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Mar 31, 2015

[CA] National Film Awards 2014



Feature Films
#
Name of
the Award
Name of the Film
(Languages)
Awardees
Medal & Cash Prize (all in Rs)
Citation
1
Best Feature Film
Court
(Marathi, Hindi,
Gujarati & English)
Producer:
Zoo Entertainment
Director:
Chaitanya Tamhane
Swarna Kamal
& Rs. 250000 to each
Court is a powerful and stark depiction of the mundaneness of judicial procedure revealed brilliantly by the film’s form, forcing us to reflect on the heart-wrenching insensitivity of institutional structures.
2
Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director
Asha Jaoar Majhe
(Bengali)
Producer:
FOR Films
Director:
Aditya Vikram
Swarna Kamal
& Rs. 125000 to each
For the portrayal of routine ordinary life with extraordinary cinematic finesse.
3
Best Popular Film providing wholesome Entertainment
Mary Kom
(Hindi)
Producer:
Viacom 18
Director:
Omung Kumar
Swarna Kamal
& Rs. 200000 to each
For an inspiring tale of a woman who becomes a national icon through her determined pursuit of sporting excellence.
4
Best Film on Social Issues
Chotoder Chobi
(Bengali)
Producer:
Shree Venkatesh Films
Director:
Kaushik Ganguly
Rajat Kamal
& Rs. 150000 to each
For its empathetic portrayal of marginalized people and their struggle for a life of dignity.
5
Best Film on Environment Conservation / Preservation
Ottaal
(Malayalam)
Producer:
Cutz Film
Director:
Jayaraj
Rajat Kamal
& Rs. 150000 to each
Ottal, a visual poem, expresses the beauty and serenity of the protagonist’s rural environment and a way of life whose value is measured by the poignancy of its loss.




6




Best Children’s Film

Kaakkaa Muttai
(Tamil) 


Producer:
Grass Root Film
Director:
Manikandan



Swarna Kamal & Rs. 150000 [cash shared b/w all]

Kaakkaa Muttai for narrating a charming story of two brothers who are unaware of their deprived status and have a confrontation with the tastelessness of globalization.
Elizabeth Ekadashi
(Marathi)
Producer: Essel Vision
Director: Paresh Mokashi
Elizabeth Ekadashi is a delightful tale that reaffirms children`s ability to negotiate the complexities of life with relative ease.
7
Best Direction
Chotushkone
(Bengali)
Srijit Mukherji
Swarna Kamal & Rs. 250000
For its brilliantly reflexive use of the cinematic idiom through a playful and innovative mise-en-scene that tautens to an unexpected and gripping climax.
8
Best Actor
Nanu Avanalla Avalu (Kannada)
Vijay
Rajat Kamal &
 Rs. 50000
For his subtle and non-stereotypical playing of a woman trapped in a man’s body, portraying a gamut of emotions as s/he struggles through confusion, rejection and humiliation to finally chart her own course with confidence and dignity.
9
Best Actress
Queen (Hindi)
Kangana Ranaut
Rajat Kamal &
Rs. 50000
For an endearingly etched out performance that is grounded in contextual specificity and at the same time is disarmingly spontaneous as to appear almost improvisatory.
10
Best Supporting Actor
Jigarthanda
(Tamil)
Bobby Simhaa
Rajat Kamal &
Rs. 50000
For an engaging portrayal of a dreaded Mafia don who plays both the villain and the comic with a rare flamboyance and abandon.
11
Best Supporting Actress
Pagdi The Honour
(Haryanavi)
Baljinder Kaur
Rajat Kamal &
Rs. 50000
For a very expressive performance as a gritty rustic woman who struggles as wife and mother to keep her family intact in a society obsessed with patriarchal honour.


12


Best Child Artist


Kaakaa Muttai
(Tamil)


J Vignesh and Ramesh


Rajat Kamal &
Rs. 50000 [cash to be shared]


