National Film Awards 2025: Shah Rukh Khan, Rani Mukerji receive top honours. Full list of winners here
ET Online September 23, 2025 10:00 PM
Synopsis

The 71st National Film Awards for 2023 honoured winners across films, documentaries, books, and critics’ entries. 12th Fail won Best Feature Film, while Flowering Man took Best Non-Feature Film and God Vulture and Human Best Documentary. Shah Rukh Khan (Jawan) and Vikrant Massey (12th Fail) won Best Actor, and Rani Mukerji (Mrs. Chatterjee Vs Norway) won Best Actress, both receiving their first National Awards.

Shah Rukh Khan wins National Award for Jawan

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The winners of the 71st National Film Awards for the year 2023 received their respective awards on Tuesday. This year, the awards saw 332 entries in the feature film category, 115 in non-feature films, 27 books, and 16 critics’ submissions.

12th Fail has been honoured with the Best Feature Film award at the 71st National Film Awards.

Flowering Man won the Best Non-Feature Film award, while God Vulture and Human was recognised as the Best Documentary. Both films earned their first National Film Award.


Shah Rukh Khan (Jawan) and Vikrant Massey (12th Fail) have been awarded the Best Actor award. This is the first National Film Award of Sharukh Khan in his career.

Rani Mukerji was honoured with the Best Actress award for her powerful performance in Mrs. Chatterjee Vs Norway. This is also her first-ever National Film Award.

Veteran actor Vijayaraghavan and Muthupettai Somu Bhaskar were awarded Best Supporting Actor.

The announcement was made by Shri Ashutosh Gowariker (Feature Film Jury Chairperson), Shri P. Sheshadri (Non-Feature Film Jury Chairperson), and Dr. Ajay Nagabhushan MN, Joint Secretary (Films). Ms. Mattu J. P. Singh, Director General, PIB, was also present on the occasion.

71st National Film Awards: Full List Of Winners

Feature Film category:
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Category of AwardTitle of the FilmAwardee
Best Feature Film12th Fail (Hindi)Producer: VC Films LLP, Director: Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Best Debut Film of a DirectorAatmapamphlet (Marathi)Director: Ashish Bende
Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome EntertainmentRocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani (Hindi)Producer: Dharma Productions Pvt. Ltd., Director: Karan Johar
Best Feature Film Promoting National, Social, and Environmental ValuesSam Bahadur (Hindi)Producer: Unilazer Ventures Pvt Ltd, Director: Meghna Gulzar
Best Children's FilmNaal 2 (Marathi)Producer: Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd., Aatpat Productions, Director: Sudhakar Reddy Yakkanti
Best Film in AVGCHanu-Man (Telugu)Producer: Primeshow Entertainment Pvt Ltd, Director: Prasanth Varma
Best DirectionThe Kerala Story (Hindi)Director: Sudipto Sen
Best Actor in a Leading RoleJawan (Hindi)Actor: Shah Rukh Khan
Best Actor in a Leading Role12th Fail (Hindi)Actor: Vikrant Massey
Best Actress in a Leading RoleMrs. Chatterjee V/s Norway (Hindi)Actress: Rani Mukerji
Best Actor in a Supporting RolePookkaalam (Malayalam)Supporting Actor: Vijayaraghavan
Best Actor in a Supporting RoleParking (Tamil)Supporting Actor: Muthupettai Somu Bhaskar
Best Actress in a Supporting RoleUllozhukku (Malayalam)Supporting Actress: Urvashi
Best Actress in a Supporting RoleVash (Gujarati)Supporting Actress: Janki Bodiwala
Best Child ArtistGandhi Tatha Chettu (Telugu)Child Artist: Sukriti Veni Bandreddi
Best Child ArtistGypsy (Marathi)Child Artist: Kabir Khandare
Best Child ArtistNaal 2 (Marathi)Child Artists: Treesha Thosar, Shrinivas Pokale & Bhargav Jagtap
Best Male Playback SingerBaby (Premisthunna) (Telugu)Singer: PVN S Rohit
Best Female Playback SingerJawan (Chaliya) (Hindi)Singer: Shilpa Rao
Best CinematographyThe Kerala Story (Hindi)Cinematographer: Prasantanu Mohapatra
Best ScreenplayBaby (Telugu)Screenplay Writer: Sai Rajesh Neelam
Best ScreenplayParking (Tamil)Screenplay Writer: Ramkumar Balakrishnan
Best ScreenplaySirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai (Hindi)Dialogue Writer: Deepak Kingrani
Best Sound DesignAnimal (Hindi)Sound Designers: Sachin Sudhakaran, Hariharan Muralidharan
Best EditingPookkaalam (Malayalam)Editor: Midhun Murali
Best Production Design2018-Everyone Is A Hero (Malayalam)Production Designer: Mohandas
Best Costume DesignerSam Bahadur (Hindi)Costume Designers: Sachin Lovalekar, Divvya Gambhir, Nidhhi Gambhir
Best Make-upSam Bahadur (Hindi)Make-up Artist: Shrikant Desai
Best Music DirectionVaathi (Tamil)Music Director (Songs): G V Prakash Kumar
Best Music DirectionAnimal (Hindi)Music Director (Background Music): Harshavardhan Rameshwar
Best LyricsBalagam (Ooru Palleturu) (Telugu)Lyricist: Kasarla Shyam
Best ChoreographyRocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani (Dhindhora Baje Re) (Hindi)Choreographer: Vaibhavi Merchant
Best Action Direction Award (Stunt Choreography)Hanu-Man (Telugu)Stunt Choreographer: Nandu Prudhvi
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