56th National Film Awards

The list of 56th National Film Awards winner:
Best Actress: Priyanka Chopra
Best Actor:  Upendra Limaye
Best Hindi Film: Rock On
Best Film: Antaheen (Bengali)
Best Director: Bala for Naan Kadavul (Tamil)
Best Editing award: A Srikar for Firaq
Best Art Direction award: Gautam Sen for Firaq
Best playback singer (Male): Hariharan for Antaheen
Best Playback singer (Female): Shreya Ghosal for Jogwa
Best supportive actress: Kangana Ranaut (Fashion)
Best Supportive actor: Arjun Rampal for Rock On
Best Debut Film: A Wednesday(Neeraj Pandey)
Best Children Film: Gubachi Ganu
Best Animation Film: Roadside Romeo
Best Special Effects: Mumbai Meri Jaan

'Little Zizou' (English, Gujarati) was adjudged the Best Film on Family values.

Kannada film Gubbachigalu gets the Best Children's Film Award.

Master Shams Patel bagged the Best Child Artist for his role in Hindi film 'Thanks Maa'.

The Special Jury Award goes to Malayalam film 'Bioscope' produced by National Film Development Corporation.

Neeta Lulla is selected for Best Costume Designer for Hindi film Jodha Akbar.

The film Jodha Akbar was also selected in the Best Choreography category.

Eight Films were selected for the 'Best Feature Film in each of the language specified in the Schedule VIII of the constitution' category:

Best Assamese Film - Mon Jai
Best Bengali Film - Shob Charitro Kalponik
Best Hindi Film - Rock On
Best Kannada Film- Vimukthi
Best Malayalam Film- Thirakkada
Best Marathi Film- Harishcnadrachi Factory
Best Tamil Film -mVeranam Airam
Best Telugu Film - 1940 Lookagramam.

'Land Gold Women' (Best English Film), Yarwng (Best Kokborok Film) and Gaggara has been selected as the Best Tulu Film in the 'Best Feature Film in each of the languages Other than those specified in the Schedule VIII of the constitution' category.

While announcing the award, Soni said that the government has decided to regularize the National Film Festival. For this purpose, the 57th national Film Festival will be announced in the October 2010.

Priyanka Chopra wins best actress National Award

Besides Tamil film-maker Bala winning the Best Director Award for his 'Naan Kadavul' and South filmdom bagging several key awards, it was Bollywood that made it this time at the 56th National Film Awards.

Bollywood actor Priyanka Chopra has bagged her first National Award for her performance in Madhur Bhandarkar’s “Fashion”.

The winners of the 56th National Film Award for 2008 were announced here on Saturday.

The award for the best popular film went to Dibakar Banerjee’s “Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!”, a satire on people’s obsession with wealth.

The Rahul Bose-starrer Bengali film “Antaheen,” directed by Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury was named the best film. 'Antaheen', starring Sharmila Tagore, Rahul Bose, Aparna Sen and Radhika Apte, is a relationship drama.

Tamil filmmaker Bala won the honour of Best Director for his film 'Naan Kadavul.'

The award for Best Actor went to Upendra Limaye for Marathi film 'Jogwa', which also fetched the trophy for the Best film on social issues.

Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra bagged the Best Actress award for her role of an aspiring model in Madhur Bhandarkar's 'Fashion' which also bagged the Best Supporting Actress Award for Kangana Ranaut who played the role of a troubled model.

Actor Arjun Rampal won the award for Best Supporting Actor for his role of a failed rocker in 'Rock On'.

Shreya Ghoshal won the Best Female Playback award for 'Antaheen' and 'Jogwa', which also brought the Best Male Playback Singer award to Hariharan.

Kannada film 'Gubbachigalu' was adjudged the Best Children's film. The award for Best Special Effects went to 'Mumbai Meri Jaan'.

Malayalam film 'Bioscope' won the Best Jury Award while the trophy for Best Child Actor went to Shams Patel for Hindi film 'Thanks Maa'.

Actor-turned-director Nandita Das' film 'Firaaq' is selected for best editing and best art direction categories.

'Little Zizou' (English, Gujarati) was adjudged the best film on family values.

Neeta Lulla was selected for best costume designer for 'Jodha Akbar'. The film Jodha Akbar was also selected in the best choreography category.

'AFSPA 1958’ was adjudged the best non-feature film for the courageous depiction of the non-violent resistance of the people of Manipur.

Films Division produced ‘The Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi — A Reconstruction’ has been selected under the category ‘Best Biographical/Historical Reconstruction/Compilation film.’

President Pratibha Patil shall confer the Awards on the winners in March.