62nd National Film Awards were announced on 24 March 2015. The awards are annually presented by Directorate of Film Festivals to honour the best films of the previous in the Indian cinema.
The list of winners
| Best Actress | Kangana Ranaut for Queen |
| Best Supporting Actress | Baljinder Kaur for Pagdi The Honour (Haryanavi) |
| Best Supporting Actor | Bobby Simhaa for Jigarthanda (Tamil) |
| Best Actor | Vijay for Nanu Avanalla Avalu (Kannada) |
| Best Direction | Srijit Mukherji for Chotushkone (Bengali) |
| Best Music Direction | a) Songs – Haider (Hindi) and b) Background Score – Nineteen Eighty Three (Malayalam) |
| Best Choreography | Bismil for Haider |
| Best Writing on Cinema | Silent Cinema: (1895-1930)- Pasupuleti Purnachandra Rao |
| Best Writing on Cinema | G. Dhananjayan for Pride of Tamil Cinema (Special Mention) |
| Best Costume Designer | Dolly Ahluwalia for Haider |
| Best Female Playback Singer | Uttara Unnikrishanan for song Azhagu in Saivam (Tamil) |
| Best Male Playback Singer | Sukhwinder Singh for song Bismil from Haider |
Best Films in different languages
| Best Hindi Film | Queen |
| Best Assamese Film | Othello |
| Best Bengali Film | Nirbashito |
| Best Kannada Film | Harivu |
| Best Konkani Film | Nachom – IA Kumpasar |
| Best Malayalam Film | Ain |
| Best Marathi Film | Killa |
| Best Odiya Film | Aadim Vichar |
| Best Punjabi Film | Punjab 1984 |
| Best Tamil Film | Kuttram Kadithal |
| Best Telugu Film | Chandamama Kathalu |
| Best Rabha Film | Orong |
| Best Haryanvi Film | Pagdi The Honour |
Best Films in different categories
| Best Educational Film | Komal & Behind the Glass Wall |
| Best Exploration/Adventure | Film Life Force – India's Western Ghats |
| Best Investigative Film | Phum Shang |
| Best Animation Film | Sound of Joy |
| Best Short Fiction Film | Mitraa |
| Best Film Critic | Tanul Thakur |
| Best Film On Environment Conservation/ Preservation | Ottaal (Malayalam) |
| Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment | Mary Kom |
| Indira Gandhi Award For Best Debut Film Of A Director | Asha Jaoar Majhe (Bengali) |
| Best Feature Film | Court (Marathi; Hindi; Gujarati & English) |
