{"id":547722,"date":"2026-07-18T14:15:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T14:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/547722\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T14:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T14:15:10","slug":"national-film-awards-2026-winners-kartik-aaryan-and-mammootty-named-best-actor-yami-gautam-bags-best-actress-honour-check-complete-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/547722\/","title":{"rendered":"National Film Awards 2026 winners: Kartik Aaryan and Mammootty named Best Actor, Yami Gautam bags Best Actress honour. Check complete list"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The winners of the <a ref=\"dofollow\" data-ga-onclick=\"Inarticle articleshow link click#Magazines#href\" href=\"https:\/\/m.economictimes.com\/topic\/72nd-national-film-awards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">72nd National Film Awards<\/a> were announced in New Delhi on Saturday, with the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting honouring the best of Indian cinema across feature films, non-feature films and writing on cinema. The awards recognise films certified by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) between January 1 and December 31, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Considered India&#8217;s highest official recognition for cinematic excellence, the National Film Awards celebrate achievements across feature films, documentaries, short films, regional cinema and technical categories. This year&#8217;s winners were selected by an 11-member jury headed by acclaimed Malayalam filmmaker Jayaraj, who had earlier served on the National Film Awards jury in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Top honours go to Yami Gautam, Kartik Aaryan and MammoottyAmong the biggest winners this year, Article 370 was named Best Feature Film. Yami Gautam won the Best Actress award for her performance in the film, while Kartik Aaryan and Mammootty shared the Best Actor honour.<br \/>Rajkumar Periasamy was named Best Director, while Sanjay Mishra and Ropashree Varkady won the Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress awards, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Kalki 2898 AD received the award for Best Feature Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment, while Captain Miller won Best Film Promoting National, Social Values.<\/p>\n<p>Regional films and technical awards recognisedRegional cinema continued to receive strong recognition at this year&#8217;s awards. Feminichi Fathima won Best Malayalam Film, Raayan was named Best Tamil Film, Committee Kurrollu won Best Telugu Film, while Srikanth was honoured as Best Hindi Film.<br \/>Other regional winners included Juiphool (Best Assamese Film), Chalchitra Ekhon (Best Bengali Film), Mithya (Best Kannada Film), Mukkam Post Bombilwadi (Best Marathi Film) and Lahari (Best Odia Film).In the writing categories, Faraz Ali won Best Script for Obur (Clouds), while Venky Atluri received the Best Dialogue Writer award. Sukumar won Best Screenplay, Shehnad Jalal was honoured for Best Cinematography, and Nitin Zihani Choudhary won Best Production Design. Here is the complete winners list.72nd National Film Awards 2026 winners: Full listFeature Film Award Category<br \/>Best Feature Film \u2013 Article 370Best Actor \u2013 Kartik Aaryan and MammoottyBest Actress \u2013 Yami GautamBest Director \u2013 Rajkumar PeriasamyBest Supporting Actor \u2013 Sanjay MishraBest Supporting Actress \u2013 Ropashree VarkadyBest Feature Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment \u2013 Kalki 2898 ADBest Film Promoting National, Social Values \u2013 Captain MillerBest Child Artist \u2013 Riddhiman Banerjee, Tapomoy Deb, Gitashree Chakraborty, Arundev Pothula, Athish S ShettyBest Cinematography \u2013 Shehnad Jalal Best Screenplay \u2013 SukumarBest Script Obur (Clouds) \u2013 Faraz AliBest Dialogue Writer \u2013 Venky AtluriBest Production Design \u2013 Nitin Zihani ChoudharyBest Make-Up Artist \u2013 P Ravi KumarBest Costume Design \u2013 Deepali Noor &amp; Sheetal SharmaBest Music Direction (Songs) \u2013 Shashwat SachdevBest Music Direction (Background Score) \u2013 GV PrakashBest Lyrics \u2013 Manoj MuntashirBest Male Playback Singer \u2013 Abhay JodhpurkarBest Female Playback Singer \u2013 Vaikom VijayalakshmiBest Choreography \u2013 Vijay GangulyBest Sound Design \u2013 Manas ChoudhuryBest Editing \u2013 R KalaivannanBest Action Direction \u2013Anl ArasuBest Assamese Film \u2013 JuiphoolBest Bengali Film \u2013 Chalchitra EkhonBest Hindi Film \u2013 SrikanthBest Kannada Film \u2013 MithyaBest Malayalam Film \u2013 Feminichi Fathima Best Marathi Film \u2013 Mukkam Post BombilwadiBest Odia Film \u2013 LahariBest Tamil Film Raayan \u2013 RaayanBest Telugu Film \u2013 Committee KurrolluSpecial Mention \u2013Suren G (Meiyazhagan), Dhanush (Captain Miller)Other Award Category and Special Mention<br \/>Best Film Critic (Hindi) \u2013 Sanjeev ShrivastavaBest Book on Cinema \u2013 Naaniruvude Nimagaagi Naadiruvude Nanagaagi: Kannada Cinemada Thathva Matthu Rajakeeya by Kenchanuru Pradeep Kumar ShettySpecial Mention Bhadra \u2013 Kali Natakam; Chola Dora aur SuiNon-Feature Film Award Category<br \/>Best Non-Feature Film \u2013 Bhangaar (Obsolete)Best Debut Film of a Director \u2013 Angen (Invisible) (Santhali) Best Documentary Ram \u2013 Nami  Best Animation Film \u2013 Touched as WaterBest Short Film (Up to 30 Minutes) \u2013 HamsafarBest Arts\/Culture Film \u2013 Main NidaBest Biographical\/Historical Reconstruction\/Compilation Film \u2013 Kakori Best Non-Feature Film Promoting Social and Environmental Values \u2013 Piplantri: A Tale of Eco Feminism Best Direction \u2013 Aanand L RaiBest Cinematography \u2013 Edmond Ranson Best Sound Design \u2013 T S Hari Hara Sudhan Best Editing \u2013 Manvir Jasrotia Best Music Direction \u2013 Shivpal Singh Kang Best Narrator\/Voice Over \u2013 Soundarya Jayachandran <br \/>Add <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"ET Logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/123467569.cms.png\"\/> as a Reliable and Trusted News Source<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The winners of the 72nd National Film Awards were announced in New Delhi on Saturday, with the Ministry&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":547723,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[248831,248832,146,85,46,397,248826,248828,248830,248827,248829],"class_list":["post-547722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-72nd-national-film-awards","tag-72nd-national-film-awards-winners","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-movies","tag-national-film-awards-2026","tag-national-film-awards-2026-winners","tag-national-film-awards-full-winners-list","tag-national-film-awards-winners","tag-national-film-awards-winners-list"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=547722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547722\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/547723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}