72nd National Film Awards: Mammootty, Dhanush and Amaran win big from South

Malayalam superstar Mammootty won Best Actor for his brilliant performance in Bramayugam. He shared the award with Kartik Aaryan for Chandu Champion. Actor Dhanush won a Special Mention for his performance in director Arun Matheswaran's Captain Miller. He was also recognised as director, with his directorial venture, Raayan, winning the Best Tamil Film award.Allu Arjun's Pushpa 2: The Rule won in two categories: for Best Screenplay and Best Costume Designer. Director Nag Ashwin's Kalki 2898 AD, starring Prabhas, Kamal Haasan and Amitabh Bachchan, won Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment. Dhanush-starrer Captain Miller bagged Best Feature Film Promoting National, Social and Environmental Values.Sivakarthikeyan's Amaran won awards in three categories, namely, Best Direction (Rajkumar Periasamy), Best Editing (R Kalaivanan) and Best Music Director - Background Music (GV Prakash). In Telugu, Committee Kurrollu and 35-Chinna Katha Kaadu won multiple awards in prominent categories.Here is the list of winners from the South: Best Actor in a Leading Role: Kartik Aaryan for Chandu Champion and Mammootty for BramayugamBest Actress in Supporting role: Ropashree Varkady for Mithya and Sachana Namidass for Maharaja Best Direction: Rajkumar Periasamy for AmaranSpecial Mention: Actor Dhanush for Captain MillerSpecial Mention: Sound engineer Suren for MeiyazhaganBest Telugu Film: Committee Kurrollu Best Tamil Film: RaayanBest Malayalam Film: Feminichi FathimaBest Kannada Film: MithyaBest Feature Film Promoting National, Social and Environmental Values - Captain MillerBest Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment: Kalki 2898 ADBest Action Direction: Anl Arasu for Maharaja Best Music Direction for Background Music: GV Prakash Kumar for AmaranBest Make-up: P Ravi Kumar for Committee KurrolluBest Costume Designer: Deepali Noor and Sheetal Sharma for Pushpa 2: The Rule Best Production Designer: Nitin Zihani Choudhary for Kalki 2898 ADBest Editing: R Kalaivanan for Amaran Best Dialogue Writer: Venky Atluri for Lucky BaskharBest Original Screenplay: Dandreddi Sukumar for Pushpa 2: The RuleBest Cinematography: Shehnad Jalal for BramayugamBest Female Playback Singer: Vaikom Vijayalakshmi for Angu Vaana Konilu from ARMBest Child Artist (Kannada): Arundev Pothula for 35-Chinna Katha Kaadu and Athish S Shetty for MithyaBest Children's Film: 35 - Chinna Katha KaaduFilmmaker Jayaraj announced the winners for the 72nd National Film Awards in the Feature Film category. Nearly 400 films which were released between January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024, were eligible for the awards.- EndsPublished On: Jul 18, 2026 18:47 IST