2 National Awards for 'Magadheera'
- IndiaGlitz, [Wednesday,September 15 2010]
The 57th National Awards for the year 2009 were announced. Though Telugu Movies didnÂt win awards for the Best Movie categories, SS RajamouliÂs ÂMagadheera received two awards.
ÂMagadheera won two awards, namely, Best Special Effects and Best Choreography. K.Sivashankar won the Best Choreography Award for his moves in ÂDheera Dheera' song and Kamal Kannan won the Best Special Effects for his creative services in the movie.
ÂMagadheera has been winning acclaim and awards for sometime now. The movie grabbed quite a few in Filmfare and other other awards. Director Rajamouli would be a pleased man, as his movie brought Telugu cinema to limelight this year but he is disappointed with cinematographer Senthil not receiving an award.
Telugu Cinema receiving the National Award for Best Special Effects is not new. Sanath of Fire Fly Digital won the award for ÂAnji in 2005.
LetÂs hope a Telugu movie receives a National Award for Best Movie next year or in the near future!
Here is the list of the winners:
| Category | Winner |
| Best Film | 'Kutty Shrank' (Malayalam) |
| Best Director | Rituparno Ghosh for Abohoman |
| Best Supporting Actress | Arundhati Nag for ÂPaa |
| Best Supporting Actor | Farooq Sheikh for 'Lahore' |
| Best Popular Film, Best Director and Best Producer | 3 Idiots |
| Best Film on Social Issues | Shyam Benegal's 'Well Done Abba' |
| Best Film on National Integration | Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's 'Dilli-6' |
| Best Camerawork | Anjali Shukla |
| Best Music Director | Amit Trivedi for Dev D |
| Best Playback singer (Male) | Rupam Islam |
| Best Playback singer (Female) | Niranjana Sarkar (Housefull) |
| Best Sound Engineer | Oscar winner Resul Pookutty |
| Best lyrics | Swananad Kirkirey for 3 Idiots |
| Best Choreography | K Shivashankar for film Magadheera |
| Best Children Film | Ottani Pati and Kesu |
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