59th National Film Awards
59th National Film Awards | |
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Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi | |
Hosted by | Vinay Pathak and Saumya Tandon |
Official website | dff.nic.in |
Highlights | |
Best Feature Film | |
Best Non-Feature Film | And We Play On |
Best Book | R. D. Burman: The Man The Music |
Best Film Critic | Manoj Barpujari |
Dadasaheb Phalke Award | Soumitra Chatterjee |
Most awards | • Anhe Ghore Da Daan • Balgandharva • Chillar Party • Deool • Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbona • The Dirty Picture (3) |
The 59th National Film Awards, presented by the
Selection process
The Directorate of Film Festivals invited nominations for the 2012 award ceremony on 26 December 2011.[1] Feature and Non-Feature Films certified by Central Board of Film Certification between 1 January 2011, and 31 December 2011, were eligible for the film award categories. The written material on Indian cinema published in Indian print media during the same period were eligible for the best writing on cinema section.[2] The dubbed, revised or copied versions of a film or translation, abridgements, edited or annotated works and reprints were ineligible for the awards.[3] The deadline for submissions was 17 January 2012.[1]
The Feature Film category received 186 entries in 19 languages, marking the highest number of submissions in the history of the National Film Awards, as of 2011. A total of 156 entries were received in the Non-Feature Films category along with 28 books and 22 articles which were submitted for the Best Writing in Cinema.[4]
Awards
The National Film Awards are grouped into three sections: Feature Films, Non-Feature Films and Writing on Cinema. On 7 March 2012, in a press conference held at Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi, the winners for the 2012 award ceremony were announced.[5] A lifetime achievement award, named after Dadasaheb Phalke, was awarded to a film personality for an outstanding contribution to the Indian Cinema. The winners were awarded a medallion, a cash prize and a certificate of merit.[3][6]
Dadasaheb Phalke Award
Introduced in 1969, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award is the highest award given to recognise the contributions of film personalities towards the development of Indian cinema and for distinguished contributions to the medium, its growth and promotion.[7] A committee consisting of five personalities from the Indian film industry was appointed to evaluate the Dadasaheb Phalke award nominations for 2011. Following were the jury members:[8]
• Shyam Benegal |
• Girish Kasaravalli |
• Saeed Akhtar Mirza |
• Ramesh Sippy |
• V. K. Murthy |
The Dadasaheb Phalke award for 2011 was announced on 23 March 2012. Actor Soumitra Chatterjee won the award for his contribution to Indian cinema, predominantly in Bengali cinema.[9] Chatterjee was a regular in Satyajit Ray films, has worked with other notable directors such as Mrinal Sen and Tapan Sinha in a career lasting over 50 years.
Name of Award | Image | Awardee(s) | Awarded As | Awards |
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Dadasaheb Phalke Award | Soumitra Chatterjee[10] | Actor | Swarna Kamal, ₹1 million (US$13,000) and a Shawl |
Feature films
Feature films were awarded at national and regional levels. A
Jury
For the Feature Film section, six committees were formed based on the different geographic regions in India. The two-tier evaluation process included a central committee and five regional committees. The central committee, headed by the actor Rohini Hattangadi, included the heads of each regional committee and five other jury members. At regional level, each committee consisted of one chief and four members. The chief and one non-chief member of each regional committee were selected from outside that geographic region. The table below names the jury members for the central and regional committees:[13][14]
