The winners of the 71st National Film Awards were announced by the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Films released in 2023 were eligible for the awards. Due to the pandemic, the awards are running a year behind schedule. The jury for the National Film Awards 2025 includes Anish Basu, Vihaan Aditya, MN Swami, Paresh Vora, Sushil Rajpal, M Maniram, Pradeep Nair, Vivek Dutta, and Prakruti Mishra. The jury saw 4-5 films a day with a total of over 300 films that were eligible.
Here is the list of winners for the 71st National Film Awards for the year 2023
Best Direction – Sudipto Sen for The Kerala Story
Best Actor – Shah Rukh Khan for Jawan and Vikrant Massey for 12th Fail
Best Actress – Rani Mukerji for Mrs Chatterjee vs Norway
Best Supporting Actor – Vijayaraghavan for Pookkaalam and Mutthupettai Somu Bhaskar for Parking
Best Supporting Actress – Urvashi for Ullozhukku and Janki Bodiwala for Vash
Best Child Artist – Sukriti Veni Bandreddi, Kabir Khandane and Treesh Thosar
Best Cinematography – Prasantanu Mohapatra for The Kerala Story
Best Screenplay – Sai Rajesh Neelam for Baby and Ramkumar Balakrishna for Parking
Best Dialogue Writer – Deepak Kingrani for Sirf Ek Bandaa Kaafi Hai
Best Production Design – Mohandas for 2018: Everyone is a Hero (Malayalam)
Best Action Choreography – Hanu-Man (Telugu)
Best Make-Up Artist – Shrikant Desai for Sam Bahadur
Best Costume Design – Sachin Lovalekar, Divvya and Nidhiii Gambhir for Sam Bahadur
Best Music Direction for Songs –Vaathi (Tamil)
Best Music Direction for Background Scores –Animal – Harshavardhan Rameshwar
Best Lyrics – Balagam (The Group)
Best Male Playback Singer – PVM S Rohit for Premisthunna
Best Female Playback Singer- Shilpa Rao for Chaliya
Best Choreography – Vaibhavi Merchant for Dhindhora Baje from Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahani
Best Sound Design – Sachin Sudhakaran and Hariharan Muralidharan for Animal
Best Action direction– Hanu-Man (Telugu)
Best Editing – Midhun Murali for Pookkaalam
Best Assamese Film – Rongatapu 1982
Best Bengali Film – Deep Fridge
Best Hindi Film – Kathal: A Jackfruit Mystery
Best Kannada Film – Kandeelu- The Ray of Hope
Best Malayalam Film – Ullozhukku
Best Marathi Film – Shyamchi Aai
Best Odia Film – Pushkara
Best Punjabi Film – Godday Godday Chaa
Best Tamil Film – Parking
Best Tai Phake Film- Pai Tang… Step of Hope
Best Garo Film- Rimdogittanga
Best Telugu Film- Bhagavanth Kesari
Best Gujarati film- Vash
