53rd National Film Awards
Silver Lotus Award
Official Name: Rajat Kamal All the awardees are awarded with 'Silver Lotus Award (Rajat Kamal)', a certificate and cash prize.

53rd National Film Awards

Section Title: Silver Lotus Award
Table Section Text: Official Name: Rajat Kamal All the awardees are awarded with 'Silver Lotus Award (Rajat Kamal)', a certificate and cash prize.

Name of Award	Name of Film	Language	Awardee(s)	Cash Prize

Best Feature Film on National Integration	Daivanamathil	Malayalam	Producer: Aryadan Shoukath Director: Jayaraj	₹ 30,000/- Each

Citation: For the powerful representation of a burning communal issue highlighting the plight of women in the times of religious intolerence.

Best Film on Family Welfare	Thavamai Thavamirundhu	Tamil	Producer: P. Shanmugam Director: Cheran	₹ 30,000/- Each

Citation: For the evocative portrayal of a family caught in trials and tribulations in a simple narrative style.

Best Film on Other Social Issues	Iqbal	Hindi	Producer: Subhash Ghai Director: Nagesh Kukunoor	₹ 30,000/- Each

Citation: For its inspiring and cinematically energetic portrayal of a hearing impaired in his aspiration to become a champion cricketer.

Best Film on Environment / Conservation / Preservation	Thutturi	Kannada	Producer: Jaimala Ramchandra Director: P. Sheshadri	₹ 30,000/- Each

Citation: For its imaginative portrayal of a group of young children who fight to preserve a healthy urban environment.

Best Actor	Black	Hindi English	Amitabh Bachchan	₹ 10,000/-

Citation: For his dramatic rendition of reformed alcoholic who struggles to give a physically handicapped child a new life.

Best Actress	Parzania	English	Sarika	₹ 10,000/-

Citation: For her rendition of a crusading mother who fights for justice against all a diversity in a communally charged environment.

Best Supporting Actor	Iqbal	Hindi	Naseeruddin Shah	₹ 10,000/-

Citation: For his competent depiction of an endearing man who finds it difficult to give up his addiction to alcohol but still emerges vicarious as his protégé the young village lad conquers his dream.

Best Supporting Actress	Achuvinte Amma	Malayalam	Urvashi	₹ 10,000/-

Citation: For the highly credible performance of a brave woman who pledges her life and love for an adopted child.

Best Child Artist	Bommalata – A Bellyful of Dreams	Telugu	Sai Kumar	₹ 10,000/-

Citation: For his haunting performance as a child who realises his burning desire to access school education.

Best Male Playback Singer	Rang De Basanti ("Roo Ba Roo")	Hindi	Naresh Iyer	₹ 10,000/-

Citation: For his melodious rendering of a lilting song that adds exuberance to the film.

Best Female Playback Singer	Paheli ("Dheere Jalna")	Hindi	Shreya Ghoshal	₹ 10,000/-

Citation: For her evocative rendition of a song that treads the fine balance between the classical and popular genre of Hindi film music.

Best Cinematography	Sringaram	Tamil	Cameraman: Madhu Ambat Laboratory Processing: Prasad Film Laboratories	₹ 10,000/- Each

Citation: For the technical brilliance which is evident in the framing, lighting and execution throughout the film.

Best Screenplay	Apaharan	Hindi	Prakash Jha Shridhar Raghavan Manoj Tyagi	₹ 10,000/-

Citation: For creating a crisp screenplay that is riveting and renders pace to the entire film.

Best Audiography	Rang De Basanti	Hindi	Nakul Kamte	₹ 10,000/-

Citation: For creating a vibrant sound design that effectively supports the graph of the film.

Best Editing	Rang De Basanti	Hindi	P. S. Bharati	₹ 10,000/-

Citation: For creating a commendable pace and multi-layered visual design that heightens the impact of the film.

Best Art Direction	Taj Mahal: An Eternal Love Story	Hindi	C. B. More	₹ 10,000/-

Citation: For effectively recreating the mughal period and rendering life to an era.

Best Costume Design	Taj Mahal: An Eternal Love Story	Hindi	Anna Singh	₹ 5,000/- Each

Citation: For creating costumes true to the spirit of a period film.

Black	Hindi and English	Sabyasachi Mukherjee

Citation: For his imaginative creations that enhanced the mood and added to ambience of the film.

Best Music Direction	Sringaram	Tamil	Lalgudi Jayaraman	₹ 10,000/-

Citation: For bringing alive an era of great musical and dance tradition through the deft use of Indian musical instruments.

Best Lyrics	Thaayi ("Baruthe Ve Nav Baruthe Ve")	Kannada	Baraguru Ramachandrappa	₹ 10,000/-

Citation: For the lyric "Baruthe Ve Nav Baruthe Ve” in the Kannada film Thaayi which heightened the effect of the entire film.

Best Special Effects	Anniyan	Tamil	Tata Elxsi	₹ 10,000/-

Citation: For highly imaginative and creative special effects that lift the style of the film.

Best Choreography	Sringaram	Tamil	Saroj Khan	₹ 10,000/-

Citation: For authentic recreation of the devdasi tradition that has been brought out with immense grace and beauty.

Special Jury Award	Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara	Hindi	Anupam Kher (Actor)	₹ 25,000/-

Citation: For an outstanding performance in the film that brings alive the plight of an Alzheimer’s patient who is alienated from the real world.

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Hindi Film Apaharan and Tamil film Anniyan won the awards for Best Screenplay and Best Special Effects respectively.

final_sentence: Hindi Film Apaharan and Tamil film Anniyan won the awards for Best Screenplay and Best Special Effects respectively.