National Film Awards ceremony Black(ed) out !

During the 57th National Awards ceremony which was held on the eve of 22nd of October, 2010 at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi, there was something common, something which obviously drew the attention of many. Well it was “Black”..no! Not the movie “Black” but of course, the black colour.


During this ceremony, most of the people from the Indian film fraternity were seen wearing the black colour. Both Amitabh Bachchan and his son Abhishek Bachchan were seen in formal black suits. On the other hand, Amitabh Bachchan’s wife Jaya Bachchan was also seen in a black saree with white motifs. However, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, the daughter-in-law of the Bachchans was wearing a south Indian silk sari.

The other Bollywood celebs in black attire included the popular filmmaker D. Ramanaidu, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Rajkumar Hirani, Swanand Kirkire, host Javed Jaffrey, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra etc. These national film awards were given by Smt. Pratibha Patil.

RajKumar Hirani, Vinod Chopra’s hat-trick with 3 Idiots

During the 57th National Film Awards for the year 2009, the movie 3 Idiots was declared as the most popular film for providing the complete entertainment. Everybody related to the team of 3 Idiots was very much happy when the movie’s name was announced for the award.


Among the most happy ones were the director and producer of 3 Idiots who stated that it was indeed a proud moment for all of them. The reason why Rajkumar Hirani – director of 3 Idiots and Vinod Chopra – producer of 3 Idiots were especially happy during this occasion of National Film Awards was that it was their third national honour, a hat-trick, as director and producer. In the past, their movies like Lage Raho Munna Bhai and Munnabhai M.B.B.S. had bagged the national awards.

Vinod Chopra was quoted saying that he was away for some pre-production work for his upcoming movie and when he got back, he heard this news and an overwhelming, welcoming response from the people. The famous producer further added that it was an honourable moment for their production house too. He also thanked the entire team of 3 Idiots for their hard work, dedication and support for the movie.

4 National Film Awards for Paa, a morale booster for AB Corp.

The National Film Awards for the year 2009 were announced few days back. This time the Bachchans were lucky to bag several awards. AB Corporation’s movie “Paa”won four National Awards. Amitabh Bachchan who was quite happy with this achievement of the corporation was quoted saying that the 4 National Awards bagged by Paa have acted like a morale booster for AB Corp that has gone through bad times.


Amitabh also said that these awards have been godsend for AB Corp. and people from AB Corp are really, really happy for a company that has been through some terrible times. Not only the movie Paa won the National Film Awards but also the 67 year old actor Amitabh Bachchan won his fourth National Film Award this year. Earlier, the actor had won National Awards for the movies Saat Hindustani, Agneepath and Black.

The four National Film Awards 2009 won by “Paa” include those of the best actor (Amitabh Bachchan), best supporting actress (Arundhati Naag), best Hindi film and best make-up (Christein Tinsley

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