Sujoy Ghosh won the best screenplay writer (original) for “Kahaani”, which also won Namrata Rao best editor National Award and Nawazuddin Siddiqui who opted for black suit. got a special mention for the same film.
“Vicky Donor”, a film on a youngster who plays a sperm donor, won three gongs - best film providing wholesome entertainment, best supporting actor for Annu Kapoor and best supporting actress for Dolly Ahluwalia who shared it with Kalpana, who won it for Malayalam movie "Thanichalla Njan".
The best adapted screenplay went to Bhavesh Mandalia and Shri Umesh Shukla for “OMG: Oh My God!”, an adaptation of a Gujarati play.
The award for the best female playback singer was given to Samhita for the song “Palakein naa moon don” from Marathi film “Aarti Anklekartikekar”.
In the feature film category, a total of 38 films from 14 languages have been selected for the awards.
The best debut film of a director was jointly picked by "101 Chodiyangal" with Hindi film "Chittagong".
The best child artist award too has been shared by Minon for “101 Chodiyangal” and Virendra Pratap for “Dekh Indian Circus”.
Anjali Menon won the best dialogue award for Malayalam film “Ustad Hotel”, which also won a posthumous special mention for ace actor Thilakan, who passed away in September last year.
A special jury award has been conferred on Rituparno Ghosh for Bengali film “Chitrangadha”. Birju Maharaj won the award for the best choreography for Tamil film “Vishwaroopam”, while Tamil blockbuster “Eega” won the award for its awe-inspiring visual effects.
Communication and IT Minister Kapil Sibal too was present at the occasion along with Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari, which saw key members of the country's film fraternity.
