Award Amounts for 71st National Film Awards 2025 Winners: Shah Rukh Khan, Vikrant Massey, Rani Mukerji
The 71st National Film Awards were announced on August 1, 2025, honouring the best of Indian cinema. Here are the highlights of the awards:
Best Feature Film
Winner: 12th Fail
Best Director
Winner: Sudipto Sen (The Kerala Story)
Best Actor
Joint Winners: Shah Rukh Khan (Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani) and Vikrant Massey (12th Fail)
Best Actress
Winner: Rani Mukerji (Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani)
Best Supporting Actor
Joint Winners: Vijayaraghavan (12th Fail) and Muthupettai Somu Bhaskar (Aatmapamphlet)
Best Supporting Actress
Joint Winners: Urvashi (Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani) and Janki Bodiwala (12th Fail)
Best Debut Film of a Director
Winner: Ashish Bende (Aatmapamphlet)
Best Male and Female Playback Singers
Winners: PVN S Rohit (for a song in 12th Fail) and Shilpa Rao (for a song in Animal)
Special Mentions
Dharma Productions and director Karan Johar (Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani) and VC Films LLP and director Vidhu Vinod Chopra (12th Fail) were honoured with the Swarna Kamal medal and a cash prize of Rs 3 lakh each.
Ashish Bende was honoured with a Swarna Kamal and Rs 3,00,000 for Aatmapamphlet.
Notable Achievements
Shah Rukh Khan and Rani Mukerji both won their first National Awards with their respective films.
Animal and Sam Bahadur won 3 National Awards each.
It's worth noting that while the exact cash prize amounts for each category at the 71st National Film Awards in 2025 have not been explicitly listed in the available sources, historical data suggests that Swarna Kamal awardees generally receive cash prizes ranging approximately between Rs 2 lakh and Rs 5 lakh, while Rajat Kamal awardees typically receive cash prizes in the range of Rs 50,000 to Rs 1 lakh.
This remains an informed approximation based on historical data, and for precise details, one would need to consult the full official announcement, which is sometimes published in a detailed PDF by the Directorate of Film Festivals or the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
The Indian film industry, Bollywood, received significant recognition at the 71st National Film Awards, with films like '12th Fail', 'Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani', and 'Aatmapamphlet' winning multiple awards.
Apart from the glamour of movies-and-tv, the cricket field also shared the limelight in India, as the joint winners of the Best Actor award, Shah Rukh Khan and Vikrant Massey, share a passion for cricket in their respective films.
