NEW DELHI: Here is the list of winners for the 71st National Film Awards for the year 2023 announced on Friday.
Feature Film Category
Best Feature Film - Vidhu Vinod Chopra's '12th Fail'
Best Direction - Sudipto Sen ' The Kerala Story'
Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment - 'Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani' by Karan Johar
Best Debut Film of a Director - 'Aatmapamphlet' by Ashish Bende
Best Actor - Shah Rukh Khan for 'Jawan', Vikrant Massey for '12th Fail'
Best Actress - Rani Mukerji for 'Mrs Chatterjee v/s Norway'
Best Supporting Actor - Vijayaraghavan for 'Pookkaalam', Muthupettai Somu Bhaskar for 'Parking'
Best Supporting Actress - Urvashi for 'Ullozhukku', Janki Bodiwala for 'Vash'
Best Film in Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming and Comic - 'Hanu-Man' by Prasanth Varma
Best Feature Film promoting National, Social, and Environmental Values - 'Sam Bahadur' by Meghna Gulzar
Best Children's Film - 'Naal 2' by Sudhakar Reddy Yakkanti
Best Child Artist - Sukriti Veni Bandreddi for 'Gandhi Tatha Chettu', Kabir Khandare for 'Gypsy', Treesha Thosar, Shrinivas Pokale and Bhargav Jagtap for 'Naal 2'
Best Cinematography - Prasantanu Mohapatra for 'The Kerala Story'
Best Screenplay - Sai Rajesh Neelam for 'Baby', Ramkumar Balakrshnan for 'Parking'
Best Dialogue Writer - Deepak Kingrani for 'Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai'
Best Production Design - Mohandas for 'Everyone Is A Hero' -
Best Action Direction (Stunt Choreography) - Nandu and Prudhvi for Hanu-Man (Telugu)
Best Make-Up Artist - Shrikant Desai for 'Sam Bahadur' -
Best Costume Design - Sachin Lovalekar, Divvya Gambhir and Nidhhi Gambhir for 'Sam Bahadur'
Best Music Direction for Songs - G V Prakash Kumar for 'Vaathi' (Tamil) -
Best Music Direction for Background Scores - Harshavardhan Rameshwar for 'Animal' -
Best Lyrics - Kasarla Shyam for 'Ooru Palleturu' in 'Balagam' -
Best Male Playback Singer - PVN S Rohit for 'Baby' (Premisthunna) -
Best Female Playback Singer - Shilpa Rao for 'Chaliya' in 'Jawan' -
Best Choreography - Vaibhavi Merchant for 'Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani' (Dhindhora Baje Re (Hindi)) -
Best Sound Design - Sachin Sudhakaran and Hariharan Muralidharan for 'Animal' -
Best Editing - Midhun Murali for 'Pookkaalam' -
Special Mention - Animal (Re-Recording Mixer) - M R Rajakrishnan (Hindi)
Best Gujarati Film - Vash (Hypnosis) by Krishnadev Yagnik -
Best Garo Film - Rimdogittanga (Rapture) by Dominic Megam Sangma -
Best Assamese Film - Rongatapu 1982 by Adityam Saikia -
Best Bengali Film - Deep Fridge by Arjun Dutta -
Best Hindi Film - Kathal: A Jackfruit Mystery by Yashowardhan Mishra -
Best Kannada Film - Kandeelu - The Ray of Hope by K Yashoda Prakash -
Best Malayalam Film - Ullozhukku by Christo Tomy -
Best Marathi Film - Shyamchi Aai by Sujay Sunil Dahake -
Best Odia Film - Pushkara by Subhransu Das -
Best Punjabi Film - Godday Godday Chaa by Vijay Kumar Arora -
Best Tamil Film - Parking by Ramkumar Balakrishnan -
Best Telugu Film - Bhagavanth Kesari (I Don't Care) by Anil Ravipudi -
Non-Feature Film category
Best Non-Feature Film - 'Flowering Man' by Soumyajit Ghosh Dastidar -
Best Documentary - 'God Vulture and Human' by Rishiraj Agarwal -
Best Non-Feature Film Direction - Piyush Thakur for 'The First Film' -
Best Script - Chidananda Naik for 'Suflowers Were The First Ones To Know' -
Best Narration/Voice Over - Harikrishnan S for 'The Sacred Jack - Exploring The Tree of Wishes (English)' -
Best Editing - Niladri Roy - 'Moving Focus' -
Best Sound Design - Shubharun Sengupta - 'Dhundhgiri Ke Phool' -
Best Cinematography - Saravanamaruthu Soundarapandi and Meenakshi Sonam for 'Little Wings' -
Best Short Film - 'Giddh The Scavenger' by Manish Saini -
Best Debut Film of a Director - 'Mau: The Spirit Dreams of Cheraw (Mizo)' by Shilpika Bordoloi -
Best Non-Feature Film Music Direction - Pranil Desai for 'The First Film' -
Best Arts and Culture Film - 'Timeless Tamil Nadu' by Kamakhya Narayan Singh -
Best Biographical/Historical Reconstruction/Compilation Film - 'Mo Bou, Mo Gaan' by Subash Sahoo, 'Lentina Ao' by Sanjib Parasar -
Best Non-Feature Film Promoting Social and Environmental Values - 'The Silent Epidemic' by Akshat Gupta -
Special Mention - 'Chronicle Of The Paddy Man' by M K Ramadas, 'The Sea and Seven Villages' by Himansu Sekhar Khatua -
Best Film Critic - Utpal.