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72nd National Film Awards Winners: The winners of the National Film Awards for movies certified by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) in 2024 were announced on July 18. Winners were declared in 43 categories in feature and non-feature films. Yami Gautam and Kartik Aaryan bagged their maiden National Awards in the Best Actor category for their roles in Article 370 and Chandu Champion respectively. Kartik shared the honour with Malayalam star Mammootty, who was awarded for his role in horror film Bramayugam. With this win, Mammootty now holds 4 National Awards.
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Randeep Hooda won the National Award for Best Debut Film Of A Director for Swatantrya Veer Savarkar, while Article 370 was declared the Best Film and Nag Ashwin’s Kalki 2898 AD was awarded Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment. Rajkumar Periasamy won Best Direction for Sivakarthikeyan and Sai Pallavi starrer Amaran, which is based on Ashoka Chakra awardee Mukund Varadarajan. Amaran also won in Best Editing and Best Music Direction (Background Score) categories.
Best Debut Film Of A Director
Randeep Hooda for Swatantrya Veer Savarkar
Best Actress In A Supporting Role
Ropashree Varkady for Mithya
Sachana Namidass for Maharaja
Nitin Zihani Choudhary for Kalki 2898 AD
Venky Atluri for Lucky Baskhar
Deepali Noor and Sheetal Sharma for Pushpa 2
Sanjay Mishra for Bhakshak
Best Actress In A Leading Role
Yami Gautam for Article 370
Best Actor In A Leading Role
Kartik Aaryan for Chandu Champion and Mohanlal for Bramayugam
Rajkumar Periasamy for Amaran
Rajkumar Periasamy for Amaran
Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment
Best Music Direction (Background Score)
GV Prakash Kumar for Amaran
P Ravikumar for Committee Kurrollu
Arun Dev for 35 Chinna Katha Kaadu
Best Actor Special Mention
Best Film Promoting National, Social & Environmental Values
Shehnad Jalaal for Bramayugam
Best Music Direction (Songs)
Shashwat Sachdev for Article 370
Best Playback Singer (Male)
Abhay Jodhpurkar for Gharat Ganpati
Best Playback Singer (Female)
Vaikom Vijayalakshmi for ARM
Manas Choudhury for Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3
Best Film Promoting Social & Environmental Values
Piplantri: A Tale of Eco Feminism
Best Biographical/Historical Reconstruction Film
Announcing the 72nd National Film Awards, jury member and Malayalam filmmaker Jayaraj said, “Around 400 feature films in 34 languages, including scheduled and non-scheduled languages, were considered. It was a huge task because many young filmmakers came up with different experiments and fresh visions. It was quite hectic, but I believe we have done justice.”
