From SRK to Rani Mukerji: A complete list of the 71st National Film Awards winners
The President of India, Droupadi Murmu, honoured the recipients of the prestigious 71st National Film Awards on Tuesday during a ceremony held in Delhi. Here is a complete list of all the National Award Winners for 2025 –
Best Feature Film – ’12th Fail’ (Vinod Chopra Films, Vidhu Vinod Chopra)
Best Debut Film of a Director – Ashish Avinash Bende – ‘Aatmapamphlet’
Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment – ‘Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani’ (Dharma Productions, Karan Johar)
Best Children’s Film – ‘Naal 2’ (Aatpat Production, Zee Studios, Sudhakar Reddy Yakkanti)
Best Direction Sudipto Sen – ‘The Kerala Story’
Best Film in AVGC (Best Visual Effects) – Jetty Venkat Kumar – Hanu-Man
Best Feature Film Promoting National, Social and Environmental Values ‘Sam Bahadur’ (Unilazer Ventures, Meghna Gulzar)
Best Actor in a Leading Role Shah Rukh Khan – ‘Jawan’ / Vikrant Massey – ’12th Fail’
Best Actress in a Leading Role – Rani Mukerji – ‘Mrs. Chatterjee vs Norway’
Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Vijayaraghavan ‘Pookkaalam’ / M. S. Bhaskar – ‘Parking’
Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Urvashi – ‘Ullozhukku’ / Janki Bodiwala – ‘Vash’
Best Child Artist – Sukriti Veni Bandreddi – ‘Gandhi Tatha Chettu’ / Kabir Khandare – ‘Gypsy’ / Treesha Thosar, Shrinivas Pokale, Bhargav Jagtap – ‘Naal 2’
Best Male Playback Singer – P V N S Rohit ‘Baby’ (Premistunna)
Best Female Playback Singer – Shilpa Rao ‘Jawan’ (Chaleya)
Best Cinematography – Prasantanu Mohapatra ‘The Kerala Story’
Best Screenplay (Original) – Sai Rajesh – Baby / Ramkumar Balakrishnan – ‘Parking’
Best Dialogues – Deepak Kingrani ‘Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai’
Best Sound Design – Sachin Sudhakaran, Hariharan Muralidharan – ‘Animal’
Best Editing – Midhun Murali – ‘Pookkaalam’
Best Production Design – Mohandas – ‘2018’
Best Costume Design – Sachin Lovalekar, Divvya Gambhir, Nidhhi Gambhir – ‘Sam Bahadur’
Best Make-up – Shrikant Desai – ‘Sam Bahadur’
Best Lyrics – Kasarla Shyam – ‘Balagam’ (Ooru Palletooru)
Best Choreography – Vaibhavi Merchant – ‘Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani’ (Dhindhora Baje Re)
Best Documentary – God Vulture and Human – Rishiraj Agarwal
Best Short Film – Giddh (The Scavenger) – Manish Saini
Best Film Critic – Utpal Datta