National Film Awards 2025 full winners list: At the 71st National Film Awards ceremony, President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday honoured artistes from the Indian film industry, including stalwarts like Mohanlal, Shah Rukh Khan, Vikrant Massey and Rani Mukerji, for their outstanding contribution to cinema in 2023. The ceremony was held at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, with the winners having been announced earlier on August 1, 2025.Malayalam superstar Mohanlal was conferred the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the highest honour in Indian cinema, presented annually by the Government of India as part of the National Film Awards.The prestigious awards witnessed 332 entries in the feature film category, 115 in non-feature films, 27 books, and 16 critics’ submissions.The 71st National Film Awards were awarded for films released in 2023 because they are presented annually to honor excellence in Indian cinema, with the awards for a specific year typically given out the following year after the competition is completed.Major winnersBollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan (Jawan) and Vikrant Massey (12th Fail) jointly bagged the Best Actor award. This marks Shah Rukh Khan’s first National Film Award in his decades-long career.12th Fail won the Best Feature Film award, produced by VC Films LLP and directed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra.Flowering Man was named Best Non-Feature Film, while God Vulture and Human received the Best Documentary award, both winning their first-ever National Film Awards.Veteran actress Rani Mukerji was honoured with the Best Actress award for her powerful role in Mrs. Chatterjee Vs Norway, also her first National Award.Veteran actor Vijayaraghavan (Pookkaalam) and Muthupettai Somu Bhaskar (Parking) shared the Best Supporting Actor award, while Urvashi (Ullozhukku) and Janki Bodiwala (Vash) were named Best Supporting Actress.The winners were announced by Shri Ashutosh Gowariker (Feature Film Jury Chairperson), Shri P. Sheshadri (Non-Feature Film Jury Chairperson), and Dr. Ajay Nagabhushan MN, Joint Secretary (Films). Ms. Mattu J. P. Singh, Director General, PIB, was also present.Full list of winners: 71st National Film Awards (2025)Category of AwardTitle of the FilmAwardeeBest Feature Film12th Fail (Hindi)Producer: VC Films LLP, Director: Vidhu Vinod ChopraBest Debut Film of a DirectorAatmapamphlet (Marathi)Director: Ashish BendeBest Popular Film Providing Wholesome EntertainmentRocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani (Hindi)Producer: Dharma Productions Pvt. Ltd., Director: Karan JoharBest Feature Film Promoting National, Social, and Environmental ValuesSam Bahadur (Hindi)Producer: Unilazer Ventures Pvt Ltd, Director: Meghna GulzarBest Children's FilmNaal 2 (Marathi)Producer: Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd., Aatpat Productions, Director: Sudhakar Reddy YakkantiBest Film in AVGCHanu-Man (Telugu)Producer: Primeshow Entertainment Pvt Ltd, Director: Prasanth VarmaBest DirectionThe Kerala Story (Hindi)Director: Sudipto SenBest Actor in a Leading RoleJawan (Hindi)Actor: Shah Rukh KhanBest Actor in a Leading Role12th Fail (Hindi)Actor: Vikrant MasseyBest Actress in a Leading RoleMrs. Chatterjee Vs Norway (Hindi)Actress: Rani MukerjiBest Actor in a Supporting RolePookkaalam (Malayalam)VijayaraghavanBest Actor in a Supporting RoleParking (Tamil)Muthupettai Somu BhaskarBest Actress in a Supporting RoleUllozhukku (Malayalam)UrvashiBest Actress in a Supporting RoleVash (Gujarati)Janki BodiwalaBest Child ArtistGandhi Tatha Chettu (Telugu)Sukriti Veni BandreddiBest Child ArtistGypsy (Marathi)Kabir KhandareBest Child ArtistNaal 2 (Marathi)Treesha Thosar, Shrinivas Pokale & Bhargav JagtapBest Male Playback SingerBaby (Premisthunna) (Telugu)PVN S RohitBest Female Playback SingerJawan (Chaliya) (Hindi)Shilpa RaoBest CinematographyThe Kerala Story (Hindi)Prasantanu MohapatraBest ScreenplayBaby (Telugu)Sai Rajesh NeelamBest ScreenplayParking (Tamil)Ramkumar BalakrishnanBest Screenplay (Dialogue Writing)Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai (Hindi)Deepak KingraniBest Sound DesignAnimal (Hindi)Sachin Sudhakaran, Hariharan MuralidharanBest EditingPookkaalam (Malayalam)Midhun MuraliBest Production Design2018 - Everyone Is A Hero (Malayalam)MohandasBest Costume DesignSam Bahadur (Hindi)Sachin Lovalekar, Divvya Gambhir, Nidhhi GambhirBest Make-upSam Bahadur (Hindi)Shrikant DesaiBest Music Direction (Songs)Vaathi (Tamil)G V Prakash KumarBest Music Direction (Background Score)Animal (Hindi)Harshavardhan RameshwarBest LyricsBalagam (Ooru Palleturu) (Telugu)Kasarla ShyamBest ChoreographyRocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani (Dhindhora Baje Re) (Hindi)Vaibhavi MerchantBest Action Direction (Stunt Choreography)Hanu-Man (Telugu)Nandu Prudhvi
Star studded PICS! National Film Awards 2025 full winners list - Dadasaheb Phalke award for Malayalam superstar Mohanlal; Shah Rukh Khan bags his 1st National Award
