National Film Awards 2026 Winners List: Article 370 Best Film; Kartik Aaryan, Mammootty Win Best Actor

New Delhi: The jury team, headed by filmmaker Jayaraj, announced the winners of the 72nd National Film Awards in New Delhi on Saturday, July 18. Political action thriller Article 370, directed by Aditya Suhas Jambhale, won Best Feature Film. Actor Kartik Aaryan and Mammootty shared the Best Actor award for their performances in Chandu Champion and Bramayugam, respectively.

Actor Yami Gautam won Best Actress for Article 370.Rajkumar Periasamy was named Best Director for Amaran. Other big winners included Kalki 2898 AD, Srikanth, and Captain Miller.

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Here Is the complete list of winners of the 72nd National Film Awards 2026:

Feature categories

Best Film: Article 370

Best Actor: Kartik Aaryan for Chandu Champion, Mammootty for Bramayugam

Best Child Artist: Riddhiman Banerjee, Tapomoy Deb, Gitashree Chakraborty, Arundev Pothula, Athish S Shetty

Best Cinematography: Shehnad Jalal, Bramayugam

Best Screenplay (Original): Sukumar, Pushpa 2

Best Screenplay (Adapted): Yogesh Deshpande, Swargandharva Sudhir Phadke

Best Dialogue Writer: Venky Atluri, Lucky Baskhar

Best Production Design: Nitin Zihani Choudhary, Kalki 2898 AD

Best Action Direction: Anl Arasu, Maharaja

Best Make-Up Artist: P Ravi Kumar, Committee Kurrollu

Best Costume Designer: Deepali Noor & Sheetal Sharma, Pushpa 2

Best Music Direction for Songs: Shashwat Sachdev, Article 370

Best Background Music: GV Prakash, Amaran

Best Lyrics: Manoj Muntashir, Maidaan

Best Male Playback Singer: Abhay Jodhpurkar for “Gharat Ganpati” from Navasachi Gauri Mazi

Best Female Playback Singer: Vaikom Vijayalakshmi for “Angu Vaana Konilu” from ARM

Best Choreography: Vijay Ganguly, Stree 2

Best Sound Design: Manas Choudhury, Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3

Best Editing: R Kalaivannan, Amaran

Best Assamese Film: Juiphool

Best Bengali Film: Chalchitra Ekhon

Best Hindi Film: Srikanth

Best Kannada Film: Mithya

Best Malayalam Film: Feminichi Fathima

Best Marathi Film: Mukkam Post Bombilwadi

Best Odia Film: Lahari

Best Tamil Film: Raayan

Best Garhwali Film: Dholi

Best Telugu Film: Committee Kurrollu

Best Gujarati Film: Maaran

Best Manipuri Film: Sunita

Best Konakani Film: Mog Asum

Best Tulu Film: IMBU

Special Mention: Dhanush for Captain Miller and Suren G for Meiyazhagan

Non-feature categories

Best Non-Feature Film – Bhangaar

Best Debut Film of a Director  – Angen

Best Biographical/Historical Reconstruction/Compilation Film  – Kakori

Best Arts/Culture Film – Main Nida

Best Animation Film – Touched as Water

Best Non-Feature Film Promoting Social and Environmental Values – Piplantri: A Tale of Eco Feminism

Best Documentary – Ram-Nami

Best Short Film (Up to 30 Minutes) – Hamsafar

Best Direction – Aanand L Rai, Statue of Unity – Ekta ka Prateek

Best Sound Design – T S Hari Hara Sudhan, Blue

Best Cinematography – Edmond Ranson, Life in Loom

Best Music Direction – Shivpal Singh Kang, Parat 41°chya Magavar

Best Editing – Manvir Jasrotia, NDA