The winners of the 72nd National Film Awards were announced in New Delhi on Friday, honouring the best of Indian cinema for films certified by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) during the 2024 calendar year.
The awards recognise excellence across feature films, non-feature films and writing on cinema.
Here are the winners:
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Major honours
- Best Feature Film: Article 370 — Aditya Suhas Jambhale
- Best Debut Film of a Director: Randeep Hooda for Swatantrya Veer Savarkar
- Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment: Kalki: 2898 AD — Nag Ashwin
- Best Feature Film Promoting National, Social and Environmental Values: Captain Miller — Dhanush
- Best Children’s Film: Chinna Katha Kaadu
- Best Direction: Rajkumar Periasamy for Amaran
Acting awards
- Best Actor in a Leading Role: Kartik Aaryan for Chandu Champion and Mammootty for Bramayugam
- Best Actress in a Leading Role: Yami Gautam for Article 370
- Best Supporting Actor: Sanjay Mishra for Bhakshak
- Best Supporting Actress: Sachana Namidass for Maharaja and Rapshree Varkady for Mithya
- Best Child Artist: Riddhiman Banerjee, Tapomoy Deb, Gitashree Chakraborty, Arundev Pothula and Athish S Shetty
Music and writing awards
- Best Male Playback Singer: Abhay Jodhpurkar for “Gharat Ganpati” from Navasachi Gauri Mazi
- Best Female Playback Singer: Vaikom Vijayalakshmi for “Angu Vaana Konilu” from ARM
- Best Screenplay (Original): Sukumar for Pushpa: The Rule
- Best Screenplay (Adapted): Yogesh Deshpande for Swargandharva Sudhir Phadke
- Best Screenplay Dialogue: Venky Atluri for Lucky Bhaskhar
- Best Lyrics: Manoj Muntashir for “Jaane Do” from Maidaan
Technical awards
- Best Cinematography: Shehnad Jalal for Bramayugam
- Best Editing: Amaran — R Kalaivannan
- Best Production Designer: Kalki: 2898 AD — Nitin Zihani Choudhary
- Best Costume Designer: Pushpa: The Rule (Part 2) — Deepali Noor and Sheetal Sharma
- Best Make Up Artist: Committee Kurrollu — P Ravi Kumar
- Best Music Director: Article 370 — Shashwat Sachdev
- Best Music Direction: Amaran — GV Prakash Kumar
- Best Choreography: Stree 2 — Vijay Ganguly
- Best Action Direction: Maharaja — Anl Arasu
- Best Sound Design: Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 — Manas Choudhary
Regional film winners
- Best Assamese Film: Juiphool — Jadumoni Dutta
- Best Bengali Film: Chalchitra Ekhon — Anjan Dutt
- Best Gujarati Film: Maaran — Abhishek Jain
- Best Hindi Film: Srikanth
- Best Kannada Film: Mithya — Sumanth Bhat
- Best Konkani Film: Mog Asum
- Best Malayalam Film: Feminichi Fathima — Fasil Muhammed
- Best Manipuri Film: Sunita — Yumnam Ajit Singh
- Best Marathi Film: Mukkam Post Bombilwadi — Paresh Mokashi
- Best Odia Film: Lahari — Amartya Bhattacharyya
- Best Tamil Film: Raayan — Dhanush
- Best Telugu Film: Committee Kurrollu — Yadhu Vamsee
- Best Garhwali Film: Dholi — Dinesh P Bhonsle
- Best Tulu Film: IMBU — Shivdhwaj Studio
Non-feature film winners
- Best Non-Feature Film promoting Social and Environmental Values: Piplantri: A Tale of Eco Feminism — Suraj Kumar
- Best Animation Film: Touched as Water — Joshy Benedict
- Best Short Film: Hamsafar
- Best Direction: Anand L Rai for Statue of Unity: Ekta Ka Prateek
- Best Cinematography: Life in Loom — Edmond Ranson
- Best Sound Design: Blue — TS Hari Hara Sudhan
- Best Editing: NDA — Manvir Jasrotia
- Best Music Direction: Parat 41°chya Magavar (On the Trail of 41°) — Shivpal Singh Kang
- Best Narrator: Little Planet: A Tale of Frogs — Soundarya Jayachandran
- Best Script: Obur (Clouds) — Faraz Ali
Special mentions
- Captain Miller — Dhanush
- Meiyazhagan
- Chola Dora aur Sui — Jaymin Modi and Lokesh Ghai
- Bhadra-Kali Natakam — Ananda Jyothi
