The National Film Awards 2025 have taken place, and this year’s ceremony turned into a grand celebration of Indian cinema. From Bollywood to regional films, from actors to technicians, the awards honoured talent across every corner of the country.

Every winner received the prestigious Silver Lotus Award (Rajat Kamal) or Golden Lotus Award (Swarna Kamal), along with a certificate and cash prize.

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Let’s walk through the complete list of who won what this year.

Big winners of the evening

The Best Feature Film award went to ’12th Fail’ (Hindi), produced by ‘Vinod Chopra Films’ and directed by ‘Vidhu Vinod Chopra’. Both producer and director received ₹3,00,000 each.

Best Debut Film of a Director was bagged by ‘Ashish Avinash Bende’ for the Marathi film ‘Aatmapamphlet’, which

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