The 60th National Film Awards ceremony was an event during which the Directorate of Film Festivals presented its annual National Film Awards to honour the best films of 2012 in Indian cinema. The ceremony was held on 3 May 2013 and was hosted by actors R. Madhavan and Huma Qureshi.
Selection process
The Directorate of Film Festivals invited nominations for the awards on 3 January 2013. Feature and Non-Feature Films certified by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) between 1 January 2012, and 31 December 2012, were eligible for the film award categories. Books, critical studies, reviews or articles on cinema published in Indian newspapers, magazines, and journals between 1 January 2012, and 31 December 2012, were eligible for the best writing on cinema section. Entries of dubbed, revised or copied versions of a film or translation, abridgements, edited or annotated works and reprints were ineligible for the awards. The deadline for submissions was 21 January 2013.
For the Feature and Non-Feature Films sections, films in any Indian language, shot on 16 mm, 35 mm, a wider film gauge or a digital format, and released in cinemas, on video or digital formats for home viewing were eligible. Films were required to be certified as a feature film, a featurette or a Documentary/Newsreel/Non-Fiction by the CBFC.
Dadasaheb Phalke Award
Introduced in 1969, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award is the highest award given to recognise the contributions of film personalities towards the development of Indian cinema and for distinguished contributions to the medium, its growth and promotion. A committee consisting of five personalities from the Indian film industry was appointed to evaluate the Dadasaheb Phalke award nominations for 2012. Following were the jury members:
Balu Mahendra Ramesh Sippy Saira Banu
For the year 2012, the award was announced on 12 April 2013 to be presented to Pran, a veteran actor of Bollywood known for portraying various negative roles. He was also a Padma Bhushan recipient in 2001.
Name of AwardImageAwardee(s)Awarded AsAwardsDadasaheb Phalke Award PranActorSwarna Kamal, and a Shawl
Feature films The Hindi film Dekh Indian Circus won the maximum number of awards (4) followed by the Malayalam film Ustad Hotel, Hindi films Kahaani, Chittagong, Vicky Donor; and the Marathi film Dhag (3 awards each)
Jury For the Feature Film section, six committees were formed based on the different geographic regions in India. The two-tier evaluation process included a central committee and five regional committees. The central committee, headed by Basu Chatterjee, included the heads of each regional committee and five other jury members. At regional level, each committee consisted of one chief and four members. The chief and one non-chief member of each regional committee were selected from outside that geographic region. The table below names the jury members for the central and regional committees:
Central Jury
Basu Chatterjee (Chairperson)Suresh JindalSadhu MeherMohan SharmaJayarajK. N. T. SastryChitra MudgalC. V. ShivashankarMoloya GoswamiAadesh ShrivastavaSudeshna Roy
Northern Region:
Mohan Sharma (Chair)Suhasini MulayRaja SenSatish KumarAmitabh Parashar
Eastern Region:
K. N. T. Sastry (Chair)Mani RamHemen DasSomnath GuptaErvell Menezes
Western Region:
Jayaraj (Chair)Aditi DeshpandeTarali SarmaAnil DamleBipin Nadkarni
Southern Region I:
Sadhu Meher (Chair)Sabu CherianD. P. MukherjeeBaradwaj RanganDr. Biju
Southern Region II:
Suresh Jindal (Chair)Nagathihalli ChandrashekharS. K. SrivastavaNarasimha Nandi
All India Awards
Golden Lotus Award All the winners are awarded with the Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus Award), a certificate and a cash prize.
Name of AwardName of Film(s)LanguageAwardee(s)Cash prizeBest Feature Film Paan Singh Tomar HindiProducer: UTV Software CommunicationsDirector: Tigmanshu Dhulia Best Debut Film of a DirectorChittagongHindiProducer: Bedabrata PainDirector: Bedabrata Pain 101 ChodyangalMalayalamProducer: Thomas KottakkakamDirector: Sidhartha SivaBest Popular Film Providing Wholesome EntertainmentVicky DonorHindiProducer: Sunil Lulla, John Abraham, Ronnie Lahiri and Ram MirchandaniDirector: Shoojit Sircar Ustad HotelMalayalamProducer: Listin StephenDirector: Anwar RasheedBest Children's FilmDekh Indian CircusHindiProducer: Mahaveer JainDirector: Mangesh HadawaleBest DirectionDhagMarathiShivaji Lotan PatilBest Animated FilmDelhi SafariHindiProducer: Anupama Patil and Kishor PatilDirector: Nikhil AdvaniAnimator: Rafique Shaikh
Silver Lotus Award
All the winners were awarded with a Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus Award), a certificate and a cash prize.
