59th National Film Awards
Silver Lotus Award

Name of Award
Name of Film(s)
Language(s)
Awardee(s)
Cash Prize
Best Actor
Deool
Marathi
Girish Kulkarni
₹50,000 (US$700)
Best Actress
The Dirty Picture
Hindi
Vidya Balan
₹50,000 (US$700)
Best Supporting Actor
Azhagarsamiyin Kuthirai
Tamil
Appukutty
₹50,000 (US$700)
Best Supporting Actress
Phijigee Mani
Manipuri
Leishangthem Tonthoingambi Devi
₹50,000 (US$700)
Best Child Artist
Stanley Ka Dabba
Hindi
Partho Gupte
₹50,000 (US$700)
Best Child Artist
Chillar Party
Hindi
Irrfan Khan Sanath Menon Rohan Grover Naman Jain Aarav Khanna Vishesh Tiwari Chinmai Chandranshuh Vedant Desai Divij Handa Shriya Sharma
₹50,000 (US$700)
Best Male Playback Singer
Balgandharva
Marathi
Anand Bhate
₹50,000 (US$700)
Best Female Playback Singer
Abosheshey ("Dure Kothao Dure Dure" and "Aaji Bijan Ghare")
Bengali
Roopa Ganguly
₹50,000 (US$700)
Best Cinematography
Anhe Ghore Da Daan
Punjabi
Cameraman: Satya Rai Nagpaul Laboratory Processing: Reliance MediaWorks
₹50,000 (US$700)
Best Screenplay Screenplay Writer (Original)
Chillar Party
Hindi
Vikas Bahl Nitesh Tiwari Vijay Maurya
₹50,000 (US$700)
Best Screenplay Screenplay Writer (Adapted)
Shala
Marathi
Avinash Deshpande Nigdi
₹50,000 (US$700)
Best Screenplay Dialogues
Deool
Marathi
Girish Kulkarni
₹50,000 (US$700)
Best Audiography Location Sound Recordist
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
Hindi
Baylon Fonseca
₹50,000 (US$700)
Best Audiography Sound Designer
Game
Hindi
Baylon Fonseca
₹50,000 (US$700)
Best Audiography Re-recordist of the Final Mixed Track
Game
Hindi
Hitendra Ghosh
₹50,000 (US$700)
Best Editing
Aaranya Kaandam
Tamil
Praveen K. L. N. B. Srikanth
₹50,000 (US$700)
Best Art Direction
Noukadubi
Bengali
Indraneel Ghosh
₹50,000 (US$700)
Best Costume Design
Balgandharva
Marathi
Neeta Lulla
₹50,000 (US$700)
Best Costume Design
The Dirty Picture
Hindi
Niharika Khan
₹50,000 (US$700)
Best Make-up Artist
Balgandharva
Marathi
Vikram Gaikwad
₹50,000 (US$700)
Best Make-up Artist
The Dirty Picture
Hindi
Vikram Gaikwad
₹50,000 (US$700)
Best Music Direction Songs
Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbona
Bengali
Neel Dutt
₹50,000 (US$700)
Best Music Direction Background Score
Laptop
Bengali
Mayookh Bhaumik
₹50,000 (US$700)
Best Lyrics
I Am ("Agar Zindagi")
Hindi
Amitabh Bhattacharya
₹50,000 (US$700)
Best Special Effects
Ra.One
Hindi
Harry Hingorani Keitan Yadav (Red Chillies VFX)
₹50,000 (US$700)
Best Choreography
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara ("Senorita")
Hindi
Bosco-Caesar
₹50,000 (US$700)
Special Jury Award
Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbona
Bengali
Anjan Dutt (Actor, Singer, Writer, Director)
₹200,000 (US$2,800)
Special Mention
Byari
Beary
Mallika (Actress)
Certificate only
Special Mention
Adimadhyantham
Malayalam
Sherrey (Director)
Certificate only

Question: What awards did Kulkarni and Balan  win at the 59th National Film Awards for The Dirty Picture?
Answer: For the film Deool, Girish Kulkarni won the awards for Best Actor and Best Dialogue and the Bollywood actress Vidya Balan won the Best Actress award for The Dirty Picture.