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71st National Film Awards for the year 2023 announced

12th Fail bags the Best Feature Film award

Award for Best Non-Feature Film bagged by Flowering Man; God Vulture and Human gets the award for Best Documentary

Shah Rukh Khan & Vikrant Massey adjudged as Best Actor in leading role for Jawan & 12th Fail, Rani Mukerji Best Actress in a Leading Role for Mrs. Chatterjee V/s Norway

Vijayaraghavan & Muthupettai Somu Bhaskar wins the awards for Best Supporting Actor while Urvashi & Janki Bodiwala wins the Best Supporting Actress Award

Hanu-Man adjudged as Best Film in AVGC (Animation, Visual Effects Gaming & Comic)

Award for Best Short Film bagged by Giddh The Scavenger

Posted On: 01 AUG 2025 7:41PM by PIB Delhi

The winners of the 71st National Film Awards for the year 2023 were announced today by the respective juries. This year, the awards saw 332 entries in the feature film category, 115 in non-feature films, 27 books, and 16 critics’ submissions.

12th Fail has been honoured with the Best Feature Film award at the 71st National Film Awards.

Flowering Man won the Best Non-Feature Film award, while God Vulture and Human was recognised as the Best Documentary. Both films earned their first National Film Award.

Shah Rukh Khan (Jawan) and Vikrant Massey (12th Fail) have been awarded the Best Actor award. This is the first National Film Award of Sharukh Khan in his career.

Rani Mukerji was honoured with the Best Actress award for her powerful performance in Mrs. Chatterjee Vs Norway. This is also her first-ever National Film Award.

Veteran actor Vijayaraghavan and Muthupettai Somu Bhaskar were awarded Best Supporting Actor.

The announcement was made by Shri Ashutosh Gowariker (Feature Film Jury Chairperson), Shri P. Sheshadri (Non-Feature Film Jury Chairperson), and Dr. Ajay Nagabhushan MN, Joint Secretary (Films). Ms. Mattu J. P. Singh, Director General, PIB, was also present on the occasion.

The complete list of the awardees is provided below

71^st National Film Awards, 2023 Best Writing on Cinema

Award for Best Film Critic:

Sr. No.	Name of Critic	Language	Medal and Cash Prize
1.	Utpal Datta	Assamese	Swarna Kamal and Rs. 1,00,000/-

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71^st National Film Awards, 2023 Non-Feature Films Section

S. No.	Category of Award	Title of the Film	Awardee	Medal & Cash Prize
1.	Best Non-Feature Film	Flowering Man (Hindi)	Producer: Film and Television Institute of India Director: Soumyajit Ghosh Dastidar	Swarna Kamal Rs. 3,00,000/- (each)
2.	Best Debut Film of A Director	Mau: The Spirit Dreams of Cheraw (Mizo)	Director: Shilpika Bordoloi	Swarna Kamal Rs. 3,00,000/-
3.	Best Biographical / Historical Reconstruction / Compilation Film	Mo Bou, Mo Gaan (Odia)	Producer: Kicksy Wicksy Films RNV 1820 Films Director: Subash Sahoo	Rajat Kamal Rs 2,00,000/- (Shared)
3.		Lentina Ao - A Light on the Eastern Horizon (English)	Producer: NFDC Director: Sanjib Parasar	Rajat Kamal Rs 2,00,000/- (Shared)
4.	Best Arts / Culture Film	Timeless Tamil Nadu (English)	Producer: Celebrities Management Private Limited Director: Kamakhya Narayan Singh	Rajat Kamal Rs 2,00,000/- (each)
5.	Best Documentary	God Vulture and Human (English, Hindi & Telugu)	Producer: Studio Lichi Dr. Rajesh Chandwani Director: Rishiraj Agarwal	Rajat Kamal Rs 2,00,000/- (each)
6.	Best Non-Feature Film Promoting Social and Environmental Values	The Silent Epidemic (Hindi)	Producer: Cinema4good Pvt Ltd Raahgiri Foundation Director: Akshat Gupta	Rajat Kamal Rs 2,00,000/- (each)
7.	Best Short Film (Up to 30 Min)	Giddh The Scavenger (Hindi)	Producer: Ellanar Films Director: Manish Saini	Rajat Kamal Rs 2,00,000/- (each)
8.	Best Direction	The First Film (Hindi)	Director: Piyush Thakur	Swarna Kamal Rs 3,00,000/-
9.	Best Cinematography	Little Wings (Tamil)	Cinematographer: Saravanamaruthu Soundarapandi & Meenakshi Soman	Rajat Kamal Rs 2,00,000/- (shared)
10.	Best Sound Design	Dhundhgiri Ke Phool (Hindi)	Sound Designer: Shubharun Sengupta	Rajat Kamal Rs 2,00,000/-
11.	Best Editing	Moving Focus (English)	Editor: Niladri Roy	Rajat Kamal Rs 2,00,000/-
12.	Best Music Direction	The First Film (Hindi)	Music Director: Pranil Desai	Rajat Kamal Rs 2,00,000/-
13.	Best Narration/ Voice Over	The Sacred Jack - Exploring The Tree of Wishes (English)	Narrator: Harikrishnan S	Rajat Kamal Rs 2,00,000/-
14.	Best Script	Sunflowers Were The First Ones To Know… (Kannada)	Script Writer: Chidananda Naik	Rajat Kamal Rs. 2,00,000/-
15.	Special Mention	Nekal - Chronicle of The Paddy Man (Malayalam)	Director & Producer: M K Ramadas	Certificate (each)
15.	Special Mention	The Sea And Seven Villages (Odia)	Producer: Kadambini Media Pvt. Ltd. Director: Himansu Sekhar Khatua	Certificate (each)

