72nd National Film Awards 2026: Who Won Best Actor, Best Actress And Best Film?
The 72nd National Film Awards winners have been announced in New Delhi. This time awards, selected by a jury headed by Malayalam filmmaker Jayaraj, recognised films certified by the CBFC between January 1, 2024 and December 31, 2024. Let’s take a look at the 72nd National Film Awards complete winners list here:
| Category | Winner |
|---|---|
| Best Feature Film | Article 370 |
| Best Actor | Kartik Aaryan (Chandu Champion), Mammootty (Bramayugam) |
| Best Actress | Yami Gautam (Article 370) |
| Best Director | Rajkumar Periasamy (Amaran) |
| Best Supporting Actress | Ropashree Varkady (Mithya), 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, Gitashree Chakraborty, Arundev Pothula, Athish S Shetty |
| 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 Direction | Anl Arasu (Maharaja) |
| Best Make-Up Artist | Committee Kurrollu |
| Best Costume Design | Pushpa 2 – Deepali Noor & Sheetal Sharma |
| Best Music Direction (Songs) | Article 370 – Shashwat Sachdev |
| Best Background Music | GV Prakash (Amaran) |
| Best Lyrics | Manoj Muntashir (Maidaan) |
| Best Male Playback Singer | Abhay Jodhpurkar – Gharat Ganpati (Navasachi Gauri Mazi) |
| Best Female Playback Singer | Vaikom Vijayalakshmi – Angu Vaana Konilu (ARM) |
| Best Choreography | Vijay Ganguly (Stree 2) |
| Best Sound Design | Manas Choudhury (Bhool Bhulaiya 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 Konkani Film | Mog Asum |
| Best Tulu Film | IMBU |
| Special Mention | Dhanush (Captain Miller), Suren G (Meiyazhagan) |
| Category | Winner |
|---|---|
| Best Film Critic | Sanjeev Shrivastava (Hindi) |
| Best Book on Cinema | Naaniruvude Nimagaagi Naadiruvude Nanagaagi by Kenchanuru Pradeep Kumar Shetty |
| Special Mention | Bhadra-Kali Natakam (Malayalam) – Director: Ananda Jyothi (Jose Antony) |
| Special Mention | Chola Dora aur Sui (Hindi) – Directors: Jaymin Modi & Lokesh Ghai |
| Best Narrator/Voice Over | Soundarya Jayachandran – Little Planet: A Tale of Frogs |
| Best Music Direction | Shivpal Singh Kang – Parat 41°chya Magavar (On the Trail of 41°) |
| Best Editing | Manvir Jasrotia – NDA |
| Best Sound Design | T. S. Hari Hara Sudhan – Blue |
| Best Cinematography | Edmond Ranson – Life in Loom |
| Best Direction | Aanand L. Rai – Statue of Unity: Ekta ka Prateek |
| Best Short Film (Up to 30 Minutes) | Hamsafar (Marathi) – Director: Abhijeet Arvind Dalvi |
| Best Animation Film | Touched as Water (Silent) – Director & Animator: Joshy Benedict |
| Best Film Promoting Social & Environmental Values | Piplantri: A Tale of Eco Feminism – Director: Suraj Kumar |
| Best Documentary | Ram-Nami – Director: Bharatbala Ganapathy |
| Best Arts/Culture Film | Main Nida – Director: Atul Pandey |
| Best Biographical/Historical Reconstruction Film | Kakori – Director: Kamlesh K. Mishra |
| Best Debut Film of a Director | Angen (Invisible) (Santhali) – Ravi Raj Murmu |
| Best Non-Feature Film | Bhangaar (Obsolete) (Marathi & English) – Sumira Roy |
The Best Actor award was jointly won by Kartik Aaryan for Chandu Champion and Mammootty for Bramayugam.
Yami Gautam won the Best Actress award for her performance in Article 370.
Article 370 won the Best Feature Film award at the 72nd National Film Awards.
Rajkumar Periasamy won the Best Director award for Amaran.
Kalki 2898 AD won the award for Best Feature Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment.
Captain Miller received the award for Best Film Promoting National and Social Values.
Srikanth was awarded Best Hindi Film.
Sukumar won the Best Screenplay award for Pushpa 2.
Committee Kurrollu won the Best Telugu Film award.
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