Central Jury
• Rohini Hattangadi (Chairperson) (Actress) | |
• K. Hariharan (Filmmaker) | • K. P. Kumaran (Filmmaker) |
• Vinay Shukla (Filmmaker) | • Aloknanda Roy (Actress)
|
• A. S. Kanal (Filmmaker, cinematographer and editor) | • Latika Padgaonkar (Writer) |
• Prakash Belawadi (Director and journalist) | • Hiren Bora (Actor) |
• Kishwar Desai (Author) | • Ranjani Mazumdar (Author) |
Northern Region: (Bhojpuri, Dogri , English, Hindi, Punjabi, Rajasthani, Urdu)
• K. Hariharan (Head) | |
• Amrik Gill (Writer) | • Ayesha Sayani (Ad filmmaker) |
• K. Bikram Singh (Filmmaker) | • Shyamal Karmakar (Director and editor) |
Eastern Region: (Assamese, Bengali, Oriya and North-Eastern dialects)
• K. P. Kumaran (Head) | |
• Satarupa Sanyal (Filmmaker, actress and poet) | • Dilip Patnaik (Filmmaker) |
• Bhagirathi (Actress) | • Ganesh Matkari (Film critic) |
Western Region: (Gujarati, Konkani, Marathi)
• Vinay Shukla (Head) | |
• Pandhari Juker (Makeup Artist) | • Kanchan Nayak (Director) |
• Hemendra Chaya (Actor) | • Banwari Taneja (Actor) |
Southern Region I: (Malayalam, Tamil)
• Aloknanda Roy (Head)
| |
• Sashi Paravoor (Director) | • T. G. Thyagarajan (Producer) |
• S. P. Jananathan (Director) | • Bela Negi (Filmmaker and editor) |
Southern Region II: (Kannada, Telugu)
• A. S. Kanal (Head) | |
• Umashanker Swamy (Filmmaker) | • P. H. Vishwanath (Filmmaker) |
• K. Satyanarayana (Filmmaker) | • Ratnottama Sengupta (Film critic) |
All India Awards
At national level, feature films competed in 29 categories. The Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus Award) was awarded in five categories, the Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus Award) in the rest. In this edition, the Golden Lotus Award for the Best Animation Film and eight Silver Lotus Awards were not announced. The awards given were as follows:[15][16]
Golden Lotus Award
All the winners were awarded with a Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus Award), a certificate and a cash prize.[3]
Name of Award | Name of Film(s) | Language | Awardee(s) | Cash Prize |
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Best Feature Film | Deool | Marathi
Director: Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni |
₹250,000 (US$3,100) | |
Byari | Beary
|
Producer: T. H. Althaf Hussain Director: Suveeran
| ||
Best Debut Film of a Director | Aaranya Kaandam | Tamil | Producer: S. P. B. Charan
Director: Thiagarajan Kumararaja |
₹125,000 (US$1,600) |
Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment | Azhagarsamiyin Kuthirai | Tamil | Producer: P. Madhan Director: Suseenthiran |
₹200,000 (US$2,500) |
Best Children's Film | Chillar Party | Hindi
|
Producer: | ₹150,000 (US$1,900) |
Best Direction | Anhe Ghore Da Daan | Punjabi | Gurvinder Singh | ₹250,000 (US$3,100) |
Silver Lotus Award
All the winners were awarded with a Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus Award), a certificate and a cash prize.[3]
Name of Award | Name of Film(s) | Language(s) | Awardee(s) | Cash Prize |
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Best Actor | Deool | Marathi | Girish Kulkarni | ₹50,000 (US$630) |
Best Actress | The Dirty Picture | Hindi | Vidya Balan | ₹50,000 (US$630) |
Best Supporting Actor | Azhagarsamiyin Kuthirai | Tamil | Appukutty | ₹50,000 (US$630) |
Best Supporting Actress | Phijigee Mani | Manipuri | Leishangthem Tonthoingambi Devi | ₹50,000 (US$630) |
Best Child Artist | Stanley Ka Dabba | Hindi | Partho Gupte | ₹50,000 (US$630) |
Chillar Party | Hindi | • Irrfan Khan • Sanath Menon • Rohan Grover • Naman Jain • Aarav Khanna • Vishesh Tiwari • Chinmai Chandranshuh • Vedant Desai • Divij Handa • Shriya Sharma | ||
Best Male Playback Singer | Balgandharva | Marathi | Anand Bhate | ₹50,000 (US$630) |
Best Female Playback Singer | Abosheshey ("Dure Kothao Dure Dure" and "Aaji Bijan Ghare") |
Bengali | Roopa Ganguly | ₹50,000 (US$630) |
