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60th National Film Awards
Indian ceremony celebrating cinema of 2012
Indian ceremony celebrating cinema of 2012
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| number | 60 |
| award | National Film Awards |
| image | 60th NFA.png |
| alt | 60th National Film Awards |
| caption | 60th National Film Awards |
| awarded_for | Best of Indian cinema in 2012 |
| award_org | Directorate of Film Festivals |
| presenting_org | Pranab Mukherjee |
| (President of India) | |
| announced_date | |
| presented_date | |
| host | R. Madhavan |
| Huma Qureshi | |
| website | dff.nic.in |
| lifetime_achievement | Pran |
| best_feature | Paan Singh Tomar |
| best_non_feature | Shepherds of Paradise |
| best_book | Silent Cinema in India-A Pictorial Journey |
| best_critic | P. S. Radhakrishnan |
| most_wins | Dekh Indian Circus (4) |
| last | 59th |
| next | 61st |
(President of India) Huma Qureshi
The 60th National Film Awards ceremony was an event during which the Directorate of Film Festivals presented its annual National Film Awards to honour the best films of 2012 in the Indian cinema. The ceremony was held on 3 May 2013 and was hosted by actors R. Madhavan and Huma Qureshi.
Selection process
The Directorate of Film Festivals invited nominations for the awards on 3 January 2013. Feature and Non-Feature Films certified by Central Board of Film Certification between 1 January 2012, and 31 December 2012, were eligible for the film award categories. Books, critical studies, reviews or articles on cinema published in Indian newspapers, magazines, and journals between 1 January 2012, and 31 December 2012, were eligible for the best writing on cinema section. Entries of dubbed, revised or copied versions of a film or translation, abridgements, edited or annotated works and reprints were ineligible for the awards. The deadline for submissions was 21 January 2013.
For the Feature and Non-Feature Films sections, films in any Indian language, shot on 16 mm, 35 mm, a wider film gauge or a digital format, and released in cinemas, on video or digital formats for home viewing were eligible. Films were required to be certified as a feature film, a featurette or a Documentary/Newsreel/Non-Fiction by the Central Board of Film Certification.
Dadasaheb Phalke Award
Introduced in 1969, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award is the highest award given to recognise the contributions of film personalities towards the development of Indian cinema and for distinguished contributions to the medium, its growth and promotion. A committee consisting of five personalities from the Indian film industry was appointed to evaluate the Dadasaheb Phalke award nominations for 2012. Following were the jury members:
| Saira Banu (Screenwriter and director) |
|---|
For the year 2012, the award was announced on 12 April 2013 to be presented to Pran, a veteran actor of Bollywood known for portraying various negative roles. He is also Padma Bhushan recipient of 2001.
| Name of Award | Image | Awardee(s) | Awarded As | Awards | Dadasaheb Phalke Award | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Pran (cropped).jpg | 75px]] | Pran | Actor | Swarna Kamal, and a Shawl |
Feature films
A Hindi film, Dekh Indian Circus won the maximum number of awards (4) followed by Malayalam film Ustad Hotel, Hindi films Kahaani, Chittagong, Vicky Donor and Marathi film Dhag (3 awards each)
Jury
For the Feature Film section, six committees were formed based on the different geographic regions in India. The two-tier evaluation process included a central committee and five regional committees. The central committee, headed by Basu Chatterjee, included the heads of each regional committee and five other jury members. At regional level, each committee consisted of one chief and four members. The chief and one non-chief member of each regional committee were selected from outside that geographic region. The table below names the jury members for the central and regional committees:
Central Jury
Northern Region: (Bhojpuri, Dogri, English, Hindi, Punjabi, Rajasthani, Urdu)
Eastern Region: (Assamese, Bengali, Oriya and North-Eastern dialects)
Western Region: (Gujarati, Konkani, Marathi)
Southern Region I: (Malayalam, Tamil)
Southern Region II: (Kannada, Telugu)
All India Awards
Golden Lotus Award
All the winners are awarded with a Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus Award), a certificate and a cash prize.
