The prestigious National Film Awards were announced on Yesterday (May 19th, 2011). The jury members submitted the list of awardees to the Union Minister of Information & Broadcasting Ambika Soni. The feature films jury was headed by JP Dutta and the non-feature films jury was headed by AK Bir and Best Writing on Cinema jury was headed by Ashok Vajpeyi.
Here is the the 58th National Awards winners List…
1. Best Feature film: ‘Adaminte Makan Abu’
2. Best Popular Film: ‘Dabangg’
3. Best English Film: Memories in March
4. Best Kannada Film: Putukarna Highway
5. Best Marathi Film: Mana Ayi Vacha
6. Best Assamese Film: Jetuka Patar Dare
7. Best Debut Non-feature Film: ‘Tistulia’
8. Best Hindi Film: ‘Do Dooni Chaar’
9. Best Director: Vetrimaran, ‘Aadukalam’
10. Best Actor: Dhanush, ‘Aadukalam’ and Salim Kumar, ‘Adaminte Makan Abu’
11. Best Actress: Mitalee Jagtaap, ‘Baboo Ba nd Baaja’ and Saranya Piravanam
12. Best Music: Vishal Bharadwaj, ‘Ishqiya’
13. Best Production Design: Robot
14. Best supporting Actor: Thambi Ramaih
15. Best Supporting Actress: Sukumari
16. Best Editing: ‘Aadukalam’
17. Best Wholesome Entertainer: ‘Dabangg’
18. Best Debut Film: ‘Baboo Band Baaja’
19. Best Children’s Film: ‘Hejjegalu’
20. Best Singer Male: Suresh Wadekar
21. Best Singer Female : Rekha Bharadwaj, ‘Ishqiya’
22. Best Audiography: Ishqiya
23. Best Sci & Tech Film: ‘Heart to Heart’
24. Best Sports Film: ‘Boxing Ladies’
25. Special Jury Award: ‘Kabira Khada Baazar Mein’
26. Best educational Film: ‘Advaitham’
27. Best Art & Culture Film: ‘Leaving Home’
28. Nargis Dutt Award: ‘Moner Manush’
29. Best Film On social Issues: ‘Champions’
30. Best Film on Environment: ‘Beetari Jeeva’
31. Best Lyrics: Thomas Kottakatally
32. Best dialogues: Sanjay Pawar
33. Best Lyricist: Vairamuthu
34. Best Child Artist: Shantanu Ranglekar, Vivek, Harsh Myal
35. Best Make Up Artist: Vikram Gaikwad,’Moner Maanush’
36. Best special effects: Enthiran,Robot.
37. Best Screenplay: Vetrimaran, ‘Aadukalam’
