72nd National Film Awards 2026: Yami Gautam, Kartik Aaryan among big winners | Full winners list

The winners of the 72nd National Film Awards were announced in New Delhi on Saturday (July 18), honouring the best Indian films certified by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) between January 1 and December 31, 2024. Article 370 emerged as the Best Feature Film, while Kartik Aaryan (Chandu Champion) and Mammootty (Bramayugam) shared the Best Actor honour. Yami Gautam won Best Actress for Article 370, and Rajkumar Periasamy was named Best Director for Amaran.

Here's the full list of winners:Feature Film AwardsBest Feature Film: Article 370
Best Actor: Kartik Aaryan (Chandu Champion) and Mammootty (Bramayugam)

Best Actress: Yami Gautam (Article 370)
Best Director: Rajkumar Periasamy (Amaran)
Best Supporting Actress: Ropashree Varkady (Mithya) and Sachana Namidass (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 and Gitashree Chakraborty
Best Cinematography: Bramayugam — Shehnad Jalaal
Best Screenplay: Pushpa 2 — Sukumar
Best Dialogue Writer: Lucky Baskhar — 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 (Songs): Article 370 — Shashwat Sachdev
Best Music Direction (Background Score): Amaran
Best Lyrics:Best Male Playback Singer: Abhay Jodhpurkar — Gharat Ganpati (Navasachi Gauri Mazi)
Best Female Playback Singer: Vaikom Vijayalakshmi — Angu Vaana Konilu (ARM)

Best Choreography: Stree 2
Best Sound Design: Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 — Manas Choudhury
Best Editing: Amaran — R Kalaivannan
Best Action Direction:Best Assamese Film:Best Bengali Film: Chalchitra Ekhon
Best Gujarati Film: Maaran
Best Hindi Film: Srikanth
Best Kannada Film: Mithya
Best Malayalam Film: Feminichi Fathima
Best Marathi Film: Mukkam Post Bombilwadi
Best Odia Film: Lahari
Best Punjabi Film:Best Tamil Film: Raayan
Best Tai Phake Film:Best Garo Film:Best Telugu Film: Committee Kurrollu
Best Manipuri Film: Sunita
Best Konkani Film: Mog Asum
Special Mention: Meiyazhagan
Film Sound Mix Engineer: Suren G (Meiyazhagan)

Non-Feature Film AwardsBest Non-Feature Film: Bhangaar (Obsolete) (Marathi & English) — Producer & Director: Sumira Roy
Best Debut Film of a Director: Angen (Invisible) (Santhali) — Director: Ravi Raj Murmu
Best Documentary: Ram-Nami (Hindi) — Producer: BBP Studio Virtual Bharat Pvt. Ltd.; Director: Bharatbala Ganapathy
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 Animation Film: Touched as Water (Silent) — Producer: JB Productions; Director & Animator: Joshy Benedict
Best Short Film (Up to 30 Minutes): Hamsafar (Marathi) — Producer: Anushka Motion Pictures & Entertainments; Director: Abhijeet Arvind Dalvi
Best Direction: Aanand L Rai — Statue of Unity – Ekta Ka Prateek (Hindi)
Best Cinematography: Edmond Ranson — Life in Loom (English, Tamil, Hindi, Assamese & Bengali)
Best Editing: Manvir Jasrotia — NDA (Hindi)
Best Sound Design: T S Hari Hara Sudhan — Blue (Tamil)
Best Music Direction: Shivpal Singh Kang — Parat 41°chya Magavar (On the Trail of 41°) (Marathi)
Best Narrator/Voice Over: Soundarya Jayachandran — Little Planet: A Tale of Frogs (English)
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 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