60th National Film Awards Winners List
India most prestigious award for firms,The 60th National Awards were announced yesterday , Bollywood films emerging as winners after a long time. Bollywood films shared the most of the winners trophy with Malayalam and Marathi cinema in the main categories at the awards this year. Regional films won accolades in many non-feature categories at the awards.
Irrfan Khan has won the Best Actor award for his powerful performance in Tigmanshu Dhulia’s ‘Paan Singh Tomar’ and Marathi actress Usha Jadhav has won the Best Actress award for ‘Dhag’.
Here’s the list of winners of 60th National Film Awards:
- Best Feature Film – Paan Singh Tomar
- Best Actor – Irrfan Khan for Paan Singh Tomar and Vikram Gokhale for Anumati
- Best Actress – Usha Jadhav for Dhag
- Best Actor in a Supporting role – Annu Kapoor for Vicky Donor
- Best Actress in a Supporting role – Dolly Ahluwalia for Vicky Donor and Kalpana for Thanichallanjan
- Best Director – Shri Shivaji Lotan Patil for Dhag
- Best Film Original Screenplay – Kahaani
- Best Film providing Wholesome Entertainment – Vicky Donor and Ustad Hotel
- Best Non-feature film – Shepherds of Paradise
- Best Writing on Cinema – Silent Cinema in India – A Pictorial Journey written by B.D.Garga
- Best Film Critic – Shri P.S. Radhakrishnan
- Indira Gandhi award for the Best Debut Film of a Director – Bedabrata Pain for Chittagong and Sidhartha Shiva for 101 Chodyangal
- Best Child Artist – Virendra Pratap for Dekh Indian Circus and Minon for 101 Chodiyangal
- Best Male playback singer – Shankar Mahadevan for Bolo Na from Chittagong
- Best Female Playback singer – Samhita for Palakein Naa Moon Don from Aarti Anklekar Tikekar
- Best Screenplay writer (Original) – Sujoy Ghosh for Kahaani
- Best Screenplay writer (Adapted) – Bhavesh Mandalia and Shri Umesh Shukla for Oh My God
- Best Dialogue – Anjali Menon for Ustad Hotel
- Best Lyrics – Prasoon Joshi for Bolo Na from Chittagong
- Special Jury award – Rituparno Ghosh and Nawazuddin Siddiqui
- Best Choreography – Pt. Birju Maharaj for Vishwaroopam
- Best Director in Non-Feature Film – Vikrant Pawar for Kaatal
- Best Debut Film Director in Non-Feature Film – Lipika Singh Darai for Eka Gachha Eka Manisa Eka Samudra
- Special Jury Award in Non-Feature Film – Shumona Goel and Shai Heredia for I Am Micro & Vasudah Joshi for Cancer Katha
- Best Non Feature film in the Environmental category – Timbaktu
- Best Promotional film in Non Feature film category – Dreaming Taj Mahal
- Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration – Thanichallanjan
- Best Film on Social Issues – Spirit
- Best Children’s film – Dekh Indian Circus
- Best Animation film – Delhi Safari
- Best Audiography
- i) Location Sound Recordist – Radhakrishnan S. for Annayum Rasoolum
- ii) Sound Designer – Anirban Sengupta & Dipankar Chaki for Shabdo
- iii) Re-recordist of the final mixed track – Alok De, Sinoy Joseph &Shreejesh Nair for Gangs of Wasseypur
- Best Editing – Namrata Rao for Kahaani
- Best Production Design – Boontawee ‘Thor’ Taweepasas & Lalgudi N. Ilayaraja for Vishwaroopam
- Best Costume Design – Poornima Ramaswamy for Paradesi
- Best Makeup Artist – Raja for Vazakkuenn 18/9
- Best Music Direction – Shailender Barve for Samhita (Songs) and Bijibal for Kaliyachan (Background Score)
- Best Special Effects – Eega
- Best Assamese film – Baandhon
- Best Bengali film – Shabdo
- Best Gujarati film – The Good Road
- Best Hindi film – Filmistan
- Best Kannada film – Bharath Stores
- Best Malayalam film – Celluloid
- Best Manipuri film – Leipaklei
- Best Marathi film – Investment
- Best Punjabi film – Nabar
- Best Tamil film – Vazakkuenn 18/9
- Best Telegu film – Eega
- Best Urdu film – Harud
- Best English film – Lessons in Forgetting
- Best Mising film – KO : YAD