Monday, 18 March 2013

National Film Awards: Paan Singh Tomar bags best film, Irrfan Khan best actor - Daily News & Analysis

Debarjun Saha | 04:56 |

Irrfan Khan

Tigmanshu Dhulia's Paan Singh Tomar, a real-life story of athlete-turned-dacoit, was announced the best picture at the 60th National Film awards on Monday while its lead Irrfan shared the best actor trophy with Vikram Gokhale for Marathi film Anumati.

Usha Jadhav was named the best actress for her portrayal of a rustic housewife in Marathi film Dhag, whose filmmaker Shivaji Lotan Patil was declared the best director.

Bollywood films shared the spotlight with Malayalam and Marathi cinema in the key categories at the awards this year.

Bedabrata Pain's debut Hindi film Chittagong, about Chittagong uprising, shared Indira Gandhi award for best debut film with Siddhartha Siva's Malayalam film 101 Chodiyangal.

Hindi Vicky Donor, John Abraham produced film on sperm donation, was named the best popular film providing wholesome entertainment. Its actors Annu Kapoor and Dolly Ahluwalia won in the supporting categories. Ahluwalia shared supporting actress credit with Kalpana for Malayalam film Thanichalla Njan.

Director Sujoy Ghosh was declared the best original screenplay writer for his Vidya Balan starrer Kahaani while another Hindi film Oh My God won the best adapted screenplay for Bhavesh Mandalia and Umesh Shukhla.

Kahaani was also named the best edited film (Namrata Rao) of the year.

Bolo Na from Chittagong won the best lyrics for Prasoon Joshi and best male playback singer for Shankar Mahadevan. Aarti Anklekar Tikekar was named the best female playback singer for Palakein Naa Moondoon from Marathi film Samhita.



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