60th National Film Awards
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 Bollywood actors R. Madhavan and Huma Qureshi.
Selection process
The Directorate of Film Festivals invited nominations for the awards on 3 January 2013. 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. Entries of dubbed, revised or copied versions of a film or translation, abridgements, edited or annotated works and reprints were ineligible for the awards. The deadline for submissions was 21 January 2013.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.
Dadasaheb Phalke Award
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. 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: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 | Awardee | Awarded As | Awards |
| Dadasaheb Phalke Award | Pran | Actor | Swarna Kamal, and a Shawl |
Feature Films
A Hindi film, Dekh Indian Circus won the maximum number of awards followed by Malayalam film Ustad Hotel, Hindi films Kahaani, Chittagong, Vicky Donor and Marathi film DhagJury
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:Central Jury
Northern Region:
Eastern Region:
Western Region:
Southern Region I:
Southern Region II:
All India Awards
Golden Lotus Award
All the winners are awarded with a Swarna Kamal, a certificate and a cash prize.| Name of Award | Name of Film | Language | Awardee | Cash Prize |
| Best Feature Film | Paan Singh Tomar | Hindi | Producer: UTV Software Communications Director: Tigmanshu Dhulia | |
| Best Debut Film of a Director | Chittagong | Hindi | Producer: Bedabrata Pain Director: Bedabrata Pain | |
| Best Debut Film of a Director | 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 | |
| Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment | Ustad Hotel | Malayalam | Producer: Listin Stephen Director: Anwar Rasheed | |
| Best Children's Film | Dekh Indian Circus | Hindi | Producer: Mahaveer Jain Director: Mangesh Hadawale | |
| Best Direction | Dhag | Marathi | Shivaji Lotan Patil | |
| Best Animated Film | Delhi Safari | Hindi | Producer: Anupama Patil and Kishor Patil Director: Nikhil Advani Animator : Rafique Shaikh |
Silver Lotus Award
All the winners were awarded with a Rajat Kamal, a certificate and a cash prize.| Name of Award | Name of Film | Language | Awardee | Cash Prize |
| Best Feature Film on National Integration | Thanichalla Njan | Malayalam | Producer: Cherian Philip Director: Babu Thiruvalla | |
| Best Film on Social Issues | Spirit | Malayalam | Producer: Antony Perumbavoor Director: Ranjith | |
| Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation | Black Forest | Malayalam | Producer: Baby Mathew Somatheeram Director: Joshy Mathew | |
| Best Actor | Paan Singh Tomar | Hindi | Irrfan Khan | |
| Best Actor | Anumati | Marathi | Vikram Gokhale | |
| Best Actress | Dhag | Marathi | Usha Jadhav | |
| Best Supporting Actor | Vicky Donor | Hindi | Annu Kapoor | |
| Best Supporting Actress | Vicky Donor | Hindi | Dolly Ahluwalia | |
| Best Supporting Actress | Thanichalla Njan | Malayalam | Kalpana | |
| Best Child Artist | Dekh Indian Circus | Hindi | Virendrasingh Rathore | |
| Best Child Artist | 101 Chodyangal | Malayalam | Minon | |
| Best Male Playback Singer | Chittagong | Hindi | Shankar Mahadevan | |
| Best Female Playback Singer | Samhita | Marathi | Arati Ankalikar-Tikekar | |
| Best Cinematography | Ko:Yad | Mishing | Cameraman: Sudheer Palsane Laboratory Processing: Prasad Studios | |
| Best Screenplay Screenplay Writer | Kahaani | Hindi | Sujoy Ghosh | |
| Best Screenplay Screenplay Writer | OMG – Oh My God | Hindi | Bhavesh Mandalia Umesh Shukla | |
| Best Screenplay Dialogues | Ustad Hotel | Malayalam | Anjali Menon | |
| Best Audiography Location Sound Recordist | Annayum Rasoolum | Malayalam | Radhakrishnan S. | |
| Best Audiography Sound Designer | Shabdo | Bengali | Anirban Sengupta Dipankar Chaki | |
| 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 | |
| Best Editing | Kahaani | Hindi | Namrata Rao | |
| Best Art Direction | Vishwaroopam | Tamil | Boontawee 'Thor' Taweepasas Lalgudi N. Ilayaraja | |
| Best Costume Design | Paradesi | Tamil | Poornima Ramaswamy | |
| Best Make-up Artist | Vazhakku Enn 18/9 | Tamil | Raja | |
| Best Music Direction Songs | Samhita | Marathi | Shailendra Barve | |
| Best Music Direction Background Score | Kaliyachan | Malayalam | Bijibal | |
| Best Lyrics | Chittagong | Hindi | Prasoon Joshi | |
| Best Special Effects | Eega | Telugu | Makuta VFX | |
| Best Choreography | Vishwaroopam | Tamil | Birju Maharaj | |
| Special Jury Award | ' | Bengali | Rituparno Ghosh | |