71^st National Film Awards, 2023 Feature Films Section

S. No.	Category of Award	Title of The Film	Awardee	Medal & Cash Prize
1.	Best Feature Film	12th Fail (Hindi)	Producer: VC Films LLP Director: Vidhu Vinod Chopra	Swarna Kamal Rs. 3,00,000/- (each)
2.	Best Debut Film of a Director	Aatmapamphlet (Marathi)	Director: Ashish Bende	Swarna Kamal Rs. 3,00,000/-
3.	Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment	Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani (Hindi)	Producer: Dharma Productions Pvt. Ltd. Director: Karan Johar	Swarna Kamal Rs. 3,00,000/- (each)
4.	Best Feature Film Promoting National, Social, and Environmental Values	Sam Bahadur (Hindi)	Producer: Unilazer Ventures Private Limited Director: Meghna Gulzar	Rajat Kamal Rs. 2,00,000/- (each)
5.	Best Children's Film	Naal 2 (Marathi)	Producer: Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. Aatpat Productions Director: Sudhakar Reddy Yakkanti	Swarna Kamal Rs. 3,00,000/- (each)
6.	Best Film in AVGC (Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming & Comic)	Hanu-Man (Telugu)	Producer: Primeshow Entertainment Pvt Ltd Director: Prasanth Varma	Swarna Kamal Rs. 3,00,000/- (each)
			Animator: Jetty Venkat Kumar	Swarna Kamal Rs. 3,00,000/-
			VFX Supervisor: Jetty Venkat Kumar	Rajat Kamal Rs. 2,00,000/-
7.	Best Direction	The Kerala Story (Hindi)	Director: Sudipto Sen	Swarna Kamal Rs. 3,00,000/-
8.	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Jawan (Hindi)	Actor: Shah Rukh Khan	Rajat Kamal Rs. 2,00,000/- (Shared)
8.	Best Actor in a Leading Role	12th Fail (Hindi)	Actor: Vikrant Massey	Rajat Kamal Rs. 2,00,000/- (Shared)
9.	Best Actress in a Leading Role	Mrs. Chatterjee V/s Norway (Hindi)	Actress: Rani Mukerji	Rajat Kamal Rs. 2,00,000/-
10.	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Pookkaalam (Malayalam)	Supporting Actor: Vijayaraghavan	Rajat Kamal Rs. 2,00,000/- (Shared)
10.	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Parking (Tamil)	Supporting Actor: Muthupettai Somu Bhaskar	Rajat Kamal Rs. 2,00,000/- (Shared)
11.	Best Actress in a Supporting Role	Ullozhukku (Malayalam)	Supporting Actress: Urvashi	Rajat Kamal Rs. 2,00,000/- (Shared)
11.	Best Actress in a Supporting Role	Vash (Gujarati)	Supporting Actress: Janki Bodiwala	Rajat Kamal Rs. 2,00,000/- (Shared)
12.	Best Child Artist	Gandhi Tatha Chettu (Telugu)	Child Artist: Sukriti Veni Bandreddi	Rajat Kamal Rs. 2,00,000/- (Shared)
		Gypsy (Marathi)	Child Artist: Kabir Khandare
		Naal 2 (Marathi)	Child Artist: Treesha Thosar, Shrinivas Pokale & Bhargav Jagtap
13.	Best Male Playback Singer	Baby (Premisthunna) (Telugu)	Singer: PVN S Rohit	Rajat Kamal Rs. 2,00,000/-
14.	Best Female Playback Singer	Jawan (Chaliya) (Hindi)	Singer: Shilpa Rao	Rajat Kamal Rs. 2,00,000/-
15.	Best Cinematography	The Kerala Story (Hindi)	Cinematographer: Prasantanu Mohapatra	Rajat Kamal Rs. 2,00,000/-
16.	Best Screenplay	Baby (Telugu)	Screenplay Writer (Original): Sai Rajesh Neelam	Rajat Kamal Rs. 2,00,000/- (Shared)
		Parking (Tamil)	Screenplay Writer (Original): Ramkumar Balakrishnan	Rajat Kamal Rs. 2,00,000/- (Shared)
		Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai (Hindi)	Dialogue Writer: Deepak Kingrani	Rajat Kamal Rs. 2,00,000/-
17.	Best Sound Design	Animal (Hindi)	Sound Designer: Sachin Sudhakaran Hariharan Muralidharan	Rajat Kamal Rs. 2,00,000/- (Shared)
18.	Best Editing	Pookkaalam (Malayalam)	Editor: Midhun Murali	Rajat Kamal Rs. 2,00,000/-
19.	Best Production Design	2018-Everyone Is A Hero (Malayalam)	Production Designer: Mohandas	Rajat Kamal Rs. 2,00,000/-
20.	Best Costume Designer	Sam Bahadur (Hindi)	Costume Designer: Sachin Lovalekar, Divvya Gambhir, and Nidhhi Gambhir	Rajat Kamal Rs. 2,00,000/- (Shared)
21.	Best Make-up	Sam Bahadur (Hindi)	Make-up Artist: Shrikant Desai	Rajat Kamal Rs. 2,00,000/-
22.	Best Music Direction	Vaathi (Tamil)	Music Director (Songs): G V Prakash Kumar	Rajat Kamal Rs. 2,00,000/-
22.	Best Music Direction	Animal (Hindi)	Music Director (Background Music): Harshavardhan Rameshwar	Rajat Kamal Rs. 2,00,000/-
23.	Best Lyrics	Balagam (Ooru Palleturu) (Telugu)	Lyricist: Kasarla Shyam	Rajat Kamal Rs. 2,00,000/-
24.	Best Choreography	Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani (Dhindhora Baje Re) (Hindi)	Choreographer: Vaibhavi Merchant	Rajat Kamal Rs. 2,00,000/-
25.	Best Action Direction Award (Stunt Choreography)	Hanu-Man (Telugu)	Stunt Choreographer: Nandu Prudhvi	Rajat Kamal Rs. 2,00,000/- (Shared)

