Tollywood grabs 3 National Awards
- IndiaGlitz, [Tuesday,June 10 2008]
Tollywod got its share of honours when the 54th National film Awards were announced today.
The film 'Kamili was selected as the Best Regional Film.
This movie is directed by K.S.T. Sastry. The film maker said that although his film have won the award, it is the same old problem of finding the financer for his next film that he is facing now.
He also urged the government of Andhra Pradesh to be more supportive in terms of helping the film makers like him with developing a system of financing the deserving film makers.
'Hope' directed by K. Satish and having Dr. Rama Naidu in the lead role won the award for the best social film. The film had won the state award also.
The director of this film said that he was quite sure of getting the national award because of the socially relevant theme of the film.
The film reveals the problems faced by the students if they fall short of the expectations of their parents and how some students even go to the extent of committing suicides.
The film maker decided to make a film on this now hot issue and problem after reading a newspaper article about student suicides in India.
The movie Kittu was selected as the best animation film. The movie is produced by Bhargava Kodavanti.
The director said that this film is the ideal example to prove that the culture of India can be portrayed in a great way through the medium of animation.
54th National Award Winners List | ||
Category | Winner | Film |
Best feature film | M.G.Vijay - Pulijanmam(Malayalam) | Pulijanmam(Malayalam) |
Indira gandhi award for the best first film of a director | Madhu kaithapuram - eakantham (malayalam) | Eakantham (malayalam) |
Best popular film providing wholesome entertainment | Lage raho munna bhai (hindi) | Lage raho munnabhai |
Nargis dutt award for best feature film on national integration | Kallarli huvagi (kannada) | Kallarli huvagi (kannada) |
Best film on family welfare | Karutha pakshikal (malayalam) | Karutha pakshikal (malayalam) |
Best film on social issues | Hope (telugu) | Hope (telugu) |
Best childrenÂs film | Care of foothpath (kannada) | Care of foothpath (kannada) |
Best animation film | Kittu (telugu) | Kittu (telugu) |
Best direction | Madhur bhandarkar | Traffic signal (hindi) |
Best actor | Soumitra chatterjee | Podokkhep (bengali) |
Best actress | Priyamani | Paruthi veeran (tamil) |
Best supporting actor | Dilip prabhavalkar | Lage raho munnabhai (hindi) |
Best supporting actress | Konkona sensharma | Omkara (hindi) |
Best child artist | Divya chahadkar | Antarnad (konkani) |
Best male playback singer | Gurdas mann | Waris shah ishq da waris (punjabi) |
Best female playback singer | Aarti anklekar tikekar | Antarnad (konkani) |
Best cinematography | Goutam ghose | Yatra (hindi) |
Best screenplay | Abhijat joshi, raj kumar hirani and vidhu vinod chopra | Lage raho munna bhai (hindi) |
Best audiography | K.j. singh and subhash sahoo | Omkara (hindi) |
Best editing | Raja mohammed | Paruthi veeran (tamil) |
Best art direction | Rashid rangrez | Waris shah ishq da waris (punjabi) |
Best costume designer | Manjeet maan | Waris shah: ishq da waris (punjabi) |
Best make up artist | Anil moti ram palande | Traffic signal |
Best music direction | Ashok patki | Antarnad (konkani) |
Best lyrics | Swanand kirkire | Lage raho munnabhai (bande mein tha dum - vande mataram ) |
Special jury award | Vishal bhardwaj | Omkara (hindi) |
Best special effects creator | Efx, chennai | Krrish (hindi) |
Best choreography | Madhu samudra & sajeev samudra | Ratri mazha (malayalam) |
Best feature film in assamese | Aideu | Aideu |
Best feature film in bengali | Anuranan & podokkhep | Anuranan & podokkhep |
Best feature film in hindi | Khosla ka ghosla | Khosla ka ghosla |
Best feature film in kannada | Kaada beladingalu | Kaada beladingalu |
Best feature film in malayalam | Drishtantham | Drishtantham |
Best feature film in marathi | Shevri | Shevri |
Best feature film in oriya | Pooja paeen phoolatie | Pooja paeen phoolatie |
Best feature film in punjabi | Waris shah ishq da waris | Waris shah ishq da waris |
Best feature film in tamil | Veyil | Veyil |
Best feature film in telugu | Kamli | Kamli |
Best feature film in english | Quest | Quest |
Best feature film in konkani | Antarnad | Antarnad |
Best feature film in tulu | Kotti channaya | Kotti channaya |