The
Prestigious 59th National Film Awards were announced in New Delhi in a joint
Press Conference addressed by the Chairpersons of the three juries, Ms Rohini Hattangady for feature films,
Shri Ramesh Sharma for non- feature films and Ms. Vijaya Mulay for Best Writing on
Cinema category here today. Earlier, the
Jury Chairpersons
submitted their report to Smt. Ambika Soni, Minister
for Information & Broadcasting. Speaking on the occasion, the Minister
lauded the efforts made by the jury members in selecting
the different category of awardees. Such efforts, the Minister said had enabled
the awards to achieve new heights in terms of enhanced participation in
different categories and the prestige associated with such awards.
The top honour in the Feature Film category, the Best Film is shared by
films Deool (Marathi) produced by Abhijeet
Gholap & directed by Umesh
Vinayak Kulkarni and Byari
( Byari language) produced by T.H. Althaf Hussain & directed by Suveeram. The award carries Swarna Kamal and
cash prize of Rs. 2,50,000/-. In
Non-feature film category
the top honour , Best Film goes to And We Play On (Hindi & English)directed and produced by Pramod Purswane . The
awards carries Swarna Kamal
and Cash prize of Rs. 1,50,000/-. In Best Writing on Cinema category the Swarna Kamal goes to the book
titled R.D. Burman
– The Man, The Music written by Anirudha Bhattacharjee
& Balaji Vittal,
published by Harper Collins India.
Whereas Manoj Barpujari
from Assam
has been awarded Best Film Critic.
In
Feature Film category, five films have won three awards each. These Films are The Dirty Picture (Hindi), Balgandharva
(Marathi), Anhe Ghorey Da Daan (Punjabi), Deool (Marathi)
& Ranjana Ami Ar
Ashbo Na (Bengali). Six films have won two awards each. These are Chillar
Party (Hindi), Azhagarsamiyin Kuthirai
(Tamil), Aaranyakandam (Tamil), Phijigee
Mani (Manipuri) , Zindagi Na Milegi
Dobara (Hindi) & Game (Hindi).
The Best Actor award
goes to Girish Kulkarni
for film Deool (Marathi) and Best Actress to Vidya Balan for the
film The Dirty Picture (Hindi). Azhagarsamiyin
Kuthirai (Tamil) won the award for Wholesome
Entertainment, Chillar Party (Hindi)
won Best Children Film, Best Director to
Gurvinder Singh for Punjabi film Anhe Ghorey Da Daan
, Best Singer to Anand Bhate
(Male) for Marathi film Balgandharva and Roopa Ganguly (Female) for the Bengali film Abosheyshey . Kumararaja Thiagarajan
has won the Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut film
of a Director.
In the Non-Feature film
category, three films have won two awards each.
The Film Tiger Dynasty has won the Best Environmental Film &
Best Cinematography awards. Awards for
Best Direction and Best Editing have been taken away by the film There is
Something in the Air. Film Panchakki has been awarded Best Short Fiction and
Best Music Direction.
The awards in different
categories are as under:
BEST
WRITING ON CINEMA
|
S. No.
|
Name of Award
|
Name of Book
|
Awardee
|
Medal
|
|
1.
|
BEST
BOOK ON CINEMA
|
R.D. Burman The Man, The Music
(English)
|
Publisher :
Harper Collins India
Author:
Anirudha
Bhattacharjee and Balaji Vittal
|
Swarna Kamal
Rs.
75,000
|
Best Film
Critic
|
1.
|
BEST FILM
CRITIC
|
Manoj Barpujari
(Assamese
and English)
|
|
Swarna Kamal
Rs. 75,00
|
Non-Feature
Films
|
S.
NO
|
Name
of Award
|
Name
of FILM
|
AWARDEE
|
Medal
& Cash Prize
|
|
1.
|
BEST
NON FEATURE FILM
|
And We Play On
(Hindi & English)
|
Producer :
Pramod PuRs.wane
Director :
Pramod PuRs.wane
|
SWARNA
KAMAL
Rs.
1,50,000/-
EACH
|
|
2.
|
BEST
DEBUT FILM OF A DIRECTOR
|
The Silent Poet
(Manipuri)
|
Producer
:
Borun Thokchom
Director
:
Borun Thokchom
|
RAJAT KAMAL
Rs.
75,000/-
EACH
|
|
3.
|
BEST
ANTHROPOLOGICAL/ ETHNOGRAPHIC FILM
|
Bom
(Hindi & English)
|
Producer
:
Anirban Datta
Director
:
Amlan Datta
|
RAJAT KAMAL
Rs.
