Sixtieth (60) National Film Awards

60th (Sixtieth) National Film Awards - 2012

These were announced on March 18, 2013. The winners are as follows:

1.      Best Feature Film - Paan Singh Tomar (Hindi); Director Tigmanshu Dhulia (Swarna Kamal medal and Rs 2,50,000) Producer: UTV Software Communications (Swarna Kamal medal and Rs 2,50,000)

2.      Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director - Chittagong (Hindi) Producer and Director: Bedabrata Pain; and 101 Chodiyangal (Malayalam) Producer: Thomas Kottackkakom Dir: Siddhartha Siva (Swarna Kamal medal and Rs 1,25,000)

3.      Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment - Vicky Donor (Hindi) Producer Sunil Lulla, John Abraham, Ronnie Lahiri, Ram Mirchandani, Dir: Shoojit Sircar; Ustad Hotel (Malayalam) Producer: Listin Stephen, Dir: Anwar Rasheed (Swarna Kamal medal and Rs 2,00,000)

4.      Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration - Thanichallanjan (Malayalam) Producer Cherian Philippose (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 1,50,000), Dir: Babu Thiruvalla (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 1,50,000)

5.      Best Film on Social Issues - Spirit (Malayalam) Producer MJ Antony (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 1,50,000), Dir: Renjith (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 1,50,000)

6.      Best Children's Film - Dekh Indian Circus (Hindi) Producer: Mahaveer Jain (Swarna Kamal medal and Rs 1,50,000), Dir: Mangesh Hadawale (Swarna Kamal medal and Rs 1,50,000)

7.      Best Film on Environment and Conservation/preservation- Black Forest (Malayalam) Producer: Baby Mathew Somatheeram (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 1,50,000), Dir: Joshy Mathew (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 1,50,000)

8.      Best Animation Film - Delhi Safari (Hindi) Producer: Anupama Patil (Swarna Kamal medal and Rs 1,00,000), Dir: Nikhil Advani (Swarna Kamal medal and Rs 1,00,000), Animator Rafique Shaikh (Swarna Kamal medal and Rs 1,00,000)

9.      Best Direction - Dhag (Marathi) Dir: Shivaji Lotan Patil (Swarna Kamal and Rs 2,50,000)

10.  Best Actor - Paan Singh Tomar (Hindi) Actors: Irrfaan (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 50,000), Vikram Gokhale (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 50,000)

11.  Best Actress - Dhag (Marathi) Actress: Usha Jadhav (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 50,000)

12.  Best Supporting Actor - Vicky Donor (Hindi) Actor: Anu Kapoor (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 50,000)

13.  Best Supporting Actress - Vicky Donor (Hindi) Dolly Ahluwalia (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 50,000); Thanichallanjan (Malayalam) Kalpana (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 50,000)

14.  Special Jury Award Actor: Nawazuddin Siddiquie for four films

15.  Special Jury Award Film: Rituparno Ghosh for Chitrangada

National Awards-2012 in Film Industries

The National Awards Winners for 2012 has been announced. The Hindi film industry won several awards; Vidya Balan bagged the Best Actress award for her superlative performance in ‘The Dirty Picture’. Onir’s I AM received the Best Hindi film award, Partho Gupte of Stanley Ka Dabba fame won Best Child Actor, while Salman Khan’s Chillar Party team won 3 National awards including Best Children’s film. Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara won two – Best Choreography and Best Audiography. Ra One won an award in the Best VFX category.

Winners of National Awards 2012

1.      Best Film – Kannada film ‘Byari’ and Marathi film ‘Deool’

2.      Best Malayalam film – Indian Rupee

3.      Best Bengali Film – Ranjana Ami Aar Ashbo Na

4.      Best Tamil Film – Vaagai Sooda Vaa

5.      Best Marathi Film – Shaala

6.      Best Hindi Film – I Am

7.      Best Actor – Girish Kulkarni (Marathi film ‘Deool’)

8.      Best Actress – Vidya Balan (The Dirty Picture)

9.      Best Child Actor – Partho Gupte (Stanley Ka Dabba) and Chillar Party kids

10.  Best Supporting Actor – Appu Kutty (Tamil film ‘Azhagar Samiyin Kuthirai’)

11.  Best Supporting Actress – Leishangthem Tonthoingambi Devi (Manipuri film ‘Phijigee Mani’)

12.  Best Director – Gurvinder Singh (Punjabi film ‘Anhe Ghore Da Daan’)

13.  Best Children’s Film – Chillar Party

14.  Indira Gandhi Award for Best First Film by a director – Thiagarajan Kumararaja (Aranya Kandam)

15.  Best Lyrics – Amitabh Bhattacharya (I Am)

16.  Best Choreography – Bosco – Caesar for ‘Senorita’ (Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara)

17.  Best Visual Effects – Ra.One

18.  Best Costumes – Neharika Khan (The Dirty Picture) and Neeta Lulla (Bal Gandharva)

19.  Best Makeup – Vijram Gaekwad (The Dirty Picture)

20.  Best Screenplay – Nitish Tiwari, Vikas Bahl, Vijay Maurya, Rajesh Bajaj (Chillar Party)

21.  Best Adapted Screenplay Writer – Avinash Deshpande

22.  Best Dialogues – Girish Kulkarni (Deool)

23.  Best Editing – Praveen KL (Aranya Kandam)

24.  Best Audiography – Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara

25.  Best Playback Singer Male – Anand Bhate

26.  Best Playback Singer Female – Rupa Ganguly

27.  Best Book – Anirudha Bhattacharjee, Balaji Vittal (RD Burman The Man The Music)

28.  Best Film Critic – Manoj P Pujari

29.  Special Mention – Director Shari for Malayalam film ‘Adi Madhyantam’ and Mallika Kannada film ‘Byari’

30.  Special Jury Award – Anjan Dutta (Ranjana Ami Aar Ashbo Na)