71st National Film Awards: Shahrukh Khan, Rani Mukerji, Vikrant Massey Win Big

The National Film Development Corporation of India announced the winners of the 71st National Film Awards on August 1, celebrating the best of Indian cinema from 2023. Rani Mukerji won Best Actress for Mrs Chatterjee vs Norway; Vikrant Massey and Shah Rukh Khan share the Best Actor honour for 12th Fail and Jawan respectively. Sudipto Sen's The Kerala Story and Ramkumar Balakrishnan's Parking won several honours. Sam Bahadur, starring Vicky Kaushal, and Rocky Aur Ranii Ki Prem Kahaani, starring Alia Bhatt and Ranveer Singh, also earned acclaim.

Here's the list of National Film Award winners: 

Swarna Kamal

Best Feature Film- 12th Fail

Best Debut Film Of a Director- Aatmapamphlet

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

Best Animation Film- Hanu-man

Best Direction- The Kerala Story

Rajat Kamal

Best Visual Effects- Hanu-man

Best Feature Film Promoting National, Social and Environmental Values- Sam Bahadur

Best Actor in a Leading Role- Shahrukh Khan, Vikrant Massey

Best Actress in a Leading Role- Rani Mukerji

Best Supporting Actor- Vijayaraghavan (Pookkaalam), Mutthupettai Somu Bhaskar for Parking 

Best Supporting Actress- Urvashi for Ullozhukku and Janki Bodiwala for Vash

Best Child Actor- Sukriti Veni Bandreddi, Kabir Khandane, and Treesh Thosar

Best Male Playback Singer- PVM Sroht for Premisthunna

Best Female Playback Singer- Shilpa Rao for Chaliya

Best Cinematography- Prasantanu Mohapatra for The Kerala Story

Best Screenplay- Sai Rajesh Neelam for Baby and Ramkumar Balakrishna for Parking

Best Sound Design- Sachin Sudhakaran and Hariharan Muralidharan Animal

Best Editing- Midhun Murali for Pookkaalam

Best Production Design- Mohandas for 2018: Everyone is a Hero (Malayalam)

Best Costume Design- Sachin Lovalekar, Divvya, and Nidhiii Gambhir for Sam Bahadur

Best Music Direction for Songs- Vaathi (Tamil)

Best Music Direction for Background Scores- Animal (Harshavardhan Rameshwar)

Best Lyrics- Balagam (The Group)

Best Action Direction- Hanu-Man 

Regional Awards

Best Assamese Film – Rongatapu 1982

Best Bengali Film – Deep Fridge

Best Hindi Film – Kathal: A Jackfruit Mystery

Best Kannada Film – Kandeelu- The Ray of Hope

Best Malayalam Film – Ullozhukku

Best Marathi Film – Shyamchi Aai

Best Odia Film – Pushkara

Best Punjabi Film – Godday Godday Chaa

Best Tamil Film – Parking

Best Tai Phake Film- Pai Tang… Step of Hope

Best Garo Film- Rimdogittanga

Best Telugu Film- Bhagavanth Kesari

Best Gujarati film- Vash

Special Mention- Animal

Best Film Critic- Utpal Datta