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 |
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| 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/-
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i) | BEST TAMIL FILM | Vaagai Sooda Va | Producer: S. Muruganandham
Director : A. Sargunam | Rajat Kamal
Rs. 1,00,000/-
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| 26) a) | SPECIAL MENTION | Byari (Byari) | Mallika
| Certificate only
|
| b) | SPECIAL MENTION | Adimadhyantham (Malayalam) | Director : Sherry
| Certificate only
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