50,000/-
EACH
|
|
4.
|
BEST
BIOGRAPHICAL/ HISTORICAL RECONSTRUCTION
|
Vishnupant
Damle:
Bolpatancha
Mook Nayak
(Marathi)
|
Producer
:
Anil Anant Damle
Director
: VirendraValsangkar
|
RAJAT KAMAL
Rs.
50,000/-
EACH
|
|
5.
|
BEST
ARTS /CULTURAL FILM
(Jointly
Being given to two Films)
|
Fried Fish, Chicken Soup and a Premiere Show
(Manipuri & English)
&
Lasya Kavvya – the World of Alarmel Valli
(English)
|
Producer : Madhusree Dutta
Director
:
Mamta Murthy
Producer
:
Sankalp Meshram
Director :
Sankalp Meshram
|
RAJAT KAMAL
Rs. 25,000/-
EACH
|
|
6.
|
BEST
PROMOTIONAL FILM
|
The Dream Fulfilled -
Memories of the Engineering Challenges
(English)
|
Producer
:
Delhi
Metro Rail Corporation
Director
:
Satish Pande
|
RAJAT KAMAL
Rs.
50,000/-
EACH
|
|
7.
|
BEST
ENVIRONMENT FILM
|
Tiger Dynasty
(English)
|
Producer:
S. Nallamuthu
Director
:
S.
Nallamuthu
|
RAJAT KAMAL
Rs. 50,000/-
EACH
|
|
8.
|
BEST
FILM ON SOCIAL ISSUES
(Jointly
Being given to two Films)
|
Mindscapes… of Love and
Longing
(Hindi & English)
Inshallah,
Football
(Kashmiri, Urdu & English)
|
Producer
:
Public
Service Broadcasting Trust
Director:
ArunChadha
Producer
:
Ashvin Kumar
Director:
Ashvin Kumar
|
RAJAT KAMAL
Rs. 25,000/-
EACH
|
|
9.
|
BEST
EDUCATIONAL FILM
|
A Drop of Sunshine
(English)
|
Producer
:
Public
Service Broadcasting Trust
Director
:
Aparna Sanyal
|
RAJAT KAMAL
Rs. 50,000/-
EACH
|
|
10.
|
BEST
EXPLORATION/ ADVENTURE FILM
(Including
sports)
|
The Finish Line
(English)
|
Producer
:
Syed Sultan Ahmed &
Tabassum Modi
Director
:
Akshay Roy
|
RAJAT KAMAL
Rs.
50,000/-
EACH
|
|
11.
|
BEST
INVESTIGATIVE FILM
|
Cotton for My Shroud
(English)
|
Producer:
Kavita Bahl
Director :
Nandan Saxena
and
Kavita Bahl
|
RAJAT KAMAL
Rs.
50,000/-
EACH
|
|
12.
|
SPECIAL
JURY AWARD
|
Jai Bhim
Comrade
(Marathi)
|
Anand Patwardhan
|
RAJAT KAMAL
Rs.
1,00,000/-
|
|
13.
|
BEST
SHORT FICTION
|
Panchakki
(Hindi)
|
Producer:
Sanjeev Rattan
Director:
Sanjeev Rattan
|
RAJAT KAMAL
Rs.
50,000/- EACH
|
|
14.
|
BEST
FILM ON FAMILY VALUES
|
Red Building
where the Sun Sets
(English)
|
Producer
:
Syed Sultan Ahmed
& Tabassum
Modi
Director
:
Revathy
|
RAJAT KAMAL
Rs.
50,000/-
EACH
|
|
15.
|
BEST
DIRECTION
|
There is Something in the
Air
(Hindi, Urdu & English)
|
Iram Ghufran
|
SWARNA
KAMAL
Rs.
1,50,000/-
|
|
16.
|
BEST
CINEMATOGRAPHY
|
Tiger Dynasty
(English)
|
S.
Nallamuthu
|
RAJAT KAMAL
Rs.
50,000/-
|
|
17.
|
BEST
AUDIOGRAPHY
|
1, 2
(Hindi)
|
Gautam Nair
|
RAJAT KAMAL
Rs.
50,000/-
|
|
18.
|
BEST
EDITING
|
There is Something in the
Air
(Hindi, Urdu & English)
|
Iram Ghufran
|
RAJAT KAMAL
Rs.
50,000/-
|
|
19.
|
BEST
MUSIC DIRECTION
|
Panchakki
(Hindi)
|
DhrubaJyoti
Phukan
|
RAJAT KAMAL
Rs. 50,000/-
|
|
20.
|
BEST
NARRATION/ VOICE OVER
|
Just that Sort of a Day
(English)
|
Ann
Abraham
|
RAJAT KAMAL
Rs.