Best Cinematography | Anhe Ghore Da Daan | Punjabi | Cameraman: Satya Rai Nagpaul Laboratory Processing: Reliance MediaWorks |
₹50,000 (US$630) |
Best Screenplay • Screenplay Writer (Original) |
Chillar Party | Hindi | • Vikas Bahl • Nitesh Tiwari • Vijay Maurya |
₹50,000 (US$630) |
Best Screenplay • Screenplay Writer (Adapted) |
Shala | Marathi | Avinash Deshpande Nigdi | ₹50,000 (US$630) |
Best Screenplay • Dialogues |
Deool | Marathi | Girish Kulkarni | ₹50,000 (US$630) |
Best Audiography • Location Sound Recordist |
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara | Hindi | Baylon Fonseca | ₹50,000 (US$630) |
Best Audiography • Sound Designer |
Game | Hindi | Baylon Fonseca | ₹50,000 (US$630) |
Best Audiography • Re-recordist of the Final Mixed Track |
Game | Hindi | Hitendra Ghosh | ₹50,000 (US$630) |
Best Editing | Aaranya Kaandam | Tamil | • Praveen K. L. • N. B. Srikanth |
₹50,000 (US$630) |
Best Art Direction
|
Noukadubi | Bengali | Indraneel Ghosh | ₹50,000 (US$630) |
Best Costume Design | Balgandharva | Marathi | Neeta Lulla | ₹50,000 (US$630) |
The Dirty Picture | Hindi | Niharika Khan | ||
Best Make-up Artist | Balgandharva | Marathi | Vikram Gaikwad | ₹50,000 (US$630) |
The Dirty Picture | Hindi | |||
Best Music Direction • Songs |
Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbona | Bengali | Neel Dutt | ₹50,000 (US$630) |
Best Music Direction • Background Score |
Laptop | Bengali | Mayookh Bhaumik | ₹50,000 (US$630) |
Best Lyrics | I Am ("Agar Zindagi") |
Hindi | Amitabh Bhattacharya | ₹50,000 (US$630) |
Best Special Effects | Ra.One | Hindi | • Harry Hingorani • Keitan Yadav ( Red Chillies VFX )
|
₹50,000 (US$630) |
Best Choreography | Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara ("Senorita") |
Hindi | Bosco-Caesar
|
₹50,000 (US$630) |
Special Jury Award
|
Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbona | Bengali | Anjan Dutt (Actor, Singer, Writer, Director) | ₹200,000 (US$2,500) |
Special Mention
|
Byari | Beary | Mallika (Actress) | Certificate only |
Adimadhyantham | Malayalam
|
Sherrey (Director) |
Regional Awards
National Film Awards are also given to the best films in the regional languages of India. Awards for the regional languages are categorised as per their mention in the
All the winners were awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus Award), a certificate and cash prize.[3] Following were the awards given:
Name of Award | Name of Film | Awardee(s) | Cash Prize | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Producer(s) | Director | |||
Best Feature Film in Bengali | Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbona | Rana Sarkar | Anjan Dutt | ₹100,000 (US$1,300) |
Best Feature Film in Dogri
|
Dille Ch Vasya Koi | Sanjeev Rattan | Sanjeev Rattan | ₹100,000 (US$1,300) |
Best Feature Film in Hindi | I Am | • Onir • Sanjay Suri |
Onir | ₹100,000 (US$1,300) |
Best Feature Film in Kannada | Koormavatara | Basant Kumar Patil | Girish Kasaravalli | ₹100,000 (US$1,300) |
Best Feature Film in Malayalam | Indian Rupee | August Cinema India Pvt. Ltd. | Ranjith | ₹100,000 (US$1,300) |
Best Feature Film in Manipuri
|
Phijigee Mani | • Takhelchangbam Ongbi Medha Sharmi | Oinam Gautam Singh | ₹100,000 (US$1,300) |
Best Feature Film in Marathi | Shala | • Vivek Wagh • Nilesh Navalkar |
Sujay Dahake | ₹100,000 (US$1,300) |
Best Feature Film in Punjabi
|
Anhe Ghore Da Daan | NFDC | Gurvinder Singh | ₹100,000 (US$1,300) |
Best Feature Film in Tamil | Vaagai Sooda Vaa | S. Muruganandham | A. Sarkunam | ₹100,000 (US$1,300) |
Non-Feature Films
In the Non-Feature Film section, 21 films won awards. Three films—Panchakki, There is Something in the Air and Tiger Dynasty—won three awards each. There is Something in the Air also won the award for best direction—one of the Golden Lotus awards for Non-Feature Films.[16] Three Silver Lotus Awards from Non-Feature Films section were not awarded.
