Alternative Film Guide

53rd Indian National Film Awards

The 53rd Indian National Film Award winners were announced on Aug. 7, 2007.

The 53rd Indian National Film Awards covers Indian films produced in 2005.

National Film Awards 2007 winners - Article

BEST FEATURE FILM: KAALPURUSH - MEMORIES IN THE MIST (BENGALI)

BEST FIRST FILM: PARINEETA (HINDI) by Pradeep Sarkar

BEST POPULAR FILM PROVIDING WHOLESOME ENTERTAINMENT: RANG DE BASANTI (HINDI)

BEST FEATURE FILM ON NATIONAL INTEGRATION: DAIVANAMATHIL (MALAYALAM)

BEST FILM ON FAMILY WELFARE: DHAVAMAI DHAVAMIRANTE (TAMIL)

BEST FILM ON OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES: IQBAL (HINDI)

BEST FILM ON ENVIRONMENT CONSERVATION/ PRESERVATION: THUTTURI (KANNADA)

BEST CHILDREN’S FILM: BLUE UMBRELLA (HINDI)

BEST DIRECTION: RAHUL DHOLAKIA (PARZANIA – ENGLISH)

BEST ACTOR: AMITABH BACHCHAN, BLACK

BEST ACTRESS: SARIKA, PARZANIA

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: NASEERUDDIN SHAH, IQBAL

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: URVASHI, ACHHUVINTE AMMA F

BEST CHILD ARTIST: SAI KUMAR, BOMMALATA – A BELLYFUL OF DREAMS

BEST MALE PLAYBACK SINGER: NARESH IYER, RANG DE BASANTI

BEST FEMALE PLAYBACK SINGER: SHREYA GHOSHAL, PAHELI

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: MADHU AMBAT, SRINGARAM

BEST SCREENPLAY: APAHARAN (HINDI) — PRAKASH JHA, SHRIDHAR RAGHAVAN & MANOJ TYAGI

BEST SOUND RECORDING: RANG DE BASANTI (HINDI)

BEST EDITING: RANG DE BASANTI (HINDI) - P S BHARATHI

BEST ART DIRECTION: TAJ MAHAL – AN ETERNAL LOVE STORY - C B MORE

BEST COSTUME DESIGNER: ANNA SINGH (FOR TAJ MAHAL- AN ETERNAL LOVE STORY ) &
SABYACHI MUKHERJEE (FOR BLACK)

BEST MUSIC DIRECTION: LALGUDI JAYARAMAN FOR SRINGARAM (TAMIL)

BEST LYRICS: BARGURU RAMCHANDRAPPA for “BARUTHE VE NAV BARUTHE VE” FROM THAAYI

SPECIAL JURY AWARD: ACTOR ANUPAM KHER for MAINE GANDHI KO NAHIN MARA

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS: ANNIYAN

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY: SAROJ KHAN, SRINGARAM I

BEST FEATURE FILM IN ASSAMESE: KADAM TOLE KRISHNA NACHE

BEST FEATURE FILM IN BENGALI: HARBART

BEST FEATURE FILM IN HINDI: BLACK

BEST FEATURE FILM IN KANNADA: THAAYI

BEST FEATURE FILM IN MALAYALAM: THANMATRA

BEST FEATURE FILM IN MARATHI: DOMBIVALI FAST

BEST FEATURE FILM IN ORIYA: KATHANTARA

BEST FEATURE FILM IN PUNJABI: BAGHI

BEST FEATURE FILM IN TAMIL: AADUM KOTHU

BEST FEATURE FILM IN TELUGU: BOMMALATA – A BELLYFUL OF DREAMS

BEST FEATURE FILM IN ENGLISH: 15 PARK AVENUE

BEST FEATURE FILM IN BHOJPURI: KAB HOI GAWNA HAMAR

BEST FEATURE FILM IN MONPA: SONAM

AWARDS IN NON-FEATURE CATEGORIES

BEST NON-FEATURE FILM: RIDING SOLO TO THE TOP OF THE WORLD (English)

BEST FIRST NON-FEATURE FILM: JOHN & JANE (English)

BEST ANTHROPOLOGICAL/ETHNOGRAPHIC FILM: SPIRIT OF THE GRACEFUL LINEAGE (English)

BEST BIOGRAPHICAL/HISTORICAL RECONSTRUCTION/COMPILATION FILM: HANS AKELA-KUMAR GHANDHARVA (Hindi)

BEST ARTS/CULTURAL FILM: NAINA JOGIN (Hindi & Maithili)

BEST SCIENTIFIC FILM /ENVIRONMENT CONSERVATION/PRESERVATION FILM: UNDER THIS SUN (Bengali)

BEST AGRICULTURE FILM: SEED KEEPERS (Telugu/English)

BEST FILM ON SOCIAL ISSUES: WAY TO DUSTY DEATH (Hindi/English)

BEST INVESTIGAVE FILM: THE WHISTLE BLOWERS (ENGLISH)

BEST ANIMATION FILM: KACHUA AUR KHARGOSH (Hindi)

SPECIAL JURY AWARD: FINAL SOLUTION (Hindi/Gujarati/English)

BEST SHORT FICTION FILM: THACKKAYIN MEEDHA NAANGU KANGAL (Tamil)

BEST DIRECTION: Ganesh Shankar Gaikwad for VOICES ACROSS THE OCEAN (English/Hindi)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Paramvir Singh for PARSIWADA, TARAPORE PRESENT DAY (English / Gujarati)

BEST SOUND RECORDING: Anmol Bhave for CLOSER

BEST EDITING: Vibuti Nathjha for NAINA JOGIN (Hindi/Maithili)

BEST NARRATION /VOICE OVER: Ajay Raina for WAPSI (English/Hindi/Urdu/Punjabi/ Kashimiri)

SPECIAL MENTIONs: Vibhu Puri for POCKET WATCH and Bidyut Kotokyfor BHRAIMOMAN THEATRE

National Film Awards 2007 winners - Article

Film Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Venice Film Festival 2007 awards

Sundance Film Festival 2007 awards

SXSW Film Festival 2007 awards

Tiburon Film Festival 2007 awards

Tribeca Film Festival 2007 awards

Seattle Film Festival 2007 awards

Shanghai Film Festival 2007 awards

Shanghai Film Critics 2007 awards

Karlovy Vary Film Festival 2007 awards

Karnataka State Film 2007 awards

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