| Name of Award | Name of Film(s) | Language | Awardee(s) | Cash prize | Best Feature Film | Best Debut Film of a Director | Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment | Best Children's Film | Best Direction | Best Animated Film |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paan Singh Tomar | Hindi | Producer: UTV Software Communications | ||||||||
| Director: Tigmanshu Dhulia | ||||||||||
| Chittagong | Hindi | Producer: Bedabrata Pain | ||||||||
| Director: Bedabrata Pain | ||||||||||
| 101 Chodyangal | Malayalam | Producer: Thomas Kottakkakam | ||||||||
| Director: Sidhartha Siva | ||||||||||
| Vicky Donor | Hindi | Producer: Sunil Lulla, John Abraham, Ronnie Lahiri and Ram Mirchandani | ||||||||
| Director: Shoojit Sircar | ||||||||||
| Ustad Hotel | Malayalam | Producer: Listin Stephen | ||||||||
| Director: Anwar Rasheed | ||||||||||
| Dekh Indian Circus | Hindi | Producer: Mahaveer Jain | ||||||||
| Director: Mangesh Hadawale | ||||||||||
| Dhag | Marathi | Shivaji Lotan Patil | ||||||||
| Delhi Safari | Hindi | Producer: Anupama Patil and Kishor Patil | ||||||||
| Director: Nikhil Advani | ||||||||||
| Animator : Rafique Shaikh |
Silver Lotus Award
All the winners were awarded with a Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus Award), a certificate and a cash prize.
| Name of Award | Name of Film(s) | Language(s) | Awardee(s) | Cash prize | Best Feature Film on National Integration | Best Film on Social Issues | Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation | Best Actor | Best Actress | Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress | Best Child Artist | Best Male Playback Singer | Best Female Playback Singer | Best Cinematography | Best Screenplay | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Screenplay Writer (Original) | Best Screenplay | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Screenplay Writer (Adapted) | Best Screenplay | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dialogues | Best Audiography | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location Sound Recordist | Best Audiography | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sound Designer | Best Audiography | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Re-recordist of the Final Mixed Track | Best Editing | Best Art Direction | Best Costume Design | Best Make-up Artist | Best Music Direction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Songs | Best Music Direction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Background Score | Best Lyrics | Best Special Effects | Best Choreography | Special Jury Award | Special Mention | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thanichalla Njan | Malayalam | Producer: Cherian Philip | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Director: Babu Thiruvalla | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spirit | Malayalam | Producer: Antony Perumbavoor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Director: Ranjith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Black Forest | Malayalam | Producer: Baby Mathew Somatheeram | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Director: Joshy Mathew | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Paan Singh Tomar | Hindi | Irrfan Khan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Anumati | Marathi | Vikram Gokhale | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dhag | Marathi | Usha Jadhav | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vicky Donor | Hindi | Annu Kapoor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vicky Donor | Hindi | Dolly Ahluwalia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thanichalla Njan | Malayalam | Kalpana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dekh Indian Circus | Hindi | Virendrasingh Rathore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 101 Chodyangal | Malayalam | Minon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chittagong | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ("Bolo Na") | Hindi | Shankar Mahadevan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Samhita | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ("Palakein Naa Moondon") | Marathi | Arati Ankalikar-Tikekar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ko:Yad | Mishing | Cameraman: Sudheer Palsane | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Laboratory Processing: Prasad Studios | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kahaani | Hindi | Sujoy Ghosh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| OMG – Oh My God | Hindi | Bhavesh Mandalia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Umesh Shukla | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ustad Hotel | Malayalam | Anjali Menon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Annayum Rasoolum | Malayalam | Radhakrishnan S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shabdo | Bengali | Anirban Sengupta | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dipankar Chaki | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 2 | Hindi | Alok De | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sinoy Joseph | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sreejesh Nair | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kahaani | Hindi | Namrata Rao | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vishwaroopam | Tamil | Boontawee 'Thor' Taweepasas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lalgudi N. Ilayaraja | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Paradesi | Tamil | Poornima Ramaswamy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vazhakku Enn 18/9 | Tamil | Raja | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Samhita | Marathi | Shailendra Barve | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kaliyachan | Malayalam | Bijibal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chittagong | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ("Bolo Na") | Hindi | Prasoon Joshi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eega | Telugu | Makuta VFX | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vishwaroopam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ("Unnai Kaanadhu Naan") | Tamil | Birju Maharaj | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chitrangada | Bengali | Rituparno Ghosh (Director, Actor) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dekh Indian Circus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kahaani | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Talaash | Hindi | Nawazuddin Siddiqui (Actor) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ozhimuri | Malayalam | Lal (Actor) | Certificate only | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bharath Stores | Kannada | H. G. Dattatreya (Actor) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baandhon | Assamese | Bishnu Kharghoria (Actor) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ishaqzaade | Hindi | Parineeti Chopra (Actress) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dekh Indian Circus | Hindi | Tannishtha Chatterjee (Actress) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dhag | Marathi | Hansraj Jagtap (Child actor) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ustad Hotel | Malayalam | Thilakan (Actor) (Posthumously) |
Regional Awards
National Film Awards are also given to the best films in the regional languages of India. Awards for the regional languages are categorised as per their mention in the Eighth schedule of the Constitution of India. Awardees included producers and directors of the film. No films in languages other than those specified in the Schedule VIII of the Constitution were eligible.
