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After being delayed by nearly a year because of court cases, the National Film Awards for 2005 were announced on Tuesday. Various Indian cinema personalities were awarded for their excellent performances in their respective fields along with the best movies in different categories.
Budhadeb Dasgupta's Bengali film 'Kaalpurush' was adjudged the Best Feature Film and received the Swarna Kamal. While Gaurav A. Jani's 'Riding Solo to the Top of The World' was acknowledged the best in the non-feature film category.
Parineeta:Indira Gandhi Award for the Best First Film of a Director
The Hindi film 'Parineeta' walked away with the Indira Gandhi Award for the Best First Film of a Director. The Swarna Kamal recipients, both its producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra and director Pradeep Sarkar will be awarded with Rs. 25,000 each.
Rang De Basanti:Best Popular Film
Aamir Khan-starrer 'Rang De Basanti' was declared the Best Popular Film providing wholesome entertainment and will be awarded a Swarna Kamal. The award in the Best Actor category was pocketed by Amitabh Bachchan for the Hindi film 'Black', while Sarika swept the Best Actress award for her role in the English film 'Parzania'. Its director, Rahul Dholakia, also got the Best Direction Award.
The Blue Umbrella:Best Children's Film
'Rang De Basanti' figures among the awards more than once: The Best Audiography award went to Nakul Kamte, Best Editing award to P. S. Bharathi and Best Male Playback Singer to Naresh Iyer.
The Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration went to the Malayalam film 'Daivanamathil', the award for Best Film on Family Welfare to 'Thavamai Thavamiranthe' in Tamil, and the Best Film on Other Social Issues to the Hindi venture 'Iqbal'. Nasseeruddin Shah bagged the Best Supporting Actor award for his role in 'Iqbal.'
Amitabh bachchan:Best Actor
The Kannada film 'Thutturi' got the award for Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation, and 'Blue Umbrella' in Hindi was adjudged the Best Children's Film. While Sai Kumar has been declared Best Child Artist for his role in 'Bommalata - A Bellyful of Dreams', the Best Supporting Actress award has gone to Urvashi for the Malayalam film 'Achhuvinte Amma'. The Best Female Playback Singer award was bagged byo Shreya Ghoshal for a song in the film 'Paheli'
Sarika:Best Actress
Madhu Ambat won the Best Cinematography Award for the Tamil film 'Sringaram', and the Best Screenplay award was bagged by Prakash Jha, Shridhar Raghavan and Manoj Tyagi for the Hindi film 'Apaharan'.
C. B. More took the Best Art Direction award away for 'Taj Mahal - An Eternal Love Story'. The Best Costume Designer award was shared by Anna Singh for 'Taj Mahal - An Eternal Love Story' and Sabyachi Mukherjee for 'Black.'
Anupam Kher:Special Jury Award
While Anupam Kher got a Special Jury Award for 'Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara,' the Best Music Direction award went to Lalgudi Jayaraman for 'Sringaram' and the Best Lyrics award to Barguru Ramachandrappa for a song in the Kannada film 'Thaayi'. The Special Effects Award flew to Tata Elexi for the Tamil film 'Anniyan.' And choreographer Saroj Khan got the Best Choreography award for the film 'Sringaram.'
In all 'Rang De Basanti' emerged as a complete winner for maximum number of awards, while others too managed to grab their deserved credits!
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