53rd National Film Awards announced
BEST FEATURE FILM: KAALPURUSH – MEMORIES IN THE MIST’
BEST ACTOR: AMITABH BACHCHAN, BEST ACTRESS: SARIKA
53rd National Film Awards have been announced. As per the recommendations of the Juries, ‘Kaalpurush
– Memories in the Mist’ (Bengali) (directed by Budhadeb Dasgupta) has been declared
the Best Feature Film. The Award carries a Swarna Kamal and Rs 50,000 each for Producer
and Director of the film. Best Popular Film
providing wholesome entertainment is ‘Rang De Basanti’ (Hindi), (directed by Rakesh
Omprakash Mehra). Nargis Dutt
Award for the Best Feature Film on National Integration goes to ‘Daivanamathil’
(Malayalam), (directed by Jayaraj). Indira Gandhi Award for the Best First Film of a Director goes to
a film ‘Parineeta’ (Hindi), (Directed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra). The Award for the best film on social issues
goes to ‘Iqbal’ (Hindi), (Directed by Nagesh Mukunoor).
The award for the Best Direction goes to Rahul Dholakia
for the film ‘Parzania’. Best Actor Award
goes to Amitabh Bachchan for his performance in Hindi Film ‘Black’.
Sarika has been adjudged the best actress award in recognition of her performance
in the film ‘Parzania’ directed by Rahul Dholakia.
The Award for the Best Child Artist goes to Sai Kumar for his performance
in Telugu film “Bommalata – A Bellyful of Dreams”.
The Award for the Best Male Playback Singer goes to Naresh Iyer in ‘Rang
De Basanti’ and the Best Female Playback singer award to Shreya Ghoshal for her
song in Paheli.
The Best Non-Feature Film is “Riding Solo To The Top Of The
World” (English), directed by Gaurav.A.Jani.
Best Film Critic Award has gone to Baradwaj Rangan.
‘Black’ directed
by Sanjay Leela Bhansali is the best feature film in Hindi. The best adjudged films in different Indian
languages mentioned in VIII Schedule are:
ASSAMESE: KADAM TOLE KRISHNA NACHE
DIRECTOR: SUMAN HARIPRIYA
BENGALI: HARBART
DIRECTOR: SUMAN MUKHERJEE
KANNADA: THAAYI
DIRECTOR: BARAGURU RAMCHANDRAPPA
MALAYALAM: THANMATRA
DIRECTOR: BLESSY
MARATHI: DOMBIVALI FAST
DIRECTOR: NISHIKANT KAMAT
ORIYA: KATHANTARA
DIRECTOR: HIMANSHU KHATUA
PUNJABI: BAGHI
DIRECTOR: SUKHMINDER DHANJAL
TAMIL: AADUM KOTHU
DIRECTOR: T V CHANDRAN
TELUGU: BOMMALATA – A BELLYFUL OF
DREAMS
DIRECTOR: PRAKASH KOVELAMUDI
The details
of films and other awards are available on PIB Website i.e. http://pib.nic.in.
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