Who created the magic at the 72nd National Film Awards? ‘Srikanth’ became the best Hindi film, see the complete winners list

72nd National Film Awards Winners: The list of winners of the ’72nd National Film Awards’, the most prestigious award of the Indian film industry, has been announced. In such a situation, through this the best films and artists of 2024 will be honored with awards this year. Let us tell you that in this, Rajkumar Rao’s film ‘Srikanth’ and Dhanush’s ‘Rayan’ are the most discussed. Let us know whose names are included in the list of National Award winners.

The National Award for Best Actor has been received by Karthik Aryan (Chandu Champion) and Mammootty (Brahmayugam). Yami Gautam’s name was announced for the National Award for Best Actress in ‘Article 370’. The 72nd National Film Award for Best Film Critic has been given to Sanjeev Srivastava for his deep understanding of Hindi cinema.

72nd National Film Awards 2026 | Yami Gautam wins Best Actress in a Leading Role for the film ‘Article 370’.

Mammootty and Kartik Aaryan shared the Best Actor in a Leading Role award for their films ‘Bramayugam’ and ‘Chandu Champion’ respectively. pic.twitter.com/J8kCTP2CGH

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special mention

language based awards

• Best Short Film: Humsafar (Marathi)

• Best Telugu Film: Committee Kullu

• Best Tamil Film: Raayan

• Best Marathi Film: Mukkam Post Bombilwadi

• Best Odia Film: Lahari

• Best Malayalam Film: Feminichi Fathima

• Best Kannada Film: Mithiya

• Best Hindi Feature Film: Srikanth

• Best Gujarati Film: Maaran

• Best Garhwali Film: Dholi

• Best Bengali Film: Chalchitra Ekhon

• Best Assamese Film: Juiphool

• Best Manipuri Film: Sunita

Technical and Music Awards

• Best Choreography: Vijay Ganguly – Stree 2 (Tonight)

• Best Lyrics: Manoj Muntashir – Jaane Do

• Best Music Direction: Shashwat Sachdev – Article 370

• Best Makeup: P. Ravi Kumar – Committee Kullu

• Best Costume: Deepawali Noor and Sheetal Sharma – Pushpa 2

• Best Production Design: Nitin Choudhary – Kalki 2898 AD

• Best Editing: Manvir Jasroitia

• Best Sound Design: Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3

• Best Screenplay Writer: Bandreddy Sukumar – Pushpa 2

• Best Dialogue Writer: Venky Atluri – Lucky Bhaskar

• Best Cinematography: Edmod – Life in Loom

Acting and Singing Award

• Best Female Playback: Vaikom Vijayalakshmi (Malayalam)

• Best Male Playback: Abhay Jodhpurkar (Marathi)

• Best Child Artist: Wriddhiman Banerjee, Tapomoy Deb and Geeta Shree Chakraborty – Onko Ki Kothi

• Best Supporting Actress: Sachna Namidas – Maharaja

• Best Supporting Actor: Sanjay Mishra – Bhashak

• Best Actress (Leading Role): Yami Gautam

• Best Actor (Leading Role): Kartik Aryan / Mammootty

major awards

• Best Direction: Anand L. Rai – symbol of unity

• Best Feature Film: Article 370

• Best Documentary: Ram-Nami (Hindi)

• Best Art and Culture Film: Main Nida (Hindi)

• Best Historical Film: Kakori (Hindi)

• Best Debut Director: Ravi Raj Murmu

• Best Non-Feature Film: Bhangaar (Marathi–English)

Filmmaker Jayaraj presided over the jury.

This year’s National Film Award includes all those films which received certification from the Censor Board between January 1, 2024 and December 31, 2024. The responsibility of selecting these films and choosing the winners was entrusted to a very special jury of 11 members. It was presided over by famous filmmaker Jayaraj. Jayaraj had earlier also been a part of the jury of the National Film Awards in 2012. After reviewing the entries from across the country, the panel announced this year’s winners.

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