Magadheera bagged National award
 New Delhi, Sept 15 (INN): Magadheera was on Wednesday named the best film in Telugu language at the 57th National Awards. The film also saw Kamal Kannan bagging the award for best special effects while Shiva Shankar Master bagged the National Award for Best Choreographer. The Directorate of Film Festivals announced winners of the National Film Awards for the Year 2009.
The awards were announced in three categories Best Feature Film Category under the Chairpersonship of Ramesh Sippy, Non Feature Film Category under the Chairpersonship of Mike Pandey and Best Writing on Cinema under the Chairpersonship of Samik Bandhopadhyay.
Under the Feature Film Category, 136 eligible entries were distributed between five Regional Juries. The selection process returned to a two-tier system of selection. The Chairperson for the Northern Region was Sushma Seth, for the Western Region, MS Sathyu, for South I Region TS Nagabharna, for the Eastern Region, B Lenin and for South- II Region Pinaki Choudhry.
Malayalam film Kutty Srank has got the national award for best film while Amitabh Bachchan bagged the award for best acting for 'Paa'.
'Paa' also saw actress Arundhati Nag bagging the best supporting actress award.
3 Idiots was declared the most popular film providing wholesome entertainment.
Shyam Benegal's 'Well Done Abba' bagged the best film on social issues while Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's 'Dilli-6' won the award for best film on national integration.
Best Film: Malayalam film Kutty Srank
Best Actor: Amitabh Bachchan for 'Paa
Best Actress: Ananya Chatterjee for Abohoman
Best Director: Rituparno Ghosh
Best popular film providing wholesome entertainment: 3 Idiots
Best Supporting Actress: Arundhati Nag for Paa
Best Supporting Actor: Farooque Shaikh for Lahore
Best Music: Amit Trivedi for Dev D
Best Lyrics: Swanand Kirkire Behi hawa sa tha who (3 Idiots)
Best Feature Film (Marathi): Natarang
Best Feature Film (Hindi): Paa
Best Feature Film (Bengali): Abohoman
Best Special Effects: Kamal Kannan for Magadheera
Best Choreographer: Shiva Shankar Master for Magadheera
Best Playback Singer (male): Rupam Islam for Mahanagar
Best Playback Singer (female): Nilanjana Sarkar for Houseful
Special Jury Award: Editor Sreekar Prasad
Nargis Dutt Award for Best film with Social Message: Delhi 6
Cinejosh congratulate all the National Award winners who took Indian Cinema to a new level.
News Posted: 15 September, 2010
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