59th National Film Awards

The 59th National Film Awards presented by Directorate of Film Festivals, the organization set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India to felicitate the best of Indian Cinema released in the year 2011. The awards were announced on March 7, 2012; the presentation ceremony will be held on May 3, 2012.

Feature Films

Golden Lotus Award

Official Name: Swarna Kamal

Name of Award	Name of Film	Awardee(s)	Language	Cash Prize
Best Feature Film	Deool	Producer: Abhijeet Gholap Director: Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni	Marathi	2,50,000/- Each
	Byari	Producer: T. H. Althaf Hussain Director: Suveeran	Beary
Best Debut Film of A Director	Aaranya Kaandam	Producer: S. P. B. Charan Director: Thiagarajan Kumararaja	Tamil	1,25,000/- Each
Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment	Azhagarsamiyin Kuthirai	Producer: P. Madhan Director: Suseenthiran	Tamil	2,00,000/- Each
Best Direction	Anhe Ghore Da Daan	Gurvinder Singh	Punjabi	2,50,000/-
Best Children's Film	Chillar Party	Producer: UTV Software Communications Director: Vikas Bahl and Nitesh Tiwari	Hindi	1,50,000/- Each

Silver Lotus Award

Official Name: Rajat Kamal

Name of Award	Name of Film	Awardee(s)	Language	Cash Prize
Best Actor	Deool	Girish Kulkarni	Marathi	50,000/-
Best Actress	The Dirty Picture	Vidya Balan	Hindi	50,000/-
Best Supporting Actor	Azhagarsamiyin Kuthirai	Appukutty	Tamil	50,000/-
Best Supporting Actress	Phijigee Mani	Leishangthem Tonthoingambi Devi	Manipuri	50,000/-
Best Child Artist	Stanley Ka Dabba	Partho Gupte	Hindi	50,000/-
	Chillar Party	Irrfan Khan, Sanath Menon, Rohan Grover, Naman Jain, Aarav Khanna, Vishesh Tiwari, Chinmai Chandranshuh, Vedant Desai, Divij Handa, Shriya Sharma	Hindi
Best Male Playback Singer	Balgandharva	Anand Bhate	Marathi	50,000/-
Best Female Playback Singer	Abosheshey	Rupa Ganguly	Bengali	50,000/-
Best Cinematography	Anhe Ghorey Da Daan	Cameraman: Satya Rai Nagpaul Laboratory Processing: Reliance MediaWorks Ltd	Punjabi	50,000/-
Best Screenplay	Chillar Party	Screenplay Writer (Original): Vikas Behl and Nitesh Tiwari	Hindi	50,000/- Each
	Shala	Screenplay Writer (Adapted): Avinash Deshpande Nigdi	Marathi
	Deool	Dialogues: Girish Kulkarni
Best Audiography	Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara	Location Sound Recordist: Baylon Fonseca	Hindi	50,000/- Each
	Game	Sound Designer: Baylon Fonseca	Hindi
		Re-recordist of the Final Mixed Track: Hitendra Ghosh
Best Editing	Aaranya Kaandam	Praveen K. L.	Tamil	50,000/-
Best Art Direction	Noukadubi	Indraneel Ghosh	Bengali	50,000/-
Best Costume Design	The Dirty Picture	Neharika Khan	Hindi	50,000/-
	Balgandharva	Neeta Lulla	Marathi
Best Make-up Artist	The Dirty Picture Balgandharva	Vikram Gaikwad	Hindi Marathi	50,000/-
Best Music Direction	Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbona	Songs: Neel Daat	Bengali	50,000/- Each
	Laptop	Background Score: Mayook Bhaumik
Best Lyrics	I Am ("Agar Zindagi")	Amitabh Bhattacharya	Hindi	50,000/-
Special Jury Award	Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbona	Director: Anjan Dutta	Bengali	2,00,000/-
	Byari	Mallika	Beary	Certificate Only
	Adimadhyantham	Director: Sherrey	Malayalam
Best Special Effects	Ra.One	Harry Hingorani and Keitan Yadav,	Hindi	50,000/-
Best Choreography	Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara ("Senorita")	Bosco-Caeser	Hindi	50,000/-

Best Feature Film in Each of the Language Specified In the Schedule VIII of the Constitution