50,000/-
|
|
21.
|
SPECIAL
MENTION
(Two
Films)
|
a. You Don’t Belong
(Bengali & English)
b. Airawat
(Marathi
& Hindi)
|
a. Director :
Spandan Banerjee
b.
Director:
Renu Savant
|
CERTIFICATE
CERTIFICATE
|
FEATURE FILMS
|
S.
No.
|
Name
of Award
|
Name
of Film
|
Awardee
|
Medal
& Cash Prize
|
|
1
|
BEST
FEATURE FILM
(shared)
|
a) Deool (Marathi)
b) Byari (Byari)
|
a) Producer:
Abhijeet Gholap
Director : Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni
b) Producer:
T.H. Althaf Hussain
Director : Suveeran
|
Swarna Kamal
Rs. 2,50,000/-
|
|
2
|
INDIRA
GANDHI AWARD FOR BEST DEBUT FILM OF A DIRECTOR
|
Aaranyakandam
(Tamil)
|
Producer: S.P.Charan
Director : Kumararaja Thiagarajan
|
Swarna Kamal
Rs. 1,25,000/-
|
|
3
|
AWARD
FOR BEST POPULAR FILM PROVIDING WHOLESOME ENTERTAINMENT
|
Azhagarsamiyin Kuthirai (Tamil)
|
Producer:
P. Madan
Director : Suseentharan
|
Swarna Kamal
Rs. 2,00,000/-
|
|
4
|
BEST
CHILDREN’S FILM
|
Chillar Party (Hindi)
|
Producer:
UTV Software
Communications Ltd
Director
: Vikas Bahl & Nitesh Tiwari
|
Swarna Kamal
Rs. 1,50,000/-
|
|
5
|
BEST
DIRECTION
|
Anhe Ghorey Da Daan (Punjabi)
|
Gurvinder
Singh
|
Swarna Kamal
Rs.
2,50,000/-
|
|
6
|
BEST
ACTOR
|
Deool (Marathi)
|
Girish
Kulkarni
|
Rajat
Kamal
Rs.
50,000/-
|
|
7
|
BEST ACTRESS
|
The
Dirty Picture (Hindi)
|
Vidya Balan
|
Rajat Kamal
Rs. 50,000/-
|
|
8
|
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
|
Azhagarsamiyin Kuthirai (Tamil)
|
Appu Kutty
|
Rajat Kamal
Rs. 50,000/-
|
|
9
|
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
|
Phijigee Mani (Manipuri)
|
Leishangthem
Tonthoingambi Devi
|
Rajat Kamal
Rs. 50,000/-
|
|
10
|
BEST
CHILD ARTIST
(Shared)
|
a)
Stanley ka Dabba
(Hindi)
b)
Chillar Party (Hindi)
|
Partho Gupte
Irrfan Khan
Sanath Menon
Rohan Grover
Naman Jain
Aarav Khanna
Vishesh Tiwari
Chinmai Chandranshuh
Vedant Desai
Divij Handa
Shriya Sharma
|
Rajat
Kamal
Rs. 50,000/-
|
|
11
|
BEST
MALE PLAYBACK SINGER
|
Balgandharva (Marathi)
|
Anand Bhate
|
Rajat
Kamal
Rs. 50,000/-
|
|
12
|
BEST
FEMALE PLAYBACK SINGER
|
Abosheyshey (Bengali)
|
Roopa Ganguly
|
Rajat
Kamal
Rs. 50,000/-
|
|
13
|
BEST
CINEMATOGRAPHY
|
Anhe Ghorey Da Daan
(Punjabi)
|
Cameraman
: Satya Rai Nagpaul
Laboratory
:
Reliance Media Works
|
Rajat
Kamal
Rs. 50,000/-
|
14
|
BEST
SCREENPLAY
Screenplay
Writer (Original) :
Screenplay
Writer (Adapted) :
Dialogues
:
|
Chillar
Party (Hindi)
Shala (Marathi)
Deool
(Marathi)
|
Vikas
Behl & Manish Tiwari
Avinash
Deshpande Nigdi
Girish
Kulkarni
|
Rajat
Kamal
Rs. 50,000/-
Rajat
Kamal
Rs. 50,000/-
Rajat
Kamal
Rs. 50,000/-
|
|
15
|
BEST
AUDIOGRAPHY
Location
Sound Recordist
Sound
Designer :
Re-recordist of the final mixed track
|
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
(Hindi)
Game (Hindi)
Game (Hindi)
|
Baylon Fonseca
Baylon Fonseca
Hitendra Ghosh
|
Rajat
Kamal
Rs. 50,000/-
Rajat
Kamal
Rs. 50,000/-
Rajat
Kamal
Rs. 50,000/-
|
|
16
|
BEST
EDITING
|
Aaranyakandam (Tamil)
|
Pravin K. L.
