NEW DELHI: Dabangg, Ishqiya and Do Dooni Char apart, Bollywood was largely off colour at the 58th National Film awards, where South Indian and Marathi films had a field day. The awards were announced on Thursday.
Salman Khan-starrer Dabangg bagged the award for the best popular film providing wholesome entertainment, Ishqiya got Rekha Bharadwaj the best female playback singer award; Debajit Changmai and Kaamod Kharade for audiography and Vishal Bharadwaj the best music director. Do Dooni Char was adjudged the best Hindi feature film.
Asked about the token presence of Bollywood, filmmaker J P Dutta, who was the chairman of the selection committee for feature films, said, "It is very rarely that a director makes successful transition from commercial to parallel cinema and vice-versa. These are very different kinds of films and they should be allowed to remain that because a filmmaker can usually make only one type of film."
Malayalam feature film Adaminte Makan Abu won the best entry at the annual awards. Dhanush for Aadukalam (Tamil) and Salim Kumar for Adaminte Makan Abu (Malayalam) won the best actor awards.
While, Mitalee Jagtap Varadkar for Baboo Band Baaja (Marathi) and Saranya Ponvannam for Thenmerkku Paruvakkatru (Tamil) got it in the best actress category.
Salman Khan-starrer Dabangg bagged the award for the best popular film providing wholesome entertainment, Ishqiya got Rekha Bharadwaj the best female playback singer award; Debajit Changmai and Kaamod Kharade for audiography and Vishal Bharadwaj the best music director. Do Dooni Char was adjudged the best Hindi feature film.
Asked about the token presence of Bollywood, filmmaker J P Dutta, who was the chairman of the selection committee for feature films, said, "It is very rarely that a director makes successful transition from commercial to parallel cinema and vice-versa. These are very different kinds of films and they should be allowed to remain that because a filmmaker can usually make only one type of film."
Malayalam feature film Adaminte Makan Abu won the best entry at the annual awards. Dhanush for Aadukalam (Tamil) and Salim Kumar for Adaminte Makan Abu (Malayalam) won the best actor awards.
While, Mitalee Jagtap Varadkar for Baboo Band Baaja (Marathi) and Saranya Ponvannam for Thenmerkku Paruvakkatru (Tamil) got it in the best actress category.
The best child actor award went to Harsh Mayar for I am Kalam (Hindi), Shantanu Ranganekar and Machindra Gadkar for Champions (Marathi) and Vivek Chabukswar for Baboo Band Baaja. Dutta stressed that he had requested the minister that for each of these categories the award should not be shared, but should be treated as an individual feat as the performances of all of them had been extremely compelling.
Gautam Ghosh's Moner Manush (Bengali) bagged the Nargis Dutt award for best feature film on national integration. Champions was adjudged the best film on social issues and Hejjegalu (Kannada), the best children's film. Vetrimaran won the best director's award for Aadukalam. Enthiran (Tamil version of Robot) won laurels for best production design and special effects.
In the non-feature film category, Germ, produced by Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute bagged the Swarna Kamal. Vijaya Mulay's From Rajahs and Yogis to Gandhi and Beyond: Images of India in International Films of the Twentieth Century was adjudged the best book on cinema. Cinema Bhojpuri by Avijit Ghosh and Thiraicheelai by Oviyar Jeeva received certificates.
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