THE AWARDS IN THE VARIOUS CATEGORIES

THE AWARDS IN THE VARIOUS CATEGORIES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
FEATURE FILMS
S.No.
Name of Award
1.
BEST
FILM
FEATURE
2.
INDIRA GANDHI
AWARD FOR BEST
DEBUT FILM OF A
DIRECTOR
3.
BEST
POPULAR
FILM PROVIDING
WHOLESOME
Name of Film
Awardees
Medal
Citation
& Cash Prize
Producer:
Swarna Kamal
Court
Zoo
and
COURT is a powerful
Entertainment
and stark depiction of
(Marathi, Hindi, Gujarati & Pvt. Ltd.
2,50,000/the mundaneness of
English)
each to
judicial
procedure
revealed brilliantly by
Director :
the Producer the film’s form, forcing
Chaitanya
and Director
us to reflect on the
Tamhane
heart-wrenching
insensitivity
of
institutional structures.
Producer:F.O.R
Swarna Kamal
Asha Jaoar Majhe
Films Pvt. Ltd.
and
For the portrayal of
routine ordinary life
(Bengali)
Director :
1,25, 000/- with
extraordinary
Aditya Vikram each to
cinematic finesse.
Sengupta
the Producer
and Director
Producer:
Swarna Kamal
Mary Kom
Viacom
18 and
For an inspiring tale of a
Motion Pictures
woman who becomes a
(Hindi)
2,00,000/national icon through
ENTERTAINMENT
Director :
Omung Kumar
4.
BEST FILM ON Chotoder Chobi
SOCIAL ISSUES
(Bengali)
5.
BEST FILM ON Ottaal
ENVIRONMENT
CONSERVATION/
(Malayalam)
PRESERVATION
6.
BEST CHILDREN’S
FILM
Kaakkaa Muttai
(Tamil)
&
each to
her determined pursuit
of sporting excellence.
the Producer
and Director
Producer:
Rajat Kamal
For its empathetic
Shree
and
portrayal
of
Venkatesh Films
marginalized
people
Pvt. Ltd.
1,50,000/and their struggle for a
each to
life of dignity.
Director :
Kaushik
the Producer
Ganguly
and Director
Ottal, a visual poem,
Producer:
Rajat
Kamal expresses the beauty
Director Cutz and
and serenity of the
Film Company
protagonist’s
rural
(P) Ltd.
1,50,000/environment and a way
each to
of life whose value is
measured
by
the
Director :
the Producer poignancy of its loss.
Jayaraj
and Director
Producer:
Swarna Kamal
Kaakkaa
Muttai for
Grass
Root and
narrating a charming
Film Company
story of two brothers
1,50,000/who are unaware of
Director :
each to
their deprived status
Manikandan M
the Producer and
have
a
and Director
confrontation with the
&
tastelessness
of
(Cash
globalization.
Producer:
component to
Essel
Vision be
shared Elizabeth Ekadashi is a
Productions Ltd. between films) delightful tale that
reaffirms
children's
Director :
ability to negotiate the
Paresh
complexities of life with
Mokashi
relative ease.
For
its
brilliantly
Srijit Mukherji Swarna Kamal reflexive use of the
and
cinematic
idiom
through a playful and
innovative
mise-en2,50, scene that tautens to an
000/unexpected
and
gripping climax.
Elizabeth Ekadashi
(Marathi)
7.
BEST DIRECTION
Chotushkone
(Bengali)
8.
Vijay
BEST ACTOR
Nanu
Avalu (Kannada)
Avanalla
Rajat
and
Kamal
50,000/-
For his subtle and
non-stereotypical
playing of a woman
trapped in a man’s
body, portraying a
gamut of emotions as
s/he struggles through
confusion, rejection and
humiliation to finally
chart her own course
with confidence and
dignity.
9.
BEST ACTRESS
Queen
(Hindi)
Kangana
Ranaut
10.
BEST
SUPPORTING
ACTOR
Jigarthanda(Tamil)
Bobby Simhaa
11.
BEST
SUPPORTING
ACTRESS
12.
