• ‘12th Fail’, directed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra, was adjudged the Best Feature Film in the 71st National Film Awards for the year 2023 on August 1.

• Shah Rukh Khan won his career’s first Best Actor award for ‘Jawan’ alongside Vikrant Massey for ‘12th Fail’.

• Rani Mukerji won the Best Actress award for ‘Mrs. Chatterjee vs Norway’. • Filmmaker Sudipto Sen won the Best Director award for his film ‘The Kerala Story’, which also bagged the honour for best cinematography. 

• Vijayaraghavan for Malayalam film ‘Pookalam’ and M.S. Bhaskar for Tamil film ‘Parking’ shared the Best Supporting Actor trophy. 

• The Best Supporting Actress honour went to Urvashi for Malayalam movie ‘Ullozhokku’ and Janki Bodiwala for Gujarati film ‘Vash’. 

• The National Award for best screenplay was shared between Telugu movie ‘Baby’ and Tamil film ‘Parking’.

• The Awards were announced by jury head and filmmaker Ashutosh Gowariker.

Full list of winners:

Feature Films

• Best Feature Film: ‘12th Fail’ (Hindi) Director: Vidhu Vinod Chopra

• Best Debut Film of a Director: Ashish Bende for ‘Aatmapamphlet’ (Marathi) 

• Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment: ‘Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani’ (Hindi) - Director: Karan Johar

• Best Feature Film Promoting National, Social, and Environmental Values: ‘Sam Bahadur’ (Hindi) - Director: Meghna Gulzar

• Best Children’s Film: ‘Naal 2’ (Marathi) - Director: Sudhakar Reddy Yakkanti

• Best Film in AVGC (Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming & Comic): ‘Hanu-Man’ (Telugu) - Director: Prasanth Varma

• Best Direction: ‘The Kerala Story’ (Hindi) - Director: Sudipto Sen

• Best Actor in a Leading Role: Shah Rukh Khan for ‘Jawan and’ Vikrant Massey for ‘12th Fail’

• Best Actress in a Leading Role: Rani Mukerji for ‘Mrs. Chatterjee V/s Norway’ (Hindi)

• Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Vijayaraghavan for ‘Pookkaalam’ (Malayalam) and M.S. Bhaskar for ‘Parking’ (Tamil)

• Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Urvashi for ‘Ullozhukku’ (Malayalam) and Janki Bodiwala for ‘Vash’ (Gujarati)

• Best Child Artist: Sukriti Veni Bandreddi for ‘Gandhi Tatha Chettu’, Kabir Khandare for ‘Gypsy’, Treesha Thosar, Shrinivas Pokale and Bhargav Jagtap for ‘Naal 2’ 

• Best Male Playback Singer: PVN S Rohit for Premisthunna in ‘Baby’ (Telugu)

• Best Female Playback Singer: Shilpa Rao for ‘Chaliya’ in ‘Jawan’ (Hindi)

• Best Cinematography: Prasantanu Mohapatra for ‘The Kerala Story’ (Hindi)

• Best Screenplay: Sai Rajesh Neelam for ‘Baby’ and Ramkumar Balakrishnan for ‘Parking’

• Best Dialogue Writer: Deepak Kingrani for ‘Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai’ 

• Best Sound Design: Sachin Sudhakaran and Hariharan Muralidharan for  ‘Animal’ (Hindi)

• Best Editing: Midhun Murali for ‘Pookkaalam’ (Malayalam)

• Best Production Design: Mohandas for ‘2018’ (Malayalam)

• Best Costume Designer:  Sachin Lovalekar, Divvya Gambhir, and Nidhhi Gambhir for ‘Sam Bahadur’ (Hindi)

• Best Make-up: Shrikant Desai for ‘Sam Bahadur’ (Hindi)

• Best Music Director (Songs): G.V. Prakash Kumar for ‘Vaathi’ (Tamil)

• Best Music Director (Background Music): Harshavardhan Rameshwar for ‘Animal’ (Hindi)

• Best Lyrics: Kasarla Shyam for ‘Ooru Palleturu’ in ‘Balagam’ (Telugu)

• Best Choreography: Vaibhavi Merchant for Dhindhora Baje Re in ‘Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani’ (Hindi)

• Best Action Direction Award (Stunt Choreography): Nandu Prudhvi for ‘Hanu-Man’ (Telugu)

• Best Assamese Film: Rongatapu 1982 - Director: Adityam Saikia

• Best Bengali Film: Deep Fridge - Director: Arjun Dutta

• Best Gujarati Film: Vash - Director: Krishnadev Yagnik

• Best Hindi Film: Kathal: A Jackfruit Mystery - Director: Yashowardhan Mishra

• Best Kannada Film: Kandeelu - Director: K. Yashoda Prakash

• Best Malayalam Film: Ullozhukku - Director: Christo Tomy

• Best Marathi Film: Shyamchi Aai - Director: Sujay Sunil Dahake

• Best Odia Film: Pushkara - Director: Subhransu Das

• Best Punjabi Film: Godday Godday Chaa - Director: Vijay Kumar Arora

• Best Tamil Film: Parking - Director: Ramkumar Balakrishnan

• Best Telugu Film: Bhagavanth Kesari - Director: Anil Ravipudi

• Best Garo Film: Rimdogittanga - Director: Dominic Megam Sangma

• Best Tai Phake Film: Pai Tang - Director: Prabal Khaund

• Special Mention: M.R. Rajakrishnan for ‘Animal’ (Re-Recording Mixer)

• Best Film Critic: Utpal Datta

Non-Feature Films

• Best Non-Feature Film: ‘Flowering Man’ (Hindi) - Director: Soumyajit Ghosh Dastidar

• Best Debut Film of A Director: Shilpika Bordoloi for ‘Mau: The Spirit Dreams of Cheraw’ (Mizo)

• Best Biographical/Historical Reconstruction/Compilation Film: ‘Mo Bou, Mo Gaan’ by Subash Sahoo and ‘Lentina Ao’ by Sanjib Parasar

• Best Arts/Culture Film: ‘Timeless Tamil Nadu’ (English) - Director: Kamakhya Narayan Singh

• Best Documentary: ‘God Vulture and Human’ (English, Hindi & Telugu) - Director: Rishiraj Agarwal 

• Best Non-Feature Film Promoting Social and Environmental Values: ‘The Silent Epidemic’ (Hindi) - Director: Akshat Gupta

• Best Short Film (Up to 30 Min): ‘Giddh: The Scavenger’ (Hindi) - Director: Manish Saini

• Best Direction: Piyush Thakur for ‘The First Film’ (Hindi)

• Best Cinematography: Saravanamaruthu Soundarapandi & Meenakshi Soman for ‘Little Wings’ (Tamil)

• Best Sound Design: Shubharun Sengupta for ‘Dhundhgiri Ke Phool’ (Hindi)

• Best Editing: Niladri Roy for ‘Moving Focus’ (English)

• Best Music Direction: Pranil Desai for ‘The First Film’ (Hindi)

• Best Narration/Voice Over: Harikrishnan S for ‘The Sacred Jack - Exploring The Tree of Wishes’ (English)

• Best Script: Chidananda Naik for ‘Sunflowers Were The First Ones To Know…’ (Kannada)

• Special Mention: ‘Chronicle Of The Paddy Man’ by M.K Ramadas and ‘The Sea and Seven Villages’ by Himansu Sekhar Khatua. 

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