National film awards 2011

National film awards 2011

National film award were announced today at Mumbai by the jury chair person, Tamil actor Shri Danush Shared the award for Best actor award withMalayalam Actor Salim Kumar for the year 2011.Danush won the best Actor award for his performance in the Tamil Movie Adukalam directed by . Malayalam Actor Salim Kumar won the award for his performance in Adaminte Makan Abu' Directed by Salem rahman. Adaminte Makan Abu' also won the award for the best feature film for the year.



Danush who mainy Known for his commercial Masaal Tamil Flicks, done a genuine performance in the award winning movie Adukalam directed by Vetrimaran. Aadukalam told the realations of human beings in depth which brought the best ever performance form Danush . Danush won film fare award for his performance in Aadukaalm

Best feature film

Adaminte Makan Abu

Indira gandhi award for best debut film of a director

Baboo Band Baaja (Marathi)

Nargis dutt award for best feature film on national integration

Moner Manush (Bengali)

Best hindi film

Do Dooni Chaar

Award for best popular film providing wholesome entertainment

Dabangg

Best film on social issues

Champions (Marathi)

Best film on environment conservation/preservation

Bettada Jeeva (Kannada)

Best children’s film

Hejjegalu (Kannada)

Best direction

Aadukalam (Tamil)

Director:Vetrimaran

Best actor

Dhanush for Aadukalam (Tamil)

Salim Kumar for Adaminte Makan Abu (Malayalam)

Best actress

Mitalee Jagtap Varadkar for Baboo Band Baaja (Marathi)

Saranya Ponvannan for Thenmerkku Paruvakkatru (Tamil)

Best supporting actor

J. Thambi Ramaiah for Mynaa (Tamil)

Best supporting actress

Sukumari for Namma Gramam (Tamil)

Best child artist

Harsh Mayar for I Am Kalam(Hindi)

Shantanu Ranganekar & Machindra Gadkar for Champions (Marathi)

Vivek Chabukswar for Baboo Band Baaja (Marathi)

Best music director

Vishal Bhardwaj for Ishqiya

Best male playback singer

Suresh Wadkar for Mee Sindhutai Sapkal (Marathi)

Best female playback singer

Rekha Bhardwaj for Ishqiya (Hindi)

Best cinematography

Madhu Ambat for Adaminte Makan Abu (Malayalam)

Best screenplay

(Original) Vetrimaran for Aadukalam (Tamil)

(Adapted) Anant Mahadevan & Sanjay Pawar for Mee Sindhutai Sapkal (Marathi)

Dialogues

Sanjay Pawar

Best editing

T.E. Kishore for Aadukalam (Tamil)

Best non-feature film

Germ (Hindi)

Director: Snehal R. Nair

Producer:Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute, Kolkata

Bodyguard movie

After Wanted and Dabangg, Salman Khan is back with yet another release this Eid festive season. His latest movie Bodyguard is his usual masala entertainer film, but director Siddique seems to have grown beyond Salman's limits. The film is sure to rock the family audience with its simple and captivating story.



Bodyguard is remake of Malayalam movie with the same name, which is a romantic-action film. Salman

khan's rocking performance is the main attraction of the movie. Rajat Rawail's comedy timings, Himesh Reshammiya and Pritam's music, Sejal Shah's cinematography, Vijayan's action sequences and beautiful costumes and act direction are the other highlights of the film.

The movie Bodyguard has simple and engaging story that is relatable. Nothing much happens in the first half of the film and it runs with a routine Bollywood masala. But the movie turns serious with a twist at the end of the first half. Siddique has shown the best part of the film in the second half. The film has an unexpected twist in the pre-climax, which is completely shocking.Lovely Singh [Salman Khan] is very punctual and perfect guy in his duties. He is becomes a bodyguard for Divya [Kareena Kapoor], who is the daughter of a business tycoon named Sartaj Rana [Raj Babbar]. He follows her to her college campus, but soon he becomes a menace for her with his over-protective nature. In bid to avoid him, Divya makes up a fake lover, who falls in love with 'private number'. Who is that girl? Is she really in love with him? Will he gets his true love in her? All these questions are answered in the climax.

With Bodyguard, Salman Khan has returned to a genre he started out with love story. He emotes well in sentimental sequences and he surely rocks the viewers in action, music and comedy sequences. Kareena Kapoor has a tailor-made role and she has really used it to show her acting skills. Rajat Rawail provides perfect comedy timings. Aditya Pancholi, Raj Babbar, Mahesh Manjrekar, Hazel Keech, Asrani and Vidya Sinha have delivered their best to suit their respective roles.



Himesh Reshammiya and Pritam's soundtracks are major highlights in the technical front and they fit well with the genre. The title track and 'Teri Meri...' are sure to rock the audience. Sandeep Shirodkar's background score is also good. Sejal Shah's camera work is the other attraction in the technical stuff. Vijayan's stunts are stylish and Sanjay Sankla's editing is also commendable.



Overall, Bodyguard is a good masala entertainer and it can be a perfect time-passer for this Eid and Ganesh festive seasons. Salman's fans should not miss to watch this movie.

