55th National Awards Jury And Nomnees

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DIRECTORATE OF FILM FESTIVALS
MINISTRY OF INFORMATION &
BROADCASTING
Government of India
55th National Film Awards
Jury Feature films
Chairperson
Ms. Sai Paranjpye
Members
1. Shri Nemai Ghosh
2. Ms. Manju Bora
3. Shri Ahsan Muzid
4. Shri Arup Manna
5. Shri Mohan Sharma
6. Shri K.S. Sivaraman
7. Shri Rajendra Narayan Talak
8. Shri Kesari Harvoo
9. Shri Ervelle Menezes
10. Shri Siby Malayil
11. Sunny Joseph
12. Shri Satya Paul
13. Ms. Prathibha Prahlad
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55th National Film Awards
Non-Feature Film Jury
Chairperson
Shri Ashoke Viswanathan
Members
Shri Prabhu Radhakrishnan
Shri Rajendra Janglay
Ms Jasmine K Roy
Shri Ashok Ogra
Shri Ramesh Asher
Best Writing on Cinema
Chairperson
Ms. Namita Gokhale
Members
Mr. Jerry Pinto
Shri G.P. Ramachandran
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55TH NATIONAL FILM AWARDS
ENTRIES FEATURE FILMS
S.No Title Language Director Duration
1. Ballygunge Court Bengali Pinaki Chaudhuri 125
2. Chander Bari Bengali Tarun Majumder 150
3. Chirosakha He Bengali Bandana Mukhopadhyay 107
4. Ek Nadir Galpo Bengali Samir Chanda 124
5. Jaara Brishtite Bhijechilo Bengali Anjan Das 124
6. Kaal Bengali Bappaditya 123
Bandopadhyay
7. Kailase Kelenkari Bengali Sandip Ray
8. Krishnakanter Will Bengali Raja Sen 145
9. Pitribhumi Bengali Prabht Roy 158
10. Saas Rani Bahu Naukarani Bhoj Puri Brij Bhushan
11. Gandhi My Father English Feroz Abbas Khan 126
12. The Kingmaker English A. Balakrishnan 155
13. The Last Lear English Rituparno Ghosh 122
14. 1971 Hindi Amrit Sagar 137
15. Antardwand Hindi Sushil Rajpal 111
16. Breaking News Hindi N. Chandra 155
17. Chak De India Hindi Shimit Amin 148
18. Dharm Hindi Bhavna Talwar 103
19. Dum Kata Hindi Amol Palekar 102
20. Duvidha Hindi Sharat Kumar 113
21. Foto Hindi Virendra Saini 89
22. Frozen Hindi, Ladakhi Shivajee Chandrbhushan 110
23. Gandhi MyFather Hindi Feroz Abbas Khan 128
24. Humne Jeena Seekh Liya Hindi Milind Ukey 141
25. Jab We Met Hindi Imtiaz Ali 144
26. Johnny Gaddaar Hindi Sriram Raghavan 138
27. Just Married: Marriage was only Hindi Mehgna Guljar, 140
the Beninning
28. Kahaani Gudiya Ki Hindi Prabhakar Shukla 115
29. Life in a Metro Hindi Anurag Basu 131
30. Mahek Mirza Hindi Kranti Kanade 75
31. Mithya Hindi Rajat Kapoor 107
32. Om Shanti Om Hindi Farah Khan 155
33. Swami Hindi Ganesh Acharya 120
34. Taare Zameen Par Hindi Aamir Khan 163
35. Trisha Hindi Sushen Bhatnagar 109
36. Undertrial Hindi Aziz Khan 148
37. AA Dinagalu Kannada Chaitanya K.M. 140
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38. AVVA Kannada Kavitha Lankesh 150
39. Chili Pili Hakkigalu Kannada Kodlu Ramkrishna 130
40. Daatu Kannada K. Shivarudraiah 115
41. Deepa Kannada N.T. Jayaramareddy 121
42. Eklavya Kannada Baraguru 115
Ramachandrappa
43. Gulabi Talkies Kannada Girish Kasaravalli 122
44. Kurunaadu Kannada G. Murthy 122
45. Mathad Mathadu Mallige Kannada Nagathihalu 142
Chandrashekar
46. Meera Madhava Raghava Kannada T.N. Seetharam 140
47. Moggina Jade Kannada P.R. Ramadasa Naidu 106
48. Naanu Gandhi Kannada N.R. Nanjude Gowda 105
49. Nondu Bendavalu Kannada Lakshmi 120
50. Aakashagopuram Malayalam K.P. Kumaran 115
51. Atayalangal Malayalam M.G. Sasi 100
52. Kadha Parayumbol Malayalam M.Mohan 135
53. Kadha Parayum Theruvoram Malayalam Sunil 106
