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)
kabir khan for kabul express (hindi)

Eakantham (malayalam)
kabul express (hindi)

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)
faltu (bengali)

Karutha pakshikal (malayalam)
faltu (bengali)

Best film on social issues

Hope (telugu)

Hope (telugu)

Best children’s 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)
shevri (marathi)

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