Name of Award	Name of Film	Awardee(s)	Cash Prize
Best Feature Film in Bengali	Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbona	Producer: Anjan Dutta Director: Anjan Dutta	1,00,000/- Each
Best Feature Film in Dogri	Dille Ch Vasya Koi	Producer: Director:	1,00,000/- Each
Best Feature Film in Hindi	I Am	Producer: Director: Onir	1,00,000/- Each
Best Feature Film in Kannada	Koormavatara	Producer: Director: Girish Kasaravalli	1,00,000/- Each
Best Feature Film in Malayalam	Indian Rupee	Producer: Director: Ranjith	1,00,000/- Each
Best Feature Film in Manipuri	Phijigee Mani	Producer: Director:	1,00,000/- Each
Best Feature Film in Marathi	Shala	Producer: Vivek Wagh, Nilesh Navalakha Director: Sujay Dahake	1,00,000/- Each
Best Feature Film in Punjabi	Anhe Ghorey Da Daan	Producer: Director: Gurvinder Singh	1,00,000/- Each
Best Feature Film in Tamil	Vaagai Sooda Vaa	Producer: S. Muruganandham, N. Puranna Director: A. Sarkunam	1,00,000/- Each

Non-Feature Films

Films made in any Indian language shot on 16 mm, 35 mm or in a wider gauge or digital format and released on either film format or video/digital but certified by the Central Board of Film Certification as a documentary/newsreel/fiction are eligible for non-feature film section.

Golden Lotus Award

Official Name: Swarna Kamal

Name of Award	Name of Film	Awardee(s)	Language	Cash Prize
Best Non-Feature Film	And We Play On	Producer and Director: Pramod Purswane	Hindi and English	1,50,000/- Each
Best Direction	There is Something in the Air	Iram Ghufran	Hindi, Urdu and English	1,50,000/-

Silver Lotus Award

Official Name: Rajat Kamal

Name of Award	Name of Film	Awardee(s)	Language	Cash Prize
Best Debut Film of A Director	The Silent Poet	Producer and Director: Borun Thokchom	Manipuri	75,000/- Each
Best Anthropological / Ethnographic Film	Bom	Producer and Director: Anirban Datta	Hindi & English	50,000/- Each
Best Biographical Film	Vishnupant Damle: Bolpatancha Mook Nayak	Producer: Anil Anant Damle Director: Virendra Valsangkar	Marathi	50,000/- Each
Best Arts / Cultural Film	Fried Fish, Chicken Soup and a Premiere Show	Producer: Madhusree Dutta and Director: Mamta Murthy	Manipuri & English	25,000/- Each
	Lasya Kavvya – The World of Alarmel Valli	Producer and Director: Sankalp Meshram	English
Best Promotional Film	The Dream Fulfilled - Memories of the Engineering Challenges	Producer: Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Director: Satish Pande	English	50,000/- Each
Best Environment Film Including Agriculture	Tiger Dynasty	Producer and Director: S. Nallamuthu	English	50,000/- Each
Best Film on Social Issues	Mindscapes... of Love and Longing	Producer: Public Service Broadcasting Trust Director: Arun Chadha	Hindi & English	25,000/- Each
	Inshallah, Football	Producer and Director: Ashvin Kumar	Kashmiri, Urdu & English
Best Educational / Motivational / Instructional Film	A Drop of Sunshine	Producer: Public Service Broadcasting Trust Director: Aparna Sanyal	English	50,000/- Each
Best Exploration / Adventure Film (to include sports)	The Finish Line	Producer: Syed Sultan Ahmed and Tabassum Modi Director: Akshay Roy	English	50,000/- Each
Best Investigative Film	Cotton for My Shroud	Producer: Kavita Bahl Director: Nandan Saxena and Kavita Bahl	English	50,000/- Each
Best Short Fiction Film	Panchakki	Producer and Director: Sanjeev Rattan	Hindi	50,000/- Each
Best Film on Family Welfare	Red Building where the Sun Sets	Producer: Syed Sultan Ahmed and Tabassum Modi Director: Revathi	English	50,000/- Each
Best Cinematography	Tiger Dynasty	Cameraman: S. Nallamuthu	English	50,000/- Each
Best Audiography	1, 2	Gautam Nair	Hindi	50,000/-
Best Editing	There is Something in the Air	Iram Ghufran	Hindi, Urdu & English	50,000/-
Best Music Direction	Panchakki	Dhruba Jyoti Phukan	Hindi	50,000/-
Best Narration / Voice Over	Just that Sort of a Day	Ann Abraham	English	50,000/-
Special Jury Award	You Don’t Belong	Spandan Banerjee (Director)	Bengali & English	Certificate Only
	Airawat	Renu Savant (Director)	Marathi & Hindi

Best Writing On Cinema

The awards aim at encouraging study and appreciation of cinema as an art form and dissemination of information and critical appreciation of this art-form through publication of books, articles, reviews etc.

Golden Lotus Award

Official Name: Swarna Kamal

Name of Award	Name of Book	Awardee(s)	Language	Cash Prize
Best Book on Cinema	R.D. Burman The Man, The Music	Publisher: Harper Collins India Author: Anirudha Bhattacharjee and Balaji Vittal	English	75,000/-
Best Film Critic		Manoj Barpujari	Assamese and English	75,000/-

See also

• National Film Awards

External links

• Official Page of Directorate of Film Festivals, India