Photos of 57th National Awards | 57th National Awards

Exclusive Photos of 57th National Awards. Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Abhishek Bachchan, Ambika Soni, Ananya Chatterjee and Arun Dhati Nag in 57th National Awards.

Vidhu Vinod Chopra  receive the award for ‘3 Idiots’

Abhishek Bachchan for ‘Paa’

Ambika Soni, President Pratibha Patil and Amitabh Bachchan

Ananya Chatterjee for ‘Abohoman’

Arundhati Nag for ‘Paa’

57th National Awards

On Friday evening, all roads led to Vigyan Bhawan as the 57th National Award recipients received their roll of honour from President Pratibha Patil. And with ‘Paa’ winning big, how could maa, beta, beti and bahu be missing in action? 

BEST ACTOR: Amitabh Bachchan for ‘Paa’
BEST ACTRESS: Ananya Chatterjee for ‘Abohoman’ (Bengali)
BEST DIRECTOR: Rituparno Ghosh for ‘Abohoman’
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Arundhati Nag for ‘Paa’
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Farooque Shaikh for ‘Lahore’
BEST FILM PROVIDING WHOLESOME ENTERTAINMENT: ‘3 Idiots’
BEST FEATURE FILM (HINDI): ‘Paa’
BEST FEATURE FILM (OVERALL): ‘Kutty Srank’ (Malayalam)
BEST MALE PLAYBACK SINGER: Rupam for ‘Mahanagar
BEST FEMALE PLAYBACK SINGER: Nilanjana Sarkar for ‘Houseful’ (Bengali)
BEST LYRICS: Swanand Kirkire - ‘Behti Hawa Sa Tha Woh’ (‘3 Idiots’)
BEST MUSIC: Amit Trivedi for ‘Dev D’
BEST BACKGROUND SCORE AWARD: Illayaraja for ‘Kerala Verma Pazhassi Raja’ (Malayalam)
BEST SOUND DESIGNER: Resul Pookutty for ‘Kerala Verma Pazhassi Raja’ (Malayalam)
BEST FILM WITH SOCIAL MESSAGE: ‘Delhi 6’
BEST FILM ON SOCIAL ISSUES: ‘Well Done Abba’
BEST MAKE-UP ARTIST: Christien Tinsley and Dominie Till for ‘Paa’