57th National Film Awards
- IndiaGlitz, [Wednesday,September 15 2010]
The 57th National Film Awards were announced today by head of the awards jury Ramesh Sippy in New Delhi.
Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan was declared as the best actor for his role of a child suffering with progeria in the film 'Paa'. This is the third national award for Amitabh. Bengali actress Ananya Chaterjee won the Best Actress award for Abohoman.
Maestro Illayaraja has won the Best Background Score Award for ÂPazhassi RajaÂ. The ÂPasanga kids Jeeva and Anbukarasu have won the Best Child Actor Award.
Other awards are as follows:
Best Film - 'Kutty Shrank'
Best Director - Rituparno Ghosh for Abohoman
Best Supporting Actress - Arundhati Nag for ÂPaaÂ
Best Supporting Actor - Farooq Sheikh for 'Lahore'
Best Popular Film, Best Director and Best Producer  Â3 IdiotsÂ
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
IndiaGlitz congratulates all the winners.