54. Kaliyorukkam Malayalam S.Sunil 46
55. Naalu Penungal Malayalam Adoor Gopalakrishnan 105
56. Novel Malayalam Vijayan (K.V.S. Pillai) 124
57. Ore Kadal Malayalam Shyamaprasad 100
58. Ottakayan Malayalam G.R. Indugopan 90
59. Paradesi Malayalam P.T.Kunhimuhammed 134
60. Yenning Amadi Likla Manipuri Makhonmani Mongsaba 107
61. Aevdhe Se Aabhaal Marathi Bipin Nadkarni 104
62. Checkmate Marathi Sanjay Jadhav 127
63. Ek Daav Sansaracha Marathi Sanjay Surkar 118
64. Jogva Marathi Rajjev Patil 109
65. Kadachit Marathi Chandrakant Kulkarni 130
66. Nirop Marathi Sachin Kundalkar 90
67. Paash Marathi Arvind Jog 137
68. Tingya Marathi Mangesh Hadawale 166
69. Valu Marathi Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni 120
70. Dhauli Express Oriya Chittaranjan Tripathy 166
71. Ammuvagiya Naan Tamil Padma magan 134
72. Chennai‐600028 Tamil Venkat Prabhu
73. Inimey Naangathaan Tamil S. Venkybaboo 94
74. Kanchivaram Tamil Priyadarshan 130
75. Kannum Kannum Tamil G. Marimuthu 133
76. Leeladharan Tamil Prabhu Solomon 130
77. Mayakkannadi Tamil Cheran 184
78. Mirugam Tamil Sami 147
79. Mozhi Tamil Padma Magan 141
80. Onbathu Rooba Nottu Tamil Thankar Bachan 113
81. Oru Izhayin Payanam Tamil Latha menon 45 (Short
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82. Pallikoodam Tamil Thankar Bachan 143
83. Periyar Tamil Gnana Rajasekaran 170
84. Sathumpodaathey Tamil S.M. Vasanth 141
85. Sivaji Tamil S. Shankar 161
86. Thoovaanam Tamil S. Haricharan 120
87. Amulyam‐The Priceless Gift Telugu Akkineni Kutumba Rao 93
88. Chandamama Telegu Krishna Vamsi 140
89. Happy Days Telugu Sekhar Kammula 160
90. Mee Shreyobhilashi Telugu V. Eshwar Reddy 128
91. O Chinnari Korika Telegu Nagendra Kumar Vepuri 91
92. Badi Tulu Richard Castalina 120
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55 NATIONAL FILM AWARDS
Entries Non‐ Feature Films
S.No. Name of Film Language Director Format Duration
in minutes
1. ‘SOPFUNUO’, Angami Vikeyeno Zao Video 43
FREEDOM – THE (Nagaland)
ULTIMATE……..
2. ABIKALPA Bengali Shila Datta Video
3. ANIKETA Bengali Shila Datta Video
4. BAGHER BACHA Bengali Bishnu Dev Halder Video 24
5. BHANGA GARA Bengali Nilanjan Datta Video 27
6. BHULTIR KHERO – Bengali Anirban Datta Video 29
Chronicle of an
Amnesiac
7. LAAL JUTO Bengali Shweta Merchant 35 mm 23
8. A BODY THAT WILL English Sukanya Sen Video 29
SPEAK
9. AN EPISODE BY THE English Soumitra Ranade 35mm 10
POOL
10. Before the Brush English Vinod Mankara 35mm 31
Dropped
11. BISMILLAH AND English Juhi Sinha Video 27
BENARAS
12. BUDDHIST REMAINS IN English Sikta Biswas Video 40
ORISSA
13. GANDHARVA VEDA English M.M. Mathialagen 35mm 17
14. GHATER KATHA – TALE English Bappaditya Video 30
OF RIVERSIDE STEPS Chattopadhyay
15. GUMORIA GOES English Mukul Talukdar Video 25
GLOBAL
16. HEALERS (TRADITIONAL English Urmi Chakraborty 35mm 22
TRIBAL HEALERS OF
MEGHALAYA)
17. INFERNO : JHARIA’S English Paranjoy Guha Video 58
UNDERGROUND FIRES Thakurta
18. KALI BEIN (THE BLACK English Surendra Manan Video 89
RIVER)
19. MAKING THE FACE English Suvendu Chatterjee Video 29
20. MALGUDI DREAMS English M.P. Sukumaran Nair Video 37
21. MIND OF AN ABUSER English Menakshi Vinay Rai Video 24
22. ON MY OWN AGAIN English Anu Srinivasan Video 29
23. PEDALLING TO English Vijay S. Jodha Video 28
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FREEDOM
24. RAJARSHI English Aribam Syam Sharma 35mm 58
