60th National Film Awards By Directorate of Film Festivals

The 60th National Film Awards ceremony is an upcoming event during which the Directorate of Film Festivals will present its annual National Film Awards to honor the best films of 2012 in the Indian cinema. The ceremony is scheduled for May 3, 2013. The prestigious 60th National Film Awards for the year 2012 were announced in New Delhi in a joint Press Conference addressed by the Chairpersons of the three juries, Shri Basu Chatterjee for Feature Films, Ms. Aruna Raje for Non-Feature Films and Shri Swapan Mullick for Best Writing on Cinema on Monday (18th March 2013). The top honour in the feature film category goes to Paan Singh Tomar (Hindi) produced by UTV Software communications Ltd. and directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia . In non-feature film category, the top honour Best Film goes to Shepherds of Paradise (Gojri & Urdu) produced and directed by Raja Shabir Khan. In Best Writing on Cinema section, the book Silent Cinema in India – A Pictorial Journey (English) written by B.D. Garga and published by Harper Collins Publisher India has bagged the top honour, whereas Shri P.S. Radhakrishnan has been declared the Best film Critic.

Feature Film category

In the Feature Film category a total of 38 films from 14 languages have been selected for the 60th National Awards in 14 languages.

Best feature film - Paan Singh Tomar (Hindi) , directed by Tigmanshu Dhulia and produced by UTV Software communications Ltd.

Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director - Chittagong (Hindi) and 101 Chodiyangal (Malayalam)

Nargis Dutt Award for Best Film On National Integration- Thanichalla Njan (Malayalam)- Directed by Babu Thiruvalla and Produced by Cherian Philippose.

Best Popular Film- Vicky Donor (Hindi) and Ustad Hotel (Malayalam)

Best Animation Film - Delhi Safari- Directed By Nikhil Advani

Best Film on Social Issues- Spirit

Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservatio- Black Forest

Best Supporting Actor- Annu Kapoor for Vicky Donor (Hindi)

Best Supporting Actress- Dolly Ahluwalia for Vicky Donor (Hindi)

Best Male Playback Singer- Shankar Mahadevan for Bolo Na of Chittagong (Hindi)

Best Female Playback Singer- Arati AnkalikarTikekar for Pale Na Moondon of Samhita (Marathi)

Best Cinematography- Sudheer Palsane and Laboratory Processing: Prasad Studios for KO: YAD

Best Screenplay (Original)- Sujoy Ghosh for Kahaani

Best Screenplay (Adapted)-Bhavesh Mandalia and Umesh Shukla for OMG - Oh My God

Best Director - Shivaji Lotan Patil for Dhag (Marathi)

Best Actor award - Irrfaan  for title in Paan Singh Tomar and Vikram Gokhale for Anumati (Marathi)

Best Actress - Usha Jadhav for Dhag (Marathi)

Special Jury award - Rituparno Ghosh and Nawazuddin Siddiqui.

The Best Child Artist - Virendra Pratap for Dekh Indian Circus (Hindi) and Minon for 101 Chodiyangal (Malayalam).

 Non-Feature Film category

Best Non-Feature Film- Shepherds of Paradise (Gojri & Urdu) produced and directed by Raja Shabir Khan

Best Director - Vikrant Pawar  for the film Kaatal (Marathi).

Best Debut Film of a Director:

Lipika Singh Darai for the film Eka Gachha Eka Manisa Eka Samudra (Odia),

Shumona Goel and Shai Heredia for the film I Am Micro (English)

Special Jury Award - Vasudah Joshi for Cancer Katha (English)

Best Environmental film - Timbaktu (English)

Best Promotional film- Dreaming Taj Mahal ( Hindi & Urdu)

Best Book on Cinema -Silent Cinema in India- A Pictorial Journey

Author- B D Garga

Publisher- Harper Collins Publishers India

Best Film Critic -P S Radhakrishnan

Special Mention-Piyush Roy

A File list is attached to this post for more details of the award.

Housefull 2 : second biggest weekend collector of 2012

Sajid Khan's multi-starrer Housefull 2 has garnered Rs. 42 crore in its opening weekend. . Akshay Kumar is back with a bang.  It's Akshay Kumar's biggest opener ever. The first 3 day collections of the film were Rs. 14 crore, Rs. 13 crore and Rs. 15 crore, taking its three-day total to Rs. 42 crore. Talking in terms of box-office records, Housefull 2 has the second best opening day collections of 2012, after Agneepath (Rs. 25 crore). The film is going strong in overseas also. Thus proving that film’s story has nothing to do with other events (IPL)  happening in country as well as cast’s form at box office. Though the business on Friday and Saturday was affected due to the cricket matches, while the business in North and South circuits got affected due to the strong opposition posed by a Punjabi and Telugu film, respectively. Yet, a fabulous start of Rs. 40 cr + weekend has ensured the film a prime place in the biggest openers' listing.

