From ‘12th Fail’ to ‘Jawan’: Complete Winners List of National Film Awards 2025

September 23, 2025

Mumbai: 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