Best Feature Film in each of the

language specified in the

Schedule VIII of the Constitution

26.

Best Assamese Film

Rongatapu 1982

Producer: BRC Cine Production

Director: Adityam Saikia

Rajat Kamal

Rs. 2,00,000/- (each)

27.

Best Bengali Film

Deep Fridge

Producer: Colors of Dream Entertainment

Director: Arjun Dutta

Rajat Kamal

Rs. 2,00,000/- (each)

28.

Best Gujarati Film

Vash

Producer: Big Box Series Pvt Ltd

K S Entertainment LLP

Director: Krishnadev Yagnik

Rajat Kamal

Rs. 2,00,000/- (each)

29.

Best Hindi Film

Kathal: A Jackfruit Mystery

Producer: Netflix Entertainment Services Pvt. Ltd.

Balaji Telefilms Ltd

Sikhya Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.

Director: Yashowardhan Mishra

Rajat Kamal

Rs. 2,00,000/- (each)

30.

Best Kannada Film

Kandeelu - The Ray of Hope

Producer: Swastik Entertainment

Director: K Yashoda Prakash

Rajat Kamal

Rs. 2,00,000/- (each)

31.

Best Malayalam Film

Ullozhukku (Undercurrent)

Producer: Unnilazer Ventures Pvt Ltd

Macguffin Pictures

Director: Christo Tomy

Rajat Kamal

Rs. 2,00,000/- (each)

Best Marathi Film

Shyamchi Aai

Producer: Amruta Films

Director: Sujay Sunil Dahake

Rajat Kamal

Rs. 2,00,000/- (each)

33.

Best Odia Film

Pushkara

Producer: Tarang Cine Productions

Director: Subhransu Das

Rajat Kamal

Rs. 2,00,000/- (each)

34.

