The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting announced the winners of the 72nd National Film Awards on Saturday, honouring the best of Indian cinema across feature, non-feature and writing categories.
Political drama Article 370 emerged as the biggest winner, taking home Best Feature Film, while its lead star Yami Gautam was named Best Actress.
The Best Actor honour was shared by Mammootty for _Bramayugam_ and Kartik Aaryan for _Chandu Champion_.
Best Feature Film Winner: _Article 370_ Best Director Winner: Rajkumar Periasamy (Amaran) Best Actor Winners: Mammootty (Bramayugam) and Kartik Aaryan (Chandu Champion) Best Actress Winner: Yami Gautam (Article 370) Best Supporting Actor Winner: Sanjay Mishra ( _Bhakshak_) Best Supporting Actress Winners: Sachana Namidass (Maharaja) and Ropashree Varkady (Mithya) More from Lifestyle The Indian detail everyone missed in Christopher Nolan and Lupita Nyong'o's The Odyssey NY premiere outfit 'India is trading up': Pernod Ricard CEO on Royal Stag's rise to No.1 globally Best Debut Director Winner: Randeep Hooda (Swatantrya Veer Savarkar) Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment Winner: Kalki 2898 AD Best Feature Film Promoting National, Social and Environmental Values Winner: Captain Miller Best Children’s Film Winner: 35 – Chinna Katha Kaadu Technical awards Best Cinematography Winner: Shehnad Jalal (Bramayugam) Best Editing Winner: R.
Kalaivannan (Amaran) Best Original Screenplay Winner: Bandreddi Sukumar (Pushpa: The Rule Part 2) Best Adapted Screenplay Winner: Yogesh Deshpande (Swargandharva Sudhir Phadke) Best Dialogue Winner: Venky Atluri (Lucky Baskhar) Best Sound Design Winner: Manas Choudhury (Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3) Best Production Design Winner: Nitin Zihani Choudhary (Kalki 2898 AD) Best Make-up Winner: P.
Ravi Kumar (Committee Kurrollu) Best Costume Design Winners: Deepali Noor and Sheetal Sharma (Pushpa: The Rule Part 2) Best Music Direction (Songs) Winner: Shashwat Sachdev (Article 370) Best Background Score Winner: G.V.
Prakash Kumar (Amaran) Best Lyrics Winner: Manoj Muntashir (Maidaan) Best Choreography Winner: Vijay Ganguly (Stree 2) Quick Reads View All US pub are adding 20% tips to their bills.
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Why it isn’t as rare as believed Best Action Direction Winner: Anl Arasu (Maharaja) Best Male Playback Singer Winner: Abhay Jodhpurkar (Gharat Ganpati) Best Female Playback Singer Winner: Vaikom Vijayalakshmi (A.R.M.) Regional language winners Best Assamese Film Winner: Juiphool Best Bengali Film Winner: Chalchitra Ekhon Best Gujarati Film Winner: Maaran Best Hindi Film Winner: Srikanth Best Kannada Film Winner: Mithya Best Konkani Film Winner: Mog Asum Best Malayalam Film Winner: Feminichi Fathima Best Manipuri Film Winner: Sunita Best Marathi Film Winner: Mukkam Post Bombilwadi Best Odia Film Winner: Lahari Best Tamil Film Winner: Raayan Best Telugu Film Winner: Committee Kurrollu Best Garhwali Film Winner: Dholi Best Tulu Film Winner: Imbu Special mentions (Feature) Dhanush (Captain Miller) Suren G. (Meiyazhagan) Non-feature film awards Best Non-Feature Film Winner: Bhangaar Best Documentary Winner: Ram-Nami Best Biographical/Historical Reconstruction Film Winner: Kakori Best Arts and Culture Film Winner: Main Nida Best Film Promoting Social and Environmental Values Winner: Piplantri: A Tale of Eco Feminism Best Animation Film Winner: Touched as Water Best Short Film Winner: Hamsafar Best Direction (Non-Feature) Winner: Aanand L.
Hari Hara Sudhan (Blue) Special Mentions (Non-Feature) Bhadra-Kali Natakam Chola Dora aur Sui Best Writing on Cinema Best Book on Cinema Winner: Naaniruvude Nimagaagi Naadiruvude Nanagaagi: Kannada Cinemada Thathva Matthu Rajakeeya by Kenchanuru Pradeep Kumar Shetty Best Film Critic Winner: Sanjeev Shrivastava
