59th National Film Awards
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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.[1][2] 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[1][2]
Name of Award | Name of Film | Awardee(s) | Language | Cash Prize |
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Best Feature Film | Deool | Producer: Abhijeet Gholap Director: Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni |
Marathi | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment | Azhagarsamiyin Kuthirai | Producer: P. Madhan Director: Suseenthiran |
Tamil | ![]() |
Best Direction | Anhe Ghore Da Daan | Gurvinder Singh | Punjabi | ![]() |
Best Children's Film | Chillar Party | Producer: UTV Software Communications Director: Vikas Bahl and Nitesh Tiwari |
Hindi | ![]() |
Silver Lotus Award
Official Name: Rajat Kamal[1][2]
Best Feature Film in Each of the Language Specified In the Schedule VIII of the Constitution[1][2]
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.[1][2]
Golden Lotus Award
Official Name: Swarna Kamal[1][2]
Name of Award | Name of Film | Awardee(s) | Language | Cash Prize |
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Best Non-Feature Film | And We Play On | Producer and Director: Pramod Purswane | Hindi and English | ![]() |
Best Direction | There is Something in the Air | Iram Ghufran | Hindi, Urdu and English | ![]() |
Silver Lotus Award
Official Name: Rajat Kamal[1][2]
Name of Award | Name of Film | Awardee(s) | Language | Cash Prize |
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Best Debut Film of A Director | The Silent Poet | Producer and Director: Borun Thokchom | Manipuri | ![]() |
Best Anthropological / Ethnographic Film | Bom | Producer and Director: Anirban Datta | Hindi & English | ![]() |
Best Biographical Film | Vishnupant Damle: Bolpatancha Mook Nayak | Producer: Anil Anant Damle Director: Virendra Valsangkar |
Marathi | ![]() |
Best Arts / Cultural Film | Fried Fish, Chicken Soup and a Premiere Show | Producer: Madhusree Dutta and Director: Mamta Murthy |
Manipuri & English | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
Best Environment Film Including Agriculture | Tiger Dynasty | Producer and Director: S. Nallamuthu | English | ![]() |
Best Film on Social Issues | Mindscapes... of Love and Longing | Producer: Public Service Broadcasting Trust Director: Arun Chadha |
Hindi & English | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
Best Exploration / Adventure Film (to include sports) | The Finish Line | Producer: Syed Sultan Ahmed and Tabassum Modi Director: Akshay Roy |
English | ![]() |
Best Investigative Film | Cotton for My Shroud | Producer: Kavita Bahl Director: Nandan Saxena and Kavita Bahl |
English | ![]() |
Best Short Fiction Film | Panchakki | Producer and Director: Sanjeev Rattan | Hindi | ![]() |
Best Film on Family Welfare | Red Building where the Sun Sets | Producer: Syed Sultan Ahmed and Tabassum Modi Director: Revathi |
English | ![]() |
Best Cinematography | Tiger Dynasty | Cameraman: S. Nallamuthu | English | ![]() |
Best Audiography | 1, 2 | Gautam Nair | Hindi | ![]() |
Best Editing | There is Something in the Air | Iram Ghufran | Hindi, Urdu & English | ![]() |
Best Music Direction | Panchakki | Dhruba Jyoti Phukan | Hindi | ![]() |
Best Narration / Voice Over | Just that Sort of a Day | Ann Abraham | English | ![]() |
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.[1][2]
Golden Lotus Award
Official Name: Swarna Kamal[1][2]
Name of Award | Name of Book | Awardee(s) | Language | Cash Prize |
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Best Book on Cinema | R.D. Burman The Man, The Music | Publisher: Harper Collins India Author: Anirudha Bhattacharjee and Balaji Vittal |
English | ![]() |
Best Film Critic | Manoj Barpujari | Assamese and English | ![]() |