Pagdi The Honour
(Haryanavi)
Baljinder Kaur
Rajat
and
Kamal For an endearingly
etched
out
performance that is
50,000/grounded in contextual
specificity and at the
same
time
is
disarmingly
spontaneous as to
appear
almost
improvisatory.
For
an
engaging
Rajat
Kamal portrayal of a dreaded
and
Mafia don who plays
both the villain and the
comic with a rare
50,0 flamboyance
and
00/abandon.
For a very expressive
Rajat Kamal performance as a gritty
and
rustic woman who
struggles as wife and
50,000/mother to keep her
family intact in a society
obsessed
with
patriarchal honour.
For their portrayal of
BEST
ARTIST
CHILD
Kaakkaa Muttai
(Tamil)
J. Vignesh
&
Ramesh
Rajat
and
Kamal inseparable
siblings
living in a slum who
innocently struggle with
50,000/rare dignity to acquire
(cash
what attracts them in
component to this vast market of
be shared)
products unleashed by
a liberal economy only
to realise the harsh
reality of invincible class
boundaries.
13.
BEST
MALE Haider
PLAYBACK SINGER
(Hindi)
Sukhwinder
Singh
(Song: Bismil)
Rajat
and
Kamal For
a
powerful
rendition
which
effectively reflects the
50,000/agony and anger of the
protagonist.
BEST
FEMALE Saivam
PLAYBACK SINGER
(Tamil)
Uttara
Rajat
Kamal
Unnikrishanan
and
(Song: Azhagu)
50,000/-
BEST
CINEMATOGRAPH
Y
Sudeep
Chatterjee
14.
For
evoking
an
emotional
resonance
through the purity and
innocence of her voice.
15.
Chotushkone
(Bengali)
Rajat
and
Kamal For exhibiting a wide
spectrum of space and
time
while
effortlessly knitting the
50,0 emotional fabric of the
00/film.
each
16.
BEST SCREENPLAY
i)
Screenplay
Writer (Original):
ii)
Screenplay
Writer (Adapted) :
iii) Dialogues :
17.
BEST
AUDIOGRAPHY
i.
Chotushkone
(Bengali)
ii.
Ottal
(Malayalam)
iii.
Haidar(Hindi)
Srijit Mukherji
Joshy Mangalath
Vishal
Bhardwaj
Chotushkone for the
masterful telling of a
taut suspense thriller
which weaves a sinister
Rajat
Kamal web around the journey
and
and lives of four
50,000/egotistical characters.
Ottal for beautifully
Rajat
Kamal transposing
Anton
and
Chekov’s
short story
50,000/onto a canvas of nature
that
enhances
the
shades of the original.
Haider for the multi
layered and resonant
dialogues that evoke
Rajat Kamal angst and passion with
and
crispness and brevity.
50,000/-
i)
Location
Sound Recordist
i.
Khwada
Mahaveer
(Marathi) Sabbanwal
Rajat
and
Kamal
50,000/-
ii)
Designer
Sound
ii.
Asha
Majhe
Jaoar Anish John
(Bengali)
iii) Re-recordist
of the final mixed
track
iii.
Nirbashito(Ben
gali)
Khwada for its excellent
live
sound
quality
which skillfully captures
all the ambient sounds
with the right tonal
balance.
Asha Jaoar Majhe for
creating a brilliant
Rajat
Kamal soundscape
which
and
enhances the narrative
even in the absence of
50,000/the
spoken
word.
Anirban
Sengupta
&
Dipankar Chaki Rajat
and
Nirbashito for
the
seamless
movement
from chaos into the
50,0 quietness of solitude
while
integrating
00/various elements of
sound.
Kamal
18.
BEST EDITING
Jigarthanda(Tamil)
Vivek Harshan
Rajat
and
Kamal For
structuring the
different narratives of
raw cruelty and urban
cunning
50,0
that eventually intermin
00/gle with positive and
humourous overtones
through skillful editing.
19.
BEST
PRODUCTION
DESIGN
Nachom – IA Kumpasar
(Konkani)
Aparna Raina
Rajat
and
Kamal For
convincingly
recreating spaces from
a different era and with
50,000/minute attention to
detail.
