Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan received his first national award for his performance in action blockbuster young, While Rani Mukherjee was postponed the best actress for her efforts in emotional drama Mrs Chatterjee vs Norway, Wikrant Massey shared the National Award for Best Actor with Shah Rukh for his performance in a hit biopic 12th failure.
The winners of the 71st National Film Awards were declared on Friday (1 August 2025). The awards were announced by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (I & B), honoring the best films and cinematic achievements of the year 2023.
Based on the story of IPS officer Manoj Kumar, 12th failure Also won the Best Feature Film Award. Sudipto Sen won the Best Director Award for him Story of Kerala While Karan Johar Rocky and queen’s love storyThe best film was given to offer breathtaking entertainment award.
Meanwhile, Shah Rukh’s first National Award came for a depiction of a vigilance, which takes corrupt institutions in Atallie’s action thriller. young. Nayantara and Vijay Sethupathi also crossed the Crore 1000-crores mark at the box office in the film. In Mrs. Chatterjee vs Norway, Rani Mukherjee plays the role of an enthusiastic mother, who is taken away by the Norwegian welfare services on an immoral basis, fighting for the custody of her children.
Sandeep Reddy Wanga Animal,One of the largest blockbusters of 2023, who promoted debate and controversies, received three awards. Ranbir Kapoor-Abhinit violent drama won a special mention for recording (Sri Rajkrishnan), besides the background score (Harshvardhan Rameshwar) and Sound Designing (Sachin Sudharan and Hariharan Muralitharan) performed the best in categories.
Vicky Kaushal’s biography war drama Sam Bahadur,Based on India’s first field marshal Sam Manekshaw, the winner in the best film promoting national and social values was declared. Meghna Gulzar film also won the best Make Up (Srikanth Desai) and Best Costume Designer (Sachin Lovelekar, Divya Gambir and Niddi Gambhir) in categories.
In regional cinema, Parking, Directed by Ramkumar Balakrishnan, he took three awards. In addition to being selected as the best Tamil film, Harish Kalyan starrer won the Best Screenplay (Ramkumar Balakrishnan) Award. Veteran actor Ms. Bhaskar was awarded the Best Supporting Actor Award for her performance in the film.
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In particular, Rishha Shetty won for the Best Actor Award Kantara In the previous edition of the National Film Awards. Nithya Menon for Thirchitrambalam And Mansi Parekh for Gujarati drama Kutch Express The best actress was awarded joint winners in the category.
Here is a complete list of winners with the 70th National Film Awards:
feature films
Regional movies
Telugu: Bhagwant Kesari
Tamil: Parking
Malayalam: Owljuku
Kannada: Candilu – The Ray of Hope
Hindi: Kathal: A jackfruit secret
Gujarati: Subjugation
Best Punjabi Film: Godded Godde Cha
Best Odia movie: Pushra
Best Marathi Film: Shyamachi Ai
Special mention: Re: Recording: Shri Rajkrishnan, ‘Animal’ (Hindi)
Stunt choreography: Nandu and Pukhi, Hanu-Man (Telugu)
Best choreography: Vaibhav merchant, ‘Dhindora Baja Re’, ‘Rocky and Rani Ki Prem Kahani’ (Hindi)
