adapted Screenplay: Yogesh Deshpande
  6. Best Dialogue Writer: Venky Atluri
    Film: Lucky Baskhar
  7. Best Sound Design: Manas Choudhury
    Film: Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3
  8. Best Editing: R. Kalaivanan
    Film: Amaran
  9. Best Production Design: Nithin Zihani
    Film: Kalki 2898 AD
  10. Best Costume Design: Deepali Noor and Sheetal Sharma
    Film: Pushpa 2: The Rule
  11. Best Make-Up Artist: P. Ravikumar
    Film: Committee Kurrollu
  12. Best Music Director for Songs: Shashwat Sachdev
    Film: Article 370
  13. Best Background Score: G.V. Prakash Kumar
    Film: Amaran
  14. Best Lyrics: Manoj Muntashir
    Film: Maidaan
  15. Best Choreography: Vijay Ganguly
    Song: Aaj Ki Raat from Stree 2
  16. Best Action Direction: Anl Arasu
    Film: Maharaja
Best Regional Feature Films
  1. Best Assamese Film: Juiphool
  2. Best Bengali Film: Chaalchitra Ekhon
  3. Best Gujarati Film: Maaran
  4. Best Hindi Film: Srikanth
  5. Best Kannada Film: Mithya
  6. Best Konkani Film: Let There Be Love
  7. Best Malayalam Film: Feminichi Fathima
  8. Best Manipuri Film: Sunita
  9. Best Marathi Film: Mukkam Post Bombilwaadi
  10. Best Odia Film: Lahari
  11. Best Tamil Film: Raayan
  12. Best Telugu Film: Committee Kurrollu
  13. Best Garhwali Film: Dholi
  14. Best Tulu Film: Imbu
  15. Special Mention: Captain Miller
  16. Special Mention: Meiyazhagan
Non-Feature Film Awards
  1. Best Non-Feature Film: Bhangaar (Marathi-English)
    Director: Sumit Roy
  2. Best Debut Director in Non-Feature Film: Ravi Raj Murmu
    Film: Aenjan (Santali)
  3. Best Biographical, Historical Reconstruction or Compilation Film: Kakori (Hindi)
  4. Best Arts and Culture Film: Main Nida (Hindi)
  5. Best Documentary: Ram-Nami (Hindi)
  6. Best Non-Feature Film Promoting Social and Environmental Values: Piplantri: A Tale of Eco Feminism
  7. Best Animation Film: Touched as Water (Silent)
  8. Best Short Film: Humsafar (Marathi)
  9. Best Direction: Aanand L. Rai
    Film: Statue of Unity (Hindi)
  10. Best Cinematography: Edmond Ranson
    Film: Life in Loom
  11. Best Sound Design: T.S. Hari Hara Sudhan
    Film: Blue (Tamil)
  12. Best Editing: Manvir Jasrotia
    Film: NDA (Hindi)
  13. Best Music Direction: Shivpal Singh Kang
    Film: Parat 41 Degreeschya Magavar
  14. Best Narrator or Voice-Over: Soundarya Jayachandran
    Film: Little Planet: A Tale of Frogs (English)
  15. Best Script: Faraz Ali
    Film: Obur/Clouds (Hindi and Kashmiri)
  16. Special Mention: Bhadra-Kali Natakam (Malayalam)
    Director: Ananda Jyothi, also known as Jose Antony
  17. Special Mention: Chola Dora Aur Sui (Hindi)
    Directors: Jaymin Modi and Lokesh Ghai
Other Awards
  1. Best Book on Cinema: I Stand For You, The State Stands For Us (Kannada)
    Author: Kenchanuru Pradeep Kumar Shetty
  2. Best Film Critic: Sanjeev Srivastava (Hindi)

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