71st National Film Awards 2025 Full Winners List: Animal Wins BIG; Know Best Actor, Actress & Film...

71st National Film Awards 2025 Winners List: The highly-anticipated 71st National Film Awards 2025 is finally out! The prestigious awards, administered by the Directorate of Film Festivals, recognize the cinematic excellence across India's multiple languages and technical crafts for the year 2023.

On Friday (August 1), the jury announced the winners of the prestigious 71st National Film Awards 2025 to the media. Earlier today, the prestigious jury members officially handed over the final report to the Union Information & Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and Union Minister L Murugan.

To note, Indian films certified by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) between January 1 and December 31, 2023, were eligible for this year's National Film Awards.

71st National Film Awards 2025 Complete Winners List: Who Won What?

The prestigious 71st National Film Awards 2025 winners list is finally out! It was announced at a press conference, scheduled at 6:00 PM, at the National Media Centre in New Delhi. While Rani Mukerji bagged the Best Actress, Shah Rukh Khan and Vikrant Massey shared the Best Actor award. For those unversed, SRK won his first National Award in his 33-year-long career.

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 Mrs Norway (Hindi)

Best Actress In A Supporting Role: Urvashi (Ullozhukku), Janki Bodiwala (Vash)

Best Actor In A Supporting Role: Vijayaraghavan (Poolkalam), Muthupettai Somu Bhaskar (Parking)

Best Child Artist: Sukriti Veni - Gandhi Tatha Chettu (Telugu), Kabir Khandare - Gypsy (Marathi), Treesha Thasar, Shrinivas Pokaole, Bhargav - Naal 2 (Marathi)

Best Direction: Sudipto Sen (The Kerala Story)

Best Music Direction (Songs): Vaathi (Tamil)

Best Music Direction (Background Scores): Animal - Harshvardhan Rameshwar

Best Lyrics: Balagam (The Group)

Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment: Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani

Best Male Playback Singer: PVM S Rohit ('Premisthunna' - Baby)

Best Female Playback Singer: Shlipa Rao ('Chaleya' - Jawan)

Best Choreography: Vaibhavi Merchant ('Dhindora Baje' - Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani)

Best Sound Design: Sachin Sudhakaran, Hariharan Muralidharan (Animal)

Best Production Design: Mohandas, Everyone Is A Hero

Best Action Direction: Hanu-Man (Telugu)

Best Editing: Midhun Murali (Pookkalam)

Best Make-Up Artist: Shrikant Desai (Sam Bahadur)

Best Costume Design: Sachin Lovalekar, Divvya, Nidhiii Gambhir (Sam Bahadur)

Best Editing: Midhun Murali (Pookkaalam)

Best Cinematography: Prasantanu Mohapatra (The Kerala Story)

Best Dialogue Writer: Deepak Kingrani (Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai)

Best Screenplay: Sai Rajesh Neelam (Baby), Ramkumar Balakrishna (Parking)

Feature Films (Regional):

Best Hindi Film: Kathal

Best Telugu Film: Bhagavanth Kesari (I Don't Care) - Telugu

Best Tamil Film: Parking

Best Bengali Film: Deep Fridge

Best Kannada Film: Kandeelu - The Ray Of Hope

Best Marathi Film: Shyamchi Aai

Best Odia Film: Pushkara

Best Punjabi Film: Godday Godday Chaa

Best Assamese Film: Rongatapu 1982

Best Gujarati Film: Vash

Best Garo Film: Rimdogittanga

Best Tai Phake Film: Pai Tang (Step Of Hope)

Special Mention: Animal (Hindi) - Rerecording Mixer

Best Non-Feature Film

Best Non-Feature Film: Flowering Man (Hindi)

Best Direction: Piyush Thakur - The First Film (Hindi)

Best Short Film: Giddh The Scavenger (Hindi)

Best Editing: The Moving Focus (English) - Niladri Roy

Best Music Direction: The First Film (Hindi)

Best Documentary: God Vulture And Human (Hindi, English, Tamil)

Best Arts/Slash Film: Timeless Tamil Nadu (English)

Best Script: Sunflowers Were The First One To Know (Kannada)

Best Voiceover: The Sacred Jack - Exploring The Tree Of Wishes (English)

Best Cinematography: Little Wings (Tamil)

Best Sound Design: Dhunghgiri Ke Phool (Hindi)

Special Mention: Nekal - Chronicle Of The Paddy Man (Malayalam); The Sea And Seven Villages (Odia)