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The 72nd National Film Awards, presented by the National Film Development Corporation of India, were announced on 18 July 2026 in a press conference to honour the best of Indian cinema in 2024.[1][2] There were 400 entries in the feature film category, 161 in non-feature films, 38 books, and 24 critics’ submissions.[3] The political action-thriller Article 370 was awarded Best Feature Film and the dystopian science fiction Kalki 2898 AD was awarded Best Popular Feature Film.[4][5]

Awarded forBest of Indian cinema in 2024
Presented byPresident of India
Announced on18 July 2026
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72nd National Film Awards
Awarded forBest of Indian cinema in 2024
Awarded byNational Film Development Corporation of India
Presented byPresident of India
Announced on18 July 2026
SiteVigyan Bhawan, New Delhi
Official websitenfaindia.org/en
Highlights
Best Feature FilmArticle 370
Best Non-Feature FilmBhangaar
Best BookNaaniruvude Nimagaagi Naadiruvude Nanagaagi: Kannada Cinemada Thathva Matthu Rajakeeya
Best Film CriticSanjeev Shrivastava
Most awardsAmaran, Article 370 and Mithya (3)
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Selection process

The National Film Development Corporation of India invited online entries for the awards. Feature and Non-Feature Films certified by the Central Board of Film Certification between 1 January 2024, and 31 December 2024, were eligible for the film award categories.[6] Entries of dubbed, revised or copied versions of a film or translation, abridgements, edited or annotated works and reprints were ineligible for the awards.

For the feature and non-feature Films sections, films in any Indian language, shot on 16 mm, 35 mm, a wider film gauge or a digital format, and released in cinemas, on video or digital formats for home viewing were eligible.

Feature films

Jury

For the Feature Film section, six committees were formed based on the different geographic regions in India. The two-tier evaluation process included a central committee and five regional committees. The central committee, headed by the director Jayaraj, included the heads of each regional committee and five other jury members. At regional level, each committee consisted of one chief and three or four members. The chief and one non-chief member of each regional committee were selected from outside that geographic region. The table below names the jury members for the central and regional committees:

Central Jury

  Jayaraj (Chairperson)
  V. N. Aditya   Archana Udupa
  Aseem Bajaj   Kala Master
  Meera Chopra   Napoleon RZ Thanga
  Om Raut   Priya Krishnaswamy
  Rakesh Ranjan   Sreelekha Mukherji

Northern Region: (Bhojpuri, Dogri, English, Hindi, Punjabi, Rajasthani, Urdu)

  Akshay Parija (Head)
  Arfi Lamba   Kumar
  Panchakshari

Eastern Region: (Assamese, Bengali, Odia and North-Eastern languages)

  B S Basavaraj (Head)
  Sanjeev Rattan   Surya Deo
  Thokchom Jimmy   Tushar Kanti Bandyopadhyay

Western Region: (Gujarati, Konkani, Marathi)

  Supratim Bhol (Head)
  Kshitija Khandagale   Pritesh Sodha
  Shashi Khandare

Southern Region I: (Malayalam, Tamil)

  Manju Borah (Head)
  Adeep Tandon   Manoj Pillai
  S Muthu Ganesh   Santhosh Damodharan

Southern Region II: (Kannada, Telugu)

  Gopi Desai (Head)
  M S Prasad   Prashanthi Harathi
  Sandesh Shetty Ajri

Golden Lotus Award

Official Name: Swarna Kamal

All the awardees are awarded with 'Golden Lotus Award (Swarna Kamal)', a certificate and cash prize.

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Award Film Language Awardee(s) Cash prize
Best Feature Film Article 370 Hindi
₹3,00,000 each
Best Debut Film of a Director Swatantrya Veer Savarkar Hindi Randeep Hooda ₹3,00,000
Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment Kalki 2898 AD Telugu
₹3,00,000 each
Best Children's Film 35 Chinna Katha Kaadu Telugu
  • Producer: S Originals and Waltair Productions
  • Director: Nanda Kishore Emani
₹3,00,000 each
Best Direction Amaran Tamil Rajkumar Periasamy ₹3,00,000
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Silver Lotus Award

Official Name: Rajat Kamal

All the awardees are awarded with 'Silver Lotus Award (Rajat Kamal)', a certificate and cash prize.

