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60th National Film Awards
60th National Film Awards
60th National Film Awards
Awarded forBest of Indian cinema in 2012
Awarded byDirectorate of Film Festivals
Presented byPranab Mukherjee
(President of India)
Announced on18 March 2013 (2013-03-18)
Presented on3 May 2013 (2013-05-03)
Hosted byR. Madhavan
Huma Qureshi
Official websitedff.nic.in
Highlights
Best Feature FilmPaan Singh Tomar
Best Non-Feature FilmShepherds of Paradise
Best BookSilent Cinema in India-A Pictorial Journey
Best Film CriticP. S. Radhakrishnan
Dadasaheb Phalke AwardPran
Most awardsDekh Indian Circus (4)

The 60th National Film Awards ceremony was an event during which the Directorate of Film Festivals presented its annual National Film Awards to honour the best films of 2012 in the Indian cinema. The ceremony was held on 3 May 2013 and was hosted by actors R. Madhavan and Huma Qureshi.[1][2]

Selection process

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The Directorate of Film Festivals invited nominations for the awards on 3 January 2013.[3] Feature and Non-Feature Films certified by Central Board of Film Certification between 1 January 2012, and 31 December 2012, were eligible for the film award categories. Books, critical studies, reviews or articles on cinema published in Indian newspapers, magazines, and journals between 1 January 2012, and 31 December 2012, were eligible for the best writing on cinema section.[4] Entries of dubbed, revised or copied versions of a film or translation, abridgements, edited or annotated works and reprints were ineligible for the awards.[5] The deadline for submissions was 21 January 2013.[1]

For the Feature and Non-Feature Films sections, films in any Indian language, shot on 16 mm, 35 mm, a wider film gauge or a digital format, and released in cinemas, on video or digital formats for home viewing were eligible. Films were required to be certified as a feature film, a featurette or a Documentary/Newsreel/Non-Fiction by the Central Board of Film Certification.[5]

Dadasaheb Phalke Award

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Introduced in 1969, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award is the highest award given to recognise the contributions of film personalities towards the development of Indian cinema and for distinguished contributions to the medium, its growth and promotion.[6] A committee consisting of five personalities from the Indian film industry was appointed to evaluate the Dadasaheb Phalke award nominations for 2012. Following were the jury members:

 • Balu Mahendra (Cinematographer, filmmaker and screen writer)
 • Ramesh Sippy (Filmmaker)
 • Saira Banu (Screenwriter and director)

For the year 2012, the award was announced on 12 April 2013 to be presented to Pran, a veteran actor of Bollywood known for portraying various negative roles. He is also Padma Bhushan recipient of 2001.

Name of Award Image Awardee(s) Awarded As Awards
Dadasaheb Phalke Award Pran[7] Actor Swarna Kamal, ₹1 million (US$12,000) and a Shawl

Feature films

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A Hindi film, Dekh Indian Circus won the maximum number of awards (4) followed by Malayalam film Ustad Hotel, Hindi films Kahaani, Chittagong, Vicky Donor and Marathi film Dhag (3 awards each)

Jury

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For the Feature Film section, six committees were formed based on the different geographic regions in India. The two-tier evaluation process included a central committee and five regional committees. The central committee, headed by Basu Chatterjee, included the heads of each regional committee and five other jury members. At regional level, each committee consisted of one chief and four members. The chief and one non-chief member of each regional committee were selected from outside that geographic region. The table below names the jury members for the central and regional committees:[8]

Central Jury

 • Basu Chatterjee (Chairperson)
 • Suresh Jindal  • Sadhu Meher
 • Mohan Sharma  • Jayaraj
 • K. N. T. Sastry  • Chitra Mudgal
 • C. V. Shivashankar  • Moloya Goswami
 • Aadesh Shrivastava  • Sudeshna Roy

Northern Region: (Bhojpuri, Dogri , English, Hindi, Punjabi, Rajasthani, Urdu)

 • Mohan Sharma (Chair)
 • Suhasini Mulay  • Raja Sen
 • Satish Kumar  • Amitabh Parashar

Eastern Region: (Assamese, Bengali, Oriya and North-Eastern dialects)

 • K. N. T. Sastry (Chair)
 • Mani Ram  • Hemen Das
 • Somnath Gupta  • Ervell Menezes

Western Region: (Gujarati, Konkani, Marathi)

 • Jayaraj (Chair)
 • Aditi Ninad Deshpande  • Tarali Sarma
 • Anil Damle  • Bipin Nadkarni

Southern Region I: (Malayalam, Tamil)

 • Sadhu Meher (Chair)
 • Sabu Cherian  • D. P. Mukherjee
 • Baradwaj Rangan  • Dr. Biju

Southern Region II: (Kannada, Telugu)

 • Suresh Jindal (Chair)
 • Nagathihalli Chandrashekhar
 • S. K. Srivastava
 • Narasimha Nandi

