59th National Film Awards for the Year 2011

BEST WRITING ON CINEMA

S. No.	Name of Award	Name of Book	Awardee	Medal
1.	BEST BOOK ON CINEMA	R.D. Burman The Man, The Music (English)	Publisher :  Harper Collins India Author:  Anirudha Bhattacharjee and Balaji Vittal	Swarna Kamal Rs.  75,000

Best Film Critic

1.

BEST FILM CRITIC

Manoj Barpujari (Assamese and English)

Swarna Kamal Rs. 75,00

Non-Feature Films

S. NO	Name of Award	Name of FILM	AWARDEE	Medal & Cash Prize
1.	BEST NON FEATURE FILM	And We Play On (Hindi & English)	Producer : Pramod PuRs.wane Director : Pramod  PuRs.wane	SWARNA KAMAL Rs. 1,50,000/- EACH
2.	BEST DEBUT FILM OF A DIRECTOR	The Silent Poet (Manipuri)	Producer :  Borun Thokchom Director : Borun Thokchom	RAJAT  KAMAL Rs. 75,000/- EACH
3.	BEST ANTHROPOLOGICAL/ ETHNOGRAPHIC FILM	Bom (Hindi & English)	Producer : Anirban Datta Director : Amlan Datta	RAJAT  KAMAL Rs. 50,000/- EACH
4.	BEST BIOGRAPHICAL/ HISTORICAL RECONSTRUCTION	Vishnupant Damle: Bolpatancha Mook Nayak (Marathi)	Producer :  Anil Anant Damle Director : VirendraValsangkar	RAJAT  KAMAL Rs. 50,000/- EACH

5.	BEST ARTS /CULTURAL FILM (Jointly Being given to two Films)	Fried Fish, Chicken Soup and a Premiere Show (Manipuri & English) &  Lasya Kavvya – the World of Alarmel Valli (English)	Producer : Madhusree Dutta Director : Mamta Murthy Producer : Sankalp Meshram  Director : Sankalp Meshram	RAJAT  KAMAL Rs. 25,000/- EACH
6.	BEST PROMOTIONAL FILM	The Dream Fulfilled - Memories of the Engineering Challenges (English)	Producer : Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Director : Satish Pande	RAJAT  KAMAL Rs. 50,000/- EACH
7.	BEST ENVIRONMENT FILM	Tiger Dynasty (English)	Producer:  S. Nallamuthu Director : S. Nallamuthu	RAJAT  KAMAL Rs. 50,000/- EACH
8.	BEST FILM ON SOCIAL ISSUES (Jointly Being given to two Films)	Mindscapes… of Love and Longing (Hindi & English)  Inshallah, Football (Kashmiri, Urdu & English)	Producer : Public Service Broadcasting Trust Director: ArunChadha Producer : Ashvin Kumar Director: Ashvin Kumar	RAJAT  KAMAL Rs. 25,000/- EACH
9.	BEST EDUCATIONAL FILM	A Drop of Sunshine (English)	Producer : Public Service Broadcasting Trust Director : Aparna Sanyal	RAJAT  KAMAL Rs. 50,000/- EACH
10.	BEST EXPLORATION/ ADVENTURE FILM (Including sports)	The Finish Line (English)	Producer :  Syed Sultan Ahmed  &  Tabassum Modi Director : Akshay Roy	RAJAT  KAMAL Rs. 50,000/- EACH
11.	BEST INVESTIGATIVE FILM	Cotton for My Shroud (English)	Producer: Kavita Bahl Director : Nandan Saxena and Kavita Bahl	RAJAT  KAMAL Rs. 50,000/- EACH
12.	SPECIAL JURY AWARD	Jai Bhim Comrade (Marathi)	Anand Patwardhan	RAJAT  KAMAL Rs. 1,00,000/-
13.	BEST SHORT FICTION	Panchakki (Hindi)	Producer:  Sanjeev Rattan Director: Sanjeev Rattan	RAJAT  KAMAL Rs. 50,000/- EACH
14.	BEST FILM ON FAMILY VALUES	Red Building where the Sun Sets (English)	Producer : Syed Sultan Ahmed   &  Tabassum Modi Director : Revathy	RAJAT  KAMAL Rs. 50,000/- EACH
15.	BEST DIRECTION	There is Something in the Air (Hindi, Urdu & English)	Iram Ghufran	SWARNA KAMAL Rs. 1,50,000/-
16.	BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY	Tiger Dynasty (English)	S. Nallamuthu	RAJAT  KAMAL Rs. 50,000/-
17.	BEST AUDIOGRAPHY	1, 2 (Hindi)	Gautam Nair	RAJAT  KAMAL Rs. 50,000/-
18.	BEST EDITING	There is Something in the Air (Hindi, Urdu & English)	Iram Ghufran	RAJAT  KAMAL Rs. 50,000/-
19.	BEST MUSIC DIRECTION	Panchakki (Hindi)	DhrubaJyoti  Phukan	RAJAT  KAMAL Rs. 50,000/-
20.	BEST NARRATION/ VOICE OVER	Just that Sort of a Day (English)	Ann Abraham	RAJAT  KAMAL Rs. 50,000/-
21.	SPECIAL MENTION (Two Films)	a. You Don’t Belong (Bengali & English) b.  Airawat (Marathi & Hindi)	a.    Director  : Spandan Banerjee b. Director:  Renu Savant	CERTIFICATE CERTIFICATE

