The 72nd National Film Awards were announced by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in New Delhi on Saturday evening. The winners were chosen by a national panel of jurors. This year's awards are for films certified by the Central Board of Film Certification in 2024. Kartik Aaryan, Mammootty and Yami Gautam led the awards, as did the movie Article 370. See full list of winners:Yami Gautam in Article 370. She plays a police officer in the movie.Feature films selected from 400 submissionsSpecial mentions: Suren G (II Meiyazhagan), Dhanush (Captain Miller),Best Tulu Film: IMBUBest Garhwali Film: DholiBest Telugu Film: Committee KurrolluBest Tamil Film: RaayanBest Manipuri Film: SunitaBest Odia Film: LahariBest Marathi Film: Mukkham Post BombilwadiBest Malayalam Film: Feminichi FathimaBest Kannada Film: MithyaBest Hindi Film: SrikanthBest Gujarati Film: MaaranBest Bengali Film: Chalchithra EkhonBest Assamese Film: JuiphoolBest Konkani Film: Mog AsumBest Action Direction: Ani Arasu (Maharaja)Best Choreography: Vijay Ganguly (Stree 2)Best Lyrics: Manoj Muntashir (Jaane Do - Maidaan)Best Music Direction: GV Prakash Kumar (Amaran), Shaswat Sachdev (Article 370)Best Makeup: P Ravi Kumar (Committee Kurrolu)Best Costume Design: Deepali Noor, Sheetal Sharma (Pushpa 2)Best Production Design: Nitin Zihan Choudhary (Kalki 2898 AD)Best Editing: R Kalaivannan (Amaran)Best Sound Design: Manas Choudhury (Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3)Best Dialogues: Venky Atluri (Lucky Baskhar)Best Screenplay: Yogesh Deshpande (Swargandharva Sudhir Phadke), Bandireddi Sukumar (Pushpa 2)Best Cinematography: Shehnad Jalal (Bramayugam)Best Playback Singer: Vaikom Vijayalakshmi (ARM - Angu Vaana Konilu), Abhay Jodhpurkar (Gharat Ganpati - Navsachi Gauri Mazi)Best Child Artist: Riddhiman Banerjee, Topomoy Deb, Gitashree Chakraborty (Onko Ki Kothin), Arundev Pothula (35 – Chinna Katha Kaadu), Athish S Shetty (Mithya)Best Actor in Supporting Role: Ropashree Varkady (Mithya), Sachana Namidass (Maharaja), Sanjay Mishra (Bakshak)Best Actor in Leading Role: Yami Gautam (Article 370), Kartik Aaryan (Chandu Champion), Mammootty (Bramayugam)Best Direction: Rajkumar Periasamy (Amaran)Best Children’s Film: 35 – Chinna Katha KaaduBest Film Promoting National, Social, Environmental Values: Captain MillerBest Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment: Kalki 2898 ADBest Debut Film: Swatantrya Veer SavarkarBest Film: Article 370Non-feature films from 161 submissionsSpecial mentions: Chola Dora Aur Sui, Badra-Kali NatakamBest Script: Faraz AliBest Voiceover: Soundarya Jayachandran (Little Frogs)Best Music Direction: Shivpal Singh Kang (On the Trail of 41)Best Editing: Manvir JasrotiaBest Sound Design: Hari Hara Sudhan (Blue)Best Cinematography: Edmond Ranson (Life in Loom)Best Direction: Aanand L Rai (Statue of Unity)Best Short Film: HamsafarBest Animation Film: Touched as WaterBest Social/Environmental Film: PiplantriBest Documentary Film: Ram-NamiBest Art/Culture Film: Main NidaBest Biographical/Historical Reconstruction Film: KakoriBest Debut Film: AngenBest Non-Fiction Film: Bhangar