72nd National Film Awards: Complete Winners List!

The winners of the 72nd National Film Awards were announced today, recognizing the finest achievements in Indian cinema across feature films, performances and technical excellence. This year’s awards brought major honors for Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi cinema.

From Yami Gautam’s Best Actress win to Kalki 2898 AD emerging as the Best Popular Film, the awards featured several notable winners. Here is the complete list of the major winners.

Major Awards:

Best Feature Film
Article 370

Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment
Kalki 2898 AD

Best Director
Rajkumar Periasamy – Amaran

Best Actor (Shared)
Kartik Aaryan – Chandu Champion
Mammootty – Brahmayugam

Best Actress
Yami Gautam – Article 370

Best Supporting Actor
Sanjay Mishra – Bhakshak

Best Supporting Actress (Shared)
Rupashree Warkade – Mithya
Sachana Namidass – Maharaja

Best Children’s Film
35 Chinna Katha Kaadu

Best Child Artist (Shared)
Arundev Pothula – 35 Chinna Katha Kaadu
Riddhiman Banerjee, Tapomoy Dev and Geetashree Chakraborty – Aankhon Ki Gustaakhiyan

Best Debut Film of a Director
Swatantrya Veer Savarkar – Randeep Hooda

Special Mention
Meiyazhagan – Suren G (Sound Mixing)
Captain Miller – Dhanush

Best Feature Film Promoting National, Environmental and Social Values
Captain Miller

Screenplay Awards:

Best Original Screenplay
Pushpa 2: The Rule – Sukumar

Best Adapted Screenplay
Swaragandharva Sudhir Phadke – Yogesh Deshpande

Best Screenplay (Dialogues)
Lucky Bhaskar – Venky Atluri

Technical Awards

Best Music Direction (Background Score)
Amaran – GV Prakash Kumar

Best Music Direction (Songs)
Article 370 – Shashwat Sachdev

Best Lyrics
Maidaan – Manoj Muntashir

Best Male Playback Singer
Gharat Ganpati – Abhay Jodhpurkar

Best Female Playback Singer
ARM – Vaikom Vijayalakshmi

Best Cinematography
Brahmayugam – Shehnad Jalal

Best Editing
Amaran – R Kalaivanan

Best Production Design
Kalki 2898 AD – Nitin Zihani Choudhary

Best Costume Design
Pushpa 2: The Rule – Deepali Noor and Sheetal Sharma

Best Makeup
Committee Kurrollu – P. Ravikumar

Best Sound Design
Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 – Manas Chaudhary

Best Action Direction
Maharaja

Best Choreography
Stree 2 – Vijay Ganguly

Regional Film Awards

Best Telugu Film
Committee Kurrollu

Best Tamil Film
Raayan

Best Malayalam Film
Feminichi Fathima

Best Hindi Film
Srikanth

Best Kannada Film
Mithya

Best Marathi Film
Mukkam Post Bombilwadi

Best Bengali Film
Chalachitra Ekhon

Best Assamese Film
Jui

Best Odia Film
Lahari

Best Gujarati Film
Maran

Best Konkani Film
Mog Asum

Best Manipuri Film
Sunita

Best Tulu Film
Imbu

Best Garhwali Film
Dholi