72nd National Film Awards Winners List

Yami Gautam played the role of NIA officer Juni Haksar in ‘Article 370’ and Kartik Aryan played the role of Murlikant Petkar in ‘Chandu Champion’.

The film Article 370 received the Best Feature Film of the Year 2024 award at the 72nd National Film Awards on Saturday. At the same time, the film ‘Srikanth’ received the Best Hindi Film award and Yami Gautam was given the Best Actress Award in Leading Role.

At the same time, Mammootty for ‘Bramayugam’ and Karthik Aryan for ‘Chandu Champion’ were jointly given the Best Actor Award in Leading Role.

Yami Gautam received the first National Award

‘Article 370’, which won the Best Feature Film award, was directed by Aditya Suhas Jambhale. Yami Gautam played the lead role in the film, for which she received the Best Actress Award. Which will be his first National Award. According to Sacknilk, this film, made with a budget of around Rs 20 crore, made a worldwide box office collection of around Rs 110 crore.

Kartik Aryan and Mammootty jointly received the Best Actor award. This is Karthik’s first National Award, while this is Mammootty’s fourth National Award.

Rajkumar Rao’s ‘Srikanth’ became the best Hindi film

The film ‘Srikanth’, which won the Best Hindi Film award, was directed by Tushar Hiranandani. Rajkumar Rao was seen in the lead role in the film. The film also featured Jyotika, Alaya F and Sharad Kelkar in important roles. According to Sacknilk, the film, made with a budget of Rs 35 crore, earned around Rs 60 crore.

Tamil film ‘Rayaan’ got the Best Tamil Film, ‘Committee Kurrollu’ got the Best Telugu Film, ‘Lahari’ got the Best Odia Film, ‘Mukkam Post Bombilwadi’ got the Best Marathi Film and ‘Sunita’ got the Best Manipuri Film.

History of National Film Award-

The National Award started in 1954.

Initially its main objective was to encourage Indian cinema and to give national recognition to the best films of different languages.

At that time it was called ‘State Awards for Films’.

For the first time this award was presented by the then President Dr. Rajendra Prasad.

First National Film Award (1954)

Best Feature Film (President’s Gold Medal): Shyamchi Aai – Marathi Film

Best Documentary Film: Mahatma Gandhi

Best Children’s Film: Jagriti

Initially this award was given only for Best Feature Film, Best Documentary and Best Children’s Film. However, with time, categories were added for films of different languages ​​across the country.

In 1968, their name was changed to “National Film Awards”.

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