Awards & Winners

2001 National Film Awards

Check winners and nominations of 2001 National Film Awards. Check awards winners of 49th National Film Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

49th National Film Awards

Dadasaheb Phalke Award

Yash Chopra

(Awarded as Director and Producer)
National Film Award for Best Feature Film

Girish Kasaravalli, Soundarya

Honored for : Dweepa
Indira Gandhi Award for Best First Film of a Director
National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment

Aamir Khan, Ashutosh Gowariker

Honored for : Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
National Film Award for Best Direction

B. Lenin

Honored for : Ooruku Nooruper
Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration
National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues

Madhur Bhandarkar, Lata Mohan

Honored for : Chandni Bar
National Film Award for Best Actor

Murali

Honored for : Neythukaran
National Film Award for Best Actress

Shobana

Honored for : Mitr, My Friend
National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor

Atul Kulkarni

Honored for : Chandni Bar
National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress

Ananya Khare

Honored for : Chandni Bar
National Film Award for Best Child Artist

P. Shwetha

Honored for : Kutty
National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer

Udit Narayan

Honored for : Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India, Dil Chahta Hai
(Mitwa, Jaane Kyon)
National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer

Sadhana Sargam

Honored for : Azhagi
(Pattu Cholli)
National Film Award for Best Cinematography
National Film Award for Best Screenplay

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Honored for : Show
National Film Award for Best Audiography

H. Sridhar, Nakul Kamte

Honored for : Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
National Film Award for Best Editing

Beena Paul

Honored for : Mitr, My Friend
National Film Award for Best Production Design

Nitin Chandrakant Desai

Honored for : Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
National Film Award for Best Costume Design

Bhanu Athaiya

Honored for : Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
National Film Award for Best Music Direction

A. R. Rahman

Honored for : Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
(Songs and Background Score)
National Film Award for Best Lyrics

Javed Akhtar

Honored for : Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
(Radha Kaise Na Jale and Ghanan Ghanan)
National Film Award for Best Special Effects

Madhu Sudhanan

Honored for : Aalavandhan
National Film Award for Best Choreography

Raju Khan

Honored for : Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film)

Janaki Vishwanathan

Honored for : Kutty
(Director)
National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film)

Dilip Doley, Narayan Seal

Honored for : Panoi-Jongki
(Director)
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi

Ritesh Sidhwani, Farhan Akhtar

Honored for : Dil Chahta Hai
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada

Mitrachitra, P. Sheshadri

Honored for : Atithi
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam

T. V. Chandran

Honored for : Danny
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Oriya
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil

L. Suresh, B. Lenin

Honored for : Ooruku Nooruper
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in English

Revathi, Suresh Chandra Menon

Honored for : Mitr, My Friend
National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film

Films Division of India, Prakash Jha

Honored for : Sonal
National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film Direction

Buddhadeb Dasgupta

Honored for : Jorasanko Thakurbari
National Film Award for Best First Non-Feature Film of a Director

Vinod Sukumaran, Asha Joseph

Honored for : Diary of a Housewife
National Film Award for Best Anthropological/Ethnographic Film

Films Division of India, Aribam Syam Sharma

Honored for : The Monpas of Arunachal Pradesh
National Film Award for Best Biographical Film

Kuldeep Sinha, V. Packirisamy

Honored for : Teejan Bai
National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Environment/Conservation/Preservation Film

Y.N. Engineer, Viplove Bhatia

Honored for : The Holy Ganga
National Film Award for Best Promotional Film

Y.N. Engineer, K.G. Das

Honored for : News Magazine No. 458 (In Search of Muga Silk)
National Film Award for Best Film on Social Issues

Aruna Raje Patil

Honored for : A New Paradigm
National Film Award for Best Educational/Motivational/Instructional Film

Tomy Mathew, M. G. Sasi

Honored for : Kanavu Malayilekku
National Film Award for Best Investigative Film

Soudamini Mishra, Goutam Ghose

Honored for : Kalahandi
National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Animation Film

Children's Film Society, India, Paushali Ganguli

Honored for : The Pink Camel
National Film Award for Best Short Fiction Film
National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film on Family Welfare

Ratheesh Ramayya, Satheesh Venganoor

Honored for : Sayante Thinte Padavukal
National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film Cinematography

Nilotpal Sarkar, Prasad Film Laboratory

Honored for : Jorasanko Thakurbari
National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film Cinematography

Irom Maikpak, Prasad Kalinga Lab

Honored for : The Monpas of Arunachal Pradesh
National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film Audiography

Anup Mukherjee

Honored for : Enough of Silence
National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film Editing

Ajithkumar

Honored for : Athman
National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film Music Direction

Bhaskar Chandavarkar

Honored for : Chaitra
National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Non-Feature Film)

Kireet Khurana, Bhimsain

Honored for : Orchestra
National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Non-Feature Film)

A. R. Tripathi

Honored for : Kalahandi
National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Non-Feature Film)

Sonali Kulkarni

Honored for : Chaitra
(Actress)
National Film Award for Best Book on Cinema

Apurba Sarma, Jnan Pujari

Honored for : Asoumiya Chalachitrar Chaa-Pohar
National Film Award for Best Book on Cinema

Gangadhar Mahambare, Rajiv D. Barve

Honored for : Moulik Marathi Chitrageete
National Film Award for Best Film Critic
National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Film Critic)
National Film Award for Best Children's Film
(It was not given as no film was found to be suitable for the award.)
National Film Award for Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation
(It was not given as no film was found to be suitable for the award.)
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Punjabi
(It was not given as no film was found to be suitable for the award.)
National Film Award for Best Actress

Tabu

Honored for : Chandni Bar