72nd National Film Awards: Mammootty wins Best Actor; Vaikom Vijayalakhsmi Best Singer

The 72nd National Film Awards have been announced on Friday with Malayalam industry winning three key awards.

Mammootty won the Best Actor Award for 'Bramayugam' sharing it with Karthik Aryan for 'Chandu Champion'.

Vaikom Vijayalakshmi won the award for the Best Female Playback Singer for 'ARM'.

Shehnad Jalal won the award for Best Cinematography for 'Bramayugam'.

Acclaimed film-maker Jayaraj served as the jury chairman for the 72nd National Film Awards. The awards were given to films produced in 2024.

Here are the key winners:

• Best Feature Film: Article 370 by Aditya Suhas Jambhale

• Best Director: Rajkumar Periyasami for Amaran

• Best Actor in a Leading Role: Mammootty for Bramayugam & Kartik Aaryan for Chandu Champion

• Best Actress in a Leading Role: Yami Gautam for Article 370

• Best Cinematography: Shehnad Jalal for Bramayugam

• Best Screenplay (Original): Bandreddi Sukumar for Pushpa 2

• Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment: Kalki 2898 AD by Nag Aswin Singireddy

• Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Ropashree Varkady for Mithya; Sachana Namidass for Maharaja

• Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Sanjay Mishra for Bhakshak

• Best Female Playback Singer: Vaikom Vijayalakshmi for ARM (Angu Vaana Konilu)

• Best Male Playback Singer: Abhay Jodhpurkar for Gharat Ganpati (Navasachi Gauri Mazi)

• Best Choreography: Aaj ki Raat (Sthree 2) by Vijay Ganguly

• Best Music Director: Shaswat Sachdev for Article 370

• Best Background Music: G V Prakash Kumar - Amaran

• Best Editing (Feature Category): R Kalaivannan for Amaran

• Best Malayalam Film: Feminichi Fathima by Fasil Muhammed

• Best Tamil Film: Raayan by Dhanush

• Best Hindi Film: Srikanth by Tushar Hiranandani

• Best Debut Film of a Director: Swatantryaveer Savarkar by Randeep Hooda

• Best Feature Film Promoting National, Social and Environmental Values: Captain Miller by Arun Matheswaran

• Best Film Critic: Sanjeev Shrivastava (Hindi)

• Best Children's Film: 35-Chinna Katha Kadu

• Best Child Artist: Athish S Shetty for Mithya; Ridhimann Banerjee, Tapomay Deb & Gitashree Chakraborty for Onko ki Kothin; Arundev Pothula for 35-Chinna Katha Kaadu

• Best Book on Cinema: Naaniruvude Nimagaagi Naadiruvude Nanagaagi: Kannada Cinemada Thathva Matthu Rajakeeya by Kenchanuru Pradeep Kumar Shetty published by Mirror Pusthaka

• Best Narration/Voice-over: Saundarya Jayachandran for A Tale of Frogs

• Best Non-Feature film promoting Social and Environmental Values: A Tale of Eco-Feminism by Suraj Kumar

• Best Documentary: Ram-Nami by Bharathbala Ganapathy

• Special Mention (Non-Feature Category): Bhadrakali Natakam directed by Ananda Jyothi & Chola Dora aur Sui by Jaymin Modi & Lokesh Ghai