60th National Film Awards explained

Number:60
Award:National Film Awards
Awarded For:Best of Indian cinema in 2012
Award Org:Directorate of Film Festivals
Presenting Org:Pranab Mukherjee
Host:R. Madhavan
Huma Qureshi
Website:dff.nic.in
Lifetime Achievement:Pran
Best Feature:Paan Singh Tomar
Best Non Feature:Shepherds of Paradise
Best Book:Silent Cinema in India-A Pictorial Journey
Best Critic:P. S. Radhakrishnan
Most Wins:Dekh Indian Circus (4)
Last:59th
Next:61st

The 60th National Film Awards ceremony was an event during which the Directorate of Film Festivals presented its annual National Film Awards to honour the best films of 2012 in the Indian cinema. The ceremony was held on 3 May 2013 and was hosted by actors R. Madhavan and Huma Qureshi.[1] [2]

Selection process

The Directorate of Film Festivals invited nominations for the awards on 3 January 2013.[3] Feature and Non-Feature Films certified by Central Board of Film Certification between 1 January 2012, and 31 December 2012, were eligible for the film award categories. Books, critical studies, reviews or articles on cinema published in Indian newspapers, magazines, and journals between 1 January 2012, and 31 December 2012, were eligible for the best writing on cinema section.[4] Entries of dubbed, revised or copied versions of a film or translation, abridgements, edited or annotated works and reprints were ineligible for the awards. The deadline for submissions was 21 January 2013.[1]

For the Feature and Non-Feature Films sections, films in any Indian language, shot on 16 mm, 35 mm, a wider film gauge or a digital format, and released in cinemas, on video or digital formats for home viewing were eligible. Films were required to be certified as a feature film, a featurette or a Documentary/Newsreel/Non-Fiction by the Central Board of Film Certification.[5]

Dadasaheb Phalke Award

Introduced in 1969, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award is the highest award given to recognise the contributions of film personalities towards the development of Indian cinema and for distinguished contributions to the medium, its growth and promotion.[6] A committee consisting of five personalities from the Indian film industry was appointed to evaluate the Dadasaheb Phalke award nominations for 2012. Following were the jury members:

For the year 2012, the award was announced on 12 April 2013 to be presented to Pran, a veteran actor of Bollywood known for portraying various negative roles. He is also Padma Bhushan recipient of 2001.

Feature films

A Hindi film, Dekh Indian Circus won the maximum number of awards (4) followed by Malayalam film Ustad Hotel, Hindi films Kahaani, Chittagong, Vicky Donor and Marathi film Dhag (3 awards each)

Jury

For the Feature Film section, six committees were formed based on the different geographic regions in India. The two-tier evaluation process included a central committee and five regional committees. The central committee, headed by Basu Chatterjee, included the heads of each regional committee and five other jury members. At regional level, each committee consisted of one chief and four members. The chief and one non-chief member of each regional committee were selected from outside that geographic region. The table below names the jury members for the central and regional committees:[8]

Central Jury

Basu Chatterjee (Chairperson)
Suresh Jindal Sadhu Meher
Mohan Sharma Jayaraj
K. N. T. Sastry Chitra Mudgal
C. V. Shivashankar Moloya Goswami
Aadesh Shrivastava Sudeshna Roy

Northern Region:

Mohan Sharma (Chair)
Suhasini Mulay Raja Sen
Satish Kumar Amitabh Parashar

Eastern Region:

K. N. T. Sastry (Chair)
Mani Ram Hemen Das
Somnath Gupta Ervell Menezes

Western Region:

Jayaraj (Chair)
Aditi Ninad Deshpande Tarali Sarma
Anil Damle Bipin Nadkarni

Southern Region I:

Sadhu Meher (Chair)
Sabu Cherian D. P. Mukherjee
Baradwaj Rangan Dr. Biju

Southern Region II:

