The best of the best from India’s movie industry, national and regional, gathered in New Delhi for the 59th National Film Awards. While it was regional cinema that dominated this years award function there was one familiar person that took to the stand to receive an award. None other than Bollywood’s 2011 super queen Vidya Balan.
Dressed in a rose pink sari, something which has become a signature look at award ceremonies, along with with a simple hair style, Vidya took to the stage to accept the best actress trophy for her role in The Dirty Picture. While it seems Vidya has been collecting all the awards for The Dirty Picture, others in the production team were awarded for their work. Customer designer Niharika Khan and make-up artist Vikram Gaekwad also picked up awards for their part in transforming Vidya into item queen Silk.
The best feature film award...
Dressed in a rose pink sari, something which has become a signature look at award ceremonies, along with with a simple hair style, Vidya took to the stage to accept the best actress trophy for her role in The Dirty Picture. While it seems Vidya has been collecting all the awards for The Dirty Picture, others in the production team were awarded for their work. Customer designer Niharika Khan and make-up artist Vikram Gaekwad also picked up awards for their part in transforming Vidya into item queen Silk.
The best feature film award...
- 5/5/2012
- by Janine Gall
- Bollyspice
Deool, Byari, Aaranyakandam, and the other winners of the 2011 National Film Awards have been announced. The 59th Annual National Film Awards, administered by the India’s Directorate of Film Festivals, is “the most prominent film award ceremony in India. Established in 1954, it is administrated by the Indian government’s Directorate of Film Festivals since 1973. Every year, a national panel appointed by the government selects the winning entry, and the award ceremony is held in New Delhi, where the President of India gives away the awards.
This is followed by the inauguration of the National Film Festival, where the award-winning films are screened for the public. Declared for films produced in the previous year across the country, they hold the distinction of awarding merit to the best of Indian cinema overall, as well as presenting awards for the best films in each region and language of the country. Due to the...
This is followed by the inauguration of the National Film Festival, where the award-winning films are screened for the public. Declared for films produced in the previous year across the country, they hold the distinction of awarding merit to the best of Indian cinema overall, as well as presenting awards for the best films in each region and language of the country. Due to the...
- 3/8/2012
- by R.W.
- Film-Book
Today the winners of the 59th National Film Awards, the most respected and prestigious film prize in the Indian film industry which everyone looks forward to, were announced. The National Awards honor work from all the film industries in India and this year’s winners are from the Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam, Manipuri, Tamil, Punjabi Film industries.
Bollyspice takes a look at the Hindi cinema winners.
I Am wins Best Hindi Film
The Hindi Film I Am won the award for Best Film and Best Lyrics for the song ‘Agar Zindagi’, which is written by Amitabh Bhattacharya.
Onir thanked everyone on Twitter for their support. He was really overwhelmed by the fact that I Am bagged two National awards. “Thank you all so much. Still overwhelmed that I Am won the Best Hindi Feature film and Best lyrics National award. It’s been a long and difficult journey. Thanks...
Bollyspice takes a look at the Hindi cinema winners.
I Am wins Best Hindi Film
The Hindi Film I Am won the award for Best Film and Best Lyrics for the song ‘Agar Zindagi’, which is written by Amitabh Bhattacharya.
Onir thanked everyone on Twitter for their support. He was really overwhelmed by the fact that I Am bagged two National awards. “Thank you all so much. Still overwhelmed that I Am won the Best Hindi Feature film and Best lyrics National award. It’s been a long and difficult journey. Thanks...
- 3/8/2012
- by Charla Manohar
- Bollyspice
Regional actors and filmmakers swept the top honours, including best feature film, best direction and best actor titles, at the 59th National Film Awards announced here Wednesday. But Bollywood didn.t fail to mark its presence, as Vidya Balan was named the best actress for her bold role in .The Dirty Picture..The best feature film award was shared by Marathi film .Deool. and Kannada movie .Byari., while the winner of the best direction award was Gurvinder Singh for his Punjabi film .Anhe Ghorey Da Daan. . the film also won the best cinematography title.Marathi actor Girish Kulkarni was adjudged the best actor for his role as a good-hearted simpleton in .Deool..The best supporting actor and actress awards were given to Appu Kutty for Tamil film .Azhagarsamiyin Kuthirai. and Leishangthem Tonthoingambi Devi for Manipuri film .Phijigee Mani., respectively.Awards in the music category also went to regional films.The...
- 3/7/2012
- Filmicafe
Your love for karaoke can now make you famous. You can sing via mobile, upload on your profile and get heard by a larger audience with Airtel 'isinger', an online karaoke competition.The participants have to submit a song via mobile phones on Airtel isinger on ibibo.com contest. Once the song is submitted, community members will vote for their favourite singer.The contest is in six languages and it will be judged by veteran composers from each language. The judges panels have composers Neel Dutt (Bengali), Raghu Dixit (Kannada), Hanif Shaikh (Hindi), Sanjeev Rana (Bhojpuri), Maulik Mehta (Gujrati) and Jassie Gift (Malayalam).'Our attempt is to give an opportunity to each one of those who believe they have the ability to sing but are clueless how to go about it. The participant just needs to record a song on their mobile phone and post it on the website,' Ashish Kashyap,...
- 3/21/2010
- Filmicafe
New Delhi, March 21 – Your love for karaoke can now make you famous. You can sing via mobile, upload on your profile and get heard by a larger audience with Airtel ‘isinger’, an online karaoke competition.
The participants have to submit a song via mobile phones on Airtel isinger on ibibo.com contest. Once the song is submitted, community members will vote for their favourite singer.
The contest is in six languages and it will be judged by veteran composers from each language. The judges panels have composers Neel Dutt (Bengali), Raghu Dixit (Kannada), Hanif Shaikh (Hindi), Sanjeev Rana (Bhojpuri), Maulik Mehta (Gujrati) and Jassie Gift.
The participants have to submit a song via mobile phones on Airtel isinger on ibibo.com contest. Once the song is submitted, community members will vote for their favourite singer.
The contest is in six languages and it will be judged by veteran composers from each language. The judges panels have composers Neel Dutt (Bengali), Raghu Dixit (Kannada), Hanif Shaikh (Hindi), Sanjeev Rana (Bhojpuri), Maulik Mehta (Gujrati) and Jassie Gift.
- 3/21/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
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