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.

‘Pasanga’ has been selected as the Best Tamil film in the regional awards category. Maestro Illayaraja has won the Best Background Score Award for ‘Pazhassi Raja’. The ‘Pasanga’ 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 ‘Paa’

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

IndiaGlitz congratulates all the winners.