FEATURE FILMS

S. No.	Name of Award	Name of Film	Awardee	Medal & Cash Prize
1	BEST FEATURE FILM  (shared)	a) Deool  (Marathi) b) Byari (Byari)	a) Producer: Abhijeet Gholap Director :  Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni b) Producer: T.H. Althaf Hussain Director : Suveeran	Swarna Kamal Rs. 2,50,000/-
2	INDIRA GANDHI AWARD FOR BEST DEBUT FILM OF A DIRECTOR	Aaranyakandam (Tamil)	Producer: S.P.Charan Director : Kumararaja Thiagarajan	Swarna Kamal Rs. 1,25,000/-
3	AWARD FOR BEST POPULAR FILM PROVIDING WHOLESOME ENTERTAINMENT	Azhagarsamiyin Kuthirai (Tamil)	Producer: P. Madan Director : Suseentharan	Swarna Kamal Rs. 2,00,000/-
4	BEST CHILDREN’S FILM	Chillar Party (Hindi)	Producer: UTV Software Communications Ltd Director : Vikas Bahl & Nitesh Tiwari	Swarna Kamal Rs. 1,50,000/-
5	BEST DIRECTION	Anhe Ghorey Da Daan (Punjabi)	Gurvinder Singh	Swarna Kamal Rs. 2,50,000/-
6	BEST ACTOR	Deool (Marathi)	Girish Kulkarni	Rajat  Kamal Rs. 50,000/-

7	BEST ACTRESS	The Dirty Picture (Hindi)	Vidya Balan	Rajat  Kamal Rs.  50,000/-
8	BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR	Azhagarsamiyin Kuthirai (Tamil)	Appu Kutty	Rajat  Kamal Rs.  50,000/-
9	BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS	Phijigee Mani (Manipuri)	Leishangthem Tonthoingambi Devi	Rajat  Kamal Rs. 50,000/-

