Kannada
actress
Umashree
and
actor
Prakash
Raj
have
bagged
the
Best
Actress
and
Best
Actor
awards
(Rajat
Kamal),
at
the
55th
National
Film
Awards,
2007.
Umashree
and
Prakash
Raj
have
won
these
awards
for
their
performance
in
Kannada
movie
Gukabi
Talkies
and
Tamil
movie
Kanchivaram
respectively.
Kanchivaram
has
also
won
the
Swarna
Kamal
for
Best
Feature
Film.
Adoor
Gopalakrishnan
has
won
the
Best
Director
Award
for
his
Malayalam
film
Naalu
Pennungal.
Talking
about
the
award
Umashree
said,
"So
far,
I
have
been
treated
as
a
theatre
artiste
and
character
artiste.
But
this
National
Award
has
got
me
the
recognition
of
an
actress.
Earlier,
I
have
won
Best
Actress
for
my
acting
in
Gulabi
Talkies
at
Karnataka
State
Film
Awards.
Now
the
National
Award
has
increased
my
responsibility
towards
Kannada
films.
Bollywood
superstars
like
Shahrukh
Khan
and
Aamir
Khan
had
posed
tough
competition
for
actor
Prakash
Raj
for
Best
Actor
award,
but
his
performance
in
Kanchivaram
has
beaten
all
the
Bollywood
biggies.
Earlier,
Prakash
Raj
has
won
the
Best
Actor
for
his
performance
in
movie
Iruvar
in
1998.
He
has
also
won
a
Special
Award
in
2003.
Shahrukh
Khan
starrer
Chak
De!
India
has
bagged
the
Best
Popular
Film,
while
Aamir
Khan"s
Taare
Zameen
Par
won
the
Best
Film
on
Family
Welfare
Award.
Shankar
Mahadevan
won
the
Best
Singer
(male)
Award
for
the
song
'Meri
Maa'
from
TZP.
The
Best
Child
Actor
Award
has
been
given
to
Sharad
Goyekar
for
the
Marathi
film
Tingya.
Following
are
the
winners
of
55th
National
Film
Award
2007:
Best
actor:
Prakash
Raj
for
Kanchivaram
Best
actress:
Umashree
for
Gulabi
Talkies
Best
film:
Kanchivaram
Best
film
on
family
welfare:
Taare
Zameen
Par
Best
popular
film
providing
wholesome
entertainment:
Chak
De!
India
Best
singer
(male):
Shankar
Mahadevan
for
Taare
Zameen
Par
Best
singer
(female):
Shreya
Ghoshal
for
Jab
We
Met
Best
child
actor:
Sharad
Goyekar
for
Tingya
Best
director:
Adoor
Gopalakrishnan
for
Naalu
Pennungal
(Four
Women)