72nd National Film Awards Winners: Yami Gautam, Kartik Aaryan, Mammootty Declared Best Actor, Kalki 2898 AD Wins Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment

72nd National Film Awards Winners: The winners of the National Film Awards for movies certified by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) in 2024 were announced on July 18. Winners were declared in 43 categories in feature and non-feature films. Yami Gautam and Kartik Aaryan bagged their maiden National Awards in the Best Actor category for their roles in Article 370 and Chandu Champion respectively. Kartik shared the honour with Malayalam star Mammootty, who was awarded for his role in horror film Bramayugam. With this win, Mammootty now holds 4 National Awards.

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Randeep Hooda won the National Award for Best Debut Film Of A Director for Swatantrya Veer Savarkar, while Article 370 was declared the Best Film and Nag Ashwin's Kalki 2898 AD was awarded Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment. Rajkumar Periasamy won Best Direction for Sivakarthikeyan and Sai Pallavi starrer Amaran, which is based on Ashoka Chakra awardee Mukund Varadarajan. Amaran also won in Best Editing and Best Music Direction (Background Score) categories.

Best Feature Film

Article 370

Best Debut Film Of A Director

Randeep Hooda for Swatantrya Veer Savarkar

Best Actress In A Supporting Role

Ropashree Varkady for Mithya
Sachana Namidass for Maharaja

Best Tamil Movie

Raayan

Best Production Design

Nitin Zihani Choudhary for Kalki 2898 AD

Best Dialogue

Venky Atluri for Lucky Baskhar

Best Hindi Feature Film

Srikanth

Best Costume Design

Deepali Noor and Sheetal Sharma for Pushpa 2

Best Choreography

Stree 2

Best Supporting Actor

Sanjay Mishra for Bhakshak

Best Actress In A Leading Role

Yami Gautam for Article 370

Best Actor In A Leading Role

Kartik Aaryan for Chandu Champion and Mohanlal for Bramayugam

Best Direction

Rajkumar Periasamy for Amaran

Best Children's Film

35 Chinna Katha Kaadu

Best Direction

Rajkumar Periasamy for Amaran

Best Children's Film

35 Chinna Katha Kaadu

Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment

Kalki 2898 AD

Best Screenplay

Sukumar for Pushpa 2

Best Music Direction (Background Score)

GV Prakash Kumar for Amaran

Best Editing

Kalaivanan R for Amaran

Best Kannada Film

Mithya

Best Make-Up

P Ravikumar for Committee Kurrollu

Best Telugu Film

Committee Kurrollu

Best Child Actor

Arun Dev for 35 Chinna Katha Kaadu

Best Actor Special Mention

Dhanush

Best Film Promoting National, Social & Environmental Values

Captain Miller

Best Cinematography

Shehnad Jalaal for Bramayugam

Best Music Direction (Songs)

Shashwat Sachdev for Article 370

Best Playback Singer (Male)

Abhay Jodhpurkar for Gharat Ganpati

Best Playback Singer (Female)  

Vaikom Vijayalakshmi for ARM

Best Sound Design

Manas Choudhury for Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3

Best Non-Feature Film

Bhangaar

Best Documentary

Ram-Nami

Best Animation Film

Touched As Water

Best Short Film

Hamsafar

Best Arts/Culture Film

Main Nida

Best Film Promoting Social & Environmental Values

Piplantri: A Tale of Eco Feminism

Best Biographical/Historical Reconstruction Film

Kakori

Announcing the 72nd National Film Awards, jury member and Malayalam filmmaker Jayaraj said, “Around 400 feature films in 34 languages, including scheduled and non-scheduled languages, were considered. It was a huge task because many young filmmakers came up with different experiments and fresh visions. It was quite hectic, but I believe we have done justice.”