For their portrayal of inseparable siblings living in a slum who innocently struggle with rare dignity to acquire what attracts them in this vast market of products unleashed by a liberal economy only to realise the harsh reality of invincible class boundaries.
13
Best Male Playback Singer
Haider
(Hindi)
Sukhwinder Singh
(Song: Bismil…)
Rajat Kamal &
Rs. 50000
For a powerful rendition which effectively reflects the agony and anger of the protagonist.
14
Best Female Playback Singer
Saivam
(Tamil)
Uttara Unnikrishnanan
(Song: Azhagu…)
Rajat Kamal &
Rs. 50000
For evoking an emotional resonance through the purity and innocence of her voice.
15
Best Cinematography
Chotushkone
(Bengali)
Sudeep Chatterjee
Rajat Kamal &
Rs. 50000
For exhibiting a wide spectrum of space and time while effortlessly knitting   the emotional fabric of the film.
16
Best Screenplay Writer (original)
Chotushkone
(Bengali)
Srijit Mukherjee
Rajat Kamal &
Rs. 50000
Chotushkone for the masterful telling of a taut suspense thriller which weaves a sinister web around the journey and lives of four egotistical characters. 
17
Best Screenplay Writer (adapted)
Ottal
(Malayalam)
Joshy Mangalath
Rajat Kamal &
Rs. 50000
Ottal for beautifully transposing Anton Chekov’s short  story onto a canvas of nature that enhances the shades of the original.
18
Best Dialogues
Haider
(Hindi)
Vishal Bharadwaj
Rajat Kamal &
Rs. 50000
Haider for the multi layered and resonant dialogues that evoke angst and passion with crispness and brevity.
19
Best Audiography (Location Sound Recordist)
Khadwa
(Marathi)
Mahaveer Sabbanwal
Rajat Kamal &
Rs. 50000
Khwada for its excellent live sound quality which skillfully captures all the ambient sounds with the right tonal balance.
20
Best Audiography  (Sound Designer)
Asha Joar Majhe
(Bengali)
Anish John
Rajat Kamal &
Rs. 50000
Asha Jaoar Majhe for creating a brilliant soundscape which enhances the narrative even in the absence of the spoken word.
21
Best Audiography (Re-recordist)
Nirbashito
(Bengali)
Anirban Sengupta and Dipankar Chaki
Rajat Kamal &
Rs. 50000
Nirbashito for the seamless movement from chaos into the quietness of solitude while integrating various elements of sound.
22
Best Editing
Jigarthanda
(Tamil)
Vivek Harshan
Rajat Kamal &
Rs. 50000
For structuring the different narratives of raw cruelty and urban cunning that eventually intermingle with positive and humourous overtones through skillful editing.
23
Best Production Design
Nachom – IA Kumpasar (Konkani)
Aparna Raina
Rajat Kamal &
Rs. 50000
For convincingly recreating spaces from a different era and with minute attention to detail.
24
Best Costume Design
Haider
(Hindi)
Dolly Ahluwalia
Rajat Kamal &
Rs. 50000
For capturing the essence of the characters and moods with creative flourish.
25
Best Make-up Artist
Nanu Avanalla Avalu
(Kannada)
Nangaraju & Raju
Rajat Kamal &
Rs. 50000
For the realistic creation of gender duality in a character through different phases of life.
26
Best Music Direction (Songs)
Haider
(Hindi)
Vishal Bharadwaj
Rajat Kamal &
Rs. 50000
For developing the conflict of the inner and outer landscape through haunting music.
27
Best Music Direction (Background)
Nineteen Eighty Three
(Malayalam)
Gopi Sunder
Rajat Kamal &
Rs. 50000
For maintaining the tempo of the film with an in-sync background score.
28
Best Lyrics
Saivam (Tamil)
Na. Muthukumar
(Azhagu..)
Rajat Kamal &
Rs. 50000
For embodying the world as seen through the eyes of a child using common place images to make an appeal to an adult world. 
29
Special Jury Award
Khwada
(Marathi)
Director:
Bhaurao Karhade
Rajat Kamal &
Rs. 200000
For a hard-hitting but restrained narration of the harsh realities of a nomadic shepherd community who are in search of stability.
30
Best Choreography
Haider
(Hindi)



Sudesh Adhana
(Bismil….)
Rajat Kamal &
Rs. 50000
For the evocative fusion of performative grammars, interweaving a staccato whirling of masculinised bodies with larger than life puppets, to create a dance that is firmly embedded within the narrative.

Best Films in selected Languages
1
Assamese
Othello



Rajat Kamal &
Rs. 100000 to each
[Producer and Director]






Language Haryanvi: Haryana
Language Rabha: Assam, West Bengal
2
Bengali
Nirbashito
3
Hindi
Queen
4
Kannada
Harivu
5
Konakani
Nachom – IA Kumpasar
5
Malayalam
Ain
6
Marathi
Killa
7
Odiya
Aadim Vichar
8
Punjabi
Punjab 1984
9
Tamil
Kuttram Kadithal
10
Telugu
Chandamama Kathalu
11
Haryanvi
Pagdi The Honour
12
Rabha
Orong

















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