National Film Awards 2025 Kannada Full Winners List: Kandeelu- The Ray Of Hope Win Best Kannada Film

Updated: Friday, August 1, 2025, 20:29 [IST]

National Film Awards 2025 Kannada Full Winners List Best Film Award Goes To

National Film Awards 2025 Kannada full winners list: The 71st National Film Awards for 2023 have been announced on Friday (August 1) in a press conference in New Delhi. The jury members of the National Film Awards unveiled the full winners list across different categories at the National Media Centre in the capital.

Before the announcement of results, industry experts predicted that Vikrant Massey and Rani Mukerji were in the race to win the Best Actor and Best Actress award, respectively for their performances in 12th Fail and Mrs. Chatterjee vs Norway. The prediction turned out to be correct.

Vikrant Massey and Shah Rukh Khan won the Best Actor award while Rani Mukerji bagged the Best Actress award.

Rani Mukerji and Vikrant Massey trended on social media before the Central government announced the complete winners' list for the National Film Awards 2025.

2024 was a landmark year for Kannada cinema as Rishabh Shetty was awarded the Best Actor National Film Award for his remarkable performance in Kantara. The actor wooed not only the audiences and critics, but also members of National Film Awards Jury.

71ST NATIONAL FILM AWARDS 2025 FULL WINNERS LIST KANNADA & OTHER LANGUAGES

Last year, the National Film Awards 2024 for Best Kannada feature film went to KGF Chapter 2. Wondering which movie bagged the award in the Kannada best feature film category?

Kandeelu- The Ray Of Hope won the Best Kannada film award at the 71st National Film Awards. Swastik Entertainment produced the film, while K Yashoda Prakash directed the movie.

Here's looking at the full winners list of 71st National Film Awards 2025 across different languages, including Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Hindi.