|
Rajat
Kamal
Rs. 50,000/-
|
|
17
|
BEST
PRODUCTION DESIGN
|
Naukadubi (Bengali)
|
Indraneel Ghosh
|
Rajat
Kamal
Rs. 50,000/-
|
|
18
|
BEST
COSTUME DESIGNER
(Shared)
|
a) Balgandharva
(Marathi)
b)The Dirty Picture
(Hindi)
|
a)Neeta Lulla
b) Niharika Khan
|
Rajat
Kamal
Rs. 50,000/-
|
|
19
|
BEST
MAKE-UP ARTIST
|
Balgandharva
(Marathi)
&
The Dirty Picture
(Hindi)
|
Vikram Gayakwad
|
Rajat
Kamal
Rs. 50,000/-
|
|
20
|
BEST MUSIC DIRECTION
Songs
Background
Score
|
Ranjana Ami Ar
Ashbo Na (Bengali)
Laptop (Bengali)
|
Neel Dutt
Mayookh Bhaumik
|
Rajat
Kamal
Rs. 50,000/-
Rajat
Kamal
Rs. 50,000/-
|
|
21
|
BEST
LYRICS
|
I Am (Hindi)
Agar Zindagi ……….
|
Amitabh Bhattacharya
|
Rajat
Kamal
Rs. 50,000/-
|
22
|
SPECIAL
JURY AWARD
|
Ranjana Ami Ar
Ashbo Na (Bengali)
|
Anjan Dutt
|
Rajat
Kamal
Rs. 2,00,000/-
|
|
23
|
BEST
SPECIAL EFFECTS
|
Ra. One (Hindi)
|
Harry Hingorani
and
Keitan Yadav
|
Rajat
Kamal
Rs. 50,000/-
|
|
24
|
BEST
CHOREOGRAPHY
|
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (Hindi)
(Senorita)
|
Bosco Caeser
|
Rajat
Kamal
Rs. 50,000/-
|
|
25
|
BEST FEATURE FILM IN EACH OF THE
LANGUAGE SPECIFIED IN THE SCHEDULE VIII OF THE CONSTITUTION
|
|
|
|
|
a)
|
BEST BENGALI FILM
|
Ranjana Ami Ar
Ashbo Na
|
Producer:
Rana Sarkar
Director
: Anjan Dutt
|
Rajat
Kamal
Rs. 1,00,000/-
|
|
b)
|
BEST
DOGRI FILM
|
Dille
Ch Vasya Koi
|
Producer:
Sanjeev Rattan
Director
: Sanjeev Rattan
|
Rajat
Kamal
Rs. 1,00,000/-
|
|
c)
|
BEST
HINDI FILM
|
I Am
|
Producer:
Anirban Dhar
(Onir) &
Sanjay Suri
Director
: Onir
|
Rajat
Kamal
Rs. 1,00,000/-
|
|
d)
|
BEST
KANNADA
|
Kurmavatara
|
Producer:
Basant Kumar Patil
Director :
Girish Kasaravalli
|
Rajat
Kamal
Rs. 1,00,000/-
|
|
e)
|
BEST
MALAYALAM FILM
|
Indian Rupee
|
Producer:
August Cinema India Pvt. Ltd.
Director
: Ranjith Balakrishnan
|
Rajat
Kamal
Rs. 1,00,000/-
|
|
f)
|
BEST
MANIPURI FILM
|
Phijigee Mani
|
Producer: Takhelchangbam Ongbi
and Medha Sharmi
Director : Oinam Gautam Singh
|
Rajat
Kamal
Rs. 1,00,000/-
|
g)
|
BEST
MARATHI FILM
|
Shala
|
Producer:
Vivek D. Wagh
& Nilesh Navalkha
Director
:
Sujay Sunil Dahake
|
Rajat
Kamal
Rs. 1,00,000/-
|
|
h)
|
BEST
PUNJABI FILM
|
Anhe Ghorey Da Daan
|
Producer:
National Film Development Corporation
Director
:
Gurvinder Singh
|
Rajat
Kamal
Rs. 1,00,000/-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
i)
|
BEST TAMIL FILM
|
Vaagai Sooda Va
|
Producer:
S. Muruganandham
Director
:
A. Sargunam
|
Rajat Kamal
Rs. 1,00,000/-
|
|
26) a)
|
SPECIAL MENTION
|
Byari (Byari)
|
Mallika
|
Certificate
only
|
|
b)
|
SPECIAL MENTION
|
Adimadhyantham (Malayalam)
|
Director : Sherry
|
Certificate
only
|
CP/ST