The 58th National Awards

The recently concluded 58th National Awards in the capital, saw some really happy and well deserved recipients. Among them were the producers of the highest grosser last year (Dabbang), Malaika & Arbaaz Khan, the musically talented duo of Vishal & Rekha Bharadwaj, southern super star Dhanush and director K Balachander among others. Here are the list of winners of the 58th National Film Awards.

BEST FEATURE FILM: Adaminte Makan Abu (Malayalam)
INDIRA GANDHI AWARD FOR BEST DEBUT FILM OF A DIRECTOR: Baboo Band Baaja (Marathi)
AWARD FOR BEST POPULAR FILM PROVIDING WHOLESOME ENTERTAINMENT: Dabbang (Hindi)
NARGIS DUTT AWARD FOR BEST FEATURE FILM ON NATIONAL INTEGRATION: Moner Manush (Bengali)
BEST FILM ON SOCIAL ISSUES: Champions (Marathi)
BEST FILM ON ENVIRONMENT CONSERVATION/PRESERVATION: Bettada Jeeva (Kannada)
BEST CHILDREN'S FILM: Hejjegalu (Kannada)
BEST DIRECTOR: Vetrimaran for Aadukalam (Tamil)
BEST ACTOR: Dhanush for Aadukalam (Tamil) and Salim Kumar for Adaminte Makan Abu (Malayalam)
BEST ACTRESS: Mitalee Jagtap Varadkar for Baboo Band Baaja (Marathi) and Saranya Ponvannan for Thenmerkku Paruvakkatru (Tamil)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: J Thambi Ramaiah for Mynaa (Tamil)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Sukumari for Namma Gramam (Tamil)
BEST CHILD ARTIST: Harsh Mayar for I am Kalam (Hindi), Shantanu Ranganekar and Machindra Gadkar for Champions (Marathi) and Vivek Chabukswar for Baboo Band Baaja (Marathi)
BEST MALE PLAYBACK SINGER: Suresh Wadkar for Mee Sindhutai Sapkal (Marathi)
BEST FEMALE PLAYBACK SINGER: Rekha Bhardwaj for Ishqiya (Hindi)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Madhu Ambat for Adaminte Makan Abu (Malayalam)
BEST SCREENPLAY: (Original): Vetrimaran for Aadukalam (Tamil)
BEST SCREENPLAY: (Adapted): Anant Mahadevan and Sanjay Pawar for Mee Sindhutai Sapkal (Marathi)
BEST SCREENPLAY: (Dialogues): Sanjay Pawar for Mee Sindhutai Sapkal (Marathi)
BEST AUDIOGRAPHY: Kaamod Kharade (Location Sound Recordist) for Ishqiya (Hindi)
BEST AUDIOGRAPHY: Subhadeep Sengupta (Sound Designer) for Chitrasutram (Malayalam)
BEST AUDIOGRAPHY: Debajit Changmai (Re-recordist of the final mixed track) for Ishqiya (Hindi)
BEST EDITING: TE Kishore for Aadukalam (Tamil)
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: Sabu Cyril for Enthiran (Tamil)
BEST COSTUME DESIGNER: Indrans Jayan for Namma Gramam (Tamil)
BEST MAKE-UP ARTIST: Vikram Gaikwad for Moner Manush (Bengali)
BEST MUSIC DIRECTION: Vishal Bharadwaj for Ishqiya (Hindi)
BEST LYRICS: Vairamuthu for Thenmerkku Paruvakkatru (Tamil)
SPECIAL JURY AWARD: Mee Sindhutai Sapkal (Marathi)
BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS: V Srinivas, M Mohan for Enthiran (Tamil)
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY: Dinesh Kumar for Aadukalam (Tamil)