58th National Film Awards announced

The 58th national film awards for the year 2010 were announced at a press conference in New Delhi today. While Telugu film ‘Advaitam’ won the Best Educational Film Award, it is ‘Dabangg’ got the Wholesome Entertainment. Tamil and Malayalam films won major awards.  Here is the list of winners: BEST FEATURE FILM: Adaminte Makan Abu INDIRA GANDHI AWARD FOR BEST DEBUT FILM OF A DIRECTOR: Baboo Band Baaja (Marathi) NARGIS DUTT AWARD FOR BEST FEATURE FILM ON NATIONAL INTEGRATION: Moner Manush (Bengali) BEST HINDI FILM: Do Dooni Chaar AWARD FOR BEST POPULAR FILM PROVIDING WHOLESOME ENTERTAINMENT: Dabangg BEST FILM ON SOCIAL ISSUES: Champions (Marathi) BEST FILM ON ENVIRONMENT CONSERVATION/PRESERVATION : Bettada Jeeva (Kannada) BEST CHILDREN’S FILM: Hejjegalu (Kannada) BEST DIRECTION: Aadukalam (Tamil) Director: Vetrimaran BEST ACTOR: Dhanush for Aadukalam (Tamil) Salim Kumar for Adaminte Makan Abu (Malayalam) Mitalee Jagtap Varadkar for Baboo Band Baaja (Marathi) Saranya Ponvannan for Thenmerkku Paruvakkatru (Tamil) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: J. Thambi Ramaiah for Mynaa (Tamil) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Sukumari for Namma Gramam (Tamil) BEST CHILD ARTIST: Harsh Mayar for I Am Kalam(Hindi) Shantanu Ranganekar &  Machindra Gadkar for Champions (Marathi) Vivek Chabukswar for Baboo Band Baaja (Marathi) BEST MUSIC DIRECTOR: Vishal Bhardwaj for Ishqiya BEST MALE PLAYBACK SINGER: Suresh Wadkar for Mee Sindhutai Sapkal (Marathi) BEST FEMALE PLAYBACK SINGER: Rekha Bhardwaj for Ishqiya (Hindi) BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Madhu Ambat for Adaminte Makan Abu (Malayalam) BEST SCREENPLAY (Original) : Vetrimaran for Aadukalam (Tamil) BEST SCREENPLAY (Adapted) : Anant Mahadevan & Sanjay Pawar for Mee Sindhutai Sapkal (Marathi) BEST DIALOGUES: Sanjay Pawar BEST EDITING  : T.E. Kishore for Aadukalam (Tamil) BEST NON-FEATURE FILM: Germ (Hindi) Best Marathi Film : Mana Ayi Vacha Best Assamese Film: Jetuka Patar Dare Best Kannada Film: Putukarna Highway Best English Film: Memories in March