Dolly
Ahluwalia
Rajat
and
Avanalla Nangaraju
&
Rajat
and
20.
BEST
COSTUME Haider (Hindi)
DESIGNER
Kamal For
capturing
the
essence
of
the
characters and moods
50,000/with creative flourish.
21.
BEST
MAKE-UP Nanu
ARTIST
Avalu (Kannada)
Raju
Kamal For the realistic creation
of gender duality in a
character
through
50,000/different phases of life.
22.
BEST
MUSIC
DIRECTION
Haider
a) Songs
(Hindi)
b)
Backgrou
nd Score
Nineteen
Three(Malayalam)
Vishal
Bhardwaj
For developing the
Rajat Kamal conflict of the inner and
and
outer
landscape
through
haunting
50,000/music.
Eighty
Gopi Sunder
Rajat
and
Kamal For maintaining the
tempo of the film with
an in-sync background
50,000/score.
23.
BEST LYRICS
Saivam (Tamil)
(Azhagu)
NA.
Muthukumar
For embodying the
Rajat
Kamal world as seen through
and
the eyes of a child using
common place images
to make an appeal to an
50,0 adult world.
00/-
24.
SPECIAL
AWARD
JURY
Khwada(Marathi)
Director:Bhaur
ao Karhade
Rajat
and
Kamal For a hard-hitting but
restrained narration of
the harsh realities of a
2,00,000/nomadic
shepherd
community who are in
search of stability.
Haider (Hindi)
(Bismil)
Sudesh
Adhana
Rajat
and
25.
BEST
CHOREOGRAPHY
26.
Kamal For the evocative fusion
of
performative
grammars, interweaving
50,000/a staccato whirling of
masculinised bodies
with larger than life
puppets, to create a
dance that is firmly
embedded within the
narrative.
BEST FEATURE FILM IN EACH OF THE LANGUAGE SPECIFIED IN THE SCHEDULE VIII OF THE CONSTITUTION
a)
BEST
FILM
ASSAMESE Othello
Producer:
Artha Films
Director :
Hemanta
Kumar Das
Rajat
and
Kamal
For its tangential
evocation
of
the
Shakespeare play as it
1,00,000/explores mistrust and
each
prejudice in a society
ridden with political
to
the turmoil.
Producer and
Director
b)
BEST
FILM
BENGALI
Nirbashito
Producer:
Kaushik
Ganguly
Productions
Director :
Churni
Ganguly
c)
BEST HINDI FILM
Queen
Rajat
and
Kamal For
its
poignant
articulation
of
the
suffocation
one
1,00,000/experiences
when
each
exiled in a land that is
not one’s own, as a
to
the price that is paid for
Producer and asserting one’s right to
Director
freedom of expression.
For
a
delightful
Producer:
Rajat
Kamal portrayal of a young girl
Phantom Films and
who emerges from her
Pvt.
Ltd.
&
cocoon of diffidence
Viacom
18
1,00,000/and middle-class mores
Motion Pictures each
to discover the pleasure
and fulfillment of a life
Director :
to
the lived on her own terms.
Vikas Bahl
d)
BEST KANNADA
FILM
Harivu
e)
BEST
FILM
KONKANI Nachom – IA Kumpasar
Producer and
Director
Producer:
Rajat Kamal
For
the
lingering
Om Studio
and
pathos of a father’s
struggle to provide
Director :
1,00,000/medical treatment to
Manjunath S. each
his only child and his
(Mansore)
long trek back home
to
the with his son’s corpse.
Producer and
Director
For
its
nostalgic
Producer: Goa
Rajat
Kamal recovery of a distinctive
Folklore
and
musical legacy, as told
Productions
through
the
1,00,000/rollercoaster lives of its
Director:Bardr each
practitioners, that has
oy Barretto
remained
unsung
to
the despite its influence
Producer and upon Bombay cinema.