| Name of Award | Name of Film | Awardee(s) | Cash prize | Producer(s) | Director | Best Feature Film in Assamese | Best Feature Film in Bengali | Best Feature Film in Gujarati | Best Feature Film in Hindi | Best Feature Film in Kannada | Best Feature Film in Malayalam | Best Feature Film in Manipuri | Best Feature Film in Marathi | Best Feature Film in Punjabi | Best Feature Film in Tamil | Best Feature Film in Telugu | Best Feature Film in Urdu |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baandhon | Assam State Film (Finance and Development) Corporation Ltd. | Jahnu Baruah | each | ||||||||||||||
| Shabdo | Brand Value | Kaushik Ganguly | each | ||||||||||||||
| The Good Road | NFDC | Gyan Corea | each | ||||||||||||||
| Filmistaan | Satellite Picture Pvt. Ltd. | Nitin Kakkar | each | ||||||||||||||
| Bharath Stores | Basant Productions | P. Sheshadri | each | ||||||||||||||
| Celluloid | Kamal | ||||||||||||||||
| Ubaid | Kamal | each | |||||||||||||||
| Leipaklei | Aribam Syam Sharma | Aribam Syam Sharma | each | ||||||||||||||
| Investment | Pratibha Matkari | Ratnakar Matkari | each | ||||||||||||||
| Nabar | Jasbir Singh | ||||||||||||||||
| Sonu Kaur | Rajeev Sharma | each | |||||||||||||||
| Vazhakku Enn 18/9 | N. Subhash Chandra Bose | Balaji Sakthivel | each | ||||||||||||||
| Eega | K. Ranganatha Sai | S. S. Rajamouli | each | ||||||||||||||
| Harud | Aamir Bashir | ||||||||||||||||
| Shankar Raman | Aamir Bashir | each |
Best Feature Film in Each of the Language Other Than Those Specified In the Schedule VIII of the Constitution
| Name of Award | Name of Film | Awardee(s) | Cash prize | Producer | Director | Best Feature Film in English | Best Feature Film in Mising |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lessons in Forgetting | Prince Thampi | Unni Vijayan | each | ||||
| Ko:Yad | Manju Borah | Manju Borah | each |
Non-Feature Films
Jury
A committee of seven, headed by chair, Aruna Raje Patil was appointed to evaluate the Non-Feature Films entries. The jury members were:
Golden Lotus Award
All the winners were awarded with Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus Award), a certificate and cash prize.
| Name of Award | Name of Film(s) | Language(s) | Awardee(s) | Cash prize | Best Non-Feature Film | Best Non-Feature Film Direction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shepherds of Paradise | Gujari | |||||
| Urdu | Producer: Raja Shabir Khan | |||||
| Director: Raja Shabir Khan | ||||||
| Kaatal | Marathi | Vikrant Pawar |
Silver Lotus Award
All the winners were awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus Award) and cash prize.
