CINEMA

Recipients of Dada Saheb Phalke Awards and years

 

Recipients of Dada Saheb Phalke Award	Year
Shyam Benegal – Director	2006
Adoor Gopalakrishnan – Director	2005
Mrinal Sen – Director	2004
Dev Anand- Actor, Director, Producer	2003
Yash Chopra – Director, Producer	2002
Asha Bhosle – Singer	2001
Hrishikesh Mukherjee – Director	2000
B.R. Chopra – Director, Producer	1999
Pradeep – Lyricist, Poet	1998
Sivaji Ganesan – Actor	1997
Dr. Raj Kumar – Actor, Singer, Producer	1996
Dilip Kumar – Actor	1995
Majrooh Sultanpuri – Lyricist	1994
Bhupen Hazarika – Composer, Singer, Producer	1993
Bhalji Pendharkar – Producer, Director	1992
A. Nageshwar Rao- Actor	1991
Lata Mangeshkar – Singer, Producer	1990
Ashok Kumar – Actor, Singer	1989
Raj Kapoor – Actor, Director	1988
B. Nagi Reddi –  Producer	1987
V.Shantaram – Director, producer, actor	1986
Satyajit Ray – Director, Producer	1985
Durga Khote – Actress	1984
L.V. Prasad – Actor, Director, Producer	1983
Naushad- Composer	1982
Jairaj – Actor, Director, Producer	1981
Sohrab Modi – Actor, Director, Producer	1980
R.C. Boral – Composer	1979
Nitin Bose – Cinematographer, Director,  Producer	1978
Kanan Devi – Actress, Singer, Producer	1977
Dhiren Ganguly – Actor, Director, Producer	1976
B.N. Reddi – Director, Producer	1975
Sulochana- Actress	1974
Pankaj Mallick – Singer, Actor, Composer	1973
Prithviarj Kapoor – Actor, Director, Producer	1972
B.N. Sircar – Producer	1971
Devika Rani – Actress	1970

59th National Film Awards 2012 Winners

 

Best Feature Film : Deool (Marathi) & Byari (Kannada)
Best Actor : Girish Kulkarni (Deool)
Best Actress : Vidya Balan (The Dirty Picture)
Best Film Critic : Manoj P Pujari
Special Jury Award : Anjan Dutta
Best Book Award : Anirudha Bhattacharjee & Balaji Vittal for the title (R.D. Burman The Man, The Music)
Best Music Direction : Neel Dutt (Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbona)
Best Background Score : Mayookh Bhaumik (Bengali film Laptop)
Best Lyrics : Amitabh Bhattacharya (I AM)
Best Playback Singer – FEMALE : Rupa Ganguly
Best Playback Singer – MALE : Anand Bhate (Bal Gandharva)
Best Costume : Neeta Lulla (Bal Gandharva – Marathi) & Niharika Khan (The Dirty Picture – Hindi)
Best Choreography : Bosco & Ceaser (Zindagi Naa Milegi Doobara)
Best Special Effects : RA.One
Best Editing : Praveen KL (Aaranya Kaandam)
Best Marathi Film : Shala
Best Hindi Film : I AM directed by Onir
Best Bengali Film : Ranjana Ami Aar Ashbo Na directed by Anjan Dutta
Best Dogri Film : Dille Ch Vasya Koi
Best Kannada Film : Kurmavatara
Best Manipuri Film : Phijigee Mani
Best Punjabi Film : Anhe Ghorey Da Daan
Best Tamil Film : Vaagai Sooda Va
Best Non Feature Film : And We Play On
Best Debut Film of a Director : The Silent Poet (Manipuri)
Best Film on Social Issues : Mindscapes…of Love and Longing shared with Inshallah, Football (Kashmiri, Urdu & English)
Best Film On Family Values : Red Building Where the Sun Sets (English)
Best Screenplay : Vikas Behl & Nitish Tiwari (Chillar Party)
Best Adapted Screenplay Writer : Avinash Deshpande
Best Dialogue : Girish Kulkarni
Best Child Artist : Partho Gupte (Stanley ka Dabba) & the Chillar Party Group
Best Children’s Film : Chillar Party
Indira Gandhi Award for Debut Film Director : Thiagarajan Kumararaja (Aaranya Kaandam)
Special Mention: Director Shari (Adi Madhyantam – Malayalam Film) and Mallika (Byari – Kannada Film)

Why This Kolaveri Di-Written and sung by actor Dhanush

 