Director
f)
BEST
MALAYALAM
FILM
Ain
Producer: 1: 1: Rajat
Enternatments
and
Kamal For its gently nuanced
narrative in which a
carefree young man
Director:Sidhar
1,00,000/embraces responsibility
tha Siva
each
and compassion for the
lives of others.
to
the
Producer
Director
g)
BEST
FILM
MARATHI Killa
and
For its warm portrait
Producer:JAR
Rajat
Kamal of a young boy as he
Pictures& M R and
emerges
from
the
Film Works
shadows of dislocation
1,00,000/and loss in an unfamiliar
Director:Avina each
environment
to
sh Arun
embracing what life has
to
the to offer.
Producer and
Director
h)
BEST
FILM
ODIYA
Aadim Vichar
i)
BEST
FILM
PUNJABI
Punjab 1984
Producer:
Rajat
Kamal
Mohapatra
and
Movie
Magic
Pvt. Ltd.
1,00,000/each
Director:
Sabyasachi
to
the
Mohapatra
Producer and
Director
Producer:Whit
Rajat Kamal
e Hill Production and
India Pvt. Ltd.
1,00,000/Director:Anura each
g Singh
to
the
For its vibrant portrayal
of a tribal community
whose
enabling
humanism shows a way
out of pettiness and
prejudice.
For
its
searing
portrayal
of
how
ordinary
lives
and
simple dreams are
shattered in a time of
militancy.
Producer
Director
BEST
FILM
j)
k)
27.
TAMIL
Kuttram Kadithal
Producer:
Rajat
JSK
Film and
Corporation
and
Kamal
For the pervasive
empathy with which it
examines the guilt and
1,00,000/the anger that follows
Director:
each
upon a school teacher’s
Bramma.G
impulsive slapping of a
to
the student.
Producer and
Director
BEST TELUGU
Chandamama Kathalu
Rajat Kamal
For
its
skilful
FILM
Producer: Worki and
interweaving of stories
ng
Dream
featuring a variety of
Production
1,00,000/characters
bound
each
together by a common
Director:Prave
anxiety about securing
n Sattaru
to
the their future.
Producer and
Director
BEST FEATURE FILM IN EACH OF THE LANGUAGE SPECIFIED OTHER THAN SCHEDULE VIII OF THE
CONSTITUTION
a)
BEST HARYANVI
FILM
Pagdi The Honour
Producer: V
Entertainers
Director:
R Rajat
and
Kamal For capturing honestly
the abrasive fabric of a
patriarchal society that
1,00,000/places an inordinate
Rajeev Bhatia
each
to
Producer
Director
premium on honour,
and also offering the
the possibility of liberation
and through
an
acknowledgement
of
others’ pain.
b)
BEST
FILM
28.
a)
RABHA Orong
Producer:Suraj
Rajat
Kamal
Kr. Duwarah,
and
Aucto Creation
1,00,000/Director:Suraj each
Kr. Duwarah
to
the
Producer and
Director
For
its
sensitive
portrayal of a young
man as he drifts
through a life that
offers little promise or
excitement.
SPECIAL MENTION
Ain (Malayalam)
Musthafa
CERTIFICATE
For the minute and
nuanced manner in
which he assays the
imperceptible
transformation of a
carefree youth into a
compassionate
and
responsible young man.
b)
Nachom – IA Kumpasar
(Konkani)
Palomi Ghosh
CERTIFICATE
Killa (Marathi)
&
Bhootnath Returns (Hindi)
Parth Bhalerao
CERTIFICATE
c)
NON-FEATURE FILMS
For her extraordinarily
energetic performance
as
a
girl
whose
infectious passion for
singing and love comes
at enormous personal
cost.
For lovable portrayals
with rare aplomb of an
impish and caring child
in both Killa and
Bhootnath Returns.
S. No.
1.
Name of Award
Name of Film
Awardee
BEST
NON
Tender is the
Producer:
FEATURE FILM
Sight
Division
Director:
Banerjee
2.
BEST DEBUT FILM
Goonga
OF A DIRECTOR
Pahalwan
Medal &
Citation
Cash Prize
Films
SWARNA
For
its
KAMAL
sensitive
and
&
lyrical portrayal
of ten-year-old
1,50,000/Torsha
Hassirbullah,
each
to
who,
though
the
visually
Producer &
challenged,
Director
creates
a
symphony
of
sounds.
The
film
captures
his universe, his
life and his
talent,
softly
and gently.