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Award Film Language Awardee(s) Cash prize
Best Feature Film Promoting National, Social and Environmental Values Captain Miller Tamil ₹2,00,000 each
Best Actor in a Leading Role Bramayugam Malayalam Mammootty ₹2,00,000 shared
Chandu Champion Hindi Kartik Aaryan
Best Actress in a Leading Role Article 370 Hindi Yami Gautam ₹2,00,000
Best Actor in a Supporting Role Bhakshak Hindi Sanjay Mishra ₹2,00,000
Best Actress in a Supporting Role Maharaja Tamil Sachana Namidass ₹2,00,000 shared
Mithya Kannada Roopashree Varkady
Best Child Artist Mithya Kannada Athish S Shetty ₹2,00,000 shared
35 Chinna Katha Kaadu Telugu Arundev Pothula
Onko Ki Kothin Bengali Riddhiman Banerjee
Tapomoy Deb
Gitashree Chakraborty
Best Male Playback Singer Gharat Ganpati (Song: "Navasachi Gauri Mazi") Marathi Abhay Jodhpurkar ₹2,00,000
Best Female Playback Singer ARM (Song: "Angu Vaana Konilu") Malayalam Vaikom Vijayalakshmi ₹2,00,000
Best Cinematography Bramayugam Malayalam Shehnad Jalal ₹2,00,000
Best Screenplay
  Screenplay Writer (Original)
Pushpa 2: The Rule Telugu Sukumar ₹2,00,000
Best Screenplay
  Screenplay Writer (Adapted)
Swargandharva Sudhir Phadke Marathi Yogesh Deshpande ₹2,00,000
Best Screenplay
  Dialogues
Lucky Baskhar Telugu Venky Atluri ₹2,00,000
Best Sound Design Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 Hindi Manas Choudhury ₹2,00,000
Best Editing Amaran Tamil R. Kalaivannan ₹2,00,000
Best Production Design Kalki 2898 AD Telugu Nitin Zihani Choudhary ₹2,00,000
Best Costume Design Pushpa 2: The Rule Telugu Deepali Noor ₹2,00,000 shared
Sheetal Sharma
Best Make-up Committee Kurrollu Telugu P Ravi Kumar ₹2,00,000
Best Music Direction
  Songs
Article 370 Hindi Shashwat Sachdev ₹2,00,000
Best Music Direction
  Background Music
Amaran Tamil G. V. Prakash Kumar ₹2,00,000
Best Lyrics Maidaan (Song: "Jaane Do") Hindi Manoj Muntashir ₹2,00,000
Best Choreography Stree 2 (Song: "Aaj Ki Raat") Hindi Vijay Ganguly ₹2,00,000
Best Stunt Choreography Maharaja Tamil Anal Arasu ₹2,00,000
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Regional awards

All the awardees are awarded with Silver Lotus Award (Rajat Kamal), a certificate and cash prize.

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Best Feature Film in Each of the Language Specified in the Schedule VIII of the Constitution
Award Film Awardee(s) Cash prize
Producer Director
Best Assamese Feature Film Juiphool Jadumoni Dutta ₹2,00,000 each
Best Bengali Feature Film Chaalchitra Ekhon Anjan Dutt Production Anjan Dutt ₹2,00,000 each
Best Gujarati Feature Film Maaran CineMan Productions Limited Abhishek Jain ₹2,00,000 each
Best Hindi Feature Film Srikanth T-Series and Chalk N Cheese Films Production Tushar Hiranandani ₹2,00,000 each
Best Kannada Feature Film Mithya Paramvah Studios and KRG Studios Sumanth Bhat ₹2,00,000 each
Best Konkani Feature Film Mog Asum Flowing Mandovi Films, R S Creations and Kathputlee Arts and Films Radheshyam Pipalwa and Agnelo Angelo Braganza ₹2,00,000 each
Best Malayalam Feature Film Feminichi Fathima 1001 Stories and AFD Cinemas Fasil Muhammed ₹2,00,000 each
Best Manipuri Feature Film Sunita Skyline Pictures, Khuman Leipak Pictures, H. M. Production and Cultural Society Khuman Maheikol Production Yumnam Ajit Singh ₹2,00,000 each
Best Marathi Feature Film Mu. Po. Bombilwaadi Vivek Films and Mayasabha Karamanuk Mandali Paresh Mokashi ₹2,00,000 each
Best Odia Feature Film Lahari Jhilik Motion Pictures Amartya Bhattacharyya ₹2,00,000 each
Best Tamil Feature Film Raayan Sun Pictures Dhanush ₹2,00,000 each
Best Telugu Feature Film Committee Kurrollu Pink Elephant Pictures and Shree Radha Damodara Studios Yadhu Vamsi ₹2,00,000 each
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Best Feature Film in Each of the Language Other Than Those Specified In the Schedule VIII of the Constitution
Award Film Awardee(s) Cash prize
Producer Director
Best Garhwali Feature Film Dholi SC Pharmachem Pvt. Ltd. Dinesh P. Bhonsle ₹2,00,000 each
Best Tulu Feature Film Imbu Pichchar Studio Shivadhwaj Shetty ₹2,00,000 each
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Special Mention

All the awardees are awarded with a certificate.

