The prestigious 60th
National Film Awards for the year 2012 were announced here today at a joint Press Conference addressed by the
Chairpersons of the three juries, Shri Basu Chatterjee for Feature
Films, Ms. Aruna Raje for
Non-Feature Films and Shri Swapan
Mullick for Best Writing on Cinema.
The award for the best
feature film has been conferred to Paan Singh Tomar (Hindi) produced by UTV
Software communications Ltd. and directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia .
In non-feature
film category, the award for the Best
Film has been conferred to Shepherds of
Paradise (Gojri & Urdu) produced and directed by Raja Shabir
Khan. In the category of Best Writing on
Cinema section, the book Silent Cinema in India – A Pictorial
Journey (English) written by B.D. Garga and
published by Harper Collins Publisher India has bagged the top honour, whereas Shri P.S. Radhakrishnan has been conferred
the award for the Best film Critic.
In the Feature Film
category, a total of 38 films from 14 languages have been selected for the 60th
National Awards. Chittagong (Hindi) and 101 Chodiyangal (Malayalam) have shared the Indira Gandhi award for the Best Debut Film of a
Director. The award for the Best Popular Film
for providing wholesome entertainment has been shared by Vicky Donor (Hindi) and Ustad Hotel (Malayalam). The award for the Best Director has been conferred on Shri Shivaji Lotan Patil for the film Dhag (Marathi). The award for the Best Actor has been shared
by Shri Irrfaan playing the title role in Paan
Singh Tomar and Shri Vikram Gokhale for
the film Anumati(Marathi). The award for the Best Actress has been
conferred on Ms Usha Jadhav for her performance in Dhag (Marathi). The
award for the best Supporting Actor has been conferred on Shri Anu Kapur for
the film Vicky Donor. The award for the best supporting Actress
has been shared by Ms Dolly Ahluwalia for the film Vicky Donor and Ms Kalpana for
the film ThanichallaNjan (Malyalam). The Best Child Artist award has been shared
by Master Virendra Pratap for Dekh Indian Circus (Hindi) and Master
Minon for 101 Chodiyangal (Malayalam).
The award for the Best Male
playback singer has been conferred on Shri Shankar Mahadevan for the song Bolo Na from the film Chittagong. The award for the Best Female
Playback singer has been conferred on Ms
Aarti Ankalikar-Tikekar for
the song Palakein Naa Moon Don from
the film Samhita (Marathi).
The award for the best Screen play writer (original) has been
conferred on Shri Sujoy Ghosh for the film Kahaani. The award for best Screen play writer
(adapted) has been conferred on Shri Bhavesh Mandalia and Shri Umesh Shukla
for the film Oh My God. The
award for the best Dialogue has been conferred on Ms Anjali Menon for
the film Ustad Hotel (Malayalam). The award for the best lyrics has been
conferred on Shri Prasoon Joshi for
the song Bolo Na from the film Chittagong.
A special jury award has been
conferred on Shri
Rituparno Ghosh and Shri Nawazuddin Siddiqui for the films Chitrangadha
(Bengali), Kahaani, Gangs of Wasseypur,
Dekh Indian circus and Talaash
(Hindi). The award for the best
choreography has been conferred on Pt. Birju Maharaj for the film Vishwaroopam (Tamil).
In the Non-Feature Film category, Shri Vikrant Pawar has got the
Best Director award for the film Kaatal (Marathi). The Award for the Best Debut Film of a
Director has been conferred to Shri Lipika Singh Darai for the
film Eka Gachha Eka Manisa Eka
Samudra (Odia). Shumona Goel and Shai Heredia for the
film I Am Micro (English) and Vasudah Joshi for Cancer Katha (English) have been selected
for Special Jury Award. Timbaktu (English) has been awarded as the Best
film in the Environmental category and
Dreaming Taj
Mahal ( Hindi & Urdu) has been conferred the
award for the Best Promotional film.
A
detailed list of Awards announced in the various categories is enclosed in the
list attached.
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