58th National Film Awards

The National Award for best actor will be shared by Tamil cinema''s Dhanush and Malayalam actor Salim Kumar for their work in "Aadukalam" and "Adaminde Makan Abu", respectively.
Marathi actress Mitalee Jagtap Paradhar won the National Award for best actress for her performance in the movie "Baboo Band Baaja".
Best cinematographer award has been awarded to Madhu Ambat, while best audiography went to Ishqiya.
''Moner Manush'' by filmmaker Goutam Ghosh won the ''Best Film on national Integration'', while Malayalam movie ''Adaminte Makan Avu'' won the ''Best Feature Film'' award.
Champions'', a Marathi motion picture bagged the National Award for ''Best Film on Social Issues''.

Salman Khan-starrer Dabangg got the 58th National Award for wholesome entertainment,
Vishal Bhardwaj's rural drama "Ishqiya" Thursday won four National Awards -- including awards for best music for the director and best female playback singer for his wife Rekha Bhardwaj.
There were two technical awards for the film -- while Kamod Karade won best audiography location sound recordist, Debajit Changmai was named best re-recordist of the final mixed track.
Journalist Avijit Ghosh's book 'Cinema Bhojpuri' finds a special mention in the "Best Writing on Cinema" category. The citation on Avijit's book says: "Often dismissed as a poor cousin of mainstream Hindi cinema, Bhojpuri cinema, however has many interesting cultural strains that Avijit Ghosh has laid bare. Any one conversant with life in North Bihar and East Uttar Pradesh, or in many lands far beyond, would recognize the importance of this 'subaltern' effort."
'Champions', a Marathi motion picture bagged the National Award for 'Best Film on Social Issues'.
'Rekha bharadwaj gets best female playback singer for Ishqiya'.

57th National Film Awards 2010

Bollywood marked its stamp on the 57th National Film Awards as Amitabh Bachchan won the best actor award for his performance in "Paa" and Aamir Khan- starrer "3 Idiots" was adjudged the best popular movie.

However, it was Malayalam drama "Kutty Srank" which walked away with five awards, including the best feature film.

"Kutty Srank", with Mammoothy in the lead, also won awards for best cinematography, best screenplay, best costume and a special jury recognition, which it shared with Bollywood hit "Kaminey" and Malayalam film "Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja".

Raykesh Omprakash Mehra's "Delhi 6", shot in the bylanes of Old Delhi, bagged the Nargis Dutt award for best feature film on national integration while Shyam Benegal's "Well Done Abba" was chosen as the best film on social issues.

R Balki's "Paa", was also named the best Hindi film, besides winning recognitions in the best supporting actress category (Arundhuti Nag) and best make-up (Christein Tinsley and Dominie Till).

Amit Trivedi got the best music director award for Anurag Kashyap's "Dev-D", a modern take on Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's classic "Devdas".

The emotional number 'Behti hawa sa tha woh' from "3 Idiots" bagged the best lyrics award for Swanand Kirkere.

Ananya Chatterjee was named the best actress for her role in the Bengali film "Abohoman", which also fetched the best direction award for Rituparno Ghosh and best editing for Arghyakamal Mitra, besides being adjudged the best Bengali movie.

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