The winners of 60th National Film Awards!

The most prestigious award ceremony has arrived and so have the winners. Some might expect that there might be lavish dance performances and silly jokes, but that is not the case for the most awaited award functions in India. It was time to announce the winners of 60th National Film Awards. Before we share the winners list, here are some of the interesting facts about these awards.

It was established in 1954, and is administered, along with the International Film Festival of India and the Indian Panorama, by the Indian government's Directorate of Film Festivals since 1973. The National Film Awards are presented in two main categories: Feature Films and Non-Feature Films. The juries are appointed by the Directorate of Film Festivals in India. And the award ceremony is held in New Delhi, where the President of India presents the awards.

Last year "The Dirty Picture" had bagged 3 National Awards, Best Actress – Vidya Balan, Best Costume Design and Best Make-up Artist. One interesting thing about the National Awards is that it is normally declared after all the award shows are done with their ceremony. But somehow there is not enough buzz being created about the event. Well, that does not stop us at iDubba to create a buzz about the National Awards. Did you know that all the award winners are awarded with a Medallion, cash prize and a certificate of merit? Well, the winners have been declared today but the award ceremony would be held on May 3.

So here is the list of winners of this prestigious award:

BEST COSTUME DESIGN : Poornima for Paradesi
BEST TAMIL FILM : Vazhakku En 18/9
BEST MAKE UP: Vazhakku En 18/9
BEST CHREOGRAPHY: Vishwaroopam
BEST ART DIRECTION: Vishwaroopam
BEST FEATURE FILM : Paan Singh Tomar
INDIRA GANDHI AWARD FOR BEST DEBUT FILM OF A DIRECTOR : Chittagong
BEST POPULAR FILM PROVIDING WHOLESOME ENTERTAINMENT : Vicky Donor
NARGIS DUTT AWARD FOR BEST FEATURE FILM ON NATIONAL INTEGRATION : ThanichallaNjan
BEST FILM ON SOCIAL ISSUES : Spirit
BEST FILM ON ENVIRONMENT CONSERVATION/PRESERVATION : Black Forest
BEST CHILDREN'S FILM : Dekh Indian Circus
BEST ANIMATION FILM : Delhi Safari

BEST DIRECTION : Dhag(Marathi)
BEST ACTOR : Irrfan Khan for Paan Singh Tomar
BEST ACTOR: Vikram Gokhale for Anumati
BEST ACTRESS : Usha Jadhav for Dhag
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR : Annu Kapoor for Vicky Donor
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS : Dolly Ahluwalia for Vicky Donor
BEST CHILD ARTIST: Virendra Pratap for Dekh Indian Circus
BEST MALE PLAYBACK SINGER : Shankar Mahadevan for Chittagong
BEST FEMALE PLAYBACK SINGER : Aarti Anklekar Tikekar for Samhita
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY : Sudheer Palsane for KO : YAD
BEST SCREENPLAY :Sujoy Ghosh for Kahaani ( Screenplay Writer (Original) Bhavesh Mandalia and Umesh Shukla for OMG Oh My God (Screenplay Writer – Adapted)

BEST DIALOUGES: Anjali Menon for Ustaad Hotel
BEST EDITING : Namrata Rao for Kahaani
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN : Boontawee 'Thor' Taweepasas and Lalgudi N. Ilayaraja for Vishwaroopam
BEST COSTUME DESIGNER: Poornima Ramaswamy for Paradesi(Tamil)
BEST MAKE-UP ARTIST: Raja for Vazakkuenn 18/9 (Tamil)
BEST MUSIC DIRECTION: Shailender Barve for Samhita
BEST BACKGROUND SCORE: Biji Bal for Kaliyachan
BEST LYRICS : Prasoon Joshi for Chittagong
SPECIAL JURY AWARD :Rituparno Ghosh for Chitrangada,Nawazuddin Siddiqui forKahaani,Gangs of Wasseypur Dekh Indian Circus,Talaash
BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS: Eega(Telugu)
BEST CHOREOGRAPHY: Pandit Birju Maharaj for Vishwaroopam

BEST FEATURE FILM IN EACH OF THE LANGUAGE SPECIFIED IN THE SCHEDULE VIII OF THE CONSTITUTION:
BEST ASSAMESE FILM : Baandhon
BEST BENGALI FILM : Shabdo
BEST GUJARATI FILM : The Good Road
BEST HINDI FILM : Filmistan
BEST KANNADA FILM : Bharath Stores
BEST MALAYALAM FILM : Celluloid
BEST MANIPURI FILM : Leipaklei
BEST MARATHI FILM : Investment
BEST PUNJABI FILM : Nabar
BEST TAMIL FILM : Vazakkuenn 18/9
BEST TELUGU FILM : Eega
BEST URDU FILM : Harud
BEST ENGLISH FILM : Lessons in Forgetting

SPECIAL MENTION:
a) Lal for Ozhimuri (Malayalam)
b) H.G. Dattatreya for Bharat Stores (Kannada)
c) BishnuKharghoria for Baandhon (Assamese)
d) Parineeti Chopra for Ishaqzade (Hindi)
e) Tannishtha Chatterjee for Dekh Indian Circus (Hindi)
f) Hansraj Jagtap for Dhag(Marathi)
g) Thilakan for Ustad Hotel (Malayalam)

So, get ready to see the winners on the stage on May 3rd when they will be presented the awards. Do let us know your views about the winners of the 60th National Film Awards. And as always, don't forget to follow us on Twitter-iDubba for regular updates and set reminders for your favorite shows on iDubba app..