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The 56th National Film Awards is presented to the best of Indian Cinema released during the year 2008. The awards were announced by Union Information and Broadcasting Minister, Ambika Soni along with jury chairpersons Shaji N. Karun and Arunaraje Patil.^[1]^[2]

1 Golden Lotus Award
2 Silver Lotus Award
3 See also
4 References

Golden Lotus Award

Official Name: Swarna Kamal

Best Film – Antaheen (Bengali)
Best Direction – Bala for Naan Kadavul (Tamil)
Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment – Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!
Best Children's Film – Gubbachigalu (Kannada)

Silver Lotus Award

Official Name: Rajat Kamal

Best Film in English - "Land Gold Women" - directed by Avantika Hari produced by Vivek Agrawal
Best Film on Family Welfare – Little Zizou (English & Gujarati)
Best Actor – Upendra Limaye for Jogwa (Marathi)
Best Actress – Priyanka Chopra for Fashion (Hindi)
Best Supporting Actor – Arjun Rampal for Rock On!! (Hindi)
Best Supporting Actress – Kangana Ranaut for Fashion (Hindi)
Best Child Artist – Shams Patel for Thanks Maa (Hindi)
Best Cinematography – Avik Mukhopadhyay for Antaheen (Bengali)
Best Screenplay – Sachin Kundalkar for Gandha (Marathi)
Best Art Direction – Gautam Sen for Firaaq (Hindi)
Best Make-up Artist – V. Moorthy for Naan Kadavul (Tamil)
Best Costume Design – Neeta Lulla for Jodhaa Akbar (Hindi)
Best Music Direction – Ajay Atul for Jogwa (Marathi)
Best Lyrics – Anindya Bannerjee & Chandranil Bhattacharya for Pherari Mon... from Antaheen (Bengali)
Best Male Playback Singer – Hariharan for Jeev Dangla Gungla Rangla from Jogwa (Marathi)
Best Female Playback Singer – Shreya Ghoshal for Pherari Mon... & Jeev Dangla Gungla Rangla from Antaheen (Bengali) & Jogwa (Marathi)
Best Choreography – Chinni Prakash & Rekha Prakash for Azeem-o-Shaan Shahenshah from Jodhaa Akbar
Best Audiography – Pramod J. Thomas for Gandha (Marathi)
Best Editing – A. Sreekar Prasad for Firaaq (Hindi)
Best Special Effects – Govardhan (TATA ELXSI) for Mumbai Meri Jaan (Hindi)
Second Best Feature Film –
Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film) – Bioscope (Malayalam)

References

^ "Priyanka Chopra, Upendra Limaye bag national awards for best actor". The Hindu. 24 January 2010. http://www.hindu.com/2010/01/24/stories/2010012457431600.htm. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
^ "Upendra Limaye bags National film award ; Priyanka gets Best Actress award". DD News. 24 January 2010. http://www.ddinews.gov.in/Homepage/Homepage+-+Headlines/Upendra+Limaye.htm. Retrieved 24 January 2010.

National Film Awards

Lifetime Achievement Award: Dadasaheb Phalke Award Feature Films: Best Film \| Best Director \| Best Actor \| Best Actress \| Best Supporting Actor \| Best Supporting Actress Best Art Direction \| Best Make-up \| Best Child Artist \| Best Cinematography \| Best Costume Design \| Best Screenplay Best Music Direction \| Best Male Playback Singer \| Best Female Playback Singer \| Best Lyrics \| Best Choreography Best Audiography \| Best Film Editing \| Best Special Effects \| Best Children's Film \| Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration \| Best Film on Family Welfare \| Indira Gandhi Award for Best First Film of a Director Special Jury Award / Special Mention Non-Feature Films: Best Film \| Best Director \| Best First Film \| Best Short Fiction Film

Best Films in Regional Languages

Assamese \| Bengali \| English \| Hindi \| Kannada \| Malayalam \| Marathi \| Tamil \| Telugu \| Oriya \| Punjabi \| Konkani \| Manipuri

Others

Best Book on Cinema \| Best Film Critic \| Second Best Feature Film (discontinued after 1993)

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