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60th National Film Awards Ceremony in Delhi on May 3

EFT Report, New Delhi: Hon’ble President of India Mr. Pranab Mukherjee will give away the Film Awards at the 60th National Film Awards (NFA) Function being organized at Vigyan Bhawan, Plenary Hall in New Delhi on Friday, May 3, 2013 at 5:30 pm. Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Mr. Manish Tewari will also be present on the occasion.

The top honor in the feature film category goes to Paan Singh Tomar (Hindi) produced by UTV Software communications Ltd. and directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia. In non-feature film category, the top honor Best Film goes to Shepherds of Paradise (Gojri & Urdu) produced and directed by Raja Shabir Khan.

60th National Film Awards Ceremony in Delhi on May 3
Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Irrfaan Khan, Annu Kapoor
In Best Writing on Cinema section, the book Silent Cinema in India—A Pictorial Journey (English) written by BD Garga and published by Harper Collins Publisher India has bagged the top honor, whereas Mr. PS Radhakrishnan has been declared the Best film Critic.

In the Feature Film category, a total of 38 films from 14 languages have been selected for the 60th National Awards in 14 languages. Chittagong (Hindi) and 101 Chodiyangal (Malayalam) have shared the awards for Best Debut Film of a Director, whereas for Best Popular Film, Vicky Donor (Hindi) and Ustad Hotel (Malayalam) have been selected. Shivaji Lotan Patil has been declared as the Best Director for Dhag (Marathi). Best Actor award is shared by Irrfaan playing the title role in Paan Singh Tomar and Vikram Gokhale for Anumati (Marathi) whereas Usha Jadhav gets Best Actress award for her performance in Dhag (Marathi). Rituparno Ghosh and Nawazuddin Siddiqui have been conferred with Special Jury award. The Best Child Artist award is shared by Virendra Pratap for Dekh Indian Circus (Hindi) and Minon for 101 Chodiyangal (Malayalam).

In the Non-Feature Film category, Vikrant Pawar gets Best Director award for the film Kaatal (Marathi). Best Debut Film of a Director goes to Lipika Singh Darai for the film Eka Gachha Eka Manisa Eka Samudra (Odia). Shumona Goel and Shai Heredia for the film I Am Micro (English) and Vasudah Joshi for Cancer Katha (English) have been selected for Special Jury Award. Timbaktu (English) gets award in Best Environmental film and Dreaming Taj Mahal ( Hindi & Urdu) as Best Promotional film.

List of Award winners (Feature films)

List of Award winners (Non-Feature films)

List of Award winners (Best writing on cinema)

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