| Special Jury Award | Dekh Indian Circus Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 2 Kahaani ' | Hindi | Nawazuddin Siddiqui | |
| Special Mention | Ozhimuri | Malayalam | Lal | Certificate only |
| Special Mention | Bharath Stores | Kannada | H. G. Dattatreya | Certificate only |
| Special Mention | Baandhon | Assamese | Bishnu Kharghoria | Certificate only |
| Special Mention | Ishaqzaade | Hindi | Parineeti Chopra | Certificate only |
| Special Mention | Dekh Indian Circus | Hindi | Tannishtha Chatterjee | Certificate only |
| Special Mention | Dhag | Marathi | Hansraj Jagtap | Certificate only |
| Special Mention | Ustad Hotel | Malayalam | Thilakan | Certificate only |
Regional Awards
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.Best Feature Film in Each of the Language Other Than Those Specified In the Schedule VIII of the Constitution
Non-Feature Films
Jury
A committee of seven, headed by chair, Aruna Raje Patil was appointed to evaluate the Non-Feature Films entries. The jury members were:Golden Lotus Award
All the winners were awarded with Swarna Kamal, a certificate and cash prize.| Name of Award | Name of Film | Language | Awardee | Cash Prize |
| Best Non-Feature Film | Shepherds of Paradise | Gujari Urdu | Producer: Raja Shabir Khan Director: Raja Shabir Khan | |
| Best Non-Feature Film Direction | Kaatal | Marathi | Vikrant Pawar |
Silver Lotus Award
All the winners were awarded with Rajat Kamal and cash prize.| Name of Award | Name of Film | Language | Awardee | Cash Prize |
| Best First Non-Feature Film | Eka Gachha Eka Manisa Eka Samudra | Oriya | Producer: Veenu Bhushan Vaid Director: Lipika Singh Darai | each |
| Best Anthropological / Ethnographic Film | Char... The No-Man's Island | Bengali | Producer: Sourav Sarangi Director: Sourav Sarangi | each |
| Best Biographical Film /Best Historical Reconstruction Film | Celluloid Man | English, Hindi, Kannada and Bengali | Producer: Shivendra Singh Dungarpur Director: Shivendra Singh Dungarpur | each |
| Best Arts / Cultural Film | Modikhanyachya Don Goshti | Marathi | Producer: Gouri Patwardhan Director: Gouri Patwardhan | each |
| Best Promotional Film | Dreaming Taj Mahal | Hindi and Urdu | Producer: Nirmal Chander Director: Nirmal Chander | each |
| Best Environment Film including Agriculture | Timbaktu | English | Producer: Public Service Broadcasting Trust Director: Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh | each |
| Best Film on Social Issues | Behind The Mist | Malayalam | Producer: Babu Kambrath Director: Babu Kambrath | each |
| Best Exploration / Adventure Film | Manipuri Pony | English and Manipuri | Producer: Films Division Director: Aribam Syam Sharma | each |
| Best Investigative Film | Inshallah, Kashmir | English | Producer: Ashvin Kumar Director: Ashvin Kumar | each |
| Best Short Fiction Film | Kaatal | Marathi | Producer: FTII Director: Vikrant Pawar | each |
| Best Film on Family Welfare | After Glow | English and Gujarati | Producer: FTII Director: Kaushal Oza | each |
| Best Cinematography | Kaatal | Marathi | Cameraman: Abhimanyu Dange Lab: Reliance MediaWorks | |
| Best Cinematography | Shepherds of Paradise | Gojri and Urdu | Cameraman: Raja Shabir Khan | |
| Best Audiography | Do Din Ka Mela | Kutchi | Harikumar M. | |
| Best Editing | Celluloid Man | English, Hindi, Kannada and Bengali | Irene Dhar Malik | |
| Best Narration / Voice Over | Suranjana Deepali | Assamese | Moni Bordoloi | |
| Special Jury Award | I Am Micro | English | Shumona Goel and Shai Heredia | |
| Special Jury Award | Cancer Katha | English | Vasudha Joshi | |
| Special Mention | Pinch of Skin | English and Hindi | Priya Goswami | Certificate only |
| Special Mention | Allah Is Great | English, Hindi and Danish | Andrea Iannetta | Certificate only |
| Special Mention | Raah | Sanjay Jangid | Certificate only |
Best Writing on Cinema
Jury
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: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.
Golden Lotus Award
All the winners were awarded with Swarna Kamal, cash prize and a certificate.| Name of Award | Name of Book | Language | Awardee | Cash Prize |
| Best Book on Cinema | Silent Cinema in India: A Pictorial Journey | English | Author: B. D. Garga Publisher:Harper Collins India |
| Name of Award | Language | Awardee | Cash Prize |
| Best Film Critic | Malayalam | P. S. Radhakrishnan |
Special Mention
All the award winners are awarded with Certificate of Merit.| Name of Award | Language | Awardee | Cash Prize |
| Special Mention | English | Piyush Roy | Certificate Only |
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