In one of the dismal performances in recent times, Mollywood was asked to satisfy themselves with a lone special mention of 'Sherry's 'Adimadhyantham' in the year's National awards, announced yesterday. Renjith's 'Indian Rupee' was selected as the best Malayalam film, but no other movie managed to fetch any other important awards.

Though this has been the most pathetic performances of Malayalam films, many malayalees had been named in the recipient lists for their good works in other language films. The most important among them is that of director Suveeran, whose Kannada movie 'Byari' was selected as the best film of the year. Malayalee actress Malllika also got special mention for her role of Nadhira in this movie.

While another Keralite Vidhya Balan was named the best female actress for her role in 'Dirty picture', malayalee child artist sanath menon also got into the list of best child artists for his performance in the Hindi film 'Chillar Party'.

In the nonfiction section, malayalee sound recordist Goutham Nair got the award for his work in the Hindi film '1, 2..'. The narration of 'Just that sort of a day' grabbed Ann Abraham' the award for best narration. The other important awards of the year are listed below.

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: Philgee Mani (Manipuri)
Best Editing: Praveen KL for 'Aranyaa Kandam'
Best film on social issues: Ashvin Kumar's 'Inshallah' and Arun Chadha's 'Mindscape'
Best Debut Film of A Director: 'Aranya Kaandam' (Tamil)
Best Children's Film: 'Chillar Party'
Best Child Artist: Partho Gupte (Stanley ka dabba)
Best Singer (Female): Rupa Ganguly
Best Singer (Male): Anand Bhate
Best Screenplay (Adapted): 'Shala', Avinash Deshpande
Best Screenplay (Original): 'Chillar Party', Vikas Behl & Nitish Tiwari
Special Jury Award: Anjan Dutta for 'Ranjana Ami Aar Ashbo Na'
Best Dialogue: Girish Kulkarni, 'Deool'
Best Lyrics: Amitabh Bhattacharya for 'I Am'
Best Make Up Artist: Vijram Gaekwad for 'The Dirty Picture' and 'Bal Gandharva'
Best Special Effects: 'Ra.One'
Best Costume Design: Niharika Khan for 'The Dirty Picture' and Neeta Lulla for '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: 'Koorma Avatar'
Best Bengali Film: 'Ranjana Ami Aar Ashbona'
Best Malayalam Film: 'Indian Rupee'
Best Tamil Film: 'Vaagai Sooda Vaa'
Best Punjabi Film: 'Anne Gode Da Daan'