Best song: Kasarala Shyam, ‘Oru Felturu’, ‘Balgam’ (Telugu)
Best Music Disha (Songs): GV Prakash, ‘Vathi’ (Tamil)
Background Score: Harshvardhan Rameshwar, ‘Animal’ (Hindi)
to complete: Srikanth Desai, ‘Sam Bahadur’ (Hindi)
costume designer: Sachin Lowlekar, Divya Gambir and Niddi Gambhir, ‘Sam Bahadur’ (Hindi)
Production Design: Mohandas, ‘2018 – Everyone is a hero’ (Malayalam)
Editing: Midhun Murali, Pokalam (Malayalam)
sound design: Sachin Sudhakaran and Hariharan Muralitharan, ‘Animal’ (Hindi)
Script: Sai Rajesh Neelam, ‘Baby’ (Telugu), Ramkumar Balakrishnan, ‘Parking’ (Tamil)
Dialogue Author: Deepak Kingrani, ‘Sirf Ek Banda Hai’ (Hindi)
Cinematography: Prasantanu Mohapatra, ‘The Kerala Story’ (Hindi)
Best playback singer: Shilpa Rao (Chaliya – ‘Jawan’, Hindi), Rohit (lover – ‘Baby’, Telugu)
Best Child Artist: Sukriti bandreddi (‘Gandhi Thaiha Chettu’, Telugu), Kabir Khandare (Gypsy, Tamil), Treshar, Srinivas Pokle, Bhargava (‘Nal 2, Marathi)
Best Actress in a supporting role: Urvashi, ‘Uljuku’ (Malayalam), Janaki Bodiwala, ‘Vash’ (Gujarati)
Best actor in a supporting role: Vijayaraghavan, ‘Pukakalam’ (Malayalam), Ms. Bhaskar, ‘Parking’ (Tamil)
best Actress: Rani Mukherjee, ‘Mrs. Chatterjee vs Norway’ (Hindi)
best Actor: Shahrukh Khan, ‘Jawa’ (Hindi), Vikrant Masi, ’12th Failure’ (Hindi)
Best direction: Sudipto Sen, ‘The Kerala Story’ (Hindi)
Best movie in AVGC: ‘Hanu-Man’ (Telugu)
Best Children’s Film: ‘Naal 2’ (Marathi)
Best film promoting national, social values: Sam Bahadur (Hindi)
Best First Film: ‘Aatmapamphlet’ (Hindi)
Best feature film: ’12th failure’ (Hindi)
Non-facilities
Special mention: MK Ramdas, ‘Neckle – Chronicle of the Paddy Man’ (Malayalam), Himansu Sekhar Khatua (Director), Kadambini Media Private Limited (Creator) ‘The C & the Seven Village’
Best Script: Chidanand Naik, ‘Sunflower was first to know’ (Kannada)
Best Voiceover: Hari Krishnan S. ‘The Sacred Jack – Exploreing the Tree of Vishs’ (English)
Best music direction: Pranil Desai ‘The First Film’ (Hindi)
Best Editing: Niladari Roy ‘Moving Focus’ (English)
Best Sound Design: Shubarun Sengupta ‘Dhundgiri Ke Phool’ (Hindi)
Best Cinematography: Meenakshi Soman, Saravanmaruthu ‘Little Wings’ (Tamil)
Best direction: Piyush Thakur, ‘The First Film’ (Hindi)
Best Short Film: Manish Saini (Director), Alanar Films (Producer), ‘Gidda The Mehtar’ (Hindi)
Best non-feature film promoting social and environmental values: ‘The silent epidemic’ (Hindi), Akash Gupta (director), ‘Cinema 4 Good Pvt. Limited Rahgiri Foundation ‘(Creator)
Best documentary movie: ‘God Vulture and Human’ (English, Hindi and Telugu), Rishij Agarwal (Director), Studio Lichi, Dr. Rajesh Chandwani (producer)
Best Arts/Culture Film: ‘Timeless Tamil Nadu’ (English), Kamakhya Narayan Singh (Director), Celebrities Management Private Limited (Producer)
Best Biography/Historical Reconstruction Film: ‘Mo Bu Mo Gaan, Lentina AO ‘(Odia’), Sanjeeb Parsar (Director), NFDC (producer)
Best First Film: ‘The Spirit Dreams of Cherou’ (Mizo), Shilpika Boardoloi (Director)
Best non-fiction film: ‘Flowering Man’ (Hindi), Soumayjit Ghosh Dowdhi (Director), Film and Television Institute of India (Producer)
Best film critic: Util dutta (Assamese)