59th National Film Awards 2012 Winners

Best Feature Film : Deool (Marathi) & Byari (Kannada)

Best Actor : Girish Kulkarni (Deool)

Best Actress : Vidya Balan (The Dirty Picture)

Best Film Critic : Manoj P Pujari

Special Jury Award : Anjan Dutta

Best Book Award : Anirudha Bhattacharjee & Balaji Vittal for the title (R.D. Burman The Man, The Music)

Best Music Direction : Neel Dutt (Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbona)

Best Background Score : Mayookh Bhaumik (Bengali film Laptop)

Best Lyrics : Amitabh Bhattacharya (I AM)

Best Playback Singer – FEMALE : Rupa Ganguly

Best Playback Singer – MALE : Anand Bhate (Bal Gandharva)

Best Costume : Neeta Lulla (Bal Gandharva – Marathi) & Niharika Khan (The Dirty Picture – Hindi)

Best Choreography : Bosco & Ceaser (Zindagi Naa Milegi Doobara)

Best Special Effects : RA.One

Best Editing : Praveen KL (Aaranya Kaandam)

Best Marathi Film : Shala

Best Hindi Film : I AM directed by Onir

Best Bengali Film : Ranjana Ami Aar Ashbo Na directed by Anjan Dutta

Best Dogri Film : Dille Ch Vasya Koi

Best Kannada Film : Kurmavatara

Best Manipuri Film : Phijigee Mani

Best Punjabi Film : Anhe Ghorey Da Daan

Best Tamil Film : Vaagai Sooda Va

Best Non Feature Film : And We Play On

Best Debut Film of a Director : The Silent Poet (Manipuri)

Best Film on Social Issues : Mindscapes…of Love and Longing shared with Inshallah, Football (Kashmiri, Urdu & English)

Best Film On Family Values : Red Building Where the Sun Sets (English)

Best Screenplay : Vikas Behl & Nitish Tiwari (Chillar Party)

Best Adapted Screenplay Writer : Avinash Deshpande

Best Dialogue : Girish Kulkarni

Best Child Artist : Partho Gupte (Stanley ka Dabba) & the Chillar Party Group

Best Children’s Film : Chillar Party

Indira Gandhi Award for Debut Film Director : Thiagarajan Kumararaja (Aaranya Kaandam)

Special Mention: Director Shari (Adi Madhyantam – Malayalam Film) and Mallika (Byari – Kannada Film)