The 72nd National Film Awards winners have been announced, celebrating the finest achievements in Indian cinema.
The winners of the 72nd National Film Awards have been announced, celebrating the finest achievements in Indian cinema across feature films, non-feature films and technical categories.
This year's honours saw major victories for films and performers across languages, with Kalki 2898 AD winning Best Popular Film, while Kartik Aaryan (Chandu Champion) and Mammootty (Bramayugam) shared the Best Actor award. Yami Gautam was honoured as Best Actress for Article 370, while several acclaimed films including Pushpa: The Rule (Part 2), Amaran, Stree 2 and Manjummel Boys featured among the recognised titles.
From acting honours and regional cinema winners to technical achievements, here is the complete winners list from the 72nd National Film Awards.
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Feature Film: Best Popular Film
Kalki 2898 AD
Feature Film: Best Actor
Kartik Aaryan (ChandU Champion) and Mammootty (Bramyugam)
Feature Film: Best Actress
Yami Gautam for Article 370
Feature Film: Best Supporting Actor
Sanjay Mishra for Bhakshak
Feature Film: Best Supporting Actress
Ropashree Varkady for Mithya (Kannada) & Sachana Namidass for Maharaja (Tamil)
Feature Films: Best Playback Singer Male
Abhay Jodhpurkar
Feature Film: Best Female Playback Singer
Vaikom Vijayalakshmi for Malayalam film, ARM
Feature Films: Best Screenplay
Bandreddi Sukumar for Pushpa: The Rule (Part 2).
Feature Films: Best Screenplay (Adapted)
Yogesh Deshpande for the Marathi film, Swargandharva Sudhi Phadke
Feature Films: Best Screenplay Dialogue
Venky Atluri for the film Lucky Bhaskhar
Feature Films: Best Sound Design
Manas Choudhary for Kartik Aaryan’s Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3
Feature Films: Best Editing
R Kalaivannan for Tamil film, Amaran
Feature Films: Best Costume Designer
Deepali Noor and Sheetal Sharma for the Telugu film, Pushpa: The Rule (Part 2)
Feature Films: Best Make Up
Makeup Artist P Ravi Kumar for the Telugu film, Committee Kurrollu
Feature Films: Best Music Director
Shashwat Sachdev for Hindi film, Article 370.
Feature Films: Best Lyrics
Manoj Muntashir for Jaane Do from Maidaan.
Feature Films: Best Choreography
Vijay Ganguly for Stree 2
Feature Films: Best Action Direction
Tamil film, Maharaja, starring Vijay Sethupathi
Feature Films: Best Assamese Film
Juiphool directed by Jadumoni Dutta
Feature Films: Best Bengali Film
Chalchitra Ekhon, directed by Anjan Dutt
Feature Films: Best Gujarati Film
Maaran directed by Abhishek Jain
Feature Films: Best Hindi Film
Srikanth starring Rajkummar Rao
Feature Films: Best Kannada Film
Mithya by Sumanth Bhat
Feature Films: Best Konkani Film
Mog Asum
Feature Films: Best Malayalam Film
Feminichi Fathima by Fasil Muhammed
Feature Films: Best Manipuri Film
Sunita by Yumnam Ajit Singh
Feature Films: Best Marathi Film
Mukkam Post Bombilwadi by Paresh Mokashi
Feature Films: Best Odia Film
Lahari by Amartya Bhattacharyya
Feature Films: Best Tamil Film
Raayan
Non-Feature Films: Best Script
Obur (Clouds) in Hindi and Kashmiri, writtwn by Faraz Ali.
Feature Films: Best Telugu Film
Committee Kurrollu by Yadhu Vamsee
Feature Films: Garhwali Film
Dholi by Filmmker Dinesh P Bhonsle
Feature Films: Tulu Film
IMBU by Shivdhwaj Studio
Feature Films: Special Mention
Dhanush’s Captain Miller
Non-Feature Films: Best Debut Film of a Director
Ravi Raj Murmu
Non-Feature Films: Best Biographical/Historical Reconstruction/Compilation Film
Kakori by Kamlesh K Mishra
Non-Feature Films: Best Art/Culture Film
Hindi film, Main Nida by Atul Pandey
Non-Feature Films: Best Film promoting Social And Environmental Values
'Piplantri: A Tale of Eco Feminism' by filmmaker Suraj Kumar
Non-Feature Films: Best Animation Film
Silent film, Touched as Water by Joshy Benedict
Non-Feature Films: Best Short Film
Marathi film, Hamsafar
Non-Feature Films: Best Direction
Anand L Rai for the Hindi film, Statue of Unity: Ekta Ka Prateek
Non-Feature Films: Best Cinematography
Life in Loom for the film, Edmond Ranson
Non-Feature Films: Best Sound Design
TS Hari Hara Sudhan for the Tamil film Blue
Non-Feature Films: Best Editing
Manvir Jasrotia for NDA in Hindi
Non-Feature Films: Best Music Direction
Shivpal Singh Kang for Parat 41°chya Magavar (On the Trail of 41°) in Marathi.
Non-Feature Films: Special Mention
Chola Dora aur Sui and Bhadra Kali Natakam
Non-Feature Films: Best Book Honour
Kenchanuru Pradeep Kumar Shetty for '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).
Non-Feature Films: Best Film Critic
Sanjeev Shrivastava
Published: 18 Jul 2026, 05:46 pm IST
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