10	BEST CHILD ARTIST (Shared)	a)    Stanley ka Dabba (Hindi) b)    Chillar Party (Hindi)	Partho Gupte Irrfan Khan Sanath Menon Rohan Grover Naman Jain Aarav Khanna Vishesh Tiwari Chinmai Chandranshuh Vedant Desai Divij Handa Shriya Sharma	Rajat  Kamal Rs. 50,000/-
11	BEST MALE PLAYBACK SINGER	Balgandharva (Marathi)	Anand Bhate	Rajat  Kamal Rs. 50,000/-
12	BEST FEMALE PLAYBACK SINGER	Abosheyshey (Bengali)	Roopa Ganguly	Rajat  Kamal Rs.  50,000/-
13	BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY	Anhe Ghorey Da Daan (Punjabi)	Cameraman : Satya Rai Nagpaul Laboratory : Reliance Media Works	Rajat  Kamal Rs. 50,000/-
14	BEST SCREENPLAY Screenplay Writer (Original) : Screenplay Writer (Adapted) : Dialogues :	Chillar Party (Hindi) Shala (Marathi) Deool (Marathi)	Vikas Behl & Manish Tiwari Avinash Deshpande Nigdi Girish Kulkarni	Rajat  Kamal Rs. 50,000/- Rajat  Kamal Rs. 50,000/- Rajat  Kamal Rs. 50,000/-
15	BEST AUDIOGRAPHY Location Sound Recordist Sound Designer : Re-recordist of the final mixed track	Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (Hindi) Game (Hindi) Game (Hindi)	Baylon Fonseca Baylon Fonseca Hitendra Ghosh	Rajat  Kamal Rs. 50,000/- Rajat  Kamal Rs. 50,000/- Rajat  Kamal Rs. 50,000/-
16	BEST EDITING	Aaranyakandam (Tamil)	Pravin K. L.	Rajat  Kamal Rs.  50,000/-
17	BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN	Naukadubi (Bengali)	Indraneel Ghosh	Rajat  Kamal Rs. 50,000/-

18	BEST COSTUME DESIGNER (Shared)	a) Balgandharva (Marathi) b)The Dirty Picture (Hindi)		a)Neeta Lulla b) Niharika Khan	Rajat  Kamal Rs. 50,000/-
19	BEST MAKE-UP ARTIST	Balgandharva (Marathi) & The Dirty Picture (Hindi)		Vikram Gayakwad	Rajat  Kamal Rs. 50,000/-
20	BEST  MUSIC DIRECTION Songs Background Score	Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbo Na (Bengali) Laptop (Bengali)		Neel Dutt Mayookh Bhaumik	Rajat  Kamal Rs. 50,000/- Rajat  Kamal Rs. 50,000/-
21	BEST LYRICS	I Am (Hindi) Agar Zindagi ……….		Amitabh Bhattacharya	Rajat  Kamal Rs. 50,000/-
22	SPECIAL JURY AWARD	Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbo Na (Bengali)	Anjan Dutt		Rajat  Kamal Rs. 2,00,000/-
23	BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS	Ra. One (Hindi)	Harry Hingorani and Keitan Yadav		Rajat  Kamal Rs.  50,000/-
24	BEST CHOREOGRAPHY	Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (Hindi) (Senorita)	Bosco Caeser		Rajat  Kamal Rs.  50,000/-
25	BEST FEATURE FILM IN EACH OF THE LANGUAGE SPECIFIED IN THE SCHEDULE VIII OF THE CONSTITUTION
a)	BEST BENGALI FILM	Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbo Na	Producer: Rana Sarkar Director : Anjan Dutt		Rajat  Kamal Rs. 1,00,000/-
b)	BEST DOGRI FILM	Dille Ch Vasya Koi	Producer: Sanjeev Rattan Director : Sanjeev Rattan		Rajat  Kamal Rs. 1,00,000/-
c)	BEST HINDI FILM	I Am	Producer: Anirban Dhar (Onir) & Sanjay Suri Director : Onir		Rajat  Kamal Rs.  1,00,000/-
d)	BEST KANNADA	Kurmavatara	Producer: Basant Kumar Patil Director : Girish Kasaravalli		Rajat  Kamal Rs. 1,00,000/-
e)	BEST MALAYALAM FILM	Indian Rupee	Producer: August Cinema India Pvt. Ltd. Director : Ranjith Balakrishnan		Rajat  Kamal Rs.  1,00,000/-
f)	BEST MANIPURI FILM	Phijigee Mani	Producer: Takhelchangbam Ongbi and Medha Sharmi Director : Oinam Gautam Singh		Rajat  Kamal Rs.  1,00,000/-
g)	BEST MARATHI FILM	Shala	Producer: Vivek D. Wagh & Nilesh Navalkha Director : Sujay Sunil Dahake		Rajat  Kamal Rs. 1,00,000/-
h)	BEST PUNJABI FILM	Anhe Ghorey Da Daan	Producer: National Film Development Corporation Director : Gurvinder Singh		Rajat  Kamal Rs. 1,00,000/-