BHAGYACHANDRA OF
MANIPUR
25. REWIND English Atul Taishete 35mm 9
26. SAND CASTLE English Pramod Das 35mm 22
27. SEX,LIES & A BOOK English Sanjeev Sivan Video 29
28. She’s My Girl English Meera Dewan Video 30
29. SHIFTING PROPHECY English Merajur Rahman Video 29
Baruah
30. SPOT THE DIFFERENCE? English Vivek Mohan Video 29
31. The Journalist and the English Ramesh Sharma, Video 78
Jihadi‐The Murder of Ahmad Jamal
Daniel Pearl
32. THE TAI PHAKEYS English Mridul Gupta Video 22
33. TRIUMPH English J. R. Subash 35mm 23
34. VILLAGE OF DUST, CITY English Sanjay Barnela Video 28
OF WATER
35. AYODHYA GATHA English/Hindi Vani Subramanian Video 61
36. HOPE DIES LAST IN English/Hindi/ Supriyo Sen Video 79
WAR Punjabi/Bengali
37. ECHO OF SILENCE English/Khasi Reema Borah 35mm 24
38. ANTARDHWANI – PT. Hindi Jabbar Patel 35mm 68
SHIV KUMAR SHARMA
39. BEWAQT BARISH Hindi Sumitra Bhave & Sunil 35mm 65
Sukthankar
40. AMRIT JAL – BEYOND Hindi Naresh Chander Lal Video 20
THE HORIZON
41. DO DIL Hindi N.D. Sadamate 35mm 4
42. DRISHTI ANANT Hindi Shalini Shah 35mm 31
43. GADHA JANAM SAFAL Hindi Vikram Srivastava 35mm 22
44. GIRL STARS : ANITA Hindi Vikash Nowlakha Video 8
MADHUMAKHIPALIKA
45. GIRL STARS : Hindi Pallavi Arora Video 8
ANURADHA MEDICAL
CHHATRA
46. GIRL STARS : Hindi Pallavi Arora Video 8
BHANWARI, POLICE
CONSTABLE
47. GIRL STARS : Hindi Umang Bhattacharya Video 8
SURYAMANI
PARYAVARAN
KARYAKARTA
48. GIRL STARS : TEHSEEN Hindi Vikash Nowlakha Video 8
CHHATRAVAS
ADHYAKSH
49. JOY RIDE Hindi Manisha Issrani Misra Video 10
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50. KRAMASHA Hindi Amit Dutta 35mm 22
51. KSHITIJ Hindi Binitesh Baruri 35mm 23.
52. LORRYWALLAS OF Hindi Menakshi Vinay Rai Video 24
INDIA
53. MASTI BHARA HAI Hindi Ashok Rane Video 57
SAMA
54. MUBARAK BEGUM Hindi Bipin Choubal 35mm 19
55. NAUSHAD ALI – THE Hindi Buddhadeb Dasgupta 35mm 39
MELODY CONTINUES
56. NAYE PATTE (New Bud) Hindi Rajiv Kumar 35mm 14
57. NINAD Hindi Abhaya Simha 35mm 21
58. PRADAKSHINA Hindi R. Premraj 35mm 20
59. RASHTRAPATI BHAVAN Hindi Radhey Shyam 35mm 36
60. REHANA : A QUEST FOR Hindi Gargi Sen & Priyanka Video 29
FREEDOM Mukherjee
61. STEM CELLS – Hindi Mike Pandey Video 20
FRONTIERS OF SCIENCE
62. SURATI Hindi Deepti Pant 35mm 16
63. TEESRA RASTA Hindi Anwar Jamal Video 36
64. UDEDH BUN Hindi Siddharth Sinha 35mm 21
65. USTAD BISMILLA KHAN Hindi Dinesh Kumar 35mm 19
Prabhakar
66. WHO THOUGHT Hindi Keshab Pandey 35mm 22
ABOUT LITTLE BOY
67. MORALITY TV & THE Hindi/English Paromita Vohra Video 30
LOVING JEHAD
68. NO CLOSE UP Hindi/English Gul Dharmani 35mm 22
69. SPANDAN Hindi/English Sailesh 35mm 21
70. IN THIN AIR Hindi/English Indraneel Kaul 35mm 22
71. PRARAMBHA Kannada Santosh Sivan 35mm 12
72. BUDSHAH Kashmiri Mushtaq A. Bala Video 60
73. AGRAHARA ‐ A Malayalam M. Venu Kumar Video 24
LAMENT
74. KALIYORUKKAM Malayalam S.Sunil 35mm 46
(Ground Work)
75. MATTANNUR Malayalam Shahnavaskhan 35mm 30
SANKARANKUTTY
76. POOMARAM Malayalam Vipin Vijay Video 56
77. PUNARAKHYANAM Malayalam Madhu Eravankara Video 30
78. THEERAM Malayalam Sanju Surendran 35mm 22
79. VELLAPOKKATHIL Malayalam Jayaraj Video 26
80. NGAIHAK LAMBIDA Manipuri Haobam Paban Kumar 35mm 19
81. NONGPOK THONGAK Manipuri Ronel Haobam Video 23
PASHINGGI WARI (The
Story of the Eastern
Protectors
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82. DHARMA RAMOSHI Marathi Pundalik L.Dhumal Video 20