Name of AwardName of Film(s)Language(s)Awardee(s)Cash prizeBest Feature Film on National IntegrationThanichalla NjanMalayalamProducer: Cherian PhilipDirector: Babu ThiruvallaBest Film on Social IssuesSpiritMalayalamProducer: Antony PerumbavoorDirector: RanjithBest Film on Environment Conservation/PreservationBlack ForestMalayalamProducer: Baby Mathew SomatheeramDirector: Joshy MathewBest ActorPaan Singh TomarHindiIrrfan Khan AnumatiMarathiVikram GokhaleBest ActressDhagMarathiUsha Jadhav Best Supporting ActorVicky DonorHindiAnnu KapoorBest Supporting ActressVicky DonorHindiDolly AhluwaliaThanichalla NjanMalayalamKalpanaBest Child ArtistDekh Indian CircusHindiVirendrasingh Rathore101 ChodyangalMalayalamMinonBest Male Playback SingerChittagongHindiShankar MahadevanBest Female Playback SingerSamhitaMarathiArati Ankalikar-TikekarBest CinematographyKo:YadMishingCameraman: Sudheer PalsaneLaboratory Processing: Prasad StudiosBest ScreenplayKahaaniHindiSujoy GhoshBest ScreenplayOMG – Oh My GodHindiBhavesh MandaliaUmesh ShuklaBest ScreenplayUstad HotelMalayalamAnjali MenonBest AudiographyAnnayum RasoolumMalayalamRadhakrishnan S.Best AudiographyShabdoBengaliAnirban SenguptaDipankar ChakiBest AudiographyGangs of Wasseypur – Part 1Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 2HindiAlok DeSinoy JosephSreejesh NairBest EditingKahaaniHindiNamrata RaoBest Art DirectionVishwaroopamTamilBoontawee 'Thor' Taweepasas Lalgudi N. IlayarajaBest Costume DesignParadesiTamilPoornima Ramaswamy Best Make-up ArtistVazhakku Enn 18/9TamilRaja Best Music DirectionSamhitaMarathiShailendra BarveBest Music DirectionKaliyachanMalayalamBijibalBest LyricsChittagongHindiPrasoon JoshiBest Special EffectsEegaTeluguMakuta VFXBest ChoreographyVishwaroopamTamilBirju MaharajSpecial Jury AwardChitrangadaBengaliRituparno Ghosh (Director, Actor)Dekh Indian CircusGangs of Wasseypur – Part 2KahaaniTalaashHindiNawazuddin Siddiqui (Actor)Special MentionOzhimuriMalayalamLal (Actor) Certificate onlyBharath StoresKannadaH. G. Dattatreya (Actor)BaandhonAssameseBishnu Kharghoria (Actor)IshaqzaadeHindiParineeti Chopra (Actress)Dekh Indian CircusHindiTannishtha Chatterjee (Actress)DhagMarathiHansraj Jagtap (Child actor)Ustad HotelMalayalamThilakan (Actor)
Regional Awards
National Film Awards are also given to the best films in the regional languages of India. Awards for the regional languages are categorised as per their mention in the Eighth schedule of the Constitution of India. Awardees included producers and directors of the film. No films in languages other than those specified in the Schedule VIII of the Constitution were eligible.
