58th National Film Awards 2011 Announced

58th National Film Awards 2011 Announced

Malayalam film "Adaminte Makan Abu" directed by Salim Ahmed won the 58th "National Award for Best Feature Film". The 58th National Film Awards for the year 2010 were announced at a press conference in New Delhi on Thursday.

"Vetrimaran" won the "Best Director" for Tamil film "Aadukalam". "Do Dooni Chaar" directed by "Habib Faisal" was declared the "Best Hindi Film". Abhinav Kashyap’s "Dabangg" won the award for "Popular film providing wholesome entertainment".



BEST FEATURE FILM:
Adaminte Makan Abu



INDIRA GANDHI AWARD FOR BEST DEBUT FILM OF A DIRECTOR:
Baboo Band Baaja (Marathi)



NARGIS DUTT AWARD FOR BEST FEATURE FILM ON NATIONAL INTEGRATION:
Moner Manush (Bengali)



BEST HINDI FILM:
Do Dooni Chaar



AWARD FOR BEST POPULAR FILM PROVIDING WHOLESOME ENTERTAINMENT:
Dabangg



BEST FILM ON SOCIAL ISSUES:
Champions (Marathi)



BEST FILM ON ENVIRONMENT CONSERVATION/PRESERVATION :
Bettada Jeeva (Kannada)



BEST CHILDREN’S FILM:
Hejjegalu (Kannada)



BEST DIRECTION:
Aadukalam (Tamil)
Director: Vetrimaran


BEST ACTOR

Salim Kumar for Adaminte Makan Abu (Malayalam)

Dhanush for Aadukalam (Tamil)



BEST ACTRESS
Mitalee Jagtap Varadkar for Baboo Band Baaja (Marathi)
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 & Machindra Gadkar for Champions (Marathi)
Vivek Chabukswar for Baboo Band Baaja (Marathi)



BEST MUSIC DIRECTOR:
Vishal Bhardwaj for Ishqiya



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)

(Adapted) :Anant Mahadevan & Sanjay Pawar for Mee Sindhutai Sapkal (Marathi)

Dialogues :Sanjay Pawar

BEST EDITING : T.E. Kishore for Aadukalam (Tamil)



BEST NON-FEATURE FILM:
Germ (Hindi)

Director: Snehal R. Nair

Producer: Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute, Kolkata