59th National Film Awards Winners

59th National Film Awards were presented by Directorate of Film Festivals, the organization set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India, to felicitate the best of Indian Cinema. Held on May 3, 2012 the ceremony congratulated films released in 2011.

59th National Film Award Winners

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  Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni (Director) - Best Feature Film - Deool
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  Suveeran (Director) - Best Feature Film - Byari
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  Vikas Bahl (L) and Nitesh Tiwari (R) (Director) - Best Children's Film and Best Screenplay (Original) - Chillar Party
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  Girish Kulkarni - Best Actor and Best Dialogues - Deool
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  Anand Bhate - Best Male Playback Singer - Balgandharva
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  Partho Gupte - Best Child Artist - Stanley Ka Dabba
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  Chillar Party kids with Salman Khan (Producer) - Best Child Artist - Chillar Party
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  Niharika Khan - Best Costume Design - The Dirty Picture
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  Amitabh Bhattacharya - Best Lyrics - I Am
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  Bosco (L) - Caesar (R) - Best Choreography - Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
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  Sanjay Suri (L) (Producer) and Onir (R) (Director) - Best Feature Film in Hindi
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  Girish Kasaravalli (Director) - Best Feature Film in Kannada (also a jury member for Dadasaheb Phalke Award)
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  Ranjith (Director) - Best Feature Film in Malayalam
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  Revathi (Director) - Best Film on Family Welfare
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  Anand Patwardhan (Director) - Non-feature film Special Jury Award