i)	BEST TAMIL FILM	Vaagai Sooda Va	Producer: S. Muruganandham Director : A.  Sargunam	Rajat  Kamal Rs. 1,00,000/-
26) a)	SPECIAL MENTION	Byari (Byari)	Mallika	Certificate only
b)	SPECIAL MENTION	Adimadhyantham (Malayalam)	Director : Sherry	Certificate only

59th National Film Awards for the Year 2011 Announced

The top honour in the Feature Film category,  the Best Film  is shared by  films Deool (Marathi)  produced by Abhijeet Gholap & directed by Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni  and Byari ( Byari language) produced  by T.H. Althaf Hussain & directed by Suveeram.  The award carries Swarna  Kamal and cash prize of Rs. 2,50,000/-.  In Non-feature film category  the top honour , Best Film goes to And We Play On (Hindi & English)directed and produced by Pramod Purswane .  The awards carries Swarna Kamal and Cash prize of Rs. 1,50,000/-.  In Best Writing on Cinema category the Swarna Kamal goes to the book titled R.D. Burman – The Man, The Music written by Anirudha Bhattacharjee & Balaji Vittal, published by Harper Collins India. Whereas Manoj Barpujari from Assam has been awarded Best Film Critic.

            In Feature Film category, five films have won three awards each. These Films are  The  Dirty Picture (Hindi), Balgandharva (Marathi), Anhe Ghorey Da Daan (Punjabi), Deool (Marathi)  & Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbo Na (Bengali).  Six films have won two awards each.  These are Chillar Party (Hindi),  Azhagarsamiyin Kuthirai (Tamil), Aaranyakandam (Tamil), Phijigee Mani (Manipuri) , Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (Hindi) & Game (Hindi). 

            The  Best Actor award goes to Girish Kulkarni for film Deool (Marathi) and Best Actress to Vidya Balan for the film The Dirty Picture (Hindi). Azhagarsamiyin Kuthirai (Tamil) won the award for Wholesome Entertainment, Chillar Party (Hindi) won Best Children Film, Best Director to  Gurvinder Singh for Punjabi  film Anhe Ghorey Da Daan , Best Singer to Anand Bhate (Male)  for Marathi film Balgandharva and Roopa Ganguly (Female) for the Bengali film Abosheyshey .  Kumararaja Thiagarajan has won the Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut film of a Director.

In the Non-Feature film category, three films have won two awards each.  The Film Tiger Dynasty has won the Best Environmental Film & Best Cinematography awards.  Awards for Best Direction and Best Editing have been taken away by the film There is Something in the Air.  Film Panchakki has been awarded Best Short Fiction and Best Music Direction.

Ban on cotton export

The DGFT has notified prohibition on export of cotton on March 5, 2012 till further orders with immediate effect. 94.75 lac bales have been exported till March 4, 2012.

2. India’s cotton exports reached 91 lac bales in February 2012 with over 120 lac bales of cotton registered for exports. Cotton arrivals in the market as of March 6, 2012 have reached 245 lac bales against a crop size of 340 lac bales. Registration for cotton export have been about 50% of cotton arrivals. Currently Textiles mills are carrying their lowest ever stocks in the past decade. Given the tight liquidity position in the industry, it is not possible for them to procure larger quantities to cover their future requirements at this stage.

3. With only 25 percent of cotton to arrive in the markets, and nearly 7 months of the cotton season ahead, the scenario ahead pointed to a  shortage of cotton for the domestic industry, huge rise in domestic price of cotton and inability of textiles mills to build up carryover stocks for the cotton year 2012-13.

