56th National Film Awards

The 56th National Awards for 2008 were announced on January 23, 2010. As per the recommendations of the Jury, Antaheen (Bengali) was announced the Best Feature Film and also selected for the award in Best Cinematography, Best Lyrics and BEst Female Playback Singer category. Upendra Limaye got the Best Actor award for his role in Marathi feature film Jogva while Priyanka Chopra bagged the Best Actress Award for her performance in hindi film Fashion. The list of the awards is given below:

Best Feature Film	Antaheen (Bengali)
Indira Gandhi Award for Best First Film of a Director	A Wednesday (Hindi): Neeraj Pandey
Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment	Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye (Hindi)
Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration	Aai Kot Nai (Assamese)
Best Film on Family Values	Little Zizou (English, Gujarati)
Best Film on Social Issues such as Prohibition, Women and Child Welfare, Anti-Dowri, Drug Abuse, Welfare of the Handicapped etc.	Jogva (Marathi)
Best Film on Environment Conservation/ Preservation	Jianta Bhoota (Oriya)
Best Children's Film	Gubbachigalu (Kannada)
Best Animation Film	Roadside Romeo (Hindi)
Best Direction	Naan Kadauul (Tamil): Bala
Best Actor	Jogva (Marathi): Upendra Limaye
Best Actress	Fashion (Hindi): Priyanka Chopra
Best Supporting Actor	Rock On! (Hindi): Arjun Rampal
Best Supporting Actress	Fashion (Hindi): Kangana Ranaut
Best Child Artist	Thanks Maa (Hindi): Shams Patel
Best Male Playback Singer	Jogva (Marathi): Hariharan
Best Female Playback Singer	Antaheen (Bengali) & Jogva (Marathi): Shreya Ghoshal
Best Cinematography	Antaheet (Bengali): Avik Mukhopadhyay
Best Screenplay	Gandha (Marathi): Sachin Kundalkar
Best Audiography	Gandha (Marathi): Pramod J. Thomas
Best Editing	Firaaq (Hindi): A. Sreekar Prasad
Best Art Direction	Firaaq (Hindi): Gautam Sen
Best Costume Designer	Jodha Akbar (Hindi): Neeta Lulla
Beest Make-up Artist	Naan Kadauul (Tamil): Moorthy V.
Best Music Direction	Jogva (Marathi): Ajay & Atul
Best Lyrics	Antaheen (Bengali): Anindya Banerjee & Chandranil Bhattacharya
Special Jury Award	Bioscope (Malayalam)
Best Special Effects	Mumbai Meri Jaan (Hindi): Govardhan
Best Choreography	Jodha Akbar (Hindi): Chinni Prakash & Rekha Prakash