The 72nd National Film Awards for the year 2024 have been announced, recognising the best achievements across Indian cinema. Article 370 took home the Best Feature Film award, while Rajkumar Periasamy won Best Direction for Amaran and Mammootty shared the Best Actor award with Kartik Aaryan for Bramayugam and Chandu Champion respectively. Here is the full list of winners, arranged by film industry.
Tamil Cinema
Amaran — Best Direction (Rajkumar Periasamy), Best Editing (R Kalaivanan), Best Background Music (GV Prakash Kumar)
Raayan — Best Tamil Film (Producer: Sun TV Network; Director: Dhanush)
Maharaja — Best Supporting Actress (Sachana Namidass, shared), Best Action Direction (Anl Arasu)
Captain Miller — Best Feature Film Promoting National, Social and Environmental Values; Special Mention (Dhanush)
Meiyazhagan — Special Mention (Film Sound Mix Engineer: Suren G)
Malayalam Cinema
Bramayugam — Best Actor in a Leading Role (Mammootty, shared), Best Cinematography (Shehnad Jalal)
Feminichi Fathima — Best Malayalam Film
A R M — Best Female Playback Singer (Vaikom Vijayalakshmi, for Angu Vaana Konilu)
Telugu Cinema
Kalki 2898 AD — Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment, Best Production Design (Nitin Zihani Choudhary)
Pushpa: The Rule Part 02 — Best Screenplay Original (Bandreddi Sukumar), Best Costume Design (Deepali Noor & Sheetal Sharma)
Lucky Baskhar — Best Dialogue Writer (Venky Atluri)
Committee Kurrollu — Best Telugu Film, Best Make-up (P Ravi Kumar)
35 Chinna Katha Kaadu — Best Children's Film, Best Child Artist (Arundev Pothula, shared)
Hindi Cinema
Article 370 — Best Feature Film, Best Actress (Yami Gautam), Best Music Direction Songs (Shashwat Sachdev)
Chandu Champion — Best Actor in a Leading Role (Kartik Aaryan, shared)
Swatantrya Veer Savarkar — Best Debut Director (Randeep Hooda)
Srikanth — Best Hindi Film
Bhakshak — Best Supporting Actor (Sanjay Mishra)
Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 — Best Sound Design (Manas Choudhary)
Stree 2 — Best Choreography (Vijay Ganguly, for Aaj Ki Raat)
Maidaan — Best Lyrics (Manoj Muntashir, for Jaane Do)
Kannada Cinema
Mithya — Best Kannada Film, Best Supporting Actress (Ropashree Varkady, shared), Best Child Artist (Athish S Shetty, shared)
Marathi Cinema
Gharat Ganpati — Best Male Playback Singer (Abhay Jodhpurkar, for Navasachi Gauri Mazi)
Swargandharva Sudhir Phadke — Best Adapted Screenplay (Yogesh Deshpande)
Mukkam Post Bombilwadi — Best Marathi Film
Other Languages
Juiphool — Best Assamese Film
Chalchitra Ekhon — Best Bengali Film
Maaran — Best Gujarati Film
Mog Asum — Best Konkani Film
Sunita — Best Manipuri Film
Lahari — Best Odia Film
Dholi — Best Garhwali Film
IMBU — Best Tulu Film
Non-Feature Films
Bhangaar — Best Non-Feature Film
Ram-Nami — Best Documentary
Angen — Best Debut Director (Non-Feature)
Piplantri: A Tale of Eco Feminism — Best Non-Feature Film Promoting Social and Environmental Values
Touched as Water — Best Animation Film
Hamsafar — Best Short Film
Statue of Unity: Ekta ka Prateek — Best Direction Non-Feature (Aanand L Rai)
Best Writing on Cinema
Best Book on Cinema: Naaniruvude Nimagaagi Naadiruvude Nanagaagi (Kannada) by Kenchanuru Pradeep Kumar Shetty
Best Film Critic: Sanjeev Shrivastava (Hindi)