4. The Textiles Policy strives to balance competing interests of the value chain. The informal Group of Ministers had in April 2010 therefore laid down that a carry forward balance of 50 lac bales should be maintained and only surplus cotton stock should be exported. Exports at 94 lac bales has brought down carry over stock for next season to 36 lac bales. Even with reduced carryover the availability for consumption is down to 230 lac bales equivalent to 19 lac bales a month against an installed capacity of 23 lac bales.

5. Cotton Corporation of India has been advised to protect farmer’s interests by procurements in all mandis of India where the prices fall below MSP prices. Textiles Mills have also commenced procurement operations across the country. The price situation is unlikely to be adversely affected by the current decision for long.

Prakash Mishra Appointed Director General NDRF&CD

Shri Prakash Mishra, IPS (OR:77) has been appointed as Director General, National Disaster Response Force and Civil Defence (NDRF&CD), Ministry of Home Affairs. The appointment will be effective from the date of his taking over the charge of the post and until his superannuation on 29.02.2016 or until further orders, whichever event takes place earlier.

Export of cotton prohibited with immediate effect

DGFT issued Notification dated 5th March, 2012 prohibiting further export of cotton till further orders with immediate effect.

Almost 94 lac bales have already shipped out, against an estimated export surplus of 84 lac bales.

Ministry of Textiles has been monitoring the raw cotton production, its domestic consumption and import-export through the Cotton Advisory Board (CAB) from time to time.

Higher exports than anticipated in cotton season 2010-11 reduced the expected carryover of stock for the current cotton season 2011-12, from 48.30 lac bales estimated by the CAB to about 33 lac bales. Crop size estimated at 345 lac bales by CAB on 24th January, 2012 has been further adjusted on the basis of projections made by the Department of Agriculture and reduced to 340 lac bales. Production, this season is virtually the same as last year’s, and total supply marginally lower. Expecting a slowdown in domestic demand, export surplus was pegged at 84 lac bales. Being higher than exports in the last 2-3 years, it was placed on OGL with requirement of registration for purposes of monitoring.

A review of export data showed that the limit was breached on 20th February, 2012 and exports of 91 lakh bales made by 29th February, 2012. At this rate, it is expected that exports would reach 100 lakh bales by mid-March 2012. This is clearly reflected by the registration of exports which reached 120 lakh bales. Significantly, there was a rush for registration after the figure of 84 lakh bales was reached and in some cases L/Cs have been registered where the name of exporting and importing party is same. This is indicative of a tendency of hoarding in bonded warehouses abroad.

The decision to ban further exports took into account the trend of domestic consumption and depletion of domestic availability. Availability has reduced to less than the production levels of 2009-10, and also reduced the carry forward figure below the advisable inventory level.

Central Government Releases Fund for Post Matric Scholarship

Ministry for Social Justice & Empowerment released an amount of Rs.41,51,07,000 /-(Rupees-Forty one crore fifty one lakh seven thousand only) to the State Government of Chhattisgarh, towards central assistance for the current financial year 2011-2012,under the centrally sponsored scheme of Post-Matric Scholarships to student belonging to Scheduled Castes.

The Post Matric Scholarship for SC Students Scheme is a single largest intervention by Government of India for educational development of scheduled caste students. It is a flagship Scheme of the Ministry, in operation since 1944, which provides financial assistance to Scheduled Caste students studying at post matriculation level in the country. The financial assistance includes maintenance allowance, reimbursement of non-refundable compulsory fee, Book Bank facility and other allowances. There is no upper limit on the number of scholarships and all the SC students fulfilling the eligibility criteria are covered under the Scheme. About 48 lakh students are anticipated to be covered during 2011-12.During X FY Plan, an amount of Rs. 1826.91 Crore was released to cover 113.82 lakh beneficiaries. It has increased sharply in XI FY Plan and Rs.6780.52 crore has been released so far to cover 196.16 lakh beneficiaries.

