Wednesday, March 7, 2012

59th National Film Awards for the Year 2011 Announced

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 IndiaWhereas 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 ChillarParty (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 andRoopa 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.  FilmPanchakki 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 CollinsIndia

Author:
 AnirudhaBhattacharjee andBalaji Vittal


SwarnaKamal

Rs.  75,000

Best Film Critic
1.
BEST FILM CRITIC 
Manoj Barpujari

(Assamese and English)


SwarnaKamal

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 MookNayak

(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 :  UmeshVinayak 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
AzhagarsamiyinKuthirai (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 : VikasBahl & Nitesh Tiwari
 SwarnaKamal

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
AzhagarsamiyinKuthirai (Tamil)
Appu Kutty
Rajat  Kamal

Rs.  50,000/-
9
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Phijigee Mani(Manipuri)
Leishangthem
TonthoingambiDevi
Rajat  Kamal
Rs. 50,000/-








10
BEST CHILD ARTIST
(Shared)
a)    Stanleyka Dabba(Hindi)





b)    ChillarParty (Hindi)
Partho Gupte







Irrfan Khan
Sanath Menon
Rohan Grover
Naman Jain
Aarav Khanna
Vishesh Tiwari
ChinmaiChandranshuh
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 DaDaan (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


AvinashDeshpande Nigdi

Girish Kulkarni

Rajat  Kamal
Rs. 50,000/-



Rajat  Kamal
Rs. 50,000/-


Rajat  Kamal
Rs. 50,000/-

15
BEST AUDIOGRAPHY

Location SoundRecordist


Sound Designer :


Re-recordist of the final mixed track 




Zindagi Na MilegiDobara (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 ……….
AmitabhBhattacharya

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: RanaSarkar

Director : AnjanDutt

Rajat  Kamal

Rs. 1,00,000/-


b)
BEST DOGRI FILM
Dille Ch Vasya Koi
Producer: SanjeevRattan

Director : SanjeevRattan

Rajat  Kamal

Rs. 1,00,000/-


c)
BEST HINDI FILM
I Am
Producer: AnirbanDhar (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 : RanjithBalakrishnan

Rajat  Kamal

Rs.  1,00,000/-

f)
BEST MANIPURI FILM
Phijigee Mani
Producer:Takhelchangbam Ongbi
and Medha Sharmi

Director : OinamGautam 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 DaDaan
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