Best Punjabi Film

Godday Godday Chaa

Producer: VH Entertainment

Zee Studios

Director: Vijay Kumar Arora

Rajat Kamal

Rs. 2,00,000/- (each)

35.

Best Tamil Film

Parking

Producer: Soldiers Factory

Passion Studio

Director: Ramkumar Balakrishnan

Rajat Kamal

Rs. 2,00,000/- (each)

36.

Best Telugu Film

Bhagavanth Kesari (I Don’t Care)

Producer: Shine Screens (India) LLP

Director: Anil Ravipudi

Rajat Kamal

Rs. 2,00,000/- (each)

Best Feature Film in each of the Languages other than those specified in Schedule VIII of the Constitution
37.	Best Garo Film	Rimdogittanga	Producer: Anna Films Uncombed Buddha Joicy Studio Director: Dominic Megam Sangma	Rajat Kamal Rs. 2,00,000/- (each)
39.	Best Tai Phake Film	Pai Tang Step Of Hope	Producer: Naba Kumar Bhuyan Director: Prabal Khaund	Rajat Kamal Rs. 2,00,000/- (each)
40.	Special Mention	Animal (Re-Recording Mixer) (Hindi)	M R Rajakrishnan	Certificate

71^st National Film Awards, 2023 Jury

FEATURE FILMS JURY

CENTRAL PANEL
S. No.	Name of the Jury
	Sh. Ashutosh Gowariker (Chairperson)
	Sh. M N Swamy (Member)
	Ms. Geeta M. Gurappa (Member)
	Dr. V N Aditya (Member)
	Sh. Aneesh Basu (Member)
	Sh. Paresh Vora (Member)
	Sh. Sushil Rajpal (Member)
	Sh. Vivek Pratap (Member)
	Sh. Pradeep Nair (Member)
	Sh. Maniram Singh (Member)
	Ms. Prakruti Mishra (Member)

Regional Jury

NORTH PANEL
S. No.	Name of the Jury
	Sh. Jose Antony Palackapillil (Chairperson)
	Sh. Chethan Mundadi (Member)
	Sh. Kamlesh Kumar Mishra (Member)
	Sh. Niraj Kumar Mishra (Member)
	Sh. Pramod Kumar (Member)

EAST PANEL
S. No.	Name of the Jury
	Sh. Shivadhvaj Shetty (Chairperson)
	Dr. Bobby Sarma Baruah (Member)
	Sh. Oinam Doren (Member)
	Sh. Sukumar Nandlal Jatania (Member)
5	Sh. Tushar Kanti Bandyopadhyay (Member)

WEST PANEL
S.No.	Name of the Jury
	Sh. Tushar Hiranandani (Chairperson)
	Ms. Chirantana Bhatt (Member)
	Sh. Mandar Talauliker (Member)
	Sh. Praveen Morchhale (Member)
	Sh. Shivaji Lotan Patil (Member)

SOUTH I PANEL
S.No.	Name of the Jury
	Sh. Abhijeet Shirish Deshpande (Chairperson)
	Sh. Manoj C D (Member)
	Ms. Aparnaa Singh (Member)
	Sh. Selvanarayanan I (Member)
	Sh. S Rajasekharan (Member)

SOUTH II PANEL
S.No.	Name of the Jury
	Sh. Malay Ray (Chairperson)
	Sh. Raghunandan B R (Member)
	Ms. Runa Bhutda (Member)
	Sh. Y K Gulavadi (Member)
	Sh. Satish Varma Mandapati (Member)

NON-FEATURE FILMS JURY

S.No.	Name of the Jury
	Sh. P Sheshadri (Chairperson)
	Ms. Pankaja Thakur (Member)
	Sh. Atul Gangwar (Member)
	Ms. Srishti Lakhera (Member)
	Sh. K S Selvaraj (Member)
	Ms. Olivia Das (Member)
	Sh. Jaicheng Xai Dohutia (Member)

BEST WRITING ON CINEMA JURY

	Sh. Gopalkrishna Pai (Chairperson)
	Sh. Ashok Palit (Member)
	Sh. Vinod Anupam (Member)

Prior to the announcement, the Jury of the 71st National Film Awards formally submitted the list of awardees to Union Minister Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw and Minister of State Dr. L. Murugan.

The Jury of the 71st National Film Awards has officially submitted the list of awardees to Union Minister @AshwiniVaishnaw

Union Minister of State @DrLMurugan and Secretary @MIB_India, Sanjay Jaju, were also present on the occasion#NationalFilmAwards #IndianCinema pic.twitter.com/HpTXgbMR3k
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