57th National Film Awards

The 57th National Film Awards is presented to the best of Indian Cinema released during the year 2009. The ‘Award for Best Background Music’ was added from this year, and Ilaiyaraaja won the award.

Golden Lotus Award


Best Feature Film: Kutty Srank (Malayalam)
                                Producer : Reliance Big Pictures
                                Director : Shaji N. Karun                         
Best Debut Film Of A Director: Lahore (Hindi)
                                             Producer : Vivek Khatkar
                                    Director : Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan 
Best Popular Film            3 Idiots (Hindi)                
Providing Wholesome      Producer : Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Entertainment             Director : RajkumarHirani                    
Best Direction:  Rituparno Ghosh,  Film:Abohoman (Bengali) 
Best Children's Film:1.Putaani Party (Kannada)
                                    Producer: Children’s Film Society        
                                    Director : Ramchandra PN
                                    2.Keshu  (Malayalam)         
                                  Producer: Children’s Film Society, India
                                    Director : Sivan                                    

Silver Lotus Award

Best Feature Film: Delhi 6   (Hindi)
on National     Producer : Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra 
Integration        Director : Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra           
Best Film on Other      Well Done Abba  (Hindi)
Social Issues                 Producer : Reliance Big Pictures
                                       Director : Shyam Benegal                  
Best Popular Film:         3 Idiots (Hindi)
Providing Wholesome    Producer : Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Entertainment                 Director : Rajkumar Hirani               
Best Actor:Amitabh Bachchan,  Film: Paa (Hindi)                   
Best Actress: Anannya Chatterjee,Film: Abahoman (Bengali) 
Best Supporting Actor: Farooq Sheikh  Film:Lahore (Hindi)  
Best Supporting Actress:  Arundhati Nag  Film: Paa (Hindi)  
Best Child Artist: Pasanga (Tamil)    1. Kishore  2. Sri Ram  
Best Playback Singer:
Male:   Rupam Islam   Film: Mahanager @ Kolkata(Bengali)
Female: Nilanjana Sarkar  Film: Houseful (Bengali)                 
Best Cinematography: Cameraman : Anjuli Shukla
                               Laboratory Processing : Adlabs Films Ltd  
                               Film:Kutty Srank (Malayalam)                  
Best Screenplay:
1.P.F. Mathews& Harikrishna, Film:Kutty Srank (Malayalam) 
2.Gopal Krishan Pai & Girish Kasaravalli
                            Film: Kanasemba Kudureyaneri (Kannada)
3. Dialogues : Pandiraj  Film:Pasanga (Tamil)                            
Best Audiography: 1.Location Sound Recordist :Subash Sahoo
                                     Film:Kaminey(Hindi)
                                2. Sound Designer: Resul Pookutty
                             Film:Kerala Varma  Pazhassi Raja(Malayalam)
                    3. Re-recordist of the Final Mixed Track : Anup Dev
                                    Film: 3 Idiots (Hindi)                              
Best Editing: Arghyakamal Mitra        Film: Abahoman(Bengali)
Best Art Direction:Samir Chanda    Film:Delhi 6(Hindi)            
Best Costume Design:Jayakumar  Film:Kutty Srank(Malayalam)
Best Make-up Artist: 1. Christien Tinsley Film: Paa(Hindi)

                                     2. Dominie Till                                         
Best Music Direction: Amit Trivedi     Film: Dev.D(Hindi)         
Best Background Music:Ilaiyaraaja 
                               Film:Keralavarma Pazhassiraja (Malayalam)  
Best Lyrics: Swanand Kirkire
                   Film: 3 Idiots("Behti Hawa Sa Tha Woh...")  (Hindi)  
Special Jury Award:1.Sreekar Prasad(Editor)
                           2.Padmapriya(Actress) (Certificate Only)
                                  Films: 1.Kaminey  (Hindi) 
                                            2.Kutty Srank (Malayalam)
                                3.Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja (Malayalam)              

Best Special Effects:R.Kamal Kannan Film:Magadheera(Telugu)
Best Choreography:K Shivashankar Film:Magadheera(Telugu)   

See also:
National Film Awards
56th National Film Awards
55th National Film Awards

For more information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/57th_National_Film_Awards
www.indiaglitz.com/channels/hindi/article/60100.html
http://entertainment.oneindia.in/bollywood/news/2010/57th-nationalfilm-awards-2009-150910.html