Super fast Shankar's Nanban shooting.

Super fast Shankar's Nanban shooting...

Director Shankar is well known for his slow and steady style of functioning but looking at the fast paced progress of Nanban, seems he is working overtime to present the project to the audience soon.

The third schedule of shooting of Nanban is likely to be canned in London and Buckingham. The music for the film is being churned by Harris Jayraj

Baby promises film festival complex

Baby promises film festival complex

Special Correspondent

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With a view to improving the infrastructure facilities for conducting festivals like the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) with more finesse, the government has completed the preparatory work for setting up a state-of-the-art festival complex here, Minister for Culture and Education M.A. Baby has said.

Inaugurating the valedictory function of the 15 {+t} {+h} edition of IFFK here on Friday evening, Mr. Baby said that land had been identified and funds allotted for constructing the complex. It would be set up soon.

Fund for artistes

A welfare fund for indigent artistes would come into being soon. The IFFK, over the years, had grown from strength to strength, but not without shortcomings, which would be rectified in due course. This was in spite of the pat to the organisational perfection from masters like Werner Herzog, he said.

Noted film-maker Mani Rathnam and his wife and actor Suhasini were the guests of honour. Mr. Rathnam said he was envious of IFFK which had emerged as a prominent event in the festival circuit of the country. But for the Kerala government, not many other governments were interested in fostering art and culture in the country. Festivals like IFFK would help bring cinema on a par with literature. The IFFK was a healthy blend of film-makers, organisers, artistes and the government, he said.

Kerala State Chalachitra Academy chairman K.R. Mohanan, vice-chairman V.K. Joseph, artistic director Beena Paul, and secretary K. Sreekumar were also present.

Top prize for Colombian film

Top prize for Colombian film

Special Correspondent

Coveted win: Carlos Gaviria, director of ‘Portraits in a Sea of Lies,' and Paola Baldion, who acted in the Spanish film, with the Suvarna Chakoram award at the valedictory of the 15th International Film Festival of Kerala in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Colombian film Portraits in a Sea of Lies has won the Golden Crow Pheasant Award (‘Suvarna Chakoram') at the 15 {+t} {+h} International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK). The award was announced at the valedictory of the eight-day festival here on Friday evening. The film's director Carlos Gaviria and producer Erwin Goggle will share a cash prize of Rs.15 lakh that go with the award.

The Silver Crow Pheasant Award for the best director went to Julia Solomonoff for her film The Last Summer of La Boyita, an entry from Argentina. This award carries a cash prize of Rs.4 lakh. The Silver Crow Pheasant Award and a cash prize of Rs.3 lakh for the best debut film went to Belma Bas, director of the film Zephire from Turkey.

The international jury for these awards had Julie Dash, a film maker from the United States, as its chairperson. Other members of jury were Mexican film maker Maria Novaro, Thai film maker Apichapong Weerasethakul, Japanese film maker Yashuhiro Hariki and Indian screenplay writer and photographer Sooni Taraporevala.

The Silver Crow Pheasant Award for the film judged the best by the audience at the festival went to A Japanese Wife, an Indian film directed by Aparna Sen. This award carries a cash prize of Rs.2 lakh. The award instituted by the Network for Promotion of Asian Film Centre (NETPAC) for the best Asian film shown at the festival went to the Indian film I Am - Afiya Megha Abhimanyu Omar directed by Onir Anirban.

Veettilekkulla Vazhi (The Way Home), directed by Biju was adjudged the best Malayalam film at the festival. This award is also instituted by NETPAC. Tunisian film Buried Secrets directed by Raja Amari won the award instituted by the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) for the best film in the competition. The FIPRESCI award for the nest Malayalam film went to Makaramanju directed by Lenin Rajendran.

The Hassankutty Award for the best Indian Debut Film, instituted by filmmaker Meera Nair, was bagged by Chithra Suthram directed by Vipin Vijay. This award carries a cash prize of Rs.50,000.

Awards were also given to Sree Padmanabha Theatre for infrastructure facilities and Ajantha Theatre for technical perfection. Media awards went to N. Sreeja (Indiavision), Aswin Jayakumar (The New Indian Express), N.P. Jishar (Madhyamam daily), Abdul Rasheed (Madhyamam daily) and Sajeev and Sumesh (All India Radio).

Vijay's praise for Raja

Vijay's praise for Raja

Director M Raja has received accolades from Vijay for shaping up 'Velayudham' as a racy entertainer. "The shooting is over, but for a song. We will shoot it soon. And post-production work is going on simultaneously", the director said.

On the appreciation from Vijay, he said, "Ilayathalapathy recently watched some scenes from the film and left the theatre without giving any feedback. I was wondering whether he liked them or not".

"After some time, I got a call from my father (Editor Mohan), who said that Vijay telephoned him and said that he was thoroughly impressed with my work in Velayudham. Vijay also told my dad that the film would sure become a super hit", Raja further said.

The director added: "I was so touched by this gesture of Vijay. He is always down to earth and would appreciate good work. He has proved this once again. Velayudham will be my gift to the fans of Vijay".