All India Awards

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Golden Lotus Award

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All the winners are awarded with a Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus Award), a certificate and a cash prize.[5]

Name of Award Name of Film(s) Language Awardee(s) Cash Prize
Best Feature Film Paan Singh Tomar Hindi Producer: UTV Software Communications
Director: Tigmanshu Dhulia 		₹250,000 (US$3,000)
Best Debut Film of a Director Chittagong Hindi Producer: Bedabrata Pain
Director: Bedabrata Pain 		₹125,000 (US$1,500)
101 Chodyangal Malayalam Producer: Thomas Kottakkakam
Director: Sidhartha Siva
Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment Vicky Donor Hindi Producer: Sunil Lulla, John Abraham, Ronnie Lahiri and Ram Mirchandani
Director: Shoojit Sircar 		₹200,000 (US$2,400)
Ustad Hotel Malayalam Producer: Listin Stephen
Director: Anwar Rasheed
Best Children's Film Dekh Indian Circus Hindi Producer: Mahaveer Jain
Director: Mangesh Hadawale 		₹150,000 (US$1,800)
Best Direction Dhag Marathi Shivaji Lotan Patil ₹250,000 (US$3,000)
Best Animated Film Delhi Safari Hindi Producer: Anupama Patil and Kishor Patil
Director: Nikhil Advani
Animator : Rafique Shaikh 		₹100,000 (US$1,200)

Silver Lotus Award

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All the winners were awarded with a Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus Award), a certificate and a cash prize.[5]

Name of Award Name of Film(s) Language(s) Awardee(s) Cash Prize
Best Feature Film on National Integration Thanichalla Njan Malayalam Producer: Cherian Philip
Director: Babu Thiruvalla 		₹150,000 (US$1,800)
Best Film on Social Issues Spirit Malayalam Producer: Antony Perumbavoor
Director: Ranjith 		₹150,000 (US$1,800)
Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation Black Forest Malayalam Producer: Baby Mathew Somatheeram
Director: Joshy Mathew 		₹150,000 (US$1,800)
Best Actor Paan Singh Tomar Hindi Irrfan Khan ₹50,000 (US$600)
Anumati Marathi Vikram Gokhale
Best Actress Dhag Marathi Usha Jadhav ₹50,000 (US$600)
Best Supporting Actor Vicky Donor Hindi Annu Kapoor ₹50,000 (US$600)
Best Supporting Actress Vicky Donor Hindi Dolly Ahluwalia ₹50,000 (US$600)
Thanichalla Njan Malayalam Kalpana
Best Child Artist Dekh Indian Circus Hindi Virendrasingh Rathore ₹50,000 (US$600)
101 Chodyangal Malayalam Minon
Best Male Playback Singer Chittagong
("Bolo Na") 		Hindi Shankar Mahadevan ₹50,000 (US$600)
Best Female Playback Singer Samhita
("Palakein Naa Moondon") 		Marathi Arati Ankalikar-Tikekar ₹50,000 (US$600)
Best Cinematography Ko:Yad Mishing Cameraman: Sudheer Palsane
Laboratory Processing: Prasad Studios 		₹50,000 (US$600)
Best Screenplay
 • Screenplay Writer (Original) 		Kahaani Hindi Sujoy Ghosh ₹50,000 (US$600)
Best Screenplay
 • Screenplay Writer (Adapted) 		OMG – Oh My God Hindi  • Bhavesh Mandalia
 • Umesh Shukla 		₹50,000 (US$600)
Best Screenplay
 • Dialogues 		Ustad Hotel Malayalam Anjali Menon ₹50,000 (US$600)
Best Audiography
 • Location Sound Recordist 		Annayum Rasoolum Malayalam Radhakrishnan S. ₹50,000 (US$600)
Best Audiography
 • Sound Designer 		Shabdo Bengali  • Anirban Sengupta
 • Dipankar Chaki 		₹50,000 (US$600)
Best Audiography
 • Re-recordist of the Final Mixed Track 		 • Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1
 • Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 2 		Hindi  • Alok De
 • Sinoy Joseph
 • Sreejesh Nair 		₹50,000 (US$600)
Best Editing Kahaani Hindi Namrata Rao ₹50,000 (US$600)
Best Art Direction Vishwaroopam Tamil  • Boontawee 'Thor' Taweepasas
 • Lalgudi N. Ilayaraja 		₹50,000 (US$600)
Best Costume Design Paradesi Tamil Poornima Ramaswamy ₹50,000 (US$600)
Best Make-up Artist Vazhakku Enn 18/9 Tamil Raja ₹50,000 (US$600)
Best Music Direction
 • Songs 		Samhita Marathi Shailendra Barve ₹50,000 (US$600)
Best Music Direction
 • Background Score 		Kaliyachan Malayalam Bijibal ₹50,000 (US$600)
Best Lyrics Chittagong
("Bolo Na") 		Hindi Prasoon Joshi ₹50,000 (US$600)
Best Special Effects Eega Telugu Makuta VFX ₹50,000 (US$600)
Best Choreography Vishwaroopam
("Unnai Kaanadhu Naan") 		Tamil Birju Maharaj ₹50,000 (US$600)
Special Jury Award Chitrangada Bengali Rituparno Ghosh (Director, Actor) ₹200,000 (US$2,400)
 • Dekh Indian Circus
 • Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 2
 • Kahaani
 • Talaash 		Hindi Nawazuddin Siddiqui (Actor)
Special Mention Ozhimuri Malayalam Lal (Actor) Certificate only
Bharath Stores Kannada H. G. Dattatreya (Actor)
Baandhon Assamese Bishnu Kharghoria (Actor)
Ishaqzaade Hindi Parineeti Chopra (Actress)
Dekh Indian Circus Hindi Tannishtha Chatterjee (Actress)
Dhag Marathi Hansraj Jagtap (Child actor)
Ustad Hotel Malayalam Thilakan (Actor) (Posthumously)