Jury
A committee of seven, headed by director Romesh Sharma, was appointed to evaluate the Non-Feature Films entries. The jury members were:[13]
• Romesh Sharma (Chairperson)(Producer and director) | |
• Brahmanand Singh (Filmmaker and screen writer) | • Supriyo Sen (Director) |
• Suresh Kohli (Journalist) | • Sameer Hanchate (Producer and director) |
• Haobam Paban Kumar (Director) | • Gouri Patwardhan (Cinematographer) |
Golden Lotus Award
All the winners were awarded with Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus Award), a certificate and cash prize.[3]
Name of Award | Name of Film(s) | Language(s) | Awardee(s) | Cash Prize |
---|---|---|---|---|
Best Non-Feature Film | And We Play On | • Hindi • English |
Producer: Pramod Purswane Director: Pramod Purswane |
₹150,000 (US$1,900) |
Best Non-Feature Film Direction | There is Something in the Air | • Hindi • Urdu • English |
Iram Ghufran | ₹150,000 (US$1,900) |
Silver Lotus Award
All the winners were awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus Award) and cash prize.[3]
Name of Award | Name of Film(s) | Language(s) | Awardee(s) | Cash Prize |
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Best First Non-Feature Film | The Silent Poet | Manipuri | Producer: Borun Thokchom Director: Borun Thokchom |
₹75,000 (US$940) |
Best Anthropological / Ethnographic Film | Bom | • Hindi • English |
Producer: Anirban Datta Director: Amlan Datta |
₹50,000 (US$630) |
Best Biographical Film /Best Historical Reconstruction Film | Vishnupant Damle: Bolpatancha Mook Nayak | Marathi | Producer: Anil Anant Damle Director: Virendra Valsangkar |
₹50,000 (US$630) |
Best Arts / Cultural Film | Fried Fish, Chicken Soup and a Premiere Show | • Manipuri • English |
Producer: Madhusree Dutta Director: Mamta Murthy |
₹50,000 (US$630) |
Lasya Kavvya – The World of Alarmel Valli | English | Producer: Sankalp Meshram Director: Sankalp Meshram | ||
Best Environment / Conservation / Preservation Film | Tiger Dynasty | English | Producer: S. Nallamuthu Director: S. Nallamuthu |
₹50,000 (US$630) |
Best Promotional Film | The Dream Fulfilled — Memories of the Engineering Challenges | English | Producer: Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Director: Satish Pande |
₹50,000 (US$630) |
Best Film on Social Issues | Mindscapes... of Love and Longing | • Hindi • English |
Producer: Public Service Broadcasting Trust Director: Arun Chadha |
₹50,000 (US$630) |
Inshallah, Football | • Kashmiri • Urdu • English |
Producer: Javed Jaffrey
Director: Ashvin Kumar | ||
Best Educational / Motivational / Instructional Film | A Drop of Sunshine | English | Producer: Public Service Broadcasting Trust Director: Aparna Sanyal |
₹50,000 (US$630) |
Best Exploration / Adventure Film (Including sports) | The Finish Line | English | Producer: Syed Sultan Ahmed and Tabassum Modi Director: Akshay Roy |
₹50,000 (US$630) |
Best Investigative Film | Cotton for My Shroud | English | Producer: Kavita Bahl Director: Nandan Saxena and Kavita Bahl |
₹50,000 (US$630) |
Best Short Fiction Film | Panchakki | Hindi | Producer: Sanjeev Rattan Director: Sanjeev Rattan |
₹50,000 (US$630) |
