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‘Paan Singh Tomar’ best feature film; Irrfaan best actor New Delhi, March 18
Irrfaan also won the best actor award for his role in the film, a real-life story, produced by UTV Software communications Ltd. and directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia. He shares the award with Vikram Gokhale for Anumati (Marathi). Usha Jadhav got the best actress award for her performance in ‘Dhag’ (Marathi). Ritupurno Ghosh and Nawazuddin Siddiqui have been conferred with special jury awards. The best child artist award is shared by Virendra Pratap for Dekh Indian Circus (Hindi) and Minon for 101 Chodiyangal (Malayalam). ‘Vicky Donor’ was declared the best popular film for providing wholesome entertainment. The awards were announced at a press conference by the chairpersons of the three juries - Basu Chatterjee for feature films, Aruna Raje for non-feature films and Swapan Mullick for best writing on cinema. The awards will be given away by the President later this year. In the feature film category, as many as 38 films from 14 languages have been selected for the awards. Hindi film ‘Chittagong’ and Malayalam movie ‘101 Chodiyangal’ shared the Indira Gandhi Award for the best debut film of a director. The award for the best popular film for providing wholesome entertainment has been shared by Bollywood movie “Vicky Donor” and Malayalam project ‘Ustad Hotel’. The best director award went to Shivaji Lotan Patil for Marathi film ‘Dhag’. The award for the best supporting actor has been conferred on Annu Kapoor for the film ‘Vicky Donor’, and Dolly Ahluwalia won the best supporting actress for the same film. She shares the award with Kalpana for Malayalam film ‘Thanichallanjan’. In the best child artist category, there is a tie between Virendra Pratap for Hindi film ‘Dekh Indian Circus’ and Minon for ‘101 Chodiyangal’. The music category saw ace composer Shankar Mahadevan gets the best male playback singer award for the song ‘Bolo na’ from the film ‘Chittagong’. The award for the best female playback singer was conferred on Samhita for the song ‘Palakein naa moon don’ from the Marathi film ‘Aarti Anklekartikekar’. The award for the best screenplay writer (original) has gone to Sujoy Ghosh for ‘Kahaani’, while in the adapted screenplay the honour has been given to Bhavesh Mandalia and Shri Umesh Shukla for the film ‘OMG: Oh My God!’. Anjali Menon’s dialogues in Malayalam film ‘Ustad Hotel’ have won her a National Award, and the best lyrics award has gone to Prasoon Joshi for the song “Bolo na” from the film ‘Chittagong’. A special jury award has been conferred on Rituparno Ghosh for Bengali film ‘Chitrangadha’ and to Nawazuddin Siddiqui for the films ‘Kahaani’, ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’, ‘Dekh Indian Circus’ and ‘Talaash’. The award for the best choreography has been conferred on Birju Maharaj for the Tamil film ‘Vishwaroopam’. Bollywood actress Parineeti Chopra won a special mention for her performance in ‘Ishaqzaade’ for her convincing delineation of a daredevil girl, and so did Tannishtha Chatterjee for ‘Dekh Indian Circus’.
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