The Scheme has been revised by the Government on 31-12-2010 w.e.f. 1.7.2010 and the revision includes increase in

(i) Parental income ceiling from Rs. 1.00 lakh p.a. to Rs. 2.00 lakh p.a.;

(ii) regrouping of courses; and

(iii) rates of maintenance and other allowances.

Rates of maintenance and other allowances have been increased by 60% with respect to pre-revised rates. Presently, 23 State Governments have already implemented revised Scheme. Others are under process to implement the revised Scheme.

India-Iran to enhance cooperation in renewable energy

India and Iran have agreed to enhance cooperation in the field of renewable energy. In a meeting with President of Iran Mr. Mehmoud Ahmadinejad in Tehran, Union Minister of New and Renewable Energy Dr. Farooq Abdullah called for an enhancement in bilateral ties and economic cooperation with Iran especially in the field of renewable energy. President Ahmadinejad agreed that the two countries should use their full potential to enhance cooperation and bilateral ties.

Earlier in the day, Dr. Abdullah had a bilateral meeting with the Iranian Energy Minister, Mr. Majid Namjou. Mr. Namjou called India a leading country in the production of renewable energy. He added that Iran intended to develop renewable energies in cooperation with India. Dr. Abdullah outlined the progress that India had made in generating power through use of renewable energies, especially wind and solar. He also highlighted the progress of India’s National Solar Mission which has resulted in significant increase in installed capacity and an almost 40% fall in costs.

Dr. Abdullah also had bilateral meetings with the Governor-General of Shiraz, Mr. Hossein Sadegh Abedin, and Governor-General of Isfahan, Dr. Alireza Zakar Esfahani. Dr. Abdullah recalled the ancient, cultural and civilizational ties between the two countries and the similarities in lifestyle and languages of the two countries. He warmly spoke of the contributions of ancient Persia to Indian culture and architecture. He also called for enhanced cooperation in tourism, cultural exchanges and people to people contacts.

Dr. Abdullah was accompanied by Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi, Minister for Science & Technology and Information Technology, Animal and Sheep Husbandry, Government of Jammu & Kashmir and Shri Gireesh B. Pradhan, Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Government of India.

India announces monetary grant for Skill development & Education for AARDO

Union Rural Development Minister Shri Jairam Ramesh said that AARDO( Afro-Asian Rural Development Organization) is a great forum for the countries in the continents of Africa and Asia to jointly discuss their problems, exchange views, ideas, experiences and information in the field of agriculture and rural development and to make concerted efforts, wherever possible to improve the quality of life of the rural people. In his concluding remarks at the Golden Jubilee celebrations of AARDO here, Sh. Ramesh also announced that the Prime Minister has approved a grant of 200 thousand dollars for each of the next three years to the AARDO members in the field of education and skill development. 17 Fellowships in the field of Agriculture was also announced for the member countries.

AARDO among other things achieves its objectives of alleviation of poverty and transforming the livelihood in rural areas through three-pronged strategies, namely Human Resource Development, Development of pilot projects and Dissemination of Information. AARDO has been established with the main objective to serve as a platform for promoting the welfare of its member countries on the principle of mutual help and cooperation. In the spirit of Afro-Asian solidarity and South-South cooperation, all member countries have been cooperating with each other and sharing their varied and rich experiences and knowledge for the benefit of their rural people. Starting with five founder members in 1962, namely India, Egypt, Japan, Libya and Malaysia, the organization has present membership strength of 30 that is 15 from Africa and 14 from Asia as full members and one Associate member.

Andhra Pradesh MP's Retirement

S.No.	Name of State	Name of the Member	Date of Retirement	Party affiliation
1.	Andhra Pradesh	Shri Sd. Azeez Pasha	02.04.2012	CPI
2.		Shri K. Keshava Rao	02.04.2012	INC
3.		Shri Dasari Narayana Rao	02.04.2012	INC
4.		Shri Mule Venkata Mysura Reddy	02.04.2012	Telgu Desam
5.		Shri Raashid Alvi	02.04.2012	INC
6.		Shri G. Sanjeeva Reddy	02-04-2012	INC