Name of AwardName of FilmAwardee(s)Cash prizeProducer(s)DirectorBest Feature Film in AssameseBaandhonAssam State Film (Finance and Development) Corporation Ltd.Jahnu Baruah eachBest Feature Film in BengaliShabdoBrand ValueKaushik Ganguly eachBest Feature Film in GujaratiThe Good RoadNFDCGyan Corea eachBest Feature Film in HindiFilmistaanSatellite Picture Pvt. Ltd.Nitin Kakkar eachBest Feature Film in KannadaBharath StoresBasant ProductionsP. Sheshadri eachBest Feature Film in MalayalamCelluloid KamalUbaid Kamal eachBest Feature Film in ManipuriLeipakleiAribam Syam SharmaAribam Syam Sharma eachBest Feature Film in MarathiInvestmentPratibha MatkariRatnakar Matkari eachBest Feature Film in PunjabiNabarJasbir SinghSonu KaurRajeev Sharma eachBest Feature Film in TamilVazhakku Enn 18/9N. Subhash Chandra BoseBalaji Sakthivel eachBest Feature Film in TeluguEegaK. Ranganatha SaiS. S. Rajamouli eachBest Feature Film in UrduHarud Aamir BashirShankar Raman Aamir Bashir each
Best Feature Film in Each of the Language Other Than Those Specified In the Schedule VIII of the Constitution
Name of AwardName of FilmAwardee(s)Cash prizeProducerDirectorBest Feature Film in EnglishLessons in ForgettingPrince ThampiUnni Vijayan each Best Feature Film in MisingKo:YadManju BorahManju Borah each
Non-Feature Films
Jury A committee of seven, headed by chair, Aruna Raje Patil was appointed to evaluate the Non-Feature Films entries. The jury members were:
Aruna Raje Patil (Chairperson)Sameera JainRajendra JangleyMeghnathK. R. ManojPaushali GanguliTiainla Jamer
Golden Lotus Award All the winners were awarded with the Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus Award), a certificate and cash prize.
Name of AwardName of Film(s)Language(s)Awardee(s)Cash prizeBest Non-Feature FilmShepherds of ParadiseGujariUrduProducer and Director: Raja Shabir KhanBest Non-Feature Film DirectionKaatalMarathiVikrant Pawar
Silver Lotus Award
All the winners were awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus Award) and cash prize.
Name of AwardName of Film(s)Language(s)Awardee(s)Cash prizeBest First Non-Feature FilmEka Gachha Eka Manisa Eka SamudraOriyaProducer: Veenu Bhushan VaidDirector: Lipika Singh Darai eachBest Anthropological / Ethnographic FilmChar... The No-Man's IslandBengaliProducer: Sourav SarangiDirector: Sourav Sarangi eachBest Biographical Film /Best Historical Reconstruction FilmCelluloid ManEnglish, Hindi, Kannada and BengaliProducer: Shivendra Singh DungarpurDirector: Shivendra Singh Dungarpur eachBest Arts / Cultural FilmModikhanyachya Don GoshtiMarathiProducer: Gouri PatwardhanDirector: Gouri Patwardhan eachBest Promotional FilmDreaming Taj MahalHindi and UrduProducer: Nirmal ChanderDirector: Nirmal Chander eachBest Environment Film including AgricultureTimbaktuEnglishProducer: Public Service Broadcasting TrustDirector: Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh eachBest Film on Social IssuesBehind The MistMalayalamProducer: Babu KambrathDirector: Babu Kambrath eachBest Exploration / Adventure Film (Including sports)Manipuri PonyEnglish and ManipuriProducer: Films DivisionDirector: Aribam Syam Sharma eachBest Investigative FilmInshallah, KashmirEnglishProducer: Ashvin KumarDirector: Ashvin Kumar eachBest Short Fiction FilmKaatalMarathiProducer: FTIIDirector: Vikrant Pawar eachBest Film on Family WelfareAfter GlowEnglish and GujaratiProducer: FTIIDirector: Kaushal Oza eachBest CinematographyKaatalMarathiCameraman: Abhimanyu DangeLab: Reliance MediaWorksShepherds of ParadiseGojri and Urdu Cameraman: Raja Shabir KhanBest AudiographyDo Din Ka MelaKutchiHarikumar M.Best EditingCelluloid ManEnglish, Hindi, Kannada and BengaliIrene Dhar MalikBest Narration / Voice OverSuranjana DeepaliAssameseMoni BordoloiSpecial Jury AwardI Am MicroEnglishShumona Goel and Shai Heredia (Director)Cancer KathaEnglishVasudha Joshi (Director)Special MentionPinch of SkinEnglish and HindiPriya Goswami (Director)Certificate onlyAllah Is GreatEnglish, Hindi and DanishAndrea Iannetta (Director)RaahSanjay Jangid (Animator)
Best Writing on Cinema
Jury A committee of three, headed by Swapan Mullick was appointed to evaluate the nominations for the best writing on Indian cinema. The jury members were as follows:
Swapan Mullick (Chairperson)Shubhra GuptaC. S. Venkiteswaran
The Best Writing on Cinema awards are intended to encourage the study and appreciation of cinema as an art form and the dissemination of information and critical appreciation of the medium through books, articles, reviews etc.
Golden Lotus Award
All the winners were awarded with Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus Award), cash prize and a certificate.