WINNERS OF 56th NATIONAL FILM AWARDS FOR 2008 FEATURE FILMS

56th NATIONAL FILM AWARDS FOR 2008 FEATURE FILMS

56th NATIONAL FILM AWARDS FOR 2008
FEATURE FILMS

1 BEST FEATURE FILM: Antaheen (Bengali)
Director: Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury
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2 INDIRA GANDHI AWARD FOR BEST FIRST FILM OF A DIRECTOR:
A Wednesday(Hindi)Director :Neeraj Pandey

3 BEST POPULAR FILM PROVIDING WHOLESOME ENTERTAINMENT:
Oye Lucky !Lucky Oye(Hindi)
Director :Dibakar Banerjee
4 NARGIS DUTT AWARD FOR BEST FEATURE FILM ON NATIONAL INTEGRATION
: Aai Kot Nai (Assamese)
Director : Rajen Bora

5 BEST FILM ON FAMILY VALUES
Little Zizou(English, Gujarati)
Director :Sooni Taraporevala
6 BEST FILM ON SOCIAL ISSUES SUCH AS PROHIBITION, WOMEN AND CHILD WELFARE, ANTI-DOWRY, DRUG ABUSE, WELFARE OF THE HANDICAPPED
ETC.: Jogva(Marathi)
Director :Rajeev Patil
7 BEST FILM ON ENVIRONMENT CONSERVATION/PRESERVATION:
Jianta Bhoota(Oriya)
Director :Prashanta Nanda

8 BEST CHILDREN’SFILM :Gubbachigalu(Kannada)
Director :
Abhaya Simha

9 BEST ANIMATION FILM: Roadside Romeo(Hindi)
Director : Jugal Hansraj

10 BEST DIRECTION: Bala
Naan Kadauul(Tamil)
11 BEST ACTOR : Upendra Limaye
Jogva(Marathi)
12 BEST ACTRESS: Priyanka Chopra , Fashion(Hindi)
13 BEST SUPPORTING
ACTOR: Arjun Rampal Rock On!(Hindi)
14 BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Kangana Ranaut , Fashion(Hindi)

15 BEST CHILD ARTIST: Shams Patel, Thanks Maa(Hindi)
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16 BEST MALE PLAYBACK SINGER: Hariharan, Jogva (Marathi)


For the song “ Jeev Dangla Gungla Rangla….”
17 BEST FEMALE PLAYBACK SINGER: Shreya Ghoshal, Antaheen (Bengali)
Jogva(Marathi) For the song“Pherari Mon…..”&“Jeev DanglaGungla Rangla ”

18 BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Avik Mukhopadhyay, Antaheen(Bengali)
19 BEST SCREENPLAY: Sachin Kundalkar, Gandha (Marathi)
20 BEST AUDIOGRAPHY : Pramod J.Thomas, Gandha(Marathi)
21 BEST EDITING : A. Sreekar Prasad, Firaaq(Hindi)
22 BEST ART DIRECTION: Gautam Sen , Firaaq(Hindi)
23 BEST COSTUME DESIGNER: Neeta Lulla ,Jodha Akbar(Hindi)
24 BEST MAKE-UP ARTIST : Moorthy V. , Naan Kadauul(Tamil)
25 BEST MUSIC DIRECTION: Ajay and Atul ,Jogva(Marathi)
26 BEST LYRICS: Anindya Bannerjee &Chandranil Bhattacharya, Antaheen(Bengali)
for the lyric “Pherari Mon…..”
27 SPECIAL JURY AWARD: Bioscope(Malayalam)Director :K.M.Madhusudhanan
28 BEST SPECIALEFFECTS: Govardhan(TATA ELXSI), Mumbai MeriJaan(Hindi)
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29 BEST CHOREOGRAPHY: Chinni Prakash &Rekha Prakash Jodha Akbar(Hindi)

“Azeem‐o‐Shaan Shaheshah….”
30 BEST FEATURE FILM IN EACH OF THE LANGUAGE SPECIFIED IN THE SCHEDULE VIII OF THE CONSTITUTION:

I BEST ASSAMESE FILM :Mon Jai Director :M. Maniram
II BEST BENGALI FILM :Shob Charitro Director :Rituparno Ghosh
III BEST HINDI FILM :Rock On Director :Abhishek Kapoor
IV BEST KANNADA: Vimukthi Director :P. Sheshadri
V BEST MALAYALAM FILM:Thirakkada Director :Ranjith
VI BEST MARATHI FILM Harishcnadrachi Factory Director : Paresh Mokashi
VIII BEST TAMIL FILM Varanam Ayiram
Director :GauthamVasudeva Menon
BEST TELUGU FILM :1940 Lookagramam
Director :Narasimha Nandi
31 BEST FEATURE FILM IN EACH OF THELANGUAGES OTHER THAN THOSE
SPECIFIED IN SCHEDULE VIII OF THE CONSTITUTION:
BEST ENGLISH FILM: Land Gold Women Director :Avantika Hari
BEST KOKBOROK FILM :Yarwng Director :Joseph Pulinthanath
BEST TULU FILM Gaggara Director:Shivadhwaj Shetty