Vice President to honour winners at 59th National Film Awards

New Delhi: Vice President M Hamid Ansari will bestow the prestigious 59th National Film Awards to winners here on May 3. Officials of the Information and Broadcasting ministry said that while national awards are traditionally given by the President every year but this year will see an exception since President Pratibha Patil is currently on a foreign visit.

Vice President has been requested by the ministry to give awards to the winners and the request has been accepted by him, officials said.

The date, May 3, has been finalized as the day for the National Awards as it marks the release day of the iconic movie 'Raja Harishchandra'.

Have a look at the winners of 59th National Film Awards announced on March 7, 2012.
Marathi film 'Deool' and Byari language film 'Byari' jointly won the Best Feature Film award.

Girish Kulkarni also won the Best Actor and Best Dialogues awards for the film.
Apart from the Best Feature Film award, 'Byari' also won a Special Mention certificate at the 59th National film awards.
Directed by Onir, 'I AM' won the Best Hindi Film award. Amitabh Bhattacharya won the Best Lyrics award for 'Agar Zindagi' from the film.
Vidya Balan has won the Best Actress award for her film 'The Dirty Picture'. Vikram Gayakwad has won the Best Make-Up Artist award for 'The Dirty Picture' and Marathi film 'Balgandharva'.

Best Costume Designer award is shared by Niharika Khan for 'The Dirty Picture' and Neeta Lulla for 'Balgandharva'.
Along with Niharika Khan for 'The Dirty Picture', Neeta Lulla won the Best Costume Designer award for 'Balgandharva'.
Bosco and Caeser won the Best Choreography title for 'Senorita' from 'Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara'. Baylon Fonseca won the Best Location Sound Recordist award for the movie.
Shah Rukh Khan's 'RA.One' won a national award for Best Special Effects. Harry Hingorani and Keitan Yadav are the lucky winners.
Child artists of the film, which includes Irrfan Khan, Sanath Menon, Rohan Grover, Naman Jain, Aarav Khanna, Vishesh Tiwari, Chinmai Chandranshuh, Vedant Desai, Divij Handa and Shriya Sharma have won the award for Best Child Artist.
The 'Chillar Party' group shares the Best Child Artist award with Partho Gupte of 'Stanley ka Dabba'.
Abhishek Bachchan's 'Game' has won two awards, Best Sound Designer and Best Re-recordist of the final mixed track.
Directed by Ranjith Balakrishnan, the movie has been named Best Malayalam Film.
Best Tamil Film award winner.
'Shala' has won the Best Marathi Film award. Avinash Deshpande Nigdi won the Best Screenplay Writer (Adapted) award for the film.
The movie has been named Best Bengali Film of 2011. Anjan Dutt won a Special Jury Award for the film. Neel Dutt won the Best Music Direction award for the movie.
'Chillar Party' has been named Best Children's Film. Vikas Behl & Manish Tiwari have won the Best Screenplay Writer (Original) award for the film.
Anand Bhate won the Best Male Playback Singer for 'Balgandharva'.
Appu Kutty has won the Best Supporting Actor award for 'Azhagarsamiyin Kuthirai'.
It has won the Best Punjabi Film award. Gurvinder Singh has also won the Best Direction award for the same.
Pravin KL won the Best Editing award for the film. Indira Gandhi Award For Best Debut Film of a Director also went to 'Aaranyakandam'.
The film has won the Best Manipuri Film award. Leishangthem Tonthoingambi Devi won the Best Supporting Actress for the film.
Mayookh Bhaumik won the Best Background Score for 'Laptop'.
Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment went to 'Azhagarsamiyin Kuthirai'.
The film won a special mention certificate.
Roopa Ganguly has won the Best Female Playback Singer title for 'Abosheyshey'.
Indraneel Ghosh has won the Best Production Design award for the film.

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59th National Film Awards to take place on May 3

Vice President M Hamid Ansari will bestow the prestigious 59th National Film Awards to winners on May 3.

The day also marks the beginning of the hundredth year of Hindi Cinema.

The winners of the 59th National Film Awards have already been announced and the Best Film award will be shared by films 'Deool' (Marathi) produced by Abhijeet Gholap and directed by Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni and 'Byari' (Byari language) produced by TH Althaf Hussain and directed by Suveeran.

The Best Actor award will be given to Girish Kulkarni for 'Deool' and Best Actress to Vidya Balan for 'The Dirty Picture' (Hindi).

Veteran Bengali film actor Soumitra Chatterjee will be honoured with the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke award.

Vice President to honour winners at National Film Awards