Producer:Drishti
Media
RAJAT
KAMAL
&
75,000/Director: Mit Jani, each to the
Prateek Gupta & Producer &
Vivek Chaudhary
Director *
For its fun, yet
mature
portrayal of its
protagonist, a
champion
at
the
Deaf
Olympics.
It
pointedly
questions the
politics
that
3.
4.
impede
this
capable
athlete’s route
to
the
Rio
Olympics.
BEST
Qissa – e –
Producer:Public
RAJAT
For its lightANTHROPOLOGICAL/ Parsi : The Service Broadcasting KAMAL
hearted
yet
ETHNOGRAPHIC
Parsi Story
Trust
&
comprehensive
FILM
50,000/- telling of the
Director:Divya
each to the story of India’s
Cowasji & Shilpi Producer
much
loved
Gulati
&
community, the
50,000/- Parsis.
It
Director *
explores their
history,
the
philosophy of
their faith, their
enterprise and
their way of life,
with delight and
laughter.
BEST
BIOGRAPHICAL/
HISTORICAL
RECONSTRUCTION
Aamaar
Producer: Films
Katha : Story of Division
Binodini
Director:Tuhinabha
Majumdar
RAJAT
KAMAL
&
50,000/each to the
Producer &
Director
For its stylistic
and
poetic
portrayal of the
19thcentury
theatre actress
Binodini Devi’s
autobiography.
5.
BEST
ARTS
/CULTURAL FILM
Kapila
Producer:Films
Division
RAJAT
KAMAL
&
50,000/each to the
Producer &
Director
For its unique
and expressive
rendering
of
Kapila’s sheer
artistry
over
Kudiyattam, the
world’s oldest
theatrical
art
form.
6.
BEST
Documentati
Producer:Indira
RAJAT
PROMOTIONAL FILM on of Clay Gandhi
National KAMAL
(to cover tourism, Image Makers Centre for the Arts
&
exports,
crafts, of Kumartuli
50,000/industry etc)
Director:Ranajit Ray each to the
Producer &
Director
For
its
extensive study
of the craft and
community of
the clay makers
in the context
of
changing
times.
7.
BEST
I Cannot Give
Producer: Top
ENVIRONMENT
You My Forest Quark Films Pvt. Ltd.
FILM
INCLUDING
AGRICULTURE
Director:Nandan
For
its
concerned and
empathetic
exploration of
Director: Sanju
Surendran
RAJAT
KAMAL
&
50,000/-
Saxena & Kavita Bahl each to the the
tribal
Producer & communities in
Director
Rayagada,
Orissa,
who
derive
their
sustenance and
identity from
the forest.
8.
BEST FILM
SOCIAL ISSUES
ON
Can’t
Take
Director:Vinod
RAJAT
This
Shit Kapri
KAMAL
Anymore
Producer:Bhagirathi
&
Films
50,000/&
each
Producer &
Daughters of Director: Vibha
Director
Mother India
Bakshi
Producer: V2 Film &
(Cash
Design Pvt. Ltd.
Component
to
be
shared)
For incisively
highlighting the
acute
desperation of
rural
women
and
the
problems they
face from the
lack of basic
and
essential
facilities
for
sanitation.
For explicitly
and
determinedly
turning
the
spotlight on the
burning issue of
rape in the
country and the
brutal mentality
that drives it.
9.
b
BEST
EDUCATIONAL FILM
Komal
Producer:Climb
Media India Pvt. Ltd.
Director:Prashant
Shikare
RAJAT
KAMAL
&
50,000/each to the
Producer &
Director
KOMAL – For
effectively and
concisely
communicating
essential
&
&
information to
children
to
Producer:Gaahimed
Behind
the
protect
ia
Glass Wall
(Cash
themselves
Director:
Component from
sexual
Aruna Raje Patil
to
be abuse.
shared)
BEHIND THE
GLASS WALL –
For
its
exhaustive
exploration of
the world and
challenges
of
the autistic and
their caregivers.
10.
BEST
Life Force –
Producer:Grey
EXPLORATION/
India’s
Films India Pvt. Ltd.
