59th National Film Awards: Winners List

Winners in selected major categories at the 59th National Film Awards

2012

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Best Feature Film: 'Devur' (Marathi) & 'Byari' (Kannada) Best Director: Gurvinder Singh, 'Anhe Ghorey Da Daan' Best Actor: Girish Kulkarni, 'Deool' Best Actress: Vidya Balan, 'The Dirty Picture' Best Supporting Actor: Appu Kutty, 'Azhagar Samiyin Kuthirai' (Tamil) Best Supporting Actress: Leishangthem Tonthoingambi Devi, 'Phijigee Mani' (Manipuri) Best Editing: Praveen KL, 'Aranyaa Kandam' Best Child Artist: Partho Gupte, 'Stanley Ka Dabba' and 'Chillar Party' cast Best Film on Social Issues: 'Inshallah' (Ashvin Kumar) and 'Mindscape' (Arun Chadha) Best Non Feature Film: 'And We Play On' Best Debut Film of a Director: 'The Silent Poet' (Manipuri) Best Children's Film: 'Chillar Party' Best Music Direction: Neel Dutt, 'Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbona' Best Background Score: 'Laptop', Mayookh Bhaumik Best Singer (Female): Rupa Ganguly

Best Singer (Male): Anand Bhate Best Lyrics: 'I Am', Amitabh Bhattacharya Best Screenplay (Adapted): 'Shala', Avinash Deshpande Best Screenplay (Original): 'Chillar Party', Vikas Behl & Nitish Tiwari Best Dialogue: Girish Kulkarni, 'Deool' Best Make Up Artist: Vijram Gaekwad, 'The Dirty Picture' and 'Bal Gandharva' Best Special Effects: 'Ra.One' Best Costume Design: Niharika Khan, 'The Dirty Picture' and Neeta Lulla, 'Bal Gandharva' Best Choreography: Bosco-Caeser for "Senorita..." from 'Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara' Best Hindi Film: 'I Am' Best Marathi Film: 'Shaala' Best Kannada Film: 'Kurmavatara' Best Bengali Film: 'Ranjana Ami Aar Ashbona' Best Malayalam Film: 'Indian Rupee' Best Tamil Film: 'Vaagai Sooda Vaa' Best Dogri Film: 'Dille Ch Vasya Koi' Best Manipuri film: 'Phijigee Mani' Best Punjabi Film: 'Anne Gode Da Daan' Special Mention: Director Shari for 'Adi Madhyantam' (Malayalam Film) and Mallika for 'Byari' (Kannada Film) Best film critic: Manoj P Pujari

Best Book Award: Anirudha Bhattacharjee and Balaji Vittal for 'R.D. Burman The Man, The Music' Indira Gandhi award for debut film director: Thiagarajan Kumararaja for 'Aaranya Kaandam' Special Jury Award: Anjan Dutta for 'Ranjana Ami Aar Ashbo Na'