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Award Film Language Awardee(s) Cash prize
Special Mention Captain Miller Tamil Dhanush (Actor) Certificate only
Meiyazhagan Suren G (Sound Mix Engineer)
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Non-Feature Film

Non-feature length films made in any Indian language and certified by the Central Board of Film Certification as a documentary, short film, animation film etc are eligible for non-feature film section.

Jury

  Aseem Sinha (Chairperson)
  E. V. Ganeshbabu   James Khangenbam
  Harri Nair   Kamlesh Udasi
  Kedaar Gaekwad   Thripthi Sundar Abhikar

Golden Lotus Award

Official Name: Swarna Kamal

All the awardees are awarded with 'Golden Lotus Award (Swarna Kamal)', a certificate and cash prize.

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Award Film Language Awardee(s) Cash prize
Best Non-Feature Film Bhangaar Marathi and English
  • Producer and Director: Sumira Roy
₹3,00,000 each
Best Direction Statue of Unity – Ekta ka Prateek Hindi Aanand L. Rai ₹3,00,000
Best Debut Film of a Director Angen Santhali Ravi Raj Murmu ₹3,00,000
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Silver Lotus Award

Official Name: Rajat Kamal

All the awardees are awarded with Silver Lotus Award (Rajat Kamal) and cash prize.

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Award Film Language Awardee(s) Cash prize
Best Biographical / Historical Reconstruction / Compilation Film Kakori Hindi
  • Producer: KSR Brothers
  • Director: Kamlesh K Mishra
₹2,00,000 each
Best Arts / Cultural Film Main Nida Hindi
  • Producer: Sampreshan Multimedia
  • Director: Atul Pandey
₹2,00,000 each
Best Documentary Ram-Nami Hindi
  • Producer: BBP Studio Virtual Bharat
  • Director: Bharatbala Ganapathy
₹2,00,000 each
Best Non-Feature Film Promoting Social And Environmental Values Piplantri: A Tale of Eco Feminism Hindi, Rajasthani and English
  • Producer: Johnsons Suraj Films International
  • Director: Suraj Kumar
₹2,00,000 each
Best Animation Film Touched as Water Silent
  • Producer: JB Productions
  • Director: Joshy Benedict
  • Animator: Joshy Benedict
₹2,00,000 each
Best Short Film Hamsafar Marathi
  • Producer: Anushka Motion Pictures and Entertainments
  • Director: Abhijeet Arvind Dalvi
₹2,00,000 each
Best Cinematography Life in Loom English, Tamil, Hindi, Assamese and Bengali Edmond Ranson ₹2,00,000
Best Sound Design Blue Tamil T S Hari Hara Sudhan ₹2,00,000
Best Editing NDA Hindi Manvir Jasrotia ₹2,00,000
Best Music Direction Parat 41°chya Magavar Marathi Shivpal Singh Kang ₹2,00,000
Best Narration / Voice Over Little Planet: A Tale of Frogs English Soundarya Jayachandran ₹2,00,000
Best Script Obur Hindi and Kashmiri Faraz Ali ₹2,00,000
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Special Mention

All the awardees are awarded with a certificate.

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Award Film Language Awardee(s) Cash prize
Special Mention Bhadra-Kali Natakam Malayalam Ananda Jyothi (Director) Certificate only
Chola Dora aur Sui Hindi Jaymin Modi and Lokesh Ghai (Directors)
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Best Writing on Cinema

The awards aim at encouraging study and appreciation of cinema as an art form and dissemination of information and critical appreciation of this art-form through publication of books, articles, reviews etc.

Jury

  A. Chandrasekhar (Chairperson)
  Rwita Dutta   Sujata Shiven

Golden Lotus Award

Official Name: Swarna Kamal

All the awardees are awarded with the Golden Lotus Award (Swarna Kamal) accompanied with a cash prize.

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Award Book Language Awardee(s) Cash prize
Best Book on Cinema Naaniruvude Nimagaagi Naadiruvude Nanagaagi: Kannada Cinemada Thathva Matthu Rajakeeya Kannada
  • Author: Pradeep Kumar Shetty K.
  • Publisher: Mirror Pusthaka
₹1,00,000 each
Best Film Critic N/a Hindi Sanjeev Shrivastava ₹1,00,000
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