71st National Film Awards for the year 2023
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.
71st National Film Awards, 2023 Best Writing on Cinema
Award for Best Film Critic: Utpal Datta (Language:Assamese).
71st National Film Awards, 2023 Non-Feature Films Section
Best Non-Feature Film- Flowering Man (Hindi); Producer: Film and Television Institute of India; Director: Soumyajit Ghosh Dastidar.
Best Debut Film of A Director- Mau: The Spirit Dreams of Cheraw (Mizo); Director: Shilpika Bordoloi
Best Biographical / Historical Reconstruction / Compilation Film - Mo Bou, Mo Gaan (Odia); Producer: Kicksy Wicksy Films RNV 1820 Films; Director: Subash Sahoo and Lentina Ao - A Light on the Eastern Horizon (English); Producer: NFDC; Director: Sanjib Parasar.
Best Arts / Culture Film- Timeless Tamil Nadu (English); Producer: Celebrities Management Private Limited; Director: Kamakhya Narayan Singh.
Best Documentary- God Vulture and Human (English, Hindi & Telugu); Producer: Studio Lichi, Dr. Rajesh Chandwani; Director: Rishiraj Agarwal.
Best Non-Feature Film Promoting Social and Environmental Values- The Silent Epidemic (Hindi); Producer: Cinema4good Pvt Ltd, Raahgiri Foundation; Director: Akshat Gupta.
Best Short Film (Up to 30 Min)- Giddh The Scavenger (Hindi); Producer: Ellanar Films; Director: Manish Saini.
Best Direction- The First Film (Hindi); Director: Piyush Thakur.
Best Cinematography- Little Wings (Tamil); Cinematographer: Saravanamaruthu Soundarapandi & Meenakshi Soman.
Best Sound Design- Dhundhgiri Ke Phool (Hindi); Sound Designer: Shubharun Sengupta.
Best Editing- Moving Focus (English); Editor: Niladri Roy.
Best Music Direction- The First Film (Hindi); Music Director: Pranil Desai.
Best Narration/ Voice Over- The Sacred Jack - Exploring The Tree of Wishes (English); Narrator: Harikrishnan S.
Best Script- Sunflowers Were The First Ones To Know… (Kannada); Script Writer: Chidananda Naik.
Special Mention- Nekal - Chronicle of The Paddy Man (Malayalam); Director & Producer: M K Ramadas and The Sea And Seven Villages (Odia); Producer: Kadambini Media Pvt. Ltd.; Director: Himansu Sekhar Khatua.
71st National Film Awards, 2023 Feature Films Section
Best Feature Film- 12th Fail (Hindi); Producer: VC Films LLP; Director: Vidhu Vinod Chopra.
Best Debut Film of a Director- Aatmapamphlet (Marathi); Director: Ashish Bende.
Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment- Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani (Hindi); Producer: Dharma Productions Pvt. Ltd.; Director: Karan Johar.
Best Feature Film Promoting National, Social, and Environmental Values- Sam Bahadur (Hindi); Producer: Unilazer Ventures Private Limited; Director: Meghna Gulzar.
Best Children's Film- Naal 2(Marathi); Producer: Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd., Aatpat Productions; Director: Sudhakar Reddy Yakkanti.
Best Film in AVGC (Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming & Comic)- Hanu-Man (Telugu); Producer: Primeshow Entertainment Pvt Ltd; Director: Prasanth Varma; Animator: Jetty Venkat Kumar; VFX Supervisor: Jetty Venkat Kumar.
Best Direction- The Kerala Story (Hindi); Director: Sudipto Sen.
Best Actor in a Leading Role- Jawan (Hindi); Actor: Shah Rukh Khan and 12th Fail (Hindi); Actor: Vikrant Massey.
Best Actress in a Leading Role- Mrs. Chatterjee V/s Norway (Hindi); Actress: Rani Mukerji.
Best Actor in a Supporting Role- Pookkaalam (Malayalam); Supporting Actor: Vijayaraghavan and Parking (Tamil); Supporting Actor: Muthupettai Somu Bhaskar.
Best Actress in a Supporting Role- Ullozhukku (Malayalam); Supporting Actress: Urvashi and Vash (Gujarati); Supporting Actress: Janki Bodiwala.
Best Male Playback Singer- Baby (Premisthunna)(Telugu); Singer: PVN S Rohit.
Best Female Playback Singer- Jawan (Chaliya)(Hindi); Singer: Shilpa Rao.
Best Cinematography- The Kerala Story (Hindi); Cinematographer: Prasantanu Mohapatra.
Best Editing- Pookkaalam (Malayalam); Editor: Midhun Murali.
Best Feature Film in each of the language specified in the Schedule VIII of the Constitution
Best Assamese Film- Rongatapu 1982; Producer: BRC Cine Production; Director: Adityam Saikia.
Best Bengali Film- Deep Fridge; Producer: Colors of Dream Entertainment; Director: Arjun Dutta.
Best Gujarati Film- Vash; Producer: Big Box Series Pvt Ltd, K S Entertainment LLP; Director: Krishnadev Yagnik.
Best Hindi Film- Kathal: A Jackfruit Mystery; Producer: Netflix Entertainment Services Pvt. Ltd., Balaji Telefilms Ltd, Sikhya Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.; Director: Yashowardhan Mishra.
Best Kannada Film- Kandeelu - The Ray of Hope; Producer: Swastik Entertainment; Director: K Yashoda Prakash.
Best Malayalam Film- Ullozhukku (Undercurrent); Producer: Unnilazer Ventures Pvt Ltd, Macguffin Pictures; Director: Christo Tomy.
Best Marathi Film- Shyamchi Aai; Producer: Amruta Films; Director: Sujay Sunil Dahake.
Best Odia Film- Pushkara; Producer: Tarang Cine Productions; Director: Subhransu Das.
Best Punjabi Film- Godday Godday Chaa; Producer: VH Entertainment, Zee Studios; Director: Vijay Kumar Arora.
Best Tamil Film- Parking; Producer: Soldiers Factory, Passion Studio; Director: Ramkumar Balakrishnan.
Best Telugu Film- Bhagavanth Kesari (I Don’t Care); Producer: Shine Screens (India) LLP; Director: Anil Ravipudi.
