Bollywood marked its stamp on the 57th National Film Awards as Amitabh Bachchan won the best actor award for his performance in Paaand Aamir Khan-starrer 3 Idiots was adjudged the best popular movie but it was Malayalam drama Kutty Srank which walked away with five awards, including the Best Feature Film.
Kutty Srank, with Mammoothy in the lead, also won awards for Best Cinematography, Best Screenplay, Best Costume and a Special Jury Recognition, which it shared with Bollywood hit Kaminey and Malayalam film Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja
Raykesh Omprakash Mehra's Delhi 6, shot in the bylanes of Old Delhi, bagged the Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration while Shyam Benegal's Well Done Abba was chosen as the Best Film on Social Issues.
R Balki's Paa, was also named the Best Hindi Film, besides winning recognitions in the Best Supporting Actress category (Arundhuti Nag) and Best Make-up (Christein Tinsley and Dominie Till).
Amit Trivedi got the Best Music Director Award for Anurag Kashyap's Dev-D, a modern take on Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's classic Devdas.
The emotional number 'Behti hawa sa tha woh' from 3 Idiots bagged the Best Lyrics Award for Swanand Kirkere.
Ananya Chatterjee was named the best actress for her role in the Bengali film Abohoman, which also fetched the Best Direction award for Rituparno Ghosh and Best Editing for Arghyakamal Mitra, besides being adjudged the Best Bengali movie.
Farooq Sheikh was named the Best Supporting Actor for his role in Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan's Lahore, which also won the Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film.
Rupam Islam was chosen as the Best Male Playback Singer for his rendering of Kolakata in the Bengali film Mahanagar while the Best Female Playback was awarded to Nilanjana Sarkar for another Bengali movie Houseful.
