The 58th National Film Awards, presented by

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, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India to felicitate the best of

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for the year 2010. The selection process started by announcing the invitation for the awards on 18 March 2011. For feature and non-feature films, all the films certified by

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, India between 1 January 2010 and 31 December 2010 were made eligible whereas for the best writing on cinema, all the books and articles as well reviews on Indian cinema published between 1 January 2010 and 31 December 2010 were made eligible for the awards. Three different committees were instituted in order to judge the various entries for feature film, non-feature film and best writing on cinema sections; headed by

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, for feature films and A. K. Bir along with Ashok Vajpeyi for non-feature films and best writing on cinema sections, respectively. Another committee of five members was also constituted for the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, having included two past Dadasaheb Phalke Award recipient, Shyam Benegal and

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. Each chairperson for feature film, non-feature film and best writing on cinema sections announced the award on 19 May 2011 for their respective sections and award ceremony took place at

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, New Delhi with

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giving away the awards on 9 September 2011.

Awards

Awards were divided into feature films, non-feature films and books written on Indian cinema.

Lifetime Achievement Award

The award is given to a prominent personality from the Indian film industry for their contribution.

Juries

A committee consisting five eminent personalities from Indian film industry was appointed to evaluate the lifetime achievement award, Dadasaheb Phalke Award. Following were the jury members: * Jury Members

Feature Films

Films made in any Indian language shot on 16 mm, 35 mm or in a wider gauge or digital format but released on a film format or video/digital but certified by the Central Board of Film Certification as a feature film or featurette are eligible for Feature Film section. Feature films were awarded at All India as well as regional level. For 58th National Film Awards, a Malayalam film, ''

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'' won the

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; whereas a

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, '' Aadukalam'' won the maximum number of awards (6). Following were the awards given in each category:

Juries

A committee headed by

was appointed to evaluate the feature films awards. The selection process returned to a Two Tier System of Selection. The Chairperson for the Northern Region was

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, for the Western Region,

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, for South–I Region, Arunoday Sharma, for the Eastern Region, J. F. C. Durai and for South- II Region, Ansu Ranjan Sur. Following were the jury members: * Jury Members **

(

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)Ansu Ranjan SurArunoday Sharma

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** G. S. Bhaskar J. F. C. Durai K. N. T. SastryKeval Arora

Prahlad Kakkar * Jury Regional : East ** J. F. C. DuraiNirmal DharT. Krishnan UnniPranab Das Suman Haripriya * Jury Regional : West **

Sukumar JataniaAijaz KhanRajiv VijayakarPurushottam Berde * Jury Regional : North **

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* Jury Regional : South-I ** Arunoday SharmaK. S. Gomatam

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* Jury Regional : South-II ** Ansu Ranjan Sur

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All India Award

Following were the awards given:

= Golden Lotus Award

= Official Name: Swarna Kamal All the awardees are awarded with 'Golden Lotus Award (Swarna Kamal)', a certificate and cash prize.

= Silver Lotus Award

= Official Name: Rajat Kamal All the awardees are awarded with 'Silver Lotus Award (Rajat Kamal)', a certificate and cash prize.

Regional Awards

The award is given to best film in the regional languages in India. Best Feature Film in Each of the Language Other Than Those Specified in the Schedule VIII of the Constitution

Non-Feature Films

Short Films made in any Indian language and certified by the Central Board of Film Certification as a documentary/newsreel/fiction are eligible for non-feature film section.

Juries

A committee headed by A. K. Bir was appointed to evaluate the non-feature films awards. Following were the jury members: * Jury Members ** A. K. Bir (

)Amlan DattaGautam BenegalKavita Joshi

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Golden Lotus Award

Official Name: Swarna Kamal All the awardees are awarded with 'Golden Lotus Award (Swarna Kamal)', a certificate and cash prize.

Silver Lotus Award

Official Name: Rajat Kamal All the awardees are awarded with 'Silver Lotus Award (Rajat Kamal)' and cash prize.

Best Writing on Cinema

The awards aim at encouraging study and appreciation of cinema as an art form and dissemination of information and critical appreciation of this art-form through publication of books, articles, reviews etc.

Juries

A committee headed by Ashok Vajpeyi was appointed to evaluate the writing on Indian cinema. Following were the jury members: * Jury Members ** Ashok Vajpeyi (

)H. N. Narahari RaoVidyarthi Chatterjee

Golden Lotus Award

Official Name: Swarna Kamal All the awardees are awarded with 'Golden Lotus Award (Swarna Kamal)' and cash prize.

Special Mention

All the award winners are awarded with Certificate of Merit.

Awards not given

Following were the awards not given as no film was found to be suitable for the award: *

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* Best Film on Family Welfare * Best Feature Film in Manipuri * Best Feature Film in Oriya * Best Feature Film in Punjabi * Best Feature Film in Telugu * Best Agricultural Film * Best Historical Reconstruction / Compilation Film * Best Non-Feature Animation Film * Best Non-Feature Film Music Direction

Award Ceremony

58th National Film Award ceremony was held on Friday, 9 September 2011 at

, New Delhi; which is a premier

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. Awards were conferred by

and ceremony was hosted by actors

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and

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. With 58th National Film Awards, award certificate and medal went through a makeover. Award certificate layout as well as design was changed to include gold embossed "Ashok Stambh" (

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) on the A3 size certificate. Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus) and Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus) were also redesigned which included the display box for the medals as well. Ceremony had performances by two of the winners; Suresh Wadkar and

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, who won the award for Best Male Playback Singer and Best Female Playback Singer, respectively. Both sang their respective award-winning songs, "Hey Bhaskara Kshitijavari Ya" from a

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, '' Mee Sindhutai Sapkal'' and "Badi Dheere Jali" from a Hindi film, ''

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''.

References

External links

National Film Awards Archives

Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India
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