Winners of the 60th National Film Awards 2012

The Best recognization for films in India is the National Awards. The Chairpersons of the three juries are
Mr.Basu Chatterjee-Feature Films, Ms. Aruna Raje-Non-Feature Films and Mr.Swapan Mullick-Best Writing
on Cinema. The list of winners this year’s 60th National Film Awards are,
Best Feature Film - Paan Singh Tomar (Hindi); Director Tigmanshu Dhulia (Swarna Kamal medal and Rs
2,50,000) Producer: UTV Software Communications (Swarna Kamal medal and Rs 2,50,000)
Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director - Chittagong (Hindi) Producer and Director: Bedabrata
Pain; and 101 Chodiyangal (Malayalam) Producer: Thomas Kottackkakom Dir: Siddhartha Siva (Swarna Kamal
medal and Rs 1,25,000)
Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment - Vicky Donor (Hindi) Producer Sunil Lulla, John
Abraham, Ronnie Lahiri, Ram Mirchandani, Dir: Shoojit Sircar; Ustad Hotel (Malayalam) Producer: Listin
Stephen, Dir: Anwar Rasheed (Swarna Kamal medal and Rs 2,00,000)
Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration - Thanichallanjan (Malayalam) Producer
Cherian Philippose (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 1,50,000), Dir: Babu Thiruvalla (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs
1,50,000)
Best Film on Social Issues: Spirit (Malayalam) Producer MJ Antony (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 1,50,000),
Dir: Renjith (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 1,50,000)
Best Children's Film - Dekh Indian Circus (Hindi) Producer: Mahaveer Jain (Swarna Kamal medal and Rs
1,50,000), Dir: Mangesh Hadawale (Swarna Kamal medal and Rs 1,50,000)
Best Film on Environment and Conservation/preservation: Black Forest (Malayalam) Producer: Baby Mathew
Somatheeram (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 1,50,000), Dir: Joshy Mathew (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 1,50,000)
Best Animation Film - Delhi Safari (Hindi) Producer: Anupama Patil (Swarna Kamal medal and Rs 1,00,000),
Dir: Nikhil Advani (Swarna Kamal medal and Rs 1,00,000), Animator Rafique Shaikh (Swarna Kamal medal
and Rs 1,00,000)
Best Direction - Dhag (Marathi) Dir: Shivaji Lotan Patil (Swarna Kamal and Rs 2,50,000)
Best Male Playback Singer - Chittagong (Hindi) Singer: Shankar Mahadevan, Bolo Na (Rajat Kamal medal and
Rs 50,000)
Best Female Playback Singer - Samhita (Marathi) Singer: Aarti Anklekar Tikekar, Palakein Naa Moondon
(Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 50,000)
Best Actor - Paan Singh Tomar (Hindi) Actors: Irrfaan (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 50,000), Vikram Gokhale
(Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 50,000)
Best Actress - Dhag (Marathi) Actress: Usha Jadhav (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 50,000)
Best Supporting Actor - Vicky Donor (Hindi) Actor: Anu Kapoor (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 50,000)
Best Supporting Actress - Vicky Donor (Hindi) Dolly Ahluwalia (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 50,000);
Thanichallanjan (Malayalam) Kalpana (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 50,000)
Best Child Artist - Dekh Indian Circus (Hindi), Actor: Virendra Pratap; 101 Chodiyangal, Actor: Minon (Rajat
Kamal medal and Rs 50,000)
Best Audiography - Location Sound Recordist Annayum Rasoolam (Malayalam) Radhakrishnan S (Rajat
Kamal medal and Rs 50,000); Sound Designer, Shabdo (Bengali) Anirban Sengupta, Dipankar Chaki (Rajat
Kamal medal and Rs 50,000); Re-recordist of final mixed track Gangs of Wasseypur (Hindi) Alok De, Sinoy
Joseph, Shreejesh Nair (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 50,000)
Best Cinematography - Ko: YAD, Cameraman: Sudheer Palsane (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 50,000)
Laboratory: Prasad Film Laboratory, Chennai (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 50,000)
Best Screenplay - Screenplay Writer (Original) Kahani (Hindi) Sujoy Ghosh (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs
50,000), Screenplay writer (Adapted) Oh My God (Hindi) Bhavesh Mandalia, Umesh Shukla (Rajat Kamal
medal and Rs 50,000) and Dialogues Ustaad Hotel (Malayalam) Anjali Menon (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs
50,000)
Best Editing - Kahaani (Hindi) Namrata Rao (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 50,000)
Best Lyrics - Chittagong (Hindi) Prasoon Joshi, Bolo Na (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 50,000)
Special Jury Award - Chitrangada (Bengali) Rituparno Ghosh; Kahaani (Hindi) Gangs of Wasseypur (Hindi)
Dekh Indian Circus (Hindi) Nawazuddin Siddiqui (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 2,00,000)
Best Special Effects - Eega (Telugu) Makuta VFX (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 50,000)
Best Choreogrpahy - Vishwaroopam (Tamil) Pandit Birju Maharaj (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 50,000)
Best Production Design - Vishwaroopam (Tamil) Boontawee Thor Taweepasas, Lalgudi N Ilayaraja (Rajat
Kamal medal and Rs 50,000)
Best Costume Designer - Paradesi (Tamil) Poornima Ramaswamy (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 50,000)
Best Make-up Artist - Vazakkuenn 18/9 (Tamil) Raja (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 50,000)
Best Music Direction - Songs: Samhita (Marathi) Shailender Barve (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 50,000);
Kaliyachan (Malayalam) Biji Bal (Rajat Kamal medal and Rs 50,000)