Best Film on Family Welfare | Red Building where the Sun Sets | English | Producer: Syed Sultan Ahmed and Tabassum Modi Director: Revathi |
₹50,000 (US$630) |
Best Cinematography | Tiger Dynasty | English | Cameraman: S. Nallamuthu | ₹50,000 (US$630) |
Best Audiography | 1, 2 | Hindi | Gautam Nair | ₹50,000 (US$630) |
Best Editing | There is Something in the Air | • Hindi • Urdu • English |
Iram Ghufran | ₹50,000 (US$630) |
Best Music Direction | Panchakki | Hindi | Dhrubajyoti Phukan | ₹50,000 (US$630) |
Best Narration / Voice Over | Just that Sort of a Day | English | Ann Abraham | ₹50,000 (US$630) |
Special Jury Award
|
Jai Bhim Comrade | Marathi | Anand Patwardhan (Director) | ₹100,000 (US$1,300) |
Special Mention
|
You Don't Belong | • Bengali • English |
Spandan Banerjee (Director) | Certificate only |
Airawat | • Marathi • Hindi |
Renu Savant (Director) |
Best Writing on Cinema
The Best Writing on Cinema awards are intended to encourage the study and appreciation of cinema as an art form and the dissemination of information and critical appreciation of the medium through books, articles, reviews etc.[15]
Jury
A committee of three, headed by the National Award-winning writer Vijaya Mulay was appointed to evaluate the nominations for the best writing on Indian cinema. The jury members were as follows:[13]
• Vijaya Mulay (Chairperson)(Filmmaker and writer) | |
• J. M. Parakh (Writer) | • M. F. Thomas (Editor and writer) |
Golden Lotus Award
Official Name: Swarna Kamal
All the winners were awarded with Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus Award), cash prize and a certificate.[3]
Name of Award | Name of Book | Language | Awardee(s) | Cash Prize |
---|---|---|---|---|
Best Book on Cinema | R. D. Burman: The Man The Music | English | Author: Anirudha Bhattacharjee and Balaji Vittal Publisher:Harper Collins India |
₹75,000 (US$940) |
Name of Award | Language(s) | Awardee | Cash Prize |
---|---|---|---|
Best Film Critic | • Assamese • English |
Manoj Barpujari | ₹75,000 (US$940) |
Awards not given
Across all the sections, 12 out of 60 awards were not presented. Some were not awarded because no entries were submitted and for others, no suitable films were found. All the awards for the Best Writing on Cinema section were awarded. The following awards from the other two sections were not given:[15][16]
- Feature films
- Non-Feature Films
Award ceremony
The awards presentation ceremony took place on 3 May 2012, at
To mark the centenary of Indian cinema, the ceremony started with clips of the first full-length Indian feature film,
Three award-winners—Anand Bhate, Roopa Ganguly and Amitabh Bhattacharya, who won the award for Best Male Playback Singer, Best Female Playback Singer and Best Lyrics respectively—performed live during the ceremony.[a 3] Both the singers performed their award-winning songs—Bhate sang "Chinmaya Sakal Hridaya" from the Marathi film Balgandharva and Ganguly performed "Dure Kothao Dure Dure" from her film Abosheshey. Bhattacharya was accompanied by singer-songwriter Amit Trivedi for the song "Agar Zindagi" from I Am.[a 8]
Controversy
After the awards were announced on 7 March 2012, Enajori.com, a society which promotes cultural heritage of
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