The National Film Awards is the most prominent film award ceremony in India. Established in 1954, it is administered, along with the International Film Festival of India and the Indian Panorama, by the Indian government’s Directorate of Film Festivals since 1973. The official announcement of the awards happened on March 7th at Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi. The award ceremony held on May 3, 2012.
BEST FEATURE FILM:
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‘DEVUR’ (MARATHI) & ‘BYARI’ (KANNADA)
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BEST DIRECTOR:
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GURVINDER SINGH, ‘ANHE GHOREY DA DAAN’. SwarnaKamal: Rs. 2,50,000/-
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BEST ACTOR:
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GIRISH KULKARNI, ‘DEOOL’. Rajat Kamal: Rs. 50,000/-
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BEST ACTRESS:
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VIDYA BALAN, ‘THE DIRTY PICTURE’. Rajat Kamal: Rs. 50,000/-
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BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
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APPU KUTTY, ‘AZHAGAR SAMIYIN KUTHIRAI’ (TAMIL). Rajat Kamal: Rs. 50,000/-
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BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
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LEISHANGTHEM TONTHOINGAMBI DEVI, ‘PHIJIGEE MANI’ (MANIPURI). Rajat Kamal: Rs. 50,000/-
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BEST EDITING:
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PRAVEEN KL, ‘ARANYAA KANDAM’
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BEST CHILD ARTIST:
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PARTHO GUPTE, ‘STANLEY KA DABBA’ AND ‘CHILLAR PARTY’ CAST
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BEST FILM ON SOCIAL ISSUES:
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‘INSHALLAH’ (ASHVIN KUMAR) AND ‘MINDSCAPE’ (ARUN CHADHA)
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BEST NON FEATURE FILM:
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‘AND WE PLAY ON’
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BEST DEBUT FILM OF A DIRECTOR:
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‘THE SILENT POET’ (MANIPURI)
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BEST CHILDREN’S FILM:
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‘CHILLAR PARTY’
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BEST MUSIC DIRECTION:
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NEEL DUTT, ‘RANJANA AMI AR ASHBONA’
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BEST BACKGROUND SCORE:
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‘LAPTOP’, MAYOOKH BHAUMIK
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BEST SINGER (FEMALE):
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RUPA GANGULY
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BEST SINGER (MALE):
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ANAND BHATE
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BEST LYRICS:
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‘I AM’, AMITABH BHATTACHARYA
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BEST SCREENPLAY (ADAPTED):
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‘SHALA’, AVINASH DESHPANDE
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BEST SCREENPLAY (ORIGINAL):
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‘CHILLAR PARTY’, VIKAS BEHL & NITISH TIWARI
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BEST DIALOGUE:
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GIRISH KULKARNI, ‘DEOOL’
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BEST MAKE UP ARTIST:
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VIJRAM GAEKWAD, ‘THE DIRTY PICTURE’ AND ‘BAL GANDHARVA’
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BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS:
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‘RA.ONE’
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BEST COSTUME DESIGN:
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NIHARIKA KHAN, ‘THE DIRTY PICTURE’ AND NEETA LULLA, ‘BAL GANDHARVA’
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BEST CHOREOGRAPHY:
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BOSCO-CAESER FOR “SENORITA…” FROM ‘ZINDAGI NA MILEGI DOBARA’
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BEST HINDI FILM:
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‘I AM’
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BEST MARATHI FILM:
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‘SHAALA’
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BEST KANNADA FILM:
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‘KURMAVATARA’
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BEST BENGALI FILM:
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‘RANJANA AMI AAR ASHBONA’
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BEST MALAYALAM FILM:
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‘INDIAN RUPEE’
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BEST TAMIL FILM:
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‘VAAGAI SOODA VAA’
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BEST DOGRI FILM:
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‘DILLE CH VASYA KOI’
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BEST MANIPURI FILM:
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‘PHIJIGEE MANI’
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BEST PUNJABI FILM:
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‘ANNE GODE DA DAAN’
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SPECIAL MENTION:
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DIRECTOR SHARI FOR ‘ADI MADHYANTAM’ (MALAYALAM FILM) AND MALLIKA FOR ‘BYARI’ (KANNADA FILM)
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BEST FILM CRITIC:
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MANOJ P PUJARI
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BEST BOOK AWARD:
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ANIRUDHA BHATTACHARJEE AND BALAJI VITTAL FOR ‘R.D. BURMAN THE MAN, THE MUSIC’
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INDIRA GANDHI AWARD FOR DEBUT FILM DIRECTOR:
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THIAGARAJAN KUMARARAJA FOR ‘AARANYA KAANDAM’. SwarnaKamal: Rs.1,25,000/
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SPECIAL JURY AWARD:
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ANJAN DUTTA FOR ‘RANJANA AMI AAR ASHBO NA’
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