59TH NATIONAL FILM AWARDS/NATIONAL FILM AWARDS 2011- COMPLETE LIST OF WINNERS National Film Award Winners List.

59^th National Film Awards/ National Film Awards 2011 declared on March 7, 2012 by the Information and Broadcast Minister Ambika Soni. The Best Film Award has been shared by the Kannada film ‘Byaari’ and Marathi film ‘Deool’. Girish Kulkarni bagged the Best Actor award for the movie ‘Deool’ while Vidya Balan has been adjudged the Best Actress for her performance in the film ‘the Dirty Picture’.

Here is the complete list of winners of National Film Awards 2011

Best feature film: Shared by Deool (Marathi) and Byari (Kannada)

Best Actor: Girish Kulkarni for 'Deool' 

Best Actress: Vidya Balan for 'The Dirty Picture' 

Best Director: Gurvinder Singh for 'Anhey Ghore Da Daan' 

Best screenplay: Vikas Behl & Nitish Tiwari for 'Chillar Party'

Best Adapted screenplay writer: Avinash Deshpande

Best Dialogue: Girish Kulkarni (Deool)

Best Supporting role (Male): Appu Kutty (Azhagar Samiyin Kuthirai) (Tamil)

Best Music:Neel Dutta (Ranjana)

Best Lyrics: Amitabha Bhattacharya for 'Aagr Zindagi' from 'I AM'

Best Female playback singer: Rupa Ganguly

Best Male playback singer: Anand Bhate for 'Bal Gandharva'

Best Choreography: Bosco Caesar (Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara) (Senorita Song)

Best Make Up:Vijram Gaekwad (The Dirty Picture and Bal Gandharva)


Best Cinematography:Satya Rai Nagpaul

Best Special Effects: RA.One

Special Jury Award: Anjan Dutta

Best Editing: Praveen KL for Aaranya Kaandam

Best costume: Neeta Lulla for 'Bal Gandharva' (Marathi) and Niharika Khan for 'The Dirty Picture' (Hindi)

Best Child Artist: Partho Gupte for 'Stanley ka Dabba' and the Chillar Party Group

Best Children's Film: Chillar Party

Indira Gandhi award for debut film director: Thiagarajan Kumararaja for 'Aaranya Kaandam'

Special Mention: Director Shari for ‘Adi Madhyantam’ (Malayalam Film) and Mallika for ‘Byari’ (Kannada Film)

Best Book Award: Anirudha Bhattacharjee and Balaji Vittal for the title 'R.D. Burman The Man, The Music'

Best film critic: Manoj P Pujari

Best Child artist:Partho Gupte (Stanley Ka Dabba), Child artist in Chillar Party

Best Bengali Film: 'Ranjana Ami Aar Ashbo Na' directed by Anjan Dutta

Best Hindi Film: 'I AM' directed by Onir
Best Tamil Film: Vaagai Sooda Vaa
Best Malayalam Film: Indian Rupee
Best Punjabi Film: Anhey Ghore Da Daan
Best Marathi Film: 'Shaala'

Best Dogri Film:Dilesh Basiya Koi
Best Kannada Film:Koorma Avatar