71st National Film Awards; Shah Rukh Khan and Vikrant Massey named best actors, Rani Mukherjee best actress, Vijayaraghavan and Urvashi named best supporting actor and actress

71st National Film Awards; Shah Rukh Khan and Vikrant Massey named best actors, Rani Mukherjee best actress, Vijayaraghavan and Urvashi named best supporting actor and actress. Malayalam cinema shined at the 2023 National Film Awards. Vijayaraghavan was named best supporting actor for his performance in the film Pookalam and Urvashi was named best supporting actress for her performance in Ulellazhukku. Shah Rukh Khan and Vikrant Massey were named best actor and Rani Mukherjee was named best actress. Hindi film 12th Feyil was named best film. Ulllozukku won the award for best Malayalam film.

The awards are as follows:

Best Film - 12th Fail

Best Director - Sudipto Sen - The Kerala Story (Hindi)

Best Actor - 1. Shah Rukh Khan - Jawan (Hindi), 2. Vikrant Massey - 12th Fail (Hindi)

Best Actress - Rani Mukherjee - Mrs Chatterjee vs Norway (Hindi)

Best Supporting Actor - 1. Vijayaraghavan - Pookalam (Malayalam), 2. M.S. Bhaskar - Parking (Tamil)

Best Supporting Actress - 1. Urvashi - Ullozhukku (Malayalam), 2. Janki Bodywala - Vash (Gujarati)

Best Popular Film - Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahaani (Hindi)

Best Music Director- G.V. Prakash Kumar

Best Background Music- Harshvardhan Rameshwar

Best Debut Director- Ashish Bende- Atmapamphlet (Marathi)

Film of National, Social and Environmental Importance- Sam Bahadur (Hindi)

Best Children's Film- Naal 2 (Marathi)

Best AVGC (Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming, Comic)- Hanuman (Telugu)

Best Child Artist- 1. Sukriti Veni Bandreddi- Gandhi Thatha Chethu (Telugu), 2. Kabir Khandare- Gypsy (Marathi), 3. Trisha Tosar, Srinivas Pokale, Bhargav Jagtop- Naal 2 (Marathi)

Best Singer- PVN S Rohit- Premistuna (Baby)- Telugu

Best Female Singer- Shilpa Rao- Chaliya (Jawan)- Hindi

Best Cinematography- Prashanthanu Mohapatra- The Kerala Story (Hindi)

Best Dialogue- Deepak Kingrami- Sirf Aet Banda Hai (Hindi)

Best Screenplay- 1. Sai Rajesh Neelam- Baby (Telugu), 2. Ramkumar Balakrishnan- Parking (Tamil)

Best Sound Design- Sachin Sudhakaran, Hariharan Muraleedharan- Animal (Hindi)

Best Editing- Mithun Murali- Pookalam (Malayalam)

Best Choreography – Vaibhavi Merchant (Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani)

Best Fight Direction – Nandu and Prithvi (Hanuman)

Best Production Design – Mohandas – 2018 (Malayalam)

Lyrics – Kasala Shyam (film Balagam)

Costume – Sachin Lovelekar, Divya Gambhir, Nithi Gambhir (film Sam Bahadur)

Special Jury Award – MR Rajakrishnan (film Animal Pre Recording Mix)

Telugu Film – Bhagavant Kesari (Director: Anil Ravipudi)

Tamil Film – Parking (Director: Ramkumar Balakrishnan)

Malayalam film- Ullozhukku (Director: Christo Tomy)

Kannada film- The Ray of Hope

Hindi- A Jackfruit History

Awards in the Non-Feature Film category:

Special Mention – Nekal-Chronicle of the Paddy Man (Director: MK Ramdas)

Screenplay – Chidananda Naik (Sunflowers Where the First One Knows)

Narration / Voice Over – Harikrishnan S

Music Direction – Pranil Desai

Editing – Neeladri Rai

Sound Design - Subharan Sengupta

Cinematography – Saravanamaruthu Soundarapandi, Meenakshi Soman

Director – Piyush Thakur (The First Film)

Short Film of 30 Minutes – ​Gidd- The Scavenger

Non-Feature Film Promoting Social and Environmental Values – The Silent Epidemic

Best Documentary – God, Vulture and Human

Art and Culture Film – Timeless Tamil Nadu

Debut Director – Shilpika Bordoloi

Best Non-Feature Film – Flowering Man.

332 films were considered for the award. Films censored in 2023 were considered for the 71st National Film Awards. There was a break in the announcement of the awards in previous years due to Covid. Reports suggest that the 2024 awards may also be announced this year.