Why This Kolaveri Di (Tamil: வொய் திஸ் கொலவெறி டி, Voy Tis Kolaveṟi Ṭi ^?; English: Why This Murderous Rage, Girl?  is an Indian song from the soundtrack of the upcoming Tamil film 3, which is due to be released in 2012. Written and sung by actor Dhanush, the song was composed by music director Anirudh Ravichander.
A downtempo dance gaana-ballad song, “Why This Kolaveri Di” has been described as “genre bending” by critics, built around an ancient South Indian folk rhythm. Its instrumentation consists of nadaswaram, shehnai, saxophone, urumee and thavil drums, acoustic guitar and keyboards mixed with electronic synths and scratches. The vocals utilize the singing style of Tamil folk culture. Lyrically, the song revolves around the film’s main protagonist being dumped by his girlfriend; the song is sung by the character in a drunken state, with many of the lines nonsensical.
The song was officially released on 16 November 2011, and it instantly became viral on social networking sites for its quirky “Tanglish” (portmanteau word of Tamil and English) lyrics. Soon, the song became the most searched YouTube video in India and an internet phenomenon across Asia.Within a few weeks, YouTube honored the video with a Recently Most Popular Gold Medal Award for receiving a large number of hits in a short time

International film Festival of India

 

The 1st edition of IFFI was organized by the Films Division, Government of India, with the patronage of the first Prime Minister of India. Held in Mumbai from 24 January to 1 February 1952, the Festival was subsequently taken to Madras, Delhi and Calcutta. In all it had about 40 features and 100 short films. In Delhi, the IFFI was inaugurated by Prime Minister Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru on 21 February 1952.
Since its beginnings in 1952 the IFFI has been the biggest event of its type in India. Subsequent IFFI’s were held in New Delhi. From the 3rd edition in January 1965, IFFI’s became competitive. In 1975 the Filmotsav, non-competitive and to be held in other filmmaking cities in alternate years, was introduced. Later, Filmotsavs were merged in IFFI’s. In 2004 the IFFI was moved to Goa. Since then the IFFI has been an annual event and competitive.

IFFI in Latest News

SRK inaugurates 42nd International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa

The 42nd International Film Festival of India (IFFI) opened with the ritualistic lighting of the festival lamp by the Hon’ble Minister of Information and Broadcasting Smt. Ambika Soni, Shri Uday Kumar Varma-Secretary (Films), Hon’ble Chief Minister of Goa Shri Digambar Kamat, Shri Sanjay Shrivastava-Chief Secretary Goa, Festival Director Shri Shankar Mohan, Shri Manoj Shrivastav-CEO, ESG along with Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan and Bengali cinema actress Rituparna Sengupta, who officially kicked off the biggest cinematic extravaganza of the entertainment world. The dignitaries lead a star studded gathering of national and international luminaries who have come together to make this festival the grandest celebration of cinema of the world. Hosted by the suave Rahul Khanna and elegant Tisca Chopra, the event showcased the cultural diversity of the country which intermingled with a confluence of movie minds made for the perfect convergence of the world at the Indian shores.
Starting with the handing over of bouquets to the dignitaries by Rituparna Sengupta, the opening was followed by the welcome address by Hon’ble Chief Minister of Goa Shri Digambar Kamat who talked about the way cinema has prospered under IFFI and the support of the Government of Goa in establishing IFFI as a global cinema brand.
Addressing the audience, Smt Ambika Soni stressed on the growing eminence of Indian cinema and talked how IFFI has become an agent of the growing acceptance of Indian cinema and has given an impetus and an identity to the industry making it one of the most prosperous film industries of the world.
The King of Bollywood Shah Rukh Khan while expressing happiness on being a part of this cinematic extravaganza and talking about his experiences at film fiestas and the growth of cinema as a whole shared that Indian cinema is on a rise and IFFI has played an integral part in its global acceptability. While IFFI has given a platform to Indian filmmakers to showcase their creativity to connoisseurs of the world, it has also brought international ideas to Indian shores.

