71st National Film Awards 2025 — Complete Winners List
Lifetime / Special Awards
1. Dadasaheb Phalke Award (Lifetime Achievement): Mohanlal
Feature Film & Main Awards
2. Best Feature Film (Golden Lotus / Swarna Kamal): 12th Fail (Vidhu Vinod Chopra)
3. Best Hindi Film: Kathal: A Jackfruit Mystery
4. Best Telugu Film: Bhagavanth Kesari
5. Best Tamil Film: Parking
6. Best Punjabi Film: Godday Godday Chaa
7. Best Odia Film: Pushkara
8. Best Marathi Film: Shyamchi Aai
9. Best Malayalam Film: Ullozhukku
10. Best Kannada Film: Kandeelu: The Ray of Hope
11. Best Gujarati Film: Vash
12. Best Bengali Film: Deep Fridge
13. Best Assamese Film: Rongatapu 1982
14. Best Direction: Sudipto Sen (The Kerala Story)
15. Best Actor (Lead): Shah Rukh Khan (Jawan) & Vikrant Massey (12th Fail) — shared
16. Best Actress (Lead): Rani Mukerji (Mrs Chatterjee vs Norway)
17. Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment: Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani
18. Best Debut Film of a Director: Aatmapamphlet (Ashish Avinash Bende)
19. Best Children’s Film: Naal 2
20. Best Feature Film Promoting National, Social & Environmental Values: Sam Bahadur
Music, Singing & Writing
21. Best Music Direction (Songs): Vaathi — G. V. Prakash Kumar
22. Best Background Score: Animal — Harshavardhan Rameshwar
23. Best Male Playback Singer: P.V.N.S. Rohit (Baby – Telugu)
24. Best Female Playback Singer: Shilpa Rao (Jawan)
25. Best Lyrics: Kasarla Shyam — Balagam
Technical Awards
26. Best Cinematography: Prasantanu Mohapatra (The Kerala Story)
27. Best Editing: Midhun Murali (Pookkaalam)
28. Best Sound Design: Sachin Sudhakaran & Hariharan (Animal)
29. Best Production Design: Mohandas (2018: Everyone is a Hero)
30. Best Make-up: Shrikanth Desai (Sam Bahadur)
31. Best Costume Designer: Sachin, Divya, Nidhhi (Sam Bahadur)
Special Jury / Mentions
32. Special Mention: M. R. Radhakrishnan (Re-recording mixer) — Animal
