The winners of the 72nd National Film Awards were announced in New Delhi on Saturday, July 18, recognising outstanding films, performances and technical achievements from Indian cinema.Veteran actor Mammootty and Kartik Aaryan shared the Best Actor award, while Yami Gautam won the Best Actress award.The awards honoured films certified by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) between January 1 and December 3, 2024. An 11-member jury headed by filmmaker Jayaraj selected the winners from entries submitted across various Indian film industries.Major honoursBest Feature Film: Article 370 — Aditya Suhas JambhaleBest Debut Film of a Director: Randeep Hooda for Swatantrya Veer SavarkarBest Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment: Kalki: 2898 AD — Nag AshwinBest Feature Film Promoting National, Social and Environmental Values: Captain Miller — DhanushBest Children’s Film: Chinna Katha KaaduBest Direction: Rajkumar Periasamy for AmaranActing awardsBest Actor in a Leading Role: Kartik Aaryan for Chandu Champion and Mammootty for BramayugamBest Actress in a Leading Role: Yami Gautam for Article 370Best Supporting Actor: Sanjay Mishra for BhakshakBest Supporting Actress: Sachana Namidass for Maharaja and Rapshree Varkady for MithyaBest Child Artist: Riddhiman Banerjee, Tapomoy Deb, Gitashree Chakraborty, Arundev Pothula and Athish S ShettyMusic and writing awardsBest Male Playback Singer: Abhay Jodhpurkar for “Gharat Ganpati” from Navasachi Gauri MaziBest Female Playback Singer: Vaikom Vijayalakshmi for “Angu Vaana Konilu” from ARMBest Screenplay (Original): Sukumar for Pushpa: The RuleBest Screenplay (Adapted): Yogesh Deshpande for Swargandharva Sudhir PhadkeBest Screenplay Dialogue: Venky Atluri for Lucky BhaskharBest Lyrics: Manoj Muntashir for “Jaane Do” from MaidaanTechnical awardsBest Cinematography: Shehnad Jalal for BramayugamBest Editing: Amaran — R KalaivannanBest Production Designer: Kalki: 2898 AD — Nitin Zihani ChoudharyBest Costume Designer: Pushpa: The Rule (Part 2) — Deepali Noor and Sheetal SharmaBest Make Up Artist: Committee Kurrollu — P Ravi KumarBest Music Director: Article 370 — Shashwat SachdevBest Music Direction: Amaran — GV Prakash KumarBest Choreography: Stree 2 — Vijay GangulyBest Action Direction: Maharaja — Anl ArasuBest Sound Design: Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 — Manas ChoudharyRegional film winnersBest Assamese Film: Juiphool — Jadumoni DuttaBest Bengali Film: Chalchitra Ekhon — Anjan DuttBest Gujarati Film: Maaran — Abhishek JainBest Hindi Film: SrikanthBest Kannada Film: Mithya — Sumanth BhatBest Konkani Film: Mog AsumBest Malayalam Film: Feminichi Fathima — Fasil MuhammedBest Manipuri Film: Sunita — Yumnam Ajit SinghBest Marathi Film: Mukkam Post Bombilwadi — Paresh MokashiBest Odia Film: Lahari — Amartya BhattacharyyaBest Tamil Film: Raayan — DhanushBest Telugu Film: Committee Kurrollu — Yadhu VamseeBest Garhwali Film: Dholi — Dinesh P BhonsleBest Tulu Film: IMBU — Shivdhwaj StudioNon-feature film winnersBest Non-Feature Film promoting Social and Environmental Values: Piplantri: A Tale of Eco Feminism — Suraj KumarBest Animation Film: Touched as Water — Joshy BenedictBest Short Film: HamsafarBest Direction: Anand L Rai for Statue of Unity: Ekta Ka PrateekBest Cinematography: Life in Loom — Edmond RansonBest Sound Design: Blue — TS Hari Hara SudhanBest Editing: NDA — Manvir JasrotiaBest Music Direction: Parat 41°chya Magavar (On the Trail of 41°) — Shivpal Singh KangBest Narrator: Little Planet: A Tale of Frogs — Soundarya JayachandranBest Script: Obur (Clouds) — Faraz AliSpecial mentionsCaptain Miller — DhanushMeiyazhaganChola Dora aur Sui — Jaymin Modi and Lokesh GhaiBhadra-Kali Natakam — Ananda JyothiThe awards honoured films and artists across languages and categories, recognising achievements in feature films, non-feature films and writing on cinema. The awards considered films certified by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) during the 2024 eligibility period.