Suresh Jindal (Chair)
Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar
S. K. Srivastava
Narasimha Nandi

All India Awards

Golden Lotus Award

All the winners are awarded with a Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus Award), a certificate and a cash prize.[5]

Name of AwardName of Film(s)LanguageAwardee(s)Cash Prize
Best Feature FilmPaan Singh TomarHindiProducer: UTV Software Communications
Director: Tigmanshu Dhulia
Best Debut Film of a DirectorChittagongHindiProducer: Bedabrata Pain
Director: Bedabrata Pain
101 ChodyangalMalayalamProducer: Thomas Kottakkakam
Director: Sidhartha Siva
Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome EntertainmentVicky DonorHindiProducer: Sunil Lulla, John Abraham, Ronnie Lahiri and Ram Mirchandani
Director: Shoojit Sircar
Ustad HotelMalayalamProducer: Listin Stephen
Director: Anwar Rasheed
Best Children's FilmDekh Indian CircusHindiProducer: Mahaveer Jain
Director: Mangesh Hadawale
Best DirectionDhagMarathiShivaji Lotan Patil
Best Animated FilmDelhi SafariHindiProducer: Anupama Patil and Kishor Patil
Director: Nikhil Advani
Animator : Rafique Shaikh

Silver Lotus Award

All the winners were awarded with a Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus Award), a certificate and a cash prize.[5]

Name of AwardName of Film(s)Language(s)Awardee(s)Cash Prize
Best Feature Film on National IntegrationThanichalla NjanMalayalamProducer: Cherian Philip
Director: Babu Thiruvalla
Best Film on Social IssuesSpiritMalayalamProducer: Antony Perumbavoor
Director: Ranjith
Best Film on Environment Conservation/PreservationBlack ForestMalayalamProducer: Baby Mathew Somatheeram
Director: Joshy Mathew
Best ActorPaan Singh TomarHindiIrrfan Khan
AnumatiMarathiVikram Gokhale
Best ActressDhagMarathiUsha Jadhav
Best Supporting ActorVicky DonorHindiAnnu Kapoor
Best Supporting ActressVicky DonorHindiDolly Ahluwalia
Thanichalla NjanMalayalamKalpana
Best Child ArtistDekh Indian CircusHindiVirendrasingh Rathore
101 ChodyangalMalayalamMinon
Best Male Playback SingerChittagong
HindiShankar Mahadevan
Best Female Playback SingerSamhita
MarathiArati Ankalikar-Tikekar
Best CinematographyKo:YadMishingCameraman

Sudheer Palsane
Laboratory Processing: Prasad Studios

Best Screenplay
KahaaniHindiSujoy Ghosh
Best Screenplay
OMG – Oh My GodHindiBhavesh Mandalia
Umesh Shukla
Best Screenplay
Ustad HotelMalayalamAnjali Menon
Best Audiography
Annayum RasoolumMalayalamRadhakrishnan S.
Best Audiography
ShabdoBengaliAnirban Sengupta
Dipankar Chaki
Best Audiography
Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1
Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 2
HindiAlok De
Sinoy Joseph
Sreejesh Nair
Best EditingKahaaniHindiNamrata Rao
Best Art DirectionVishwaroopamTamilBoontawee 'Thor' Taweepasas
Lalgudi N. Ilayaraja
Best Costume DesignParadesiTamilPoornima Ramaswamy
Best Make-up ArtistVazhakku Enn 18/9TamilRaja
Best Music Direction
SamhitaMarathiShailendra Barve
Best Music Direction
KaliyachanMalayalamBijibal
Best LyricsChittagong
HindiPrasoon Joshi
Best Special EffectsEegaTelugu
Best ChoreographyVishwaroopam
TamilBirju Maharaj
Special Jury AwardChitrangadaBengaliRituparno Ghosh (Director, Actor)
Dekh Indian Circus
Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 2
Kahaani
Talaash
HindiNawazuddin Siddiqui (Actor)
Special MentionOzhimuriMalayalamLal (Actor)Certificate only
Bharath StoresKannadaH. G. Dattatreya (Actor)
BaandhonAssameseBishnu Kharghoria (Actor)
IshaqzaadeHindiParineeti Chopra (Actress)
Dekh Indian CircusHindiTannishtha Chatterjee (Actress)
DhagMarathiHansraj Jagtap (Child actor)
Ustad HotelMalayalamThilakan (Actor)

