58th National Film Awards

Awards were divided into feature films, non-feature films and books written on Indian cinema. Lifetime Achievement Award The award is given to a prominent personality from the Indian film industry for their contribution. Juries A committee consisting five eminent personalities from Indian film industry was appointed to evaluate the lifetime achievement award, Dadasaheb Phalke Award. Following were the jury members: • Jury Members Feature films Films made in any Indian language shot on 16 mm, 35 mm or in a wider gauge or digital format but released on a film format or video/digital but certified by the Central Board of Film Certification as a feature film or featurette are eligible for Feature Film section. Feature films were awarded at All India as well as regional level. For 58th National Film Awards, a Malayalam film, Adaminte Makan Abu won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film; whereas a Tamil film, Aadukalam won the maximum number of awards (6). Following were the awards given in each category: Juries A committee headed by J. P. Dutta was appointed to evaluate the feature films awards. The selection process returned to a Two Tier System of Selection. The Chairperson for the Northern Region was Nirad N. Mohapatra, for the Western Region, Chandraprakash Dwivedi, for South–I Region, Arunoday Sharma, for the Eastern Region, J. F. C. Durai and for South- II Region, Ansu Ranjan Sur. Following were the jury members: • Jury Members • J. P. Dutta (Chairperson)Ansu Ranjan SurArunoday SharmaBharat BalaChandraprakash Dwivedi • G. S. BhaskarJ. F. C. DuraiK. N. T. SastryKeval AroraNirad N. MohapatraPrahlad Kakkar • Jury Regional : East • J. F. C. DuraiNirmal DharT. Krishnan UnniPranab DasSuman Haripriya • Jury Regional : West • Chandraprakash DwivediSukumar JataniaAijaz KhanRajiv VijayakarPurushottam Berde • Jury Regional : North • Nirad N. MohapatraChitraarthM. M. AlexJeetendra SumanManjul Sinha • Jury Regional : South-I • Arunoday SharmaK. S. GomatamGnana RajasekaranK. G. GeorgeAkkineni Kutumba Rao • Jury Regional : South-II • Ansu Ranjan SurB. S. LingadevaruD. V. Narasa RajuN. Manu ChakravarthyMeenakshi Shedde All India Award Following were the awards given: Golden Lotus Award Official name: Swarna Kamal All the awardees are awarded with 'Golden Lotus Award (Swarna Kamal)', a certificate and cash prize. Silver Lotus Award Official name: Rajat Kamal All the awardees are awarded with 'Silver Lotus Award (Rajat Kamal)', a certificate and cash prize. Regional Awards The award is given to best film in the regional languages in India. Best Feature Film in Each of the Language Other Than Those Specified in the Schedule VIII of the Constitution Non-Feature Films Short Films made in any Indian language and certified by the Central Board of Film Certification as a documentary/newsreel/fiction are eligible for non-feature film section. Juries A committee headed by A. K. Bir was appointed to evaluate the non-feature films awards. Following were the jury members: • Jury Members • A. K. Bir (Chairperson)Amlan DattaGautam BenegalKavita JoshiOken AmakchamRajula ShahSourav Sarangi Golden Lotus Award Official name: Swarna Kamal All the awardees are awarded with 'Golden Lotus Award (Swarna Kamal)', a certificate and cash prize. Silver Lotus Award Official name: Rajat Kamal All the awardees are awarded with 'Silver Lotus Award (Rajat Kamal)' and cash prize. Best Writing on Cinema The awards aim at encouraging study and appreciation of cinema as an art form and dissemination of information and critical appreciation of this art-form through publication of books, articles, reviews etc. Juries A committee headed by Ashok Vajpeyi was appointed to evaluate the writing on Indian cinema. Following were the jury members: • Jury Members • Ashok Vajpeyi (Chairperson)H. N. Narahari RaoVidyarthi Chatterjee Golden Lotus Award Official name: Swarna Kamal All the awardees are awarded with 'Golden Lotus Award (Swarna Kamal)' and cash prize. Special Mention All the award winners are awarded with Certificate of Merit. Awards not given Following were the awards not given as no film was found to be suitable for the award: • Best Animated Film • Best Film on Family Welfare • Best Feature Film in Manipuri • Best Feature Film in Oriya • Best Feature Film in Punjabi • Best Feature Film in Telugu • Best Agricultural Film • Best Historical Reconstruction / Compilation Film • Best Non-Feature Animation Film • Best Non-Feature Film Music Direction == Award Ceremony ==

58th National Film Award ceremony was held on Friday, 9 September 2011 at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi; which is a premier Convention centre of Government of India. Awards were conferred by President of India, Pratibha Patil and ceremony was hosted by actors Mahi Gill and Rajat Kapoor. With 58th National Film Awards, award certificate and medal went through a makeover. Award certificate layout as well as design was changed to include gold embossed "Ashok Stambh" (Emblem of India) on the A3 size certificate. Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus) and Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus) were also redesigned which included the display box for the medals as well. Ceremony had performances by two of the winners; Suresh Wadkar and Rekha Bhardwaj, who won the award for Best Male Playback Singer and Best Female Playback Singer, respectively. Both sang their respective award-winning songs, "Hey Bhaskara Kshitijavari Ya" from a Marathi film, Mee Sindhutai Sapkal and "Badi Dheere Jali" from a Hindi film, Ishqiya. == References ==