| Name of Award | Name of Film(s) | Language(s) | Awardee(s) | Cash prize | Best First Non-Feature Film | Best Anthropological / Ethnographic Film | Best Biographical Film /Best Historical Reconstruction Film | Best Arts / Cultural Film | Best Promotional Film | Best Environment Film including Agriculture | Best Film on Social Issues | Best Exploration / Adventure Film (Including sports) | Best Investigative Film | Best Short Fiction Film | Best Film on Family Welfare | Best Cinematography | Best Audiography | Best Editing | Best Narration / Voice Over | Special Jury Award | Special Mention |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eka Gachha Eka Manisa Eka Samudra | Oriya | Producer: Veenu Bhushan Vaid | |||||||||||||||||||
| Director: Lipika Singh Darai | each | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Char... The No-Man's Island | Bengali | Producer: Sourav Sarangi | |||||||||||||||||||
| Director: Sourav Sarangi | each | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Celluloid Man | English, Hindi, Kannada and Bengali | Producer: Shivendra Singh Dungarpur | |||||||||||||||||||
| Director: Shivendra Singh Dungarpur | each | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Modikhanyachya Don Goshti | Marathi | Producer: Gouri Patwardhan | |||||||||||||||||||
| Director: Gouri Patwardhan | each | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Dreaming Taj Mahal | Hindi and Urdu | Producer: Nirmal Chander | |||||||||||||||||||
| Director: Nirmal Chander | each | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Timbaktu | English | Producer: Public Service Broadcasting Trust | |||||||||||||||||||
| Director: Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh | each | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Behind The Mist | Malayalam | Producer: Babu Kambrath | |||||||||||||||||||
| Director: Babu Kambrath | each | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Manipuri Pony | English and Manipuri | Producer: Films Division | |||||||||||||||||||
| Director: Aribam Syam Sharma | each | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Inshallah, Kashmir | English | Producer: Ashvin Kumar | |||||||||||||||||||
| Director: Ashvin Kumar | each | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Kaatal | Marathi | Producer: FTII | |||||||||||||||||||
| Director: Vikrant Pawar | each | ||||||||||||||||||||
| After Glow | English and Gujarati | Producer: FTII | |||||||||||||||||||
| Director: Kaushal Oza | each | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Kaatal | Marathi | Cameraman: Abhimanyu Dange | |||||||||||||||||||
| Lab: Reliance MediaWorks | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Shepherds of Paradise | Gojri and Urdu | Cameraman: Raja Shabir Khan | |||||||||||||||||||
| Do Din Ka Mela | Kutchi | Harikumar M. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Celluloid Man | English, Hindi, Kannada and Bengali | Irene Dhar Malik | |||||||||||||||||||
| Suranjana Deepali | Assamese | Moni Bordoloi | |||||||||||||||||||
| I Am Micro | English | Shumona Goel and Shai Heredia (Director) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Cancer Katha | English | Vasudha Joshi (Director) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Pinch of Skin | English and Hindi | Priya Goswami (Director) | Certificate only | ||||||||||||||||||
| Allah Is Great | English, Hindi and Danish | Andrea Iannetta (Director) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Raah | Sanjay Jangid (Animator) |
Best Writing on Cinema
Jury
A committee of three, headed by Swapan Mullick was appointed to evaluate the nominations for the best writing on Indian cinema. The jury members were as follows:
The Best Writing on Cinema awards are intended to encourage the study and appreciation of cinema as an art form and the dissemination of information and critical appreciation of the medium through books, articles, reviews etc.
Golden Lotus Award
All the winners were awarded with Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus Award), cash prize and a certificate.
| Name of Award | Name of Book | Language | Awardee(s) | Cash prize | Best Book on Cinema |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silent Cinema in India: A Pictorial Journey | English | Author: B. D. Garga | |||
| Publisher:Harper Collins India |
| Name of Award | Language(s) | Awardee | Cash prize | Best Film Critic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malayalam | P. S. Radhakrishnan |
Special Mention
All the award winners are awarded with Certificate of Merit.
| Name of Award | Language(s) | Awardee | Cash prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| Special Mention (Film Critic) | English | Piyush Roy | Certificate Only |
References
References
- [[Press Trust of India]]. (3 May 2012). "Nat Film Awards ceremony to be held on May 3 every year: Soni". [[Business Standard]].
- "60th National Film Awards Announced". Press Information Bureau (PIB), India.
- (1 January 2013). "Entries invited for 60th National film awards".
- "Call for entries; 60th National Film Awards for 2012". [[Directorate of Film Festivals]].
- "60th National Film Awards: Regulations". [[Directorate of Film Festivals]].
- "17th National Film Awards". Directorate of Film Festivals.
- "Dadasaheb Phalke Award Past Recipients". Directorate of Film Festivals.
- "DIRECTORATE OF FILM FESTIVALS".
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