72nd National Film Awards winner list

The winners of the 72nd National Film Awards were announced in New Delhi on 18^th July 2026 Saturday. Awarded for Excellence in cinematic achievements for Indian cinema.

The film jury was chaired by Malayalam filmmaker Jayaraj who announced the awards for film certified by CBFC between 1^st January 2024 and 31^stDecember 2024.

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Check out the complete list of winners at the 72nd National Film Awards:

72nd National Film Awards winner list: Feature Films category

Best Feature Film: Article 370

Best Director: Rajkumar Periasamy (Amaran)

Best Actor: Kartik Aaryan for Chandu Champion, Mammootty for Bramayugam

Best Actress: Yami Gautam, Article 370

Best Supporting Actor: Sanjay Mishra, Bhakshak

Best Supporting Actress: Ropashree Varkady for Mithya, Sachana Namidass for Maharaja

Best Feature Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment: Kalki 2898 AD

Best Film Promoting National, Social and Environmental Values: Captain Miller

Best Debut Film of a Director: Swatantrya Veer Savarkar

Best Children’s Film – 35 Chinna Katha Kaadu

Best Child Artist: Riddhiman Banerjee, Tapomoy Deb, Gitashree Chakraborty, Arundev Pothula, Athish S Shetty

Best Cinematography: Bramayugam, Shehnad Jalal

Best Screenplay (Original):Pushpa 2, Sukumar

Best Dialogue Writer: Lucky Baskhar, Venky Atluri

Best Production Design: Nitin Zihani Choudhary, Kalki 2898 AD

Best Action Direction: Anl Arasu, Maharaja

Best Make-Up Artist: P Ravi Kumar, Committee Kurrollu

Best Costume Design: Deepali Noor & Sheetal Sharma, Pushpa 2

Best Music Direction: Shashwat Sachdev, Article 370

Best Background Music: GV Prakash, Amaran

Best Lyrics: Manoj Muntashir, Maidaan

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 Choreography: Vijay Ganguly, Stree 2

Best Sound Design: Manas Choudhury, Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3

Best Editing: R Kalaivannan, Amaran

Best Assamese Film: Juiphool

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 Garhwali Film: Dholi

Best Telugu Film: Committee Kurrollu

Best Gujarati Film: Maaran

Best Manipuri Film: Sunita

Best Konakani Film: Mog Asum

Best Tulu Film: IMBU

Special Mention: Dhanush for Captain Miller and Suren G for Meiyazhagan

72nd National Film Awards winner list : Non-feature Films category

Best Non-Feature Film – Bhangaar

Best Direction – Aanand L Rai, Statue of Unity – Ekta ka Prateek

Best Debut Film of a Director  – Angen(Santali)Ravi Raj Murmu

Best Biographical/Historical Reconstruction/Compilation Film  – Kakori

Best Arts/Culture Film – Main Nida(Director-Atul Pandey)

Best Animation Film – Touched as Water

Best Non-Feature Film Promoting Social and Environmental Values-Piplantri: A Tale of Eco Feminism

Best Documentary – Ram-Nami()

Best Short Film (Up to 30 Minutes) – Hamsafar

Best Sound Design – T S Hari Hara Sudhan, Blue

Best Cinematography – Edmond Ranson, Life in Loom

Best Music Direction – Shivpal Singh Kang, Parat 41°chya Magavar

Best Editing – Manvir Jasrotia, NDA

Best Narrator/Voice Over – Soundarya Jayachandran, Little Planet: A Tale of Frogs

Special Mention – Bhadra-Kali Natakam, Chola Dora aur Sui

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