60th National Film Awards Winners: Irrfan Khan wins Best Actor

Irrfan Khan won the Best Actor National Award for his amazing performance in Paan Singh Tomar. The 60th National Film Awards were announced today where Irrfan shared his best actor award with Vikram Gokhale for Anumati (Marathi).

From the Hindi film industry, Shoojit Sircar’s Vicky Donor bagged 3 National Awards – Best Supporting Actor (Annu Kapoor), Best Supporting Actress (Dolly Ahluwalia) and Best Film providing Wholesome Entertainment. Also Sujoy Ghosh’s Kahaani won 2 awards including Best Screenplay and Best Editing. Also, Parineeti Chopra’s act in Ishaqzaade won her a Special Mention. We congratulate all the winners!

Here’s the complete list of winners of the 60th National Film Awards.

Best Feature Film – Paan Singh Tomar
Best Actor – Irrfan Khan for Paan Singh Tomar and Vikram Gokhale for Anumati
Best Actress – Usha Jadhav for Dhag
Best Actor in a Supporting role – Annu Kapoor for Vicky Donor
Best Actress in a Supporting role – Dolly Ahluwalia for Vicky Donor and Kalpana for Thanichallanjan
Best Director – Shri Shivaji Lotan Patil for Dhag
Best Film Original Screenplay – Kahaani
Best Film providing Wholesome Entertainment – Vicky Donor and Ustad Hotel
Best Non-feature film – Shepherds of Paradise
Best Writing on Cinema – Silent Cinema in India – A Pictorial Journey written by B.D.Garga
Best Film Critic – Shri P.S. Radhakrishnan
Indira Gandhi award for the Best Debut Film of a Director – Bedabrata Pain for Chittagong and Sidhartha Shiva for 101 Chodyangal
Best Child Artist – Virendra Pratap for Dekh Indian Circus and Minon for 101 Chodiyangal
Best Male Playback singer – Shankar Mahadevan for Bolo Na from Chittagong
Best Female Playback singer – Samhita for Palakein Naa Moon Don from Aarti Anklekar Tikekar
Best Screenplay writer (Original) – Sujoy Ghosh for Kahaani
Best Screenplay writer (Adapted) – Bhavesh Mandalia and Shri Umesh Shukla for Oh My God
Best Dialogue – Anjali Menon for Ustad Hotel
Best Lyrics – Prasoon Joshi for Bolo Na from Chittagong
Special Jury award – Rituparno Ghosh and Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Best Choreography – Pt. Birju Maharaj for Vishwaroopam
Best Director in Non-Feature Film- Vikrant Pawar for Kaatal

Best Debut Film Director in Non-Feature Film – Lipika Singh Darai for Eka Gachha Eka Manisa Eka Samudra

Special Jury Award in Non-Feature Film – Shumona Goel and Shai Heredia for I Am Micro & Vasudah Joshi for Cancer Katha
Best Non Feature film in the Environmental category – Timbaktu
Best Promotional film in Non Feature film category – Dreaming Taj Mahal
Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration – Thanichallanjan
Best Film on Social Issues – Spirit
Best Children’s film – Dekh Indian Circus
Best Animation film – Delhi Safari
Best Audiography
i) Location Sound Recordist – Radhakrishnan S. for Annayum Rasoolum
ii) Sound Designer – Anirban Sengupta & Dipankar Chaki for Shabdo
iii) Re-recordist of the final mixed track – Alok De, Sinoy Joseph &Shreejesh Nair for Gangs of Wasseypur
Best Editing – Namrata Rao for Kahaani
Best Production Design – Boontawee ‘Thor’ Taweepasas & Lalgudi N. Ilayaraja for Vishwaroopam
Best Costume Design – Poornima Ramaswamy for Paradesi
Best Makeup Artist – Raja for Vazakkuenn 18/9
Best Music Direction – Shailender Barve for Samhita (Songs) and Bijibal for Kaliyachan (Background Score)
Best Special Effects – Eega
Best Assamese film – Baandhon
Best Bengali film – Shabdo
Best Gujarati film – The Good Road
Best Hindi film – Filmistan
Best Kannada film – Bharath Stores
Best Malayalam film – Celluloid
Best Manipuri film – Leipaklei
Best Marathi film – Investment
Best Punjabi film – Nabar
Best Tamil film – Vazakkuenn 18/9
Best Telegu film – Eega
Best Urdu film – Harud
Best English film – Lessons in Forgetting
Best Mising film – KO : YAD
Special Mention – Lal for Ozhimuri, H.G. Dattatreya for Bharat Stores, Bishnu Kharghoria for Baandhon, Parineeti Chopra for Ishaqzaade, Tannishtha Chatterjee for Dekh Indian Circus, Hansraj Jagtap for Dhag and Thilakan for Ustad Hotel

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