71st National Film Awards Highlights: Who won what?

The National Film Award for the Best Feature Film category goes to Vikrant Massey's 12th Fail. The film was directed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra and produced by VC Films LLP.

Director Ashish Bende won the Best Debut Film of a Director for the movie 'Aatmapamphlet' (Marathi). The comedy drama film features Om Bendkhale, Manas Tondwalkar and Pranjali Shrikant in the lead roles.

The award for the Best Popular Film providing wholesome entertainment goes to Karan Johar's directorial 'Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani (Hindi). The film was produced by Dharma Productions Pvt Ltd. 

The Best Feature Film Promoting National, Social and Environmental Values goes to Meghna Gulzar's directorial 'Sam Bahadur' (Hindi). 

The Best Film in AVGC (Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming & Comic) goes to 'Hanu-Man' (Telugu).

Bollywood actress Rani Mukerji won the Best Actress in a Leading Role award for the film 'Mrs. Chatterjee vs Norway'.

Sudipto Sen won the Best Direction award for 'The Kerala Story' (Hindi)

Bollywood actor Vikrant Massey won the Best Actor award in a leading role for the film '12th Fail'. 

Shah Rukh Khan won the Best Actor in a Leading Role for the film 'Jawan'

Vash (Hypnosis) became the Best Gujarati Film which was produced by Big Bos Series Pvt Ltd, KS Entertainment LLP and directed by Krishnadev Yagnik.

Kathal: A Jackfruit Mystery wins National Film Award for Best Hindi Feature. The film is produced by Netflix Entertainment Services Pvt Ltd, Balaji Telefilms Ltd and Sikhya Entertainment Pvt Ltd. The film was directed by Yashowardhan Mishra. 

Special mention in the feature film (Hindi) went to MR Rajakrishnan for Animal (Re-Recording Mixer).

Pranil Desai won the Best Music Direction award for the Hindi-language film 'The First Film'. However, the Best Editing award goes to Niladri Roy for 'Moving Focus' (English) film. 

Harikrishnan S won the Best Narrator/ Voice Over award for 'The Sacred Jack - Exploring The Tree Of Wishes' (English).

The Best Script award in the Non-Feature Films goes to 'Sunflowers Were The First Ones To Know...' (Kannada), which was written by Chidananda Naik.

Special Mention - Nekal - Chronical of the Paddy Man (Malayalam), produced and directed by MK Ramadas. The second special mention is The Sea and Seven Villages (Odia), produced by Kadambini Media Pvt Ltd, and directed by Himansu Sekhar Khatua.

The Best Film Critic award goes to Utpal Datta (Assamese) in the Best Writing on Cinema category.

The official press briefing of the 71st National Film Awards 2025 has begun. ​​​​​​

The report of 71st National Film Awards 2025 was submitted to the Minister of Information & Broadcasting, Ashwini Vaishnaw, by the Jury Members today, August 1, 2025. 

The 71st National Film Awards 2025 winners will be announced at the press conference today, August 1, 2025, at 6 PM.