ADVENTURE FILM Western Ghats
(TO
INCLUDE
Director:Nallamuth
SPORTS)
u Subbiah
RAJAT
KAMAL
&
50,000/each to the
Producer &
Director
For taking the
viewer
deep
into
the
Western Ghats
and engagingly
revealing
its
rare
and
incredible
biodiversity.
11. 11
BEST
INVESTIGATIVE FILM
RAJAT
KAMAL
&
50,000/each to the
Producer &
Director
For its quiet
and
fairhearted
investigation of
the fishermen
communities
and
their
floating
dwellings
on
Loktak
Lake,
Manipur, even
as government
agencies
and
conservationists
struggle to save
the lake.
Phum Shang
Producer:Films
Division
Director:Haobam
Paban Kumar
12.
BEST ANIMATION
FILM
13.
SPECIAL
AWARD
JURY
Sound of Joy
Producer:Aura
Cinematics
Director:Sukankan
Roy
Animator:Rishi
Sanay
A Poet, A City
Producer:Films
& A Footballer Division
Director: Joshy
Joseph
RAJAT
KAMAL
&
50,000/each to the
Producer,
Director &
Animator
For its flowing
and engaging
animation style
in telling the
stories
from
Vivekananda’s
childhood and
its emphasis on
developing the
power
of
concentration.
RAJAT
KAMAL
&
50,000/each to the
Producer &
Director
For
demonstrating
the power of
cinema
in
weaving
together
life,
poetry
and
reflections of its
protagonist in
the face of
impending
death.
14.
BEST
SHORT
FICTION FILM
Mitraa
Producer:Athaansh
Communications
RAJAT
KAMAL
&
50,000/each to the
Producer &
Director
For
its
empathetic
portrayal of its
pivotal
character’s
sexual
orientation, and
the question of
freedom
around it. Shot
in
monochrome,
the film adds to
the
antiquity
for the era it is
set in.
BEST FILM ON
Towards the
Producer:Satyajit
RAJAT
FAMILY VALUES
Silver Lining
Ray Film & Television KAMAL
Institute
&
50,000/Director:Bhabani
each to the
Tamuli
Producer &
Director
For
its
sensitive
portrayal of a
paraplegic girl
who builds a
house for her
mother,
and
the
touching
bond between
them.
Director:Ravindra
Jadhav
15.
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Aaranyak
Director: Renu
Savant
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Binodini
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Tender is the
Sight
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worlds of visual
and sound that
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19.
20.
21.
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Tigress Blood
Editor: Andi
Campbell Waite
BEST NARRATION/
Nitya Kalyani
Narrator:Ambooty
VOICE OVER
–
Oru Devi
Mohiniyattam
Patham
SPECIAL MENTION
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Director:
Dev
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Thanjavur.
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For poignantly
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b) Seek and
Director:
Manoj
Hide
Kumar Nitharwal
c) 5 O’Clock
Director:Ruchir
Accident
Arun
Bihar, and her
innocent
but
ironic
understanding
of death.
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child’s
expression of
fear with the
unawareness of
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elucidate
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compelling
treatment of a
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teenager and
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darkness
that comes with
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Title of the Book
Author
Silent
Cinema:
Swarna Kamal
(1895-1930)
and Rs 75000/to the Author:
Pasupuleti
Purnachandra
Rao
Publisher
Citation
Swarna
Kamal and Rs
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Publisher:
EMESCO
BOOKS
Pasupuleti
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serious
research in Indian cinema.
Special Mention
Title of the Book
Author
Pride
of
Tamil
Only
Certificate:
Cinema (1931-2013
G. Dhananjayan
Best Film Critic
Citation
G. Dhananjayan’s Pride of Tamil
Cinema
deserves
careful
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of the work. The book is a painstaking
effort which will have a relevance
many years down the line.
Name of the Critic
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Swarna Kamal and Rs
Tanul Thakur’s work is like a breath of fresh air. In brevity
75000/- to the Critic: lies the strength of Thakur’s analysis of crests and troughs of
Tanul Thakur
Indian cinema. Without being didactic, Thakur is able to
provide a different perspective to seemingly disparate
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