Overview

• Shah Rukh Khan and Vikrant Massey shared Best Actor for Jawan and 12th Fail, marking the first National Awards for both performers.
• Rani Mukerji won Best Actress for Mrs Chatterjee vs Norway, her first National Award in a career spanning nearly three decades.
• Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s 12th Fail was named Best Feature Film, while Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani won Best Popular Film and Sudipto Sen earned Best Director for The Kerala Story.
• Mohanlal received the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India’s highest cinema honour for lifetime contribution.
• President Droupadi Murmu conferred the awards at New Delhi’s Vigyan Bhawan in a ceremony broadcast on DD News, with the NFDC-administered process judged by regional committees and a central jury chaired by Ashutosh Gowariker.