The President of India, Droupadi Murmu, honored the recipients of the prestigious 71st National Film Awards on Tuesday during a ceremony held in Delhi. Here is a complete list of all the National Award Winners for 2025 –
Best Feature Film – ’12th Fail’
Vinod Chopra Films, Vidhu
Vinod Chopra
Best Debut Film of a Director – Ashish Avinash Bende –
‘Aatmapamphlet’
Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment – ‘Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani’
Dharma Productions, Karan Johar
Best Children’s Film – ‘Naal 2’
Aatpat Production, Zee Studios, Sudhakar Reddy Yakkanti
Best Direction Sudipto Sen – ‘The Kerala Story’
Best Film in AVGC (Best Visual Effects) – Jetty Venkat Kumar
Hanu-Man
Best Feature Film Promoting National, Social and Environmental Values ‘Sam Bahadur’
Unilazer Ventures, Meghna Gulzar
Best Actor in a Leading Role Shah Rukh Khan – ‘Jawan’ / Vikrant
Massey – ’12th Fail’
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Best Actress in a Leading Role – Rani Mukerji
‘Mrs. Chatterjee vs Norway’
Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Vijayaraghavan ‘Pookkaalam’ / M. S. Bhaskar – ‘Parking’
Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Urvashi – ‘Ullozhukku’ / Janki Bodiwala – ‘Vash’
Best Child Artist – Sukriti Veni Bandreddi – ‘Gandhi Tatha Chettu’ / Kabir Khandare – ‘Gypsy’ / Treesha Thosar, Shrinivas Pokale, Bhargav Jagtap – ‘Naal 2’
Best Male Playback Singer – P V N S Rohit
‘Baby’ (Premistunna)
Best Female Playback Singer – Shilpa Rao
‘Jawan’ (Chaleya)
Best Cinematography – Prasantanu Mohapatra
‘The Kerala Story’
Best Screenplay (Original) – Sai Rajesh – Baby / Ramkumar
Balakrishnan – ‘Parking’
Best Dialogues – Deepak Kingrani
‘Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai’
Best Sound Design – Sachin Sudhakaran, Hariharan
Muralidharan
‘Animal’
Best Editing – Midhun Murali
‘Pookkaalam’
Best Production Design – Mohandas
‘2018’
Best Costume Design – Sachin Lovalekar, Divvya Gambhir,
Nidhhi Gambhir – ‘Sam Bahadur’
Best Make-up – Shrikant Desai
‘Sam Bahadur’
Best Lyrics – Kasarla Shyam
‘Balagam’ (Ooru Palletooru)
Best Choreography – Vaibhavi Merchant –
‘Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani’ (Dhindhora Baje Re)
Best Documentary – God Vulture and Human – Rishiraj Agarwal
Best Short Film – Giddh (The Scavenger)
Manish Saini
Best Film Critic – Utpal Datta
