National film awards 2009

National film awards 2009, Filmmaker Priyadarshan’s Tamil film ‘Kanchivaram‘, a period drama about silk weavers of the south, was chosen as the best movie at the 55th National Film Awards announced here.

Tamil actor Prakash Raaj beat off competition from Bollywood superstars Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan to bag the Best Actor award for his role in ‘Kanchivaram’, which depicts the lives of silk weavers of Kanchipuram during the pre-Independence era.

Raaj had earlier won the Best Supporting Actor award for his ‘Iruvar’ in 1998 and also a special Jury Award in 2003.

Veteran filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan has got the Best Director’s award for his film ‘Naalu Pennungal’. This will be his seventh national award.

He was named among the host of other winners of the National Film Awards announced for the year 2007 by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting here today.

Raaj had earlier won the best supporting actor award for his film “Iruvar” in 1998 and a special jury award in 2003.

Umashree got the best actress award for her performance in Girish Kasaravalli’s Kannada film “Gulabi Talkies”.

“Kanchivaram” has also been chosen as the best film for 2007. Directed by Priyadarshan, the film depicts the lives and times of silk-weavers of Kancheepuram in pre-Independent India.

The best child actor award went to Sharad Goyekar for his role in the Marathi film “Tingya”.

Darshan Zariwala got the best supporting actor award for his role in Feroz Abbas Khan’s film “Gandhi My Father”. There was also a special jury award for this film, which explores the troubled relationship between Harilal Gandhi and Mahatma Gandhi.

“Chak De India” bagged the award in the wholesome entertainment category and “Taare Zameen Par” in the family welfare category.

Playback singer Shankar Mahadevan has won the award for the song “Meri Maa” from the film “Taare Zameen Par”.

The jury was headed by Sai Paranjpe; other members included Ashok Viswanathan and Namita Gokhale. About 102 films and 106 non-feature films were considered.

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National film awards 2009 was first posted on September 7, 2009 at 7:12 pm.
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