57th National Awards Complete List
The Directorate of Film Festivals announced 57th National Film Awards for the Year 2009 on 16th September, 2010. The awards were announced in three categories Best Feature Film Category under the Chairpersonship of Shri Ramesh Sippy, Non Feature Film Category under the Chairpersonship of Shri Mike Pandey, and Best Writing on Cinema under the Chairpersonship of Shri Samik Bandhopadhyay. Under the Feature Film Category, 136 eligible entries were distributed between five Regional Juries.

In the Feature Film Category the following awards were announced:
| S. No. | Name of Award | Name of Film | Awardee | Medal & Cash Prize |
| 1 | Best Feature Film | Kutty Srank (Malayalam) | Producer: Reliance Big Pictures Director: Shaji N. Karun | Swarna Kamal Rs. 2,50,000/ Each |
| 2 | Indira Gandhi Award For Best Debut Film Of A Director | Lahore (Hindi) | Producer: Vivek Khatkar Director: Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan | Swarna Kamal Rs. 1,25,000/ Each |
| 3 | Award For Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment | 3 Idiots (Hindi) | Producer: Vidhu Vinod Chopra Director: Raj Kumar Hirani | Swarna Kamal Rs. 2,00,000/ Each |
| 4 | Nargis Dutt Award For Best Feature Film On National Integration | Delhi 6 (Hindi) | Producer: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Director: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra | Rajat Kamal Rs. 1,50,000/- Each |
| 5 | Best Film On Social Issues | Well Done Abba (Hindi) | Producer: Reliance Big Pictures Director: Shyam Benegal | Rajat Kamal Rs. 1,50,000/ Each |
| 6 | Best Children’s Film | Putaani Party (Kannada) & Keshu (Malayalam) | Producer: Children’s Film Society, India (For Both Films) Director: Ramchandra P.N. (Putaani Party) & Sivan (Keshu) | Swarna Kamal Rs. 1,50,000/- |
| 7 | Best Direction | Abohoman (Bengali) | Rituparno Ghosh | Swarna Kamal Rs. 2,50,000/- |
| 8 | Best Actor | Paa (Hindi) | Amitabh Bachchan | Rajat Kamal Rs. 50,000/- |
| 9 | Best Actress | Abohoman (Bengali) | Ananya Chatterjee | Rajat Kamal Rs. 50,000/- |
| 10 | Best Supporting Actor | Lahore (Hindi) | Farooque Sheikh | Rajat Kamal Rs. 50,000/- |
| 11 | Best Supporting Actress | Paa (Hindi) | Arundhati Naag | Rajat Kamal Rs. 50,000/- |
| 12 | Best Child Artist | Pasanga (Tamil) | Film Characters Jeeva & Anba Karasu | Rajat Kamal Rs. 50,000/- |
| 13 | Best Male Playback Singer | Mahanager @ Kolkata (Bengali) | Rupam Islam | Rajat Kamal Rs. 50,000/- |
| 14 | Best Female Playback Singer | Houseful (Bengali) | Neelanjana Sarkar | Rajat Kamal Rs. 50,000/- |
| 15 | Best Cinematography | Kutty Srank (Malayalam) | Cameraman: Anjuli Shukla Laboratory Processing: Adlabs Films Ltd. | Rajat Kamal Rs. 50,000/-Each |
| 16 | Best Screenplay | Kutty Srank (Malayalam) Kanasemba Kudureyaneri (Kannada) Pasanga (Tamil) | Screenplay Writer (Original): P.F. Mathews & Harikrishna Screenplay Writer (Adapted): Dialogues: Pandiraj | Rajat Kamal Rs. 50,000/-Each |
| 17 | Best Audiography | Kaymine (Hindi) Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja (Malayalam) 3 Idiots (Hindi) | Location Sound Recordist: Subash Sahoo Sound Designer: Resool Pookutty Re-Recordist Of The Final Mixed Track: Anup Dev | Rajat Kamal Rs. 50,000/-Each |
| 18 | Best Editing | Abohomaan (Bengali) | Arghyakamal Mitra | Rajat Kamal Rs. 50,000/- |
| 19 | Best Production Design | Delhi 6 (Hindi) | Samir Chanda | Rajat Kamal Rs. 50,000/- |
| 20 | Best Costume Designer | Kutty Srank (Malayalam) | Jayakumar | Rajat Kamal Rs. 50,000/- |
| 21 | Best Make-Up Artist | Paa (Hindi) | Christein Tinsley & Dominie Till | Rajat Kamal Rs. 50,000/- |
| 22 | Best Music Direction | Dev D (Hindi) Kerala Verma Pazasi Raja | Music Director (Songs): Amit Trivedi Music Director (Background Score): Ilayaraja | Rajat Kamal Rs. 50,000/- Each |
| 23 | Best Lyrics | 3 Idiots (Hindi) | Swanand Kirkire “Behti Hawa Sa Tha Who…” | Rajat Kamal Rs. 50,000/- |
