From SRK to Rani Mukerji: A complete list of the 71st National Film Awards winners
Bilkul Online
Mumbai | 24 Sept 2025
The President of India, Droupadi Murmu, honored 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