Regional Awards

National Film Awards are also given to the best films in the regional languages of India. Awards for the regional languages are categorised as per their mention in the Eighth schedule of the Constitution of India. Awardees included producers and directors of the film. No films in languages other than those specified in the Schedule VIII of the Constitution were eligible.[5]

Name of AwardName of FilmAwardee(s)Cash Prize
Producer(s)Director
Best Feature Film in AssameseBaandhonAssam State Film (Finance and Development) Corporation Ltd.Jahnu Baruah each
Best Feature Film in BengaliShabdoBrand ValueKaushik Ganguly each
Best Feature Film in GujaratiThe Good RoadNFDCGyan Corea each
Best Feature Film in HindiFilmistaanSatellite Picture Pvt. Ltd.Nitin Kakkar each
Best Feature Film in KannadaBharath StoresBasant ProductionsP. Sheshadri each
Best Feature Film in MalayalamCelluloidKamal
Ubaid
Kamal each
Best Feature Film in ManipuriLeipakleiAribam Syam SharmaAribam Syam Sharma each
Best Feature Film in MarathiInvestmentPratibha MatkariRatnakar Matkari each
Best Feature Film in PunjabiNabarJasbir Singh
Sonu Kaur
Rajeev Sharma each
Best Feature Film in TamilVazhakku Enn 18/9N. Subhash Chandra BoseBalaji Sakthivel each
Best Feature Film in TeluguEegaK. Ranganatha SaiS. S. Rajamouli each
Best Feature Film in UrduHarudAamir Bashir
Shankar Raman
Aamir Bashir each

Best Feature Film in Each of the Language Other Than Those Specified In the Schedule VIII of the Constitution

Name of AwardName of FilmAwardee(s)Cash Prize
ProducerDirector
Best Feature Film in EnglishLessons in Forgetting Prince ThampiUnni Vijayan each
Best Feature Film in MishingKo:YadManju BorahManju Borah each

Non-Feature Films

Jury

A committee of seven, headed by chair, Aruna Raje Patil was appointed to evaluate the Non-Feature Films entries. The jury members were:

Aruna Raje Patil (Chairperson)
Sameera Jain Rajendra Jangley
Meghnath K. R. Manoj
Paushali Ganguli Tiainla Jamer

Golden Lotus Award

All the winners were awarded with Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus Award), a certificate and cash prize.[5]

Name of AwardName of Film(s)Language(s)Awardee(s)Cash Prize
Best Non-Feature FilmShepherds of ParadiseGujari
Urdu
Producer: Raja Shabir Khan
Director: Raja Shabir Khan
Best Non-Feature Film DirectionKaatalMarathiVikrant Pawar

Silver Lotus Award

All the winners were awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus Award) and cash prize.[5]

