National Film Awards 2012

The much coveted National Film Awards were announced today, and Vidya Balan joins the illustrious list of women to receive the Best Actress award for her performance in The Dirty Picture.

Vidya Balan wins National Award

Here is the full list of winners:

Best feature film: Shared by Deool (Marathi) and Byari(Kannada)

Best Actor: Girish Kulkarni for 'Deool'

Best Actress: Vidya Balan for 'The Dirty Picture'

Best film critic: Manoj P Pujari

Special Jury Award: Anjan Dutta

Best Book Award: Anirudha Bhattacharjee and Balaji Vittal for the title

'R.D. Burman The Man, The Music.'

Best Music Direction: Neel Dutt for Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbona

Best Background Score: Mayookh Bhaumik for Bengali film Laptop

Best Lyrics: Amitabh Bhattacharya for 'I AM'

Best Female Playback Singer: Rupa Ganguly

Best Male Playback Singer: Anand Bhate for 'Bal Gandharva'

Best Costume: Neeta Lulla for 'Bal Gandharva' (Marathi) and Niharika

Khan for 'The Dirty Picture' (Hindi)

Best Choreography: Bosco and Ceaser for 'Zindagi Naa Milegi Doobara'

Best Special Effects: 'RA.One'

Best Editing: Praveen KL for 'Aaranya Kaandam'

Best Marathi Film: 'Shala'

Best Hindi Film: 'I AM' directed by Onir

Best Bengali Film: 'Ranjana Ami Aar Ashbo Na' directed by Anjan Dutta

Best Dogri Film: Dille Ch Vasya Koi

Best Kannada Film: Kurmavatara

Best Manipuri film: Phijigee Mani

Best Punjabi Film: Anhe Ghorey Da Daan

Best Tamil Film: Vaagai Sooda Va

Best Non Feature Film: And We Play On

Best Debut Film of a Director: The Silent Poet (Manipuri)

Best film on Social Issues: Mindscapes...of Love and Longing shared with Inshallah, Football (Kashmiri, Urdu and English)

Best Film On Family Values: Red Building Where the Sun Sets (English)

Best Screenplay: Vikas Behl and Nitish Tiwari for 'Chillar Party'

Best Adapted screenplay writer: Avinash Deshpande

Best Dialogue: Girish Kulkarni

Best Child Artist: Partho Gupte for 'Stanley ka Dabba' and the Chillar

Party Group

Best Children's Film: Chillar Party

Indira Gandhi award for debut film director: Thiagarajan Kumararaja for 'Aaranya Kaandam'

Special Mention: Director Shari for 'Adi Madhyantam' (Malayalam Film) and Mallika for 'Byari' (Kannada Film)

Congrats to all winners. 

Vidya now joins the likes of Priyanka Chopra, Karisma Kapoor and Smita Patil who have each won the prize.