The National Awards Winners of 2012

The National Awards Winners for 2012 has been announced. The Hindi film industry won several awards; Vidya Balan bagged the Best Actress award for her superlative performance in ‘The Dirrty Picture’. Orin’s I AM received the Best Hindi film award, Partho Gupte of Stanley Kar Dabba fame won Best Child Actor, while Salman Khan’s Chillar Party team won 3 National awards including Best Children’s film. Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara won two – Best Choreography and Best Audiography. Ra One won an award in the Best VFX category.

Check out the full list of National Awards Winners for 2012 below.

• Best Film – Kannada film ‘Byari’ and Marathi film ‘Deool’
• Best Malayalam film – Indian Rupee
• Best Bengali Film – Ranjana Ami Aar Ashbo Na
• Best Tamil Film – Vaagai Sooda Vaa
• Best Marathi Film – Shaala
• Best Hindi Film – I Am
• Best Actor – Girish Kulkarni (Marathi film ‘Deool’)
• Best Actress – Vidya Balan (The Dirty Picture)
• Best Child Actor – Partho Gupte (Stanley Ka Dabba) and Chillar Party kids
• Best Supporting Actor – Appu Kutty (Tamil film ‘Azhagar Samiyin Kuthirai’)
• Best Supporting Actress – Leishangthem Tonthoingambi Devi (Manipuri film ‘Phijigee Mani’)
• Best Director – Gurvinder Singh (Punjabi film ‘Anhe Ghore Da Daan’)
• Best Children’s Film – Chillar Party
• Indira Gandhi Award for Best First Film by a director – Thiagarajan Kumararaja (Aranya Kandam)
• Best Lyrics – Amitabh Bhattacharya (I Am)
• Best Choreography – Bosco – Caesar for ‘Senorita’ (Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara)
• Best Visual Effects – Ra One
• Best Costumes – Neharika Khan (The Dirty Picture) and Neeta Lulla (Bal Gandharva)
• Best Makeup – Vijram Gaekwad (The Dirty Picture)
• Best Screenplay – Nitish Tiwari, Vikas Bahl, Vijay Maurya, Rajesh Bajaj (Chillar Party)
• Best Adapted Screenplay Writer – Avinash Deshpande
• Best Dialogues – Girish Kulkarni (Deool)
• Best Editing – Praveen KL (Aranya Kandam)
• Best Audiography – Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
• Best Playback Singer Male – Anand Bhate
• Best Playback Singer Female – Rupa Ganguly
• Best Book – Anirudha Bhattacharjee, Balaji Vittal (RD Burman The Man The Music)
• Best Film Critic – Manoj P Pujari
• Special Mention – Director Shari for Malayalam film ‘Adi Madhyantam’ and Mallika Kannada film ‘Byari’
• Special Jury Award – Anjan Dutta (Ranjana Ami Aar Ashbo Na)