The
prestigious
60th
National
Film
Awards
were
announced
earlier
today
in
New
Delhi.
Awards
are
given
in
30
categories
including
Best
Feature
Film,
Best
Debut
Film
of
a
Director,
Best
Popular
Film,
Best
Children's
Film,
Best
Animation
Film,
Best
Direction,
Best
Actor,
Best
Actress,
Best
Playback
Singer,
Best
Production
Design,
Best
Music
Direction,
Best
Feature
Film
in
each
of
the
language
specified
in
Schedule
VIII
of
the
Constitution
and
also
Best
Feature
Film
in
each
of
the
languages
other
than
those
specified
in
Schedule
VIII,
among
others.
In
the
Non-feature
Film
Section,
the
awards
are
given
in
22
categories
including
Best
Non-feature
Film,
Best
Debut
Non-feature
Film
of
a
Director,
Best
Arts/Cultural
Film,
Best
Animation
Film,
Best
Direction,
Best
Cinematography,
Best
Music
Direction,
Best
Editing,
among
others.
The
interesting
part
of
the
story
is
that
11
out
of
30
awards
went
to
Malayalam
and
5
out
of
30
National
awards
for
Tamil
cinema
-
16
out
of
31.
Here,
we
are
bringing
you
the
entire
list:
BEST
FEATURE
FILM:
Paan
Singh
Tomar
(Hindi)
INDIRA
GANDHI
AWARD
FOR
BEST
DEBUT
FILM
OF
A
DIRECTOR:
Chittagong
(Hindi)
BEST
POPULAR
FILM
PROVIDING
WHOLESOME
ENTERTAINMENT:
Vicky
Donor
(Hindi)
NARGIS
DUTT
AWARD
FOR
BEST
FEATURE
FILM
ON
NATIONAL
INTEGRATION:
ThanichallaNjan
(Malayalam)
BEST
FILM
ON
SOCIAL
ISSUES:
Spirit
(Malayalam)
BEST
FILM
ON
ENVIRONMENT
CONSERVATION/PRESERVATION:
Black
Forest
(Malayalam)
BEST
CHILDREN'S
FILM:
Dekh
Indian
Circus
(Hindi)
BEST
ANIMATION
FILM:
Delhi
Safari
(Hindi)
BEST
DIRECTION:
Dhag(Marathi)
BEST
ACTOR:
Irrfaan
Khan
for
Paan
Singh
Tomar
(Hindi)
and
Vikram
Gokhale
for
Anumati
(Marathi)
BEST
ACTRESS:
Usha
Jadhav
for
Dhag
(Marathi)
BEST
SUPPORTING
ACTOR:
Annu
Kapoor
for
Vicky
Donor
(Hindi)
BEST
SUPPORTING
ACTRESS:
Dolly
Ahluwalia
for
Vicky
Donor
and
Kalpana
for
ThanichallaNjan
(Malayalam)
BEST
CHILD
ARTIST:
Virendra
Pratap
for
Dekh
Indian
Circus
(Hindi)
and
Minon
for
101
Chodiyangal
(Malayalam)
BEST
MALE
PLAYBACK
SINGER:
Shankar
Mahadevan
for
Chittagong
(Hindi)
BEST
FEMALE
PLAYBACK
SINGER:
Aarti
Anklekar
Tikekar
for
Samhita
(Marathi)
BEST
CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Sudheer
Palsane
for
KO
BEST
SCREENPLAY:
Sujoy
Ghosh
for
Kahaani
(Screenplay
Writer
-
Original)
(Hindi)
Bhavesh
Mandalia
and
Umesh
Shukla
for
OMG
Oh
My
God
(Screenplay
Writer
-
Adapted)
(Hindi)
Best
Dialogues:
Anjali
Menon
for
Ustaad
Hotel
(Malayalam)
BEST
EDITING:
Namrata
Rao
for
Kahaani
(Hindi)
BEST
PRODUCTION
DESIGN:
Boontawee
‘Thor'
Taweepasas
and
Lalgudi
N.
Ilayaraja
for
Vishwaroopam
(Tamil)
BEST
COSTUME
DESIGNER:
Poornima
Ramaswamy
for
Paradesi(Tamil)
BEST
MAKE-UP
ARTIST:
Raja
for
Vazakkuenn
18/9
(Tamil)
BEST
MUSIC
DIRECTION:
Shailender
Barve
for
Samhita
(Marathi)
BEST
BACKGROUND
SCORE:
Biji
Bal
for
Kaliyachan
(Malayalam)
BEST
LYRICS:
Prasoon
Joshi
for
Chittagong
(Hindi)
SPECIAL
JURY
AWARD
:
Rituparno
Ghosh
for
Chitrangada
(Bengali)
Nawazuddin
Siddiqui
for
Kahaani
Gangs
of
Wasseypur
Dekh
Indian
Circus
Talaash
BEST
SPECIAL
EFFECTS:
Eega(Telugu)
BEST
CHOREOGRAPHY:
Pandit
Birju
Maharaj
for
Vishwaroopam
BEST
FEATURE
FILM
IN
EACH
OF
THE
LANGUAGE
SPECIFIED
IN
THE
SCHEDULE
VIII
OF
THE
CONSTITUTION
BEST
ASSAMESE
FILM:
Baandhon
BEST
BENGALI
FILM:
Shabdo
BEST
GUJARATI
FILM:
The
Good
Road
BEST
HINDI
FILM:
Filmistan
BEST
KANNADA
FILM:
Bharath
Stores
BEST
MALAYALAM
FILM:
Celluloid
BEST
MANIPURI
FILM:
Leipaklei
BEST
MARATHI
FILM:
Investment
BEST
PUNJABI
FILM:
Nabar
BEST
TAMIL
FILM:
Vazakkuenn
18/9
BEST
TELUGU
FILM:
Eega
BEST
URDU
FILM:
Harud
BEST
FEATURE
FILM
IN
EACH
OF
THE
LANGUAGE
SPECIFIED
OTHER
THAN
SCHEDULE
VIII
OF
THE
CONSTITUTION
BEST
ENGLISH
FILM:
Lessons
in
Forgetting
SPECIAL
MENTION
a)
Lal
for
Ozhimuri
(Malayalam)
b)
HG
Dattatreya
for
Bharat
Stores
(Kannada)
c)
BishnuKharghoria
for
Baandhon
(Assamese)
d)
Parineeti
Chopra
for
Ishaqzade
(Hindi)
e)
Tannishtha
Chatterjee
for
Dekh
Indian
Circus
(Hindi)
f)
Hansraj
Jagtap
for
Dhag
(Marathi)
g)
Thilakan
for
Ustad
Hotel
(Malayalam)