Today, the 71st National Film Award Ceremony was held at Vigyan Bhawan in Delhi, the capital of the country. Where President Draupadi Murmu honored the Winners by giving the National Award in different categories. Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan received the National Award for the first time in a 33 -year career. At the same time, Rani Mukherjee was also awarded the National Award for the first time. Apart from this, Mohanlal was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award.

• Shah Rukh Khan was given the first National Award for Best Actor for the film ‘Jawa’.
• Rani Mukherjee was awarded the Best Actress Award for the film ‘Mrs. Chatterjee Verses Norway’.
• Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s film ’12th Fail’ (Hindi) received the Basch feature film award.
• Vikrant Massey was given the National Award for Best Actor for ’12th Fail’.
• Karan Johar’s film ‘Rocky Aur Rani’s Prem Kahani’ won the Best Popular Film Award.
• Sudipato Sen was awarded the Best Director Award for ‘The Kerala Story’.

Awards given in music and singing

Category	Winner	Film/song	Language
Best Mail Playback Singer	PVNS Rohit	Premistunna (Baby)	Telugu
Best Female Playback Singer	Shilpa Rao	Called (young)	Hindi
Best Music Directions (songs)	Yes. V. Prakash Kumar	Vaathi	Tamil
Best Music Direction (Background Score)	Harshvardhan Rameshwar	Animal	Hindi
Best liricist	Kasarla Shyam	Oru Palleturu (Balagam)	Telugu
Best choreography	Vaibhavi Merchant	Dhindora Baje Re (Rocky and Rani’s love story)	Hindi

Non-feature film award winners

National Award also received in Technical Category

Today, the National Film Award Winners at Vigyan Bhawan in the country’s capital Delhi was honored by President Draupadi Murmu. Shah Rukh Khan was awarded the best actor and Rani Mukherjee was given the National Award at Best Actress category. Along with the award, he received a cash prize. But do you know that Shah Rukh has received less cash prize than the queen? We are telling you the reason for this.

• Shahrukh Khan received the first National Award for his career. He was awarded the best actor for the 2023 film ‘Jawan’.
• According to the Times of India, a cash prize of Rs 2 lakh is given to the winner of the National Award in Best Actor category.
• But if there are two winners in this category, then this prize money is distributed half.
• Along with Shah Rukh Khan, Vikrant Massey also received the National Award for Best Actor for the film ’12th Fail’.
• In such a situation, the cash prize was divided into two parts and Shah Rukh Khan and Vikrant were given a reward of one lakh each.

Rani Mukherjee gets more cash prize than Shahrukh Khan
Rani Mukherjee also received the first National Film Award for the film ‘Mrs. Chatterjee Verses Norway’. According to the Ministry of Broadcasting, the actresses are given a cash prize of Rs 3 lakh with the National Award. Rani Mukherjee is a single winner in this category, so she has also been given a cash prize of three lakh rupees along with the award.

What else do the National Film Awards get?
The National Film Award Winners also get much more than the award and cash prize. Let us tell you what is given to the National Award Winners.

• Gold lotus- These awards are given to single winners in category. Winners are also given a cash prize of Rs 3 lakh in categories like Best Feature Film, Best Actress, Best Direction, Best Debut Film of a Director.
• Silver Lotus- If there is more than one winners in a category, then they are given silver lotus. Winners are given a cash prize of Rs 2 lakh in the category including Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor/Actress. Also, when there is multi -winrs, this amount is divided.