Porfirio bags golden peacock for Best film at IFFI

 

The Columbian film ‘Porfirio’ directed by Alejandro Landes and produced by Franciso Aljure has bagged the coveted Golden Peacock Award for the Best Film at the 42nd International Film Festival of India 2011, while the Silver Peacock Award for the Best Director went to Asghar Farhadi for his film ‘Nader and Simin-A Seperation’. The Indian film ‘Adaminte Makan Abu’ won the Special Jury Award.
Director of the film Salim Ahamed received the award which consists of a Silver Peacock, Certificate and a Cash Prize of Rs. 15 Lakhs, in the presence of the Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Choudhury Mohan Jatua, the Chief Minister of Goa, Digambar Kamat and the famous actor Suriya best known for his roles in films like ‘Kaakha Kaakha’, ‘Vaaranam Aayiram’ who was the Chief Guest of the closing function held on Saturday.
The Best Actor award of Rs. 10 lakh went to the Israeli actor Sasson Gabay for his role in the film ‘Restoration’ whereas the Best Actress Award was won by Nadezhda Markina for her role in ‘Elena’. The above films were chosen by a five member Competition Jury comprising Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Laurence Kardish, Lee Yong Kwan, Tahmineh Milani and Dan Wolman.

2011 Academy Award-The Oscar Award Winners

 

2011 OSCAR Awards / Academy Award Winners

BEST FILM  :  The King’s Speech (2010)
BEST ACTOR :  Colin Firth -Film-The King’s Speech (2010)
BEST ACTRESS : Natalie Portman - Film-Black Swan (2010)
BEST DIRECTOR  : Tom Hooper -Film-The King’s Speech (2010)

57th National Film Awards India

Best Actor Award goes to Amitabh Bachchan for ‘Paa’,
Ananya Chatterjee wins Best Actress National Award for performance in film ‘Abohoman’,
National Award for Best Film goes to Malayam ‘Kutty Srank’,
Best Director is Rituparna Ghosh for Bengali film ‘Abohoman’
Arundhati Nag is Best Supporting Actress for ‘Paa’
Farooq Sheikh Best Supporting Actor for his role in ‘Lahore’
Best Popular Film, Director, Producer awards go to film ’3 Idiots’
Best Film on Social Issues goes to Shyam Benegal’s ‘Well done Abba’
Tamil film ‘Pandiraj’ wins award for Best Dialogue

Winners of the IIFA Awards 2010

 

List of IIFA Awards
Best Film : Vidhu Vinod Chopra – 3 Idiots
Best Performance in a Leading Role (Male) : Amitabh Bachchan – Paa
Best Performance in a Leading Role (Female) : Kareena Kapoor – 3 Idiots & Vidya Balan – Paa
Best Directer : Rajkumar Hirani – 3 Idiots
Best Performance in a Comic Role : Sanjay Dutt – All The Best
Best Performance in a Negative Role : Boman Irani – 3 Idiots
Best Performance in Supporting Role (Male) : Sharman Joshi – 3 Idiots
Best Performance in Supporting Role (Female) : Divya Dutta – Delhi 6
Best Debut of the year (Male) : Omi Vaidya – Jackie Bhagnani
Best Debut of the year (Female) : Jacqueline Fernandez – Mahie Gill
Best Playback Singer (Female): Kavita Seth – Ek Tara (Wake Up Sid)
Best Playback Singer (Male) : Shaan – Behti Hawa Sa Tha Woh (3 Idiots)
Best Music Directer : Pritam – Love Aaj Kal
Best Lyrics : Swanand Kirkire – 3 Idiots
Best Story : Abhijat Joshi, Raj Kumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra – 3 Idiots
Habitat For Humanity Ambassadorship : Salman Khan
IIFA outstanding contribution to Hindi Cinema (Male) : J. Om Prakash
IIFA outstanding contribution to Hindi Cinema (Female) : Zeenat Aman
Outstanding Achievement by an Indian Internationally : Anil Kapoor
IIFA Green Global Award : Vivek Oberoi

National Film Awards 2007-08-India

 

National Film Awards 2007-08-India

The annual film awards in India, 55th National Awards (for year 2007-2008) were announced on September 07, 2009. Here is the List of Winners:

• Best Actor: Prakash Raj (Kanchivaram)
• Best Actress: Uma Shree (Kannada film Gulabi Talkies)
• Best Film Award: Kanchivaram
• Best Child Actor: Sharad Goyekar (Marathi film Tingya)
• Best Screenplay: Gandhi My Father
• Best Supporting Actor: Darshan Zariwala (Gandhi My Father)
• Special Jury mention: Gandhi My Father
• Best Film for National Integration Award: Dharm
• Best Wholesome Entertainment: Chake De India
• Best Family Welfare Film: Taare Zameen Par
• Best Playback Singer: Shankar Mahadevan for ‘Meri Maa’ (Taare Zameen Par)
• Best Lyrics: Prasoon Joshi (Taare Zameen Par)