Awards & Winners

2008 National Film Awards

Check winners and nominations of 2008 National Film Awards. Check awards winners of 56th National Film Awards. (Click on the Award name to show winners and nominees)

56th National Film Awards

Dadasaheb Phalke Award

V. K. Murthy

(Awarded as a Cinematographer)
National Film Award for Best Feature Film
Indira Gandhi Award for Best First Film of a Director

UTV Motion Pictures, Neeraj Pandey

Honored for : A Wednesday!
National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor

Arjun Rampal

Honored for : Rock On!!
National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment

UTV Motion Pictures, Dibakar Banerjee

Honored for : Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!
National Film Award for Best Children's Film

Media House Studio, Abhaya Simha

Honored for : Gubbachigalu
National Film Award for Best Direction

Bala

Honored for : Naan Kadavul
Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration

Manju Borah, Rajen Bora

Honored for : Aai Kot Nai
National Film Award for Best Film on Family Welfare
National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues

Shripal Morakhia, Rajeev Patil

Honored for : Jogwa
National Film Award for Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation

Akshay Kumar Parija, Prashanta Nanda

Honored for : Jianta Bhoota
National Film Award for Best Actor

Upendra Limaye

Honored for : Jogwa
(Role: Tayappa)
National Film Award for Best Actress

Priyanka Chopra

Honored for : Fashion
(Role: Meghna Mathur)
National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress

Kangana Ranaut

Honored for : Fashion
(Role: Shonali Gujral)
National Film Award for Best Child Artist

Master Shams

Honored for : Thanks Maa
National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer

Hariharan

Honored for : Jogwa
(Song: Jeev Dangla Gungla Rangla)
National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer

Shreya Ghosal

Honored for : The Endless Wait, Jogwa
(Songs: Pherari Mon and Jeev Dangla Gungla Rangla)
National Film Award for Best Cinematography

Aveek Mukhopadhyay, Film Lab

Honored for : The Endless Wait
National Film Award for Best Screenplay

Sachin Kundalkar

Honored for : The Smell
National Film Award for Best Audiography

Pramod J. Thomas, Anmol Bhave

Honored for : The Smell
National Film Award for Best Editing

A. Sreekar Prasad

Honored for : Firaaq
National Film Award for Best Production Design

Gautam Sen

Honored for : Firaaq
National Film Award for Best Costume Design

Neeta Lulla

Honored for : Jodhaa Akbar
National Film Award for Best Make-up Artist

V. Moorthy

Honored for : Naan Kadavul
National Film Award for Best Music Direction

Ajay-Atul

Honored for : Jogwa
National Film Award for Best Lyrics

Chandril Bhattacharya, Anindya Chatterjee

Honored for : The Endless Wait
National Film Award for Best Choreography

Chinni Prakash, Rekha Prakash

Honored for : Jodhaa Akbar
National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film)
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Assamese
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali

Reliance Entertainment, Rituparno Ghosh

Honored for : Shob Charitro Kalponik
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi

Excel Entertainment, Abhishek Kapoor

Honored for : Rock On!!
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada

Navyachitra Creations, P. Sheshadri

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

Varnachithra Big Screen, Ranjith

Honored for : Thirakkatha
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi

UTV Motion Pictures, Paresh Mokashi, Smiti Kanodia

Honored for : Harishchandrachi Factory
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil

Gautham Menon, Oscar Ravichandran

Honored for : A Thousand Elephants
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu

N. C. Narasimham, Narasimha Nandi

Honored for : 1940 Lo Oka Gramam
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in English

Avantika Hari, Vivek Agrawal

Honored for : Land Gold Women
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kokborok
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tulu

M. Durganand, Shivadhwaj Shetty

Honored for : Gaggara
National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film

Bachaspa Timayun Sunz, Haobam Paban Kumar

Honored for : AFSPA 1958
National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film Direction

Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni

Honored for : Nosotros Tres
National Film Award for Best First Non-Feature Film of a Director

Vinoo Choliparambil, Manu Pushpendran

Honored for : Vitthal
National Film Award for Best Anthropological/Ethnographic Film

Altaf Mazid, Zabeen Ahmed, Susanta Roy

Honored for : Boliya Pitaier Sohoki Sootal
National Film Award for Best Historical Reconstruction/Compilation Film

Films Division of India, R. Krishna Mohan

Honored for : The Assassination Of Rajiv Gandhi \u2013 A Reconstruction
National Film Award for Best Biographical Film

Films Division of India, R. Krishna Mohan

Honored for : The Assassination Of Rajiv Gandhi \u2013 A Reconstruction
National Film Award for Best Arts/Cultural Film

MGR Film, TV Institute, S. Murali Manohar

Honored for : Karna Motcham
National Film Award for Best Scientific Film
National Film Award for Best Promotional Film

Harshavardhan G. Kulkarni, Kirti Nakhwa, Amitabh Shukla

Honored for : Lost and Found
National Film Award for Best Agriculture Film

Division Films, A. K. Sidhpuri

Honored for : The Land Of Rupshupas
National Film Award for Best Film on Social Issues
National Film Award for Best Film on Social Issues
National Film Award for Best Educational/Motivational/Instructional Film

Gulshan Sachdeva, Aman Sachdeva

Honored for : Polio v/s Polio victims
National Film Award for Best Exploration/Adventure Film

Bachaspa Timayum Sunzu

Honored for : Shingnaba
National Film Award for Best Investigative Film

Ms. Rongsenkala, Bani Prakash Das

Honored for : Distant Rumblings
National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Animation Film

Children's Film Society, India, Gautam Benegal

Honored for : Prince And The Crown Of Stones
National Film Award for Best Short Fiction Film
National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film on Family Welfare

A.V. Anoop, Madhavan

Honored for : Appuvin Nayagan - Spotty (My Hero)
National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film Cinematography

Shariqua Badar Khan, Film Lab, Mumbai

Honored for : Nosotros Tres
National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film Cinematography

Jayakrishna Gummadi, Reliance MediaWorks

Honored for : When This Man Dies
National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film Audiography

Mateen Ahmad

Honored for : Children of the Pyre
National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film Editing

Manoj Kannoth

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

Vipin Mishra

Honored for : Narmeen
National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film Narration / Voice Over

Elangbam Natasha

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

Rajesh S. Jala

Honored for : Children of the Pyre
(Director.)
National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Non-Feature Film)

Aniket Rumade

Honored for : Vitthal
(Child Actor.)
National Film Award for Best Book on Cinema

Ganesh Anantharaman, Penguin Books

Honored for : Bollywood Melodies
National Film Award for Best Film Critic
National Film Award for Best Film Critic
National Film Award for Best Special Effects

Tata Elxsi

Honored for : Mumbai Meri Jaan
National Film Award for Best Animated Film

Aditya Chopra, Jugal Hansraj, Tata Elxsi

Honored for : Roadside Romeo