President Draupadi Murmu presented the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award 2023 to actor Mohanlal on Tuesday (September 23, 2025) and awarded the awards to other winners at the 71st National Film Awards ceremony.
“Cinema is the heartbeat of my soul. Jai Hind!” After receiving the country’s highest cinema honor, Mr. Mohanlal said.
While congratulating all the winners, Ms. Murmu spoke about the unprecedented contribution of Shri Mohanlal, saying that the skilled actor easily depicted emotions ranging from the most soft to the most intense.
He said that good films focusing on women were being made and recognized. “We all see that women, at some level, struggle with patriarchy and prejudiced approach. Today, the award -winning films include stories of mothers who shape their children’s moral character, women who are united to challenge social norms …, stories of courageous women who raise their voice against Patical Structures,” He said, “He said.
The President said that there should be adequate representation of women in the central and regional panels of the jury. Looking at equal opportunities, he said, women can perform exceptionally well in all fields.
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Underlining the importance of cinema in spreading awareness and sensitivity about social issues, especially among the youth, Ms. Murmu said that cinema should not only be popular, but also serve a big public interest.
Six child actors honored
He appreciated everyone involved in the award ceremony to encourage children, especially focus on children, focus on girls, especially girls. This year was awarded six child actors.
“I am happy to see that all the people involved in the cinema share an Indian sensitivity, an Indian consciousness, which units all regional communities. The way Indian literature is made in many languages, Indian cinema is also developing in various languages, dialects, regions and local references. Our films are both local and national,” said the President.
At the 71st National Film Awards ceremony, Best Actor Award for Shah Rukh Khan young And for Vikrant Massey 12th failureWhich was also declared the best feature film. Rani Mukherjee received the Best Actress Award for her role Mrs Chatterjee vs Norway,
The best direction award was received by Sudeepto Sen for Kerala Story (Hindi), also won in the best cinematography (Prasantanu Mohapatra) category. PVNS Rohit and Shilpa Rao were postponed to the best male and female singers for the songs of Premisthanna in Baby (Telugu) – including parking (Tamil) in Jawan (Hindi) – and the best screenplay (Sai ​​Rajesh Neelam) with Cheleya.
Best first film
Best First Film Award Gaya to Ashish Bende for his film Aatmapamphlet (Marathi), and Karan Johar-Director-provided the best popular film Rocky and queen’s love kahaniMeghna gulzar Sam Bahadur The best feature film promoting national, social and environmental values ​​was.
Sudhakar Reddy Yakkanti-director Plain 2 (Marathi) was the best children’s film and postponed Hanu-man (Telugu) Best Film in Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming and Comic category.
The best actor was shared for the supporting role award Pokalam (Malayalam) and Muthupatai for Somu Bhaskar Parking (Tamil). Urvashi won the Best Actress at the Auxiliary Role Award Owljuku (Malayalam) with Janaki Bodiwala Subjugation (Gujarati). Sukriti Veni went to Bandi for Best Child Artist Award Gandhi Tata Chettu (Telugu), for Kabir Khandare Gypsy (Marathi), and Trasha Thosar, Srinivas Pokle and Bhargava Jagtap Plain 2,
Best music
Award for sound design Animal (Hindi) (Sachin Sudhakaran and Hariharan Muralitharan); For editing in Midhun Murali Pokalam (Malayalam); For production design for Mohandas in 2018: Everyone is a hero (Malayalam); And for the direction of music to GV Prakash Kumar Vahi (Tamil) and Harshvardhan in Rameshwar Animal (Hindi); And for the song for the song Karrala Shyam Uru Fetaturu In Balgam (Telugu).
The Best Choreography Award was obtained by the Vaibhavi Merchant for the song Dhindora Baje Re In Rocky and queen’s love kahaniAnd to the Best Action Direction Award (Stunt Choreography) for Nandu Prophe Hanu-man, Sam BahadurField Marshal Sam Manekshaw tops the categories for a biopic, makeup and costume, while Sanya Malhotra-Starrer Kathal: A jackfruit secret The best Hindi film was postponed.
Deepak Kingrani was honored as the best dialogue writer for Hindi film Sirf ek bandaa kaafi hai,
Rongatapu 1982 (Assamese), Deep fridge (Bengali), Parking (Tamil)Candilu (Kannada), Shamchi Ai (Marathi), Puskara (Odia), Godded GoddedChain (Punjabi), and Bhagwant Kesari (Telugu) Language won in film categories. Hindi film Flower The best in the non-facility film category was postponed.
Published – September 23, 2025 06:14 pm IST