| 24 | Special Jury Award | Kaminey (Hindi) & Kutty Srank (Malayalam) & Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja (Malayalam) | Sreekar Prasad | Rajat Kamal Rs. 2,00,000/- |
| 25 | Best Special Effects | Magadheera (Telugu) | R.Kamal Kannan | Rajat Kamal Rs. 50,000/- |
| 26 | Best Choreography | Magadheera (Telugu) | K.Siva Shankar | Rajat Kamal Rs. 50,000/- |
Best Feature Film In Each Of The Language Specified In The Schedule Viii Of The Constitution:
| I | Best Assamese Film | Basundhara | Producer: Hiren Bora Director: Hiren Bora | Rajat Kamal Rs. 1,00,000/-Each |
| Ii | Best Bengali Film | Abohomaan | Producer: Reliance Big Pictures Director: Rituparno Ghosh | Rajat Kamal Rs. 1,00,000/-Each |
| Iii | Best Hindi Film | Paa | Producer: Ab Corp Limited Director : R. Balakrishnan | Rajat Kamal Rs. 1,00,000/-Each |
| Iv | Best Kannada | Kanasemba Kudureyaneri | Producer: Basanta Kumar Patil Director: Girish Kasaravalli | Rajat Kamal Rs. 1,00,000/-Each |
| V | Best Konkani | Palatadcho Munis | Producer: National Film Development Corporation Director: Laxmikant Shetgaonkar | Rajat Kamal Rs. 1,00,000/-Each |
| Vi | Best Malayalam Film | Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja | Producer: A.M. Gopalan Director: T. Hariharan | Rajat Kamal Rs. 1,00,000/-Each |
| Vii | Best Marathi Film | Natarang | Producer: Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. Director : Ravindra Harishchandra Jadhav | Rajat Kamal Rs. 1,00,000/-Each |
| Vii | Best Tamil Film | Pasanga | Producer: M. Sasikumar Director: Pandiraj | Rajat Kamal Rs. 1,00,000/-Each |
| Special Mention | —- | Padmapriya | Cetrtificate Only |
In The Non- Feature Film Category The Following Awards Were Announced:
| S. No. | Name Of Award | Name Of Film | Awardee | Medal & Cash Prize |
| 1 | Best Non-Feature Film (Sharing) | The Postman | Producer: K. Hariharan Director: B. Manohar | Swarna Kamal Rs. 75,000/- (Sharing) Each |
| Bilal | Producer: Sourav Sarangi Director: Sourav Sarangi | |||
| 2 | Best Debut Non-Feature Film Of A Director (Sharing) | Vaishnav Jan Toh | Producer: FTII Director: Kaushal Oza | Rajat Kamal Rs.37500/-(Sharing) Each |
| Ekti Kaktaliyo Golpo | Producer: FTII Director: Tathagata Singha | |||
| 3 | Best Compilation Film | Pancham Unmixed | Producer: Brahmanand S Siingh Director: Brahmanand S Siingh | Rajat Kamal Rs. 50,000/- Each |
| 4 | Best Environment Film Including Agriculture | In For Motion | Producer: Amlan Dutta Director: Anirban Dutta | Rajat Kamal Rs. 50,000/- Each |
| 5 | Best Film On Social Issues | Mr. India | Producer: Haobam Paban Kumar Director: Haobam Paban Kumar | Rajat Kamal Rs. 50,000/- Each |
| 6 | Special Jury Award | Kelkkunnundo | Child Artist: Aasna Aslam | Rajat Kamal Rs. 1,00,000/- |
| 7 | Short Fiction Film | Boond | Producer: Kumar Mangat Director: Abhishek Pathak | Rajat Kamal Rs. 50,000/- Each |
| 8 | Best Cinematography | Gaarud | Cameraman: Deepu S. Unni Laboratory: Adlabs | Rajat Kamal Rs. 50,000/- Each |
| 9 | Best Audiography | Gaarud | Re-Recordist (Final Mixed Track): Lipika Singh Darai | Rajat Kamal Rs. 50,000/- |
| 10 | Best Editing | In Camera | Editor: Tarun Bhartiya | Rajat Kamal Rs. 50,000/- |
| 11 | Best Narration/Voice Over | In Camera | Best Voice Over: Ranjan Palit | Rajat Kamal Rs. 50,000/- |
| 12 | Special Mention | Vilay | Cinematographer: Nitika Bhagat | Certificate Only |
In The Best Writing On Cinema Category Following Awards Were Announced:
| S. No. | Name Of Award | Name Of Book | Awardee | Medal |
| 1. | Best Book On Cinema | Cinemaa Yaana (Kannada) | Publisher: Hasiru Prakashana Author: Dr. K. Puttaswamy | Swarna Kamal Rs. 75,000 |
| 2. | Special Mention | Eka Studioche Atmavrutta | Prabhakar Pendharkar | Certificate |
| S. No. | Name Of Award | Awardee | Medal |
| 3. | Best Film Critic | C.S. Venkiteswaran (Malayalam) | Swarna Kamal Rs. 75,000 |
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