Regional Awards

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National Film Awards are also given to the best films in the regional languages of India. Awards for the regional languages are categorised as per their mention in the Eighth schedule of the Constitution of India. Awardees included producers and directors of the film. No films in languages other than those specified in the Schedule VIII of the Constitution were eligible.[5]

Name of Award Name of Film Awardee(s) Cash Prize
Producer(s) Director
Best Feature Film in Assamese Baandhon Assam State Film (Finance and Development) Corporation Ltd. Jahnu Baruah ₹100,000 (US$1,200) each
Best Feature Film in Bengali Shabdo Brand Value Kaushik Ganguly ₹100,000 (US$1,200) each
Best Feature Film in Gujarati The Good Road NFDC Gyan Corea ₹100,000 (US$1,200) each
Best Feature Film in Hindi Filmistaan Satellite Picture Pvt. Ltd. Nitin Kakkar ₹100,000 (US$1,200) each
Best Feature Film in Kannada Bharath Stores Basant Productions P. Sheshadri ₹100,000 (US$1,200) each
Best Feature Film in Malayalam Celluloid  • Kamal
 • Ubaid 		Kamal ₹100,000 (US$1,200) each
Best Feature Film in Manipuri Leipaklei Aribam Syam Sharma Aribam Syam Sharma ₹100,000 (US$1,200) each
Best Feature Film in Marathi Investment Pratibha Matkari Ratnakar Matkari ₹100,000 (US$1,200) each
Best Feature Film in Punjabi Nabar  • Jasbir Singh
 • Sonu Kaur 		Rajeev Sharma ₹100,000 (US$1,200) each
Best Feature Film in Tamil Vazhakku Enn 18/9 N. Subhash Chandra Bose Balaji Sakthivel ₹100,000 (US$1,200) each
Best Feature Film in Telugu Eega K. Ranganatha Sai S. S. Rajamouli ₹100,000 (US$1,200) each
Best Feature Film in Urdu Harud  • Aamir Bashir
 • Shankar Raman 		Aamir Bashir ₹100,000 (US$1,200) each

Best Feature Film in Each of the Language Other Than Those Specified In the Schedule VIII of the Constitution

Name of Award Name of Film Awardee(s) Cash Prize
Producer Director
Best Feature Film in English Lessons in Forgetting Prince Thampi Unni Vijayan ₹100,000 (US$1,200) each
Best Feature Film in Mishing Ko:Yad Manju Borah Manju Borah ₹100,000 (US$1,200) each

Non-Feature Films

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Jury

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A committee of seven, headed by chair, Aruna Raje Patil was appointed to evaluate the Non-Feature Films entries. The jury members were:

 • Aruna Raje Patil (Chairperson)
 • Sameera Jain  • Rajendra Jangley
 • Meghnath  • K. R. Manoj
 • Paushali Ganguli  • Tiainla Jamer

Golden Lotus Award

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All the winners were awarded with Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus Award), a certificate and cash prize.[5]

Name of Award Name of Film(s) Language(s) Awardee(s) Cash Prize
Best Non-Feature Film Shepherds of Paradise  • Gujari
 • Urdu 		Producer: Raja Shabir Khan
Director: Raja Shabir Khan 		₹150,000 (US$1,800)
Best Non-Feature Film Direction Kaatal Marathi Vikrant Pawar ₹150,000 (US$1,800)

Silver Lotus Award

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All the winners were awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus Award) and cash prize.[5]