Name of AwardName of Film(s)Language(s)Awardee(s)Cash Prize
Best First Non-Feature FilmEka Gachha Eka Manisa Eka SamudraOriyaProducer: Veenu Bhushan Vaid
Director: Lipika Singh Darai
each
Best Anthropological / Ethnographic FilmChar... The No-Man's IslandBengaliProducer: Sourav Sarangi
Director: Sourav Sarangi
each
Best Biographical Film /Best Historical Reconstruction FilmCelluloid ManEnglish, Hindi, Kannada and BengaliProducer: Shivendra Singh Dungarpur
Director: Shivendra Singh Dungarpur
each
Best Arts / Cultural FilmModikhanyachya Don GoshtiMarathiProducer: Gouri Patwardhan
Director: Gouri Patwardhan
each
Best Promotional FilmDreaming Taj MahalHindi and UrduProducer: Nirmal Chander
Director: Nirmal Chander
each
Best Environment Film including AgricultureTimbaktuEnglishProducer: Public Service Broadcasting Trust
Director: Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh
each
Best Film on Social IssuesBehind The MistMalayalamProducer: Babu Kambrath
Director: Babu Kambrath
each
Best Exploration / Adventure Film (Including sports)Manipuri PonyEnglish and ManipuriProducer: Films Division
Director: Aribam Syam Sharma
each
Best Investigative FilmInshallah, KashmirEnglishProducer: Ashvin Kumar
Director: Ashvin Kumar
each
Best Short Fiction FilmKaatalMarathiProducer: FTII
Director: Vikrant Pawar
each
Best Film on Family WelfareAfter GlowEnglish and GujaratiProducer: FTII
Director: Kaushal Oza
each
Best CinematographyKaatalMarathiCameraman

Abhimanyu Dange
Lab: Reliance MediaWorks

Shepherds of ParadiseGojri and UrduCameraman: Raja Shabir Khan
Best AudiographyDo Din Ka MelaKutchiHarikumar M.
Best EditingCelluloid ManEnglish, Hindi, Kannada and BengaliIrene Dhar Malik
Best Narration / Voice OverSuranjana DeepaliAssameseMoni Bordoloi
Special Jury AwardI Am MicroEnglishShumona Goel and Shai Heredia (Director)
Cancer KathaEnglishVasudha Joshi (Director)
Special MentionPinch of SkinEnglish and HindiPriya Goswami (Director)Certificate only
Allah Is GreatEnglish, Hindi and DanishAndrea Iannetta (Director)
RaahSanjay Jangid (Animator)

Best Writing on Cinema

Jury

A committee of three, headed by Swapan Mullick was appointed to evaluate the nominations for the best writing on Indian cinema. The jury members were as follows:

Swapan Mullick (Chairperson)
Shubhra Gupta C. S. Venkiteswaran

The Best Writing on Cinema awards are intended to encourage the study and appreciation of cinema as an art form and the dissemination of information and critical appreciation of the medium through books, articles, reviews etc.[2]

Golden Lotus Award

All the winners were awarded with Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus Award), cash prize and a certificate.[5]

Special Mention

All the award winners are awarded with Certificate of Merit.

External links

Official websites
Other resources

Notes and References

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  2. 60th National Film Awards Announced. Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. 18 March 2013. 17 April 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130417215938/http://pib.nic.in/archieve/others/2013/mar/d2013031801.pdf. live.
  3. News: Entries invited for 60th National film awards. 10 January 2013. 1 January 2013. Zee News. New Delhi. 22 February 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130222055001/http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/bollywood/entries-invited-for-60th-national-film-awards_125454.htm. live.
  4. Web site: Call for entries; 60th National Film Awards for 2012. Directorate of Film Festivals. 10 January 2013. 16 January 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130116085912/http://www.dff.nic.in/Ad-Campaign60th2012.pdf. live.
  5. 60th National Film Awards: Regulations. Directorate of Film Festivals. 10 January 2013. 16 January 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130116085126/http://www.dff.nic.in/60th_NATIONAL_FILM_AWARDS_2012._regulations_doc(1).pdf. live.
  6. Web site: 17th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 2 September 2020. 25 July 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200725172021/http://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/98_17thNfacatalogue.pdf. live. 38.
  7. Web site: Dadasaheb Phalke Award Past Recipients. Directorate of Film Festivals. 3 September 2020. 18 July 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200718171203/http://dff.nic.in/PhalkeAward.aspx. live.
  8. Web site:

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    . 24 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161228100913/http://www.dff.nic.in/60thNFAArchives.html. 28 December 2016. dead.