On this expected success of his film Sajid Khan was found saying “I saw the movie last night and I promise you, I am not saying this because I directed this film, I am saying it out of sheer love for cinema as an audience, this film is a blockbuster and I am so proud that I have directed it,”

Shootout At Wadala- The New Story of Dawood Ibrahim!!!!

Shootout At Wadala, John Abraham plays gangster Manohar Arjuna Surve, better known as Manya. Tusshar plays his trusted lieutenant Sheikh Munir from the Dharavi slums.

The film explains how they met in jail and once out, they took on Dawood Ibrahim, thus cementing their place in the Mumbai underworld and then they carried off several successful heists till Manya was gunned down by the police.

The team explains that film is a prequel and not a sequel to Sanjay’s earlier film, Shootout At Lokhandwala (2007). “It revolves around the first ever police encounter in Mumbai that took place in 1982 — almost a decade before the Lokhandwala shootout,”  explains one of the team member.

“Once Upon A Time in Mumbai (2010)” revolved around the Haji Mastan and Dawood Ibrahim rivalry. Now, the upcoming “Shootout At Wadala” and the sequel to Once Upon A Time in Mumbaai will also have references to Dawood.It seems Dawood is becoming soft target and favorite character of Indian Film Directors!!!! Congratulations to Dawood G;)

The new hot and sizzling Laila ----The item of Bollywood

After doing item numbers in films like Bin Bulaye Baraati (Shalu), Thank You (Razia) and Guru (Champa), Mallika Sherawat is back as an item girl in Tezz, this time as Laila.

The sexy siren flaunts her curves in a sleazy copper outfit. The song sung by Sunidhi Chauhan has been choreographed by Ganesh Acharya. Music is composed by duo Sajid-Wajid.The song got into trouble when Shiv Sainiks stormed the sets of the film for allowing foreign actors in it.

Priyadarshan's Tezz features Ajay Devgn, Anil Kapoor, Boman Irani and Kangna Ranaut. Zayed Khan, Sameera Reddy and Mohanlal are also part of the ensemble cast.

Bond film called Skyfall!!!!!!

The title of the 23rd James Bond film has been confirmed as Skyfall.
The latest 007 adventure will star Daniel Craig for the third time. Leading ladies have been confirmed as French actress Berenice Marlohe and Naomie Harris. Skyfall will be directed by Sam Mendes, who won an Oscar for 1999's American Beauty.Mendes said the storyline will take the secret agent to London, China, Turkey and Scotland.It will see Bond's loyalty tested to M, his superior, while espionage headquarters MI6 faces an attack.
The movie, which sees the return of Dame Judi Dench as spy boss M, will also star Ralph Fiennes, Albert Finney and Javier Bardem as the villain of the piece. It will be released in the UK on 26 October 2012.Much speculation about the new film has focused on what Mendes will bring to the franchise, with some suggesting he will tone down - or even abandon altogether - the action sequences.
But the director denied that this was the case. He told reporters in London that the "fantastic script" had "all the elements of a classic Bond movie, including - to quell any rumours - lots of action".

When asked what fans could expect from the latest film, he added: "The movie will reveal everything, and there's lots of surprises."Producer Barbara Broccoli said no-one had yet been chosen to write and perform the Bond theme tune.

A new Fan of Kilaadee within the Bollywood!!!!!

Its amazing for Akshay Kumar. He's found a new fan in producer-director Sanjay Leela Bhansali, who is currently producing Rowdy Rathore, beams K.One. He's impressed with the actor's professional behaviour and adores the fact that Akshay reports on the sets, on time. So, Bhansaliji has threatened to send packets of his favourite Gujarati dishes in bulk to the actor's house. Now, I know!! definitely Khilaadee”s wife Twinkle will jump at the sight of that fattening food considering she works hard on maintaining Akki's diet.

Salman turns multi-lingual!

Actor Salman Khan will be the first Khan from Bollywood to speak in five different regional languages Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Marathi and Hindi in a promo to announce the launch of a TV channel History. The actor has cut some interesting TV commercials for the channel wherein he is urging people to watch something new. Khan's latest promotional act sees him getting into the 'Jaisa Des Waisa Bhes' character in the promos.