61st National Film Award 2013

Honourable president of india Pranab Mukherjee today gave trophies to the winners of 61^st National Film Awards 2013. Here is the list of winners in different categories.

Category	Winner
Best film	Anand Gandhi's Ship of Theseus
Most popular film	Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Best Director	Hansal Mehta for film Shahid
Best Actor	Rajkumar Rao for film Shahid and Suraj Venjaramoodu for Malayalam film Perariyathavar
Best Actress	Geetanjali Thapa for film Liar's Dice
Best Supporting Actress	Aida El-Kashef for film Ship of Theseus and Amruta Subhas for Marathi film Astu
Best Supporting Actor	Saurabh Shukla for film Jolly LLB

 Other Awards

Best Male Playback Singer: Rupankar - Jaatishwar (Bengali) - for the song E Tumi Kemon Tumi

Best Female Playback Singer: Bela Shende - Tuhya Dharma Koncha (Marathi) - for the song Khura Khura

Best Cinematography: Rajeev Ravi - Liar's Dice 

Best Screenplay: 

i)  Screenplay Writer      (Original) : P. Sheshadri - December I (Kannada)

ii)  Screenplay Writer (Adapted) : Panchakshari - Prakruti (Kannada)

iii)  Dialogues :Sumitra Bhave - Astu (Marathi)

Best Audiography:

i)    Location Sound Recordist: Nihar Ranjan Samal - Madras Café (Hindi)

ii)   Sound Design: Bishwadeep Chatterjee -  Madras Café (Hindi) 

iii)  Re-recordist of the final mixed track: D Yuvaraj - Swapaanam (Malayalam)

Best Editing: V J Sabu Joseph -  Vallinam (Tamil)

Best Production Design: Ashim Ahluwalia, Tabsheer Zutshi, Parichit Paralkar - Miss Lovely (Hindi)

Best Costume Designer: Sabarni Das - Jaatishwar (Bengali)

Best Make-Up Artist: Vikram Gaikwad - Jaatishwar (Bengali) (for the make-up of actor Prasenjit)

Best Music Direction:

i)       Songs: Kabir Suman - Jaatishwar (Bengali)

ii)      Background Score: Shantanu Moitra - Na Bangaaru Talli (Telugu)

Best Lyrics: Na. Muthukumar for the lyric Ananda Yaazhai - Thanga Meengal (Tamil)

Special Jury Award: Yellow (Marathi) & Miss Lovely (Hindi)

Best Special Effects: Intermezzo Studio and Alien Sense Films Pvt Ltd - Jal (Hindi)

Best Choreography: Ganesh Acharya for Maston ka Jhund - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag (Hindi)

Best Feature Film In Each Of The Language Specified In The Schedule Viii Of The Constitution 

Assamese: Ajeyo

Bengali: Bakita Byaktigato

Hindi Film: Jolly Llb

Kannada: December 1

Konkani: Baga Beach

Malayalam: North 24 Kaadham

Marathi: Aajcha Diwas Majha

Tamil: Thanga Meengal

Telugu: Na Bangaaru Talli

Best Feature Film In Each Of The Language Specified Other Than Schedule Viii Of The Constitution

English: The Coffin Maker

Khasi: Ri

Sherdukpen: The Crossing Bridges

Special Mention

Yellow (Marathi): Gauri Gadgil, Sanjana Rai

Na Bangaaru Talli (Telugu): Anjali Patil

Non-Feature Films

Best Non Feature Film: Rangbhoomi (Hindi), Producer : Films Division,  

Director : Kamal Swaroop

Best Debut Film Of A Director: Kanyaka (Malayalam), Producer : Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute, Director : Christo Tomy

Best Biographical/ Historical Reconstruction: The Last Adieu

(English), Producer : Films Division, Director : Shabnam Sukhdev

Best Arts /Cultural Film: The Lost Behrupiya (Hindi) and O Friend, This Waiting ! (English, Telugu)

Best Science & Technology Film: The Pad Piper (English)

Best Promotional Film: Chasing The Rainbow (English) And Kush

(Hindi)

Best Environment Film  Including Agriculture: Foresting Life

(Hindi, Assamese)

Best Film On Social Issues: Gulabi Gang (Hindi, Bundelkhandi) 

Best Educational Film: The Quantum Indians (English)

Best Investigative Film: Katiyabaaz (Hindi,Urdu,English)

Special Jury Award:  Ananthamurthy – Not A Biography…But A Hypothesis (English) And Tamaash (Kashmiri)

Best Short Fiction Film: Mandrake ! Mandrake ! (Hindi)

Best Film On Family Values: Heyro Party (Bengali)

Best Direction: Chidiya Udh (No Dialogue) Director: Pranjal Dua

Best Cinematography: Kavin Jagtiani, Reliance Media Works,  Mandrake ! Mandrake ! (Hindi)

Best Audiography: Chidiya Udh (No Dialogue)

Best Editing: Arjun Gourisaria - Gulabi Gang (Hindi, Bundelkhandi)

Best Music Direction: Anurag Saikia - Yugadrashta (Assamese)

Best Narration/ Voice Over: Lipika Singh Darai - Kankee O Saapo

(Odia)

Special Mention: Accsex (English, Hindi), Candles In The Wind

(Punjabi, Hindi), Dharmam (Tamil) And T The Cross Roads :  Nondon Bagchi Life And Living (English, Bengali)

Best Writing On Cinema

Best Book on Cinema: Cinema Ga Cinema (Telugu), Nandagopal

Best Film Critic: Alaka Sahani (English).