83. HARVILELE Marathi Dhirag Meshram 35mm 22
INDRADHANUSHYA
84. MAJHI SAKHAR SHALA Marathi Milind Damle 35mm 29.
85. KULAI CHAULA Oriya Sanjib Kumar Behera 35mm 15
( A FEW GRAINS OF
RICE)
86. KARAAMAT (THE Punjabi Aman Sachdeva 35mm 5
MIRACLE)
87. AND SO CAME A DAY Silent Ani Thomas 35mm 22
88. JOSEPH KI MACHA Silent Bobby Wahengbam Video 15
89. ON MY DEATH BED Silent Garima Pareek 35mm 17
90. PLOT Silent Abhijit Mazumdar 35mm 20
91. IRU THULIGAL Tamil R. Pandiarajan Video 5
92. ORAE ORU NALL Tamil Abhilasha U 35mm 10
93. RASIGAN Tamil N.Sudarshan 35mm 10
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55TH NATIONAL FILM AWARDS
ENTRIES BEST WRITING ON CINEMA‐ BOOKS
S.No Title Language Author
1. Shilpanirdesak Bansi Chandragupta Bengali Arun Kumar Roy
2. Bollywood Today English Kaveree Bamzai
3. Darlingji English Kishwar Desai
4. Echoes and Eloquences : The Life and English Saibal Chatterjee
Cinema of Gulzar
5. Fantasies of a Bollywood Love Thief English Stephen Alter
6. From Raj to Swaraj: The Non‐Fiction English B.D.. Garga
Film in India
7. Gender Relations and Cultural English Indubala Singh
Ideology in Indian Cinema
8. Hema Malini‐The Authorized English Bhawana Somaaya
Biography
9. King of English Anupam Chopra
Bolly wood‐Shah Rukh Khan
10. Romancing with Life: An English Dev Anand
Autobiography
11. The Practical Illustrated Media English Prabhu Narain Jhingran
Handbook: Film and Cinematography (IBS)
12. Asomiya Filmo ka Safarnama Hindi Azhar Alam
13. Film Nirdeshan Hindi Kuldeep Sinha
14. Filmi Patrakarita Hindi Vinod Tiwari
15. Kishore Namit Kapoor Acting Course Hindi Kishore Namit Kapoor
16. Meri Awaz Suno Hindi Vinod Viplav
17. Maya Manjoosha Kannada H.S.Manjunatha
18. Marakkatha Chithram Mayatha Malayalam Thomas MF
Drisham
19. Days of Cinema Marathi Arun Ramkrishna Godbole
20. Marathi Taraka Marathi Mahesh Tilekar
21. Rafinama Marathi Isak Mujawar
22. From Pammal Sambandha Mudaliar Tamil Aranthai Manian
to Komal Swaminathan
23. Pesum Porchithiram Tamil Amshan Mumar
24. The Cinematographers of Tamil Tamil Aranthai Manian
Cinema
25. Anaganaga Oka Rakumarudu Telugu T.C. Kanta Rao, T.S.
Nataprapoorna Kanta Rao Sweeya Jagamohan & T. Sreekanth
Charitra
26. The Amaging Film Field Telugu Nagendra Kumar Vepuri
27. Mahanati Saitri‐Venditera Samragni Telegu Garlapati Pallavi
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55TH NATIONAL FILM AWARDS
Entries for Best Film Critics
S.No Name of Critic Language No of
articles
28. Derek Bose English 06
29. Johnson Thomas English 8
30. Pratim D.Gupta English 08
31. Ulhas Shirke English 05
32. Ajay Brahmatmaj Hindi 08
33. Ajit Rai Hindi 10
34. Choudhari Zia Imam Hindi 10
35. Geetashree Hindi 05
36. Suresh Sharma Hindi 10
37. George Mathew Malayalam 06
38. V.K. Joseph Malayalam 08
39. Madhu Eravankara Malayalam & 8 Malayalam
English 2 English
40. Manoj Shrivilas Marathi 7
Kulkarni
41. Rekha Deshpande Marathi 10
42. Surya Deo Oriya 10
43. V. Ramjee Tamil 10
44. Nagendra Kumar Telugu 05
Vepuri
45. Vasiraju Prakasam Telugu 10
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