New Delhi, July 18 (ANI): Bollywood actor Yami Gautam won the Best Actress award for her performance in Article 370, while Mammootty and Kartik Aaryan shared the Best Actor award for Bramayugam and Chandu Champion, respectively, at the 72nd National Film Awards.
The awards were announced on Saturday at the National Media Centre in New Delhi by Jayaraj, Chairperson of the Feature Film Jury, Aseem Sinha, Chairperson of the Non-Feature Film Jury, and A. Chandrasekhar, Chairperson of the Best Writing on Cinema Jury, in the presence of Dr. Ajay Nagabhushan M.N., Joint Secretary (Films), and Dhirendra Ojha, Principal Director General of the Press Information Bureau (PIB).
Recognising excellence in Indian cinema, the awards honoured films and artistes from across the country for outstanding achievements in filmmaking.
Randeep Hooda won the Best Debut Director award for Swatantrya Veer Savarkar, while Kalki 2898 AD, Amaran, Pushpa 2: The Rule, Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3, and Stree 2 were among the major winners, reflecting the diversity of Indian cinema.
Rajkumar Periasamy received the Best Director award for Amaran. Srikanth, starring Rajkummar Rao and directed by Tushar Hiranandani, was named Best Hindi Film, while Mithya won the Best Kannada Film award.
Technical honours included Shashwat Sachdev for Best Music Direction (Songs) for Article 370, G.V. Prakash Kumar for Best Background Score for Amaran, Manas Choudhary for Best Sound Design (Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3), R. Kalaivannan for Best Editing (Amaran), and Deepali Noor and Sheetal Sharma for Best Costume Design (Pushpa 2: The Rule).
Major winners
- Best Feature Film: Article 370
- Best Actor: Kartik Aaryan (Chandu Champion), Mammootty (Bramayugam)
- Best Actress: Yami Gautam (Article 370)
- Best Director: Rajkumar Periasamy (Amaran)
- Best Supporting Actress: Ropashree Varkady (Mithya), Sachana Namidass (Maharaja)
- Best Supporting Actor: Sanjay Mishra (Bhakshak)
- Best Feature Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment: Kalki 2898 AD
- Best Film Promoting National, Social and Environmental Values: Captain Miller
- Best Debut Director: Randeep Hooda (Swatantrya Veer Savarkar)
- Best Children’s Film: 35 Chinna Katha Kaadu
- Best Child Artists: Riddhiman Banerjee, Tapomoy Deb, Gitashree Chakraborty, Arundev Pothula and Athish S. Shetty
- Best Cinematography: Shehnad Jalal (Bramayugam)
- Best Original Screenplay: Sukumar (Pushpa 2)
- Best Adapted Screenplay: Yogesh Deshpande (Swargandharva Sudhir Phadke)
- Best Dialogue Writer: Venky Atluri (Lucky Baskhar)
- Best Production Design: Nitin Zihani Choudhary (Kalki 2898 AD)
- Best Action Direction: Anl Arasu (Maharaja)
- Best Make-Up Artist: P. Ravi Kumar (Committee Kurrollu)
- Best Costume Design: Deepali Noor and Sheetal Sharma (Pushpa 2: The Rule)
- Best Music Direction (Songs): Shashwat Sachdev (Article 370)
- Best Background Music: G.V. Prakash Kumar (Amaran)
- Best Lyrics: Manoj Muntashir (Maidaan)
- Best Male Playback Singer: Abhay Jodhpurkar for “Gharat Ganpati” from Navasachi Gauri Mazi
- Best Female Playback Singer: Vaikom Vijayalakshmi for “Angu Vaana Konilu” from ARM
- Best Choreography: Vijay Ganguly (Stree 2)
- Best Sound Design: Manas Choudhary (Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3)
- Best Editing: R. Kalaivannan (Amaran)
Best Feature Films by language
- Assamese: Juiphool
- Bengali: Chalchitra Ekhon
- Hindi: Srikanth
- Kannada: Mithya
- Malayalam: Feminichi Fathima
- Marathi: Mukkam Post Bombilwadi
- Odia: Lahari
- Tamil: Raayan
- Garhwali: Dholi
- Telugu: Committee Kurrollu
- Gujarati: Maaran
- Manipuri: Sunita
- Konkani: Mog Asum
- Tulu: IMBU
Special Mentions were awarded to Dhanush for Captain Miller and Suren G for Meiyazhagan. (ANI)
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