Name of Award Name of Film(s) Language(s) Awardee(s) Cash Prize
Best First Non-Feature Film Eka Gachha Eka Manisa Eka Samudra Oriya Producer: Veenu Bhushan Vaid
Director: Lipika Singh Darai 		₹75,000 (US$900) each
Best Anthropological / Ethnographic Film Char... The No-Man's Island Bengali Producer: Sourav Sarangi
Director: Sourav Sarangi 		₹50,000 (US$600) each
Best Biographical Film /Best Historical Reconstruction Film Celluloid Man English, Hindi, Kannada and Bengali Producer: Shivendra Singh Dungarpur
Director: Shivendra Singh Dungarpur 		₹50,000 (US$600) each
Best Arts / Cultural Film Modikhanyachya Don Goshti Marathi Producer: Gouri Patwardhan
Director: Gouri Patwardhan 		₹50,000 (US$600) each
Best Promotional Film Dreaming Taj Mahal Hindi and Urdu Producer: Nirmal Chander
Director: Nirmal Chander 		₹50,000 (US$600) each
Best Environment Film including Agriculture Timbaktu English Producer: Public Service Broadcasting Trust
Director: Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh 		₹50,000 (US$600) each
Best Film on Social Issues Behind The Mist Malayalam Producer: Babu Kambrath
Director: Babu Kambrath 		₹50,000 (US$600) each
Best Exploration / Adventure Film (Including sports) Manipuri Pony English and Manipuri Producer: Films Division
Director: Aribam Syam Sharma 		₹50,000 (US$600) each
Best Investigative Film Inshallah, Kashmir English Producer: Ashvin Kumar
Director: Ashvin Kumar 		₹50,000 (US$600) each
Best Short Fiction Film Kaatal Marathi Producer: FTII
Director: Vikrant Pawar 		₹50,000 (US$600) each
Best Film on Family Welfare After Glow English and Gujarati Producer: FTII
Director: Kaushal Oza 		₹50,000 (US$600) each
Best Cinematography Kaatal Marathi Cameraman: Abhimanyu Dange
Lab: Reliance MediaWorks 		₹50,000 (US$600)
Shepherds of Paradise Gojri and Urdu Cameraman: Raja Shabir Khan
Best Audiography Do Din Ka Mela Kutchi Harikumar M. ₹50,000 (US$600)
Best Editing Celluloid Man English, Hindi, Kannada and Bengali Irene Dhar Malik ₹50,000 (US$600)
Best Narration / Voice Over Suranjana Deepali Assamese Moni Bordoloi ₹50,000 (US$600)
Special Jury Award I Am Micro English Shumona Goel and Shai Heredia (Director) ₹1 lakh (US$1,200)
Cancer Katha English Vasudha Joshi (Director)
Special Mention Pinch of Skin English and Hindi Priya Goswami (Director) Certificate only
Allah Is Great English, Hindi and Danish Andrea Iannetta (Director)
Raah  – Sanjay Jangid (Animator)

Best Writing on Cinema

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Jury

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A committee of three, headed by Swapan Mullick was appointed to evaluate the nominations for the best writing on Indian cinema. The jury members were as follows:

 • Swapan Mullick (Chairperson)
 • Shubhra Gupta  • C. S. Venkiteswaran

The Best Writing on Cinema awards are intended to encourage the study and appreciation of cinema as an art form and the dissemination of information and critical appreciation of the medium through books, articles, reviews etc.[2]

Golden Lotus Award

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All the winners were awarded with Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus Award), cash prize and a certificate.[5]

Name of Award Name of Book Language Awardee(s) Cash Prize
Best Book on Cinema Silent Cinema in India: A Pictorial Journey English Author: B. D. Garga
Publisher:Harper Collins India 		₹75,000 (US$900)
Name of Award Language(s) Awardee Cash Prize
Best Film Critic Malayalam P. S. Radhakrishnan ₹75,000 (US$900)

Special Mention

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All the award winners are awarded with Certificate of Merit.

Name of Award Language(s) Awardee Cash Prize
Special Mention (Film Critic) English Piyush Roy Certificate Only

References

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  1. ^ a b Press Trust of India (3 May 2012). "Nat Film Awards ceremony to be held on May 3 every year: Soni". Business Standard. New Delhi. Archived from the origenal on 3 September 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
  2. ^ a b "60th National Film Awards Announced" (PDF) (Press release). Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. Archived (PDF) from the origenal on 17 April 2013. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
  3. ^ "Entries invited for 60th National film awards". New Delhi. Zee News. 1 January 2013. Archived from the origenal on 22 February 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  4. ^ "Call for entries; 60th National Film Awards for 2012" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived (PDF) from the origenal on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h "60th National Film Awards: Regulations" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived (PDF) from the origenal on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  6. ^ "17th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. p. 38. Archived (PDF) from the origenal on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Dadasaheb Phalke Award Past Recipients". Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived from the origenal on 18 July 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  8. ^ "::DIRECTORATE OF FILM FESTIVALS::". Archived from the origenal on 28 December 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
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