Wednesday, April 16, 2014

61st National Film Awards declared

The 61st National Film Awards winners list has been declared on 16th April. The winners include Arshad Warsi’s Jolly LLB as Best Feature Film – Hindi, and Farhan Akhtar’sBhaag Milkha Bhaag as Best Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment (the same award that went to Salman Khan’s Dabangg). Bhaag Milkha Bhaag also won for Best Choreography for the song Hawan Karenge (Maston Ka Jhund) choreographed by Ganesh Acharya.

  • Madhuri Dixit-Nene’s Gulaab Gang got the award for Best Film on Social Issues, so did the Marathi movie Tuhya Dharma Koncha.
  • Anand Gandhi’s Ship of Theseus won the Best Feature Film and the Best Special Effects went to Purab Kohli-starrer Jal.
  • The Nargis Dutt Award for Best Film on National Integration went to Tamil film Thalaimuraigal.
  • Nawazuddin Siddiqui-starrer Miss Lovely and Riteish Deshmukh’s Marathi film Yellow got the Special Jury Award.
  • The Best Direction award has gone to Hansal Mehta for Shahid. Pranjal Dua also won the Best Director award for short Chidiya Ud.
  • Rajkummar Rao has been selected as Best Actor for Shahid. He shares the award with Malayalam actor Suraj Venjaramoodu for the movie Perariyathavar. While the Best Actress award went to Geetanjali Thapa for Liar’s Dice.
  • Saurabh Shukla has been declared the Best Supporting Actor for Jolly LLB, while the Best Supporting Actress Award is shared by Alia El Kashif for Ship of Theseus and Amruta Subhash for Astu.
  • The Best Child Actor is Somnath Awghade for Marathi film Fandry. The film’s director Nagraj Manjule won the Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director.
  • Cinema Ka Cinema has been adjudged the Best Book on Cinema, while the Best Film Critic award went to Alka Sahani.
  • The Best Make Up and Best Costume award went to Bengali film Jatishwar. The film also won Best Music and Best Male Playback Singer (Male) for Rupankar.
  • The Best Sound Design award was won by Shoojit Sircar’s Madras Cafe and the Best Dialogue by Marathi film Astu.
  • Best Feature Film awards for regional cinema include: Marathi – Aajcha Divas Majha, Konkani – Baga Beach, Assamese – Ajeyo, Bengali – Bakitar Byaktigoto, Kannada – December 1, Malayalam – Maut 24 Kadham, Tamil – Tonga Vungal,Telugu – Ma Bangaru Talli and English – The Coffin Maker.
  • The 61st National Film Awards ceremony will be held on May 3, 2014.

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