71st National Film Award: Shah Rukh Khan, Mohanlal Rani Mukherjee, Vikrant Massey Win Top Honors – Check the complete list of winners

71st National Film Award winner: The National Film Awards 2025 celebrations, celebrating the best Indian cinema since 2023, were held on 23 September, 2025 at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi, presenting the honor with President Drupadi Murmu.

The highlights included Shah Rukh Khan (Jawan) and the first national award of Shah Rukh Khan, sharing the Best Actor Award in Vikrant Masi (12th Fail). Vidya Vinod Chopra’s 12th failure won the best feature film, while Rani Mukherjee got the best actress for Mrs. Chatterjee vs Norway, which she was also first.

Malayalam cinema veteran Mohanlal was awarded the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Lifetime Achievement Award. Hanu-Man was named Best Film in AVGC, and Gadh: The Mehtar won the best short film. The ceremony honored films, actors and technicians across the country for his outstanding contribution to Indian cinema.

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71st National Film Award 2025 Full winning list

The winners of the 71st National Film Awards for the year 2023 were officially declared at a press conference at the National Media Center, New Delhi ahead of the Grand ceremony, honoring the best achievements in Indian cinema.

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Check the complete list of National Award 2025 winners:

Dadasaheb Phalke Award: Mohanlal

feature films

Special mentions: Shri Rajkrishnan (Animal – Recording)

Best Tai Fake Film: Pai Tang … Asha Ka Step

Best Garo Film: Remdotiaga

Best Telugu Film: Bhagwant Kesari

Best Tamil Film: Parking

Best Punjabi Film: Godde Goddade Cha

Best Odia Film: Pushkar

Best Marathi Film: Shyamchi AAI

Best Malayalam Film: Ulozuku

Best Kannada Film: Candilu

Best Hindi Film: Kathal

Best Gujarati Film:

Best Bengali Film: Deep Fridge

Best Assamese Film: Rongatapu 1982

Best Action Direction: Nandu-Pudhavi (Hanuman)

Best Choreography: Vaibhavi Merchant (Dindhora Baje Re – Rocky and Rani Keim Prem Kahani)

Best Song: Kasarala Shyam (Oru Felturu – Balgam)

Best music instructions

Best Makeup: Srikanth Desai (Sam Bahadur)

Best Costume Design: Sachin, Divya, Nisi (Sam Bahadur)

Best Production Design: Mohandas (2018)

Best Editing: Midhun Murali (Pokalam)

Best Sound Design: Sachin Sudhakaran, Hariharan (Animal)

Best Screenplay: Sai Rajesh (child), Ramkumar Balakrishnan (Parking)

Best Dialogue: Deepak Kingrani (Sirf is a Bandra enough)

Best Cinematography: Prasanthanu Mohapatra (Kerala Story)

Best Playback Singer: Shilpa Rao (Chaliya – Jawan), Rohit (Premisthunna – Baby)

Best Child Artist: Sukriti Bandirdi (Gandhi Thiha Chettu), Kabir Khandare (Gypsy), Treshar, Srinivas Pokle, Bhargava (Naal 2)

Best Actor in Supporting Role: Urvashi (Ulozuku), Janaki Bodiwala (Vash), Vijayaraghavan (Poolm), Muttui Somu Bhaskar (Parking)

Best Actor in the lead role: Shah Rukh Khan (Jawan), Vikrant Massey (12th failure)

Best Actress in the lead role: Rani Mukherjee (Mrs. Chatterjee vs Norway)

Best direction: Sudipto Sen (Kerala Story)

Best Film in AVGC: Hanuman

Best Children’s Film: Nal 2

Best film promoting national, social values: Sam Bahadur

National Award for Best Film promoting national and social values: Sam Bahadur

Entertainment providing the best popular film: Rocky and Rani Keim Prem Kahani

Best First Film: Aatmapamphlet

Best Film: 12th Failure

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Non-facilities

Special Mention: Neckle – Paddy Man, Sea and Seven Villages Chronicle

Best Script: Sunflower was first to know

Best Voiceover: Hari Krishnan S (The Sacred Jack – Exploreing the Tree of Vishs)

Best Music Disha: Zoological Desai (first film)

Best Editing: Niladari Roy (Focus Focus)

Best Sound Design: Shubarun Sengupta (Dazhgiri Flowers)

Best Cinematography: Meenakshi Soman, Saravanmaruthu (Little Wings)

Best direction: Piyush Thakur (first film)

Best Short Film: Gadd The Mehtar

Best non-feature film promoting social and environmental values: The Silent Epidemic

Best Duties Film: God Vulture and Human

Best Art/Culture Film: Kaalitit Tamil Nadu

Best Biography/Historical Reconstruction Film: Mo Bu Mo Gaan, Lentina AO

Best Debut Film: The Spirit Dreams of Cherow

Best Non-Fiction Film: Flowing Man