B-Town wins big at National Awards

He adds, "I especially thank R Balkiu00a0-- whose exceptional vision and passion created this wonderful film, Abhishek - who took complete charge of the project as the producer and Natasha and Dakshina for their valuable assistance on the make-up. This is an important success for AB Corp Ltd and the entire cast and crew."

3 Idiots won the Best Film in the Most Popular Category. This is the third time that director Rajkumar Hirani and producer Vinod Chopra producer have won a National award. Both Munnabhai films had also won one each.
u00a0Says Chopra, "It's an overwhelming feeling. I have just returned from the US, where I was working for pre-production of my next and I landed here two days back and I get welcomed with such overwhelming news. It's really a proud moment for our production house."u00a0

u00a0Maintains Hirani, "It's an extremely humbling momentu00a0-- the audience has loved and cherished this film so much and now, we are also getting recognised by getting a National award."

Director Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan bagged the Indira Gandhi Award For Best Debut Film of A Director. He says, "This is a very special moment. I am honoured and deeply touched on getting the National Award for Lahore. It is the ultimate encouragement and faith in the first movie I made. It is going to take some time to sink in the fact that I have won a National Award on my first attempt. "

THE WINNERS
BEST FILM: Kutty Srank (Malayalam)
BEST FILM FOR NATIONAL INTEGRation: Delhi-6
BEST FILM IN THE MOST POPULAR CATEGORY: 3 Idiots
BEST FILM ON SOCIAL ISSUES: Well Done Abba
BEST Director dEBUT: Sanjay Puran Singh (Lahore)
BEST DIRECTOR: Rituparno Ghosh (Abohoman)
BEST ACTOR: Amitabh Bachchan (Paa)
BEST ACTRESS: Ananya Chatterjee (Abohoman)
BEST SUPPORTING ROLE (Male): Farooque Shaikh (Lahore)
BEST SUPPORTING ROLE (Female): Arundhati Nag (Paa)
BEST CAMERAWORK: Anjuli Shukla (Kutty Srank)
BEST SOUND ENGINEER: Resul Pookutty(Pazhassiraja)
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY: K Shivashankar (Magadheera)
BEST PLAYBACK SINGER (MALE): Rupam Islamu00a0 (Mahanager)
BEST PLAYBACK SINGER (FEMALE): Neelanjana Sarkar (Houseful)
BEST MUSIC: Dev D
BEST LYRICS: Swanand Kirkire for 3 Idiots
BEST MUSIC DIRECTOR: Amit Trivedi (Dev D)
BEST MUSIC SCORE: Ilayaraja (Pazhassiraja)
BEST CHILDren's FILM: Putaani Party and Keshu shared honours
BEST CHILD ACTOR: Jeeva and Anba Karasu (Pasanga)

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