Kartik Aaryan and Mammootty Win Top Acting Honours at 72nd National Film Awards

The Ceremony

The 72nd National Film Awards take place in Kevadia, Gujarat, on Tuesday. President Droupadi Murmu presents the honours for outstanding achievements in Indian cinema for 2024. The ceremony begins at 3 PM and streams live on YouTube. Kevadia hosts the event near the 182-metre Statue of Unity dedicated to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated on October 31, 2018. Instituted in 1954, these awards recognise excellence across feature films, non-feature films, and writing on cinema.

Award Winners

Actor Kartik Aaryan travels to Kevadia to receive his first National Award. He shares the Best Actor prize with veteran actor Mammootty, who wins the honour for his performance in the Malayalam horror-thriller film Bramayugam. Kartik receives his award for his role in Chandu Champion. While speaking about the win, Kartik shares that his entire family and the film team are overjoyed, while expressing gratitude to the jury and audiences across India for choosing the film, which he notes inspires people especially regarding Paralympians.