57th National Awards 2009 - The complete info'

The 57th National Awards for the year 2009 were announced on the evening of September 15, 2010. The occasion was marked by the presence of many celebrities all across India. Amitabh Bachchan has been specially lucky to bag his fourth National Award this time. The complete list of these awards has been given below.

BEST FEATURE FILM

Kutty Srank (Malayalam)

Producer: Reliance Big Pictures

Director:Shaji N. Karun

Swarna Kamal

INDIRA GANDHI AWARD FOR BEST DEBUT FILM OF A DIRECTOR

Lahore (Hindi)

Producer: Vivek Khatkar

Director :Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan

Swarna Kamal

AWARD FOR BEST POPULAR FILM

3 Idiots (Hindi)

Producer:Vidhu Vinod ChopraKaminey (Hindi)

Director :Raj Kumar Hirani

Swarna Kamal

NARGIS DUTT AWARD FOR BEST FEATURE FILM ON NATIONAL INTEGRATION

Delhi 6 (Hindi)

Producer: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra

Director : Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra

Rajat Kamal

BEST FILM ON SOCIAL ISSUES

Well Done Abba (Hindi)

Producer: Reliance Big Pictures

Director : Shyam Benegal

Rajat Kamal

BEST CHILDREN’S FILM

Putaani Party (Kannada) & Keshu (Malayalam)

Producer: Children’s Film Society, India (for both films)

Director : Ramchandra P.N. (Putaani Party) & Sivan (Keshu)

Swarna Kamal

BEST DIRECTION

Abohoman (Bengali)

Rituparno Ghosh

Swarna Kamal

BEST ACTOR

Paa (Hindi)

Amitabh Bachchan

Rajat Kamal

BEST ACTRESS

Abohoman (Bengali)

Ananya Chatterjee

Rajat Kamal

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Lahore (Hindi)

Farooque Sheikh

Rajat Kamal

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Paa (Hindi)

Arundhati Naag

Rajat Kamal

BEST CHILD ARTIST

Pasanga (Tamil)

Film Characters Jeeva & Anba Karasu

Rajat Kamal

BEST MALE PLAYBACK SINGER

Mahanager @ Kolkata (Bengali)

Rupam Islam

Rajat Kamal

BEST FEMALE PLAYBACK SINGER

Houseful (Bengali)

Neelanjana Sarkar

Rajat Kamal

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Kutty Srank (Malayalam)

Cameraman : Anjuli Shukla

Laboratory Processing: Adlabs Films Ltd.

Rajat Kamal

BEST SCREENPLAY

Kutty Srank (Malayalam)

Kanasemba Kudureyaneri (Kannada)

Pasanga (Tamil)

Screenplay Writer (Original): P.F. Mathews & Harikrishna

Screenplay Writer (Adapted): Dialogues : Pandiraj

Rajat Kamal

BEST AUDIOGRAPHY

Kaminey (Hindi)

Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja (Malayalam)

3 Idiots (Hindi)

Location Sound Recordist : Subash Sahoo

Sound Designer : Resool Pookutty

Re-recordist of the final mixed track : Anup Dev

Rajat Kamal

BEST EDITING

Abohomaan (Bengali)

Arghyakamal Mitra

Rajat Kamal

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Delhi 6 (Hindi)

Samir Chanda

Rajat Kamal

BEST COSTUME DESIGNER

Kutty Srank (Malayalam)

Jayakumar

Rajat Kamal

BEST MAKE-UP ARTIST

Paa (Hindi)

Christein Tinsley & Dominie Till

Rajat Kamal

BEST MUSIC DIRECTION

Dev D (Hindi)

Kerala Verma Pazasi Raja

Music Director (Songs) : Amit Trivedi

Music Director (Background Score) : Ilayaraja

Rajat Kamal

BEST LYRICS

3 Idiots (Hindi)

Swanand Kirkire

“Behti Hawa Sa Tha Woh……………”

Rajat Kamal

SPECIAL JURY AWARD

Kaminey (Hindi) & Kutty Srank (Malayalam) & Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja (Malayalam)

Sreekar Prasad

Rajat Kamal