INDIA 59th NATIONAL FILM AWARDS Winners' List

(Announced March 7 2012; To Be Awarded May 3)

 
1. FEATURE FILMS: (Rohini Hattangadi)
 
Swarna Kamal
Best Feature Film: Deool (Marathi, P: Abhijeet Gholap, D: Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni);
Byari (Beary, P: TH Althaf Hussain, D: Suveeran)
Indira Gandhi Award For Best Debut Film Of A Director: Aaranya Kaandam (Tamil; P: SP Charan, D: Kumararaja Thiagarajan)
Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment: Azhagarsamiyin Kuthirai (Tamil; P: P Madan, D: Suseentharan)
Best Direction: Gurvinder Singh, Anhe Ghore Da Daan (Punjabi)
Best Children’s Film: Chillar Party (Hindi; P: UTV, D: V Bahl, N Tiwari)

Rajat Kamal Award:
Nargis Dutt Award For Best Feature Film On National Integration: Insha Allah & Mindscape (Hindi)
Best Actor: Girish Kulkarni, Deool (Marathi)
Best Actress: Vidya Balan, The Dirty Picture (Hindi)
Best Supporting Actor: Appukutty, Azhagarsamiyin Kuthirai (Tamil)
Best Supporting Actress: Leishangthem Tonthoingambi Devi, Phijigee Mani (Manipuri)
Best Child Artist: Partho Gupte, Stanley Ka Dabba (Hindi); Chillar Party Group, Chillar Party (Hindi)
Best Male Playback Singer: Anand Bhate, Balgandharva (Marathi)
Best Female Playback Singer: Rupa Ganguly, Abosheshey (Bengali)
Best Cinematography: Satya Rai Nagpaul, Anhe Ghore Da Daan (Punjabi)
Best Screenplay Original: Nitish Tiwary, Vikas Behl, Chillar Party (Hindi)
Adapted: Avinash Deshpande Nigdi, Shala (Marathi)
Dialogues: Girish Kulkarni, Deool (Marathi)
Best Audiography: Location Sound Recordist: Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (Hindi, Baylon Fonseca);
Sound Designer: Game (Hindi, Baylon Fonseca);
Re-recordist Of Final Mixed Track: Game (Hindi, Hitendra Ghosh)
Best Editing: Praveen KL, Aaranya Kaandam (Tamil)
Best Production Design: Naukadubi (Bengali, Indraneel Ghosh)
Best Costume Design: Neharika Khan, The Dirty Picture (Hindi);
Neeta Lulla, Balgandharva (Marathi)
Best Make-up Artist: Vikram Gaikwad, The Dirty Picture (Hindi) & Balgandharva (Marathi)
Best Music Direction: Songs: Neel Dutt, Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbona (Bengali);
Background Score: Mayook Bhaumik, Laptop (Bengali)
Best Lyrics: Amitabh Bhattacharya, I Am-Agar Zindagi (Hindi)
Special Jury Award: Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbona (Bengali) Director : Anjan Dutta
Best Special Effects: Harry Hingorani & Keitan Yadav, Ra.One (Hindi)
Best Choreography: Bosco-Caesar, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (Hindi)
 
Best Feature Film in Each of the Language Specified In the Schedule VIII of the Constitution
Bengali: Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbona (P: Rana Sarkar, D: Anjan Dutta)
Hindi: I Am (P/D: Onir, Sanjay Suri)
Kannada: Koormavatara (P: Basant Kumar Patil, D: Girish Kasaravalli)
Malayalam: Indian Rupee (P: August Cinema, D: Ranjith Balakrishnan)
Manipuri: Phijigee Mani (P: Takhelchangbam Ongbi, Medha Sharmi, D: Oinam Gautam Singh)
Marathi: Shala (P: Vivek D Wagh, Nilesh Navalkha, D: Sujay Sunil Dahake)
Punjabi: Anhe Ghore Da Daan (P: NFDC, D: Gurvinder Singh)
Tamil: Vaagai Sooda Vaa (P: S Muruganandham, N Puranna; D: A Sarkunam)
Special Mention: Byari (Byari, D: Mallika), Adimadhyantham (Malayalam, D: Sherry)
 
Best Feature Film in Each of the Language Other Than Those Specified In the Schedule VIII of the Constitution
Dogri: Dille Ch Vasya Koi (P/D: Sanjeev Rattan)

2. NON-FEATURE FILMS: (Ramesh Sharma)
 
Swarna Kamal Award:
Best Non-Feature Film: And We Play On (Hindi, English; P/D: Pramod PuRs.wane)
Best Direction: There Is Something In The Air (Hindi, Urdu, English; Iram Ghufran)

Rajat Kamal Award:
Best Debut Film Of A Director: The Silent Poet (Manipuri; P/D: Borun Thokchom)
Best Anthropological/Ethnographic Film: Bom (Hindi, English; P: Anirban Dutta, D: Amlan Dutta)
Best Biographical/Historical Reconstruction Film: Vishnupant Damle: Bolpatancha Mook Nayak (Marathi; P: Anil Anant Damle, D: Virendra Valsangkar)
Best Arts/Culture Films: Fried Fish Chicken Soup And A Premiere Show (Manipuri, English; P: Madhushree Dutta, D: Mamta Murthy)
& Lasya Kavvya-The World Of Alarmel Valli (English, P/D: Sankalp Meshram)
Best Science & Technology Film: -- (--)
Best Promotional Film: The Dream Fulfilled-Memories Of The Engineering Challenges (English; P: Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, D: Satish Pande)
Best Environment Film Including Agriculture: Tiger Dynasty (English; P/D: S Nallamuthu)
Best Film On Social Issues: Mindscapes…Of Love And Longing (Hindi, English; P: PSBT, D: Arun Chadha) & Inshallah, Football (Kashmiri, Urdu, English; P/D: Ashvin Kumar)
Best Educational/Motivational /Instructional Film: A Drop Of Sunshine (English; P: PSBT, D: Aparna Sanyal)
Best Exploration/Adventure Film (to include sports): The Finish Line (English; P: Syed Sultan Ahmed, Tabassum Modi, D: Akshay Roy)
Best Investigative Film: Cotton For My Shroud (English; P: Kavita Bahl, D: Nandan Saxena)
Best Short Fiction Film: Panchakki (Hindi; P/D: Sanjeev Rattan)
Best Film On Family Welfare: Red Building Where The Sun Sets (English; P: Syed Sultan Ahmed, Tabassum Modi, D: Revathy)
Best Cinematography: Tiger Dynasty (English; S Nallamuthu)
Best Audiography: 1, 2 (Hindi; Gautam Nair)
Best Editing: There Is Something In The Air (Hindi, Urdu, English; Iram Ghufran)
Best Narration/Voice Over: Just That Sort Of A Day (English; Ann Abraham)
Special Mention: You Don’t Belong (Bengali, English; D: Spandan Banerjee)
& Airawat (Marathi, Hindi; D: Renu Savant)
Special Jury Award: Jai Bhim Comrade (Marathi; Anand Patwardhan)
Best Music Direction: Panchakki (Hindi; Dhruba Jyoti Phukan)
 
3. BEST WRITING ON CINEMA: Juries-
Swarna Kamal Award:
Best Book On Cinema: RD Burman The Man The Music – Anirudha Bhattacharjee, Balaji Vittal (English, Harper Collins India)
Best Film Critic: Manoj Barpujari (Assamese, English)
 
Dadasaheb Phalke Lifetime Achievement Award: --, -- (2011)