Malayalam film Adamante Makan Abu was named the best feature film at the 58th National Awards announced today, while Salman Khan starrer Dabangg was named Wholesome Entertainer of the Year.
Prior to announcing the awards the jury members met Information & Broadcasting Minister Smt. Ambika Soni and submitted the list of awardees. Feature Films jury was headed by Shri J.P. Dutta, Non-Feature Films jury was headed by Shri A.K. Bir and Best Writing on Cinema jury was headed by Shri Ashok Vajpeyi.
BEST FEATURE FILM:
Adaminte Makan Abu
INDIRA GANDHI AWARD FOR BEST DEBUT FILM OF A DIRECTOR:
Baboo Band Baaja (Marathi)
NARGIS DUTT AWARD FOR BEST FEATURE FILM ON NATIONAL INTEGRATION:
Moner Manush (Bengali)
BEST HINDI FILM:
Do Dooni Chaar
AWARD FOR BEST POPULAR FILM PROVIDING WHOLESOME ENTERTAINMENT:
Dabangg
BEST FILM ON SOCIAL ISSUES:
Champions (Marathi)
BEST FILM ON ENVIRONMENT CONSERVATION/PRESERVATION :
Bettada Jeeva (Kannada)
BEST CHILDREN’S FILM:
Hejjegalu (Kannada)
BEST DIRECTION:
Aadukalam (Tamil)
Director: Vetrimaran
BEST ACTOR
Dhanush for Aadukalam (Tamil)
Salim Kumar for Adaminte Makan Abu (Malayalam)
BEST ACTRESS
Mitalee Jagtap Varadkar for Baboo Band Baaja (Marathi)
Saranya Ponvannan for Thenmerkku Paruvakkatru (Tamil)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:
J. Thambi Ramaiah for Mynaa (Tamil)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Sukumari for Namma Gramam (Tamil)
BEST CHILD ARTIST:
Harsh Mayar for I Am Kalam(Hindi)
Shantanu Ranganekar & Machindra Gadkar for Champions (Marathi)
Vivek Chabukswar for Baboo Band Baaja (Marathi)
BEST MUSIC DIRECTOR:
Vishal Bhardwaj for Ishqiya
BEST MALE PLAYBACK SINGER:
Suresh Wadkar for Mee Sindhutai Sapkal (Marathi)
BEST FEMALE PLAYBACK SINGER:
Rekha Bhardwaj for Ishqiya (Hindi)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Madhu Ambat for Adaminte Makan Abu (Malayalam)
BEST SCREENPLAY:
(Original) :
Vetrimaran for Aadukalam (Tamil)
(Adapted) :
Anant Mahadevan & Sanjay Pawar for Mee Sindhutai Sapkal (Marathi)
Dialogues :
Sanjay Pawar
BEST EDITING :
T.E. Kishore for Aadukalam (Tamil)
BEST NON-FEATURE FILM:
Germ (Hindi)
Director: Snehal R. Nair
Producer: Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute, Kolkata
