The 56th National Film Awards for 2008

The 56th National Film Awards for 2008 were announced on Saturday

Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra has bagged her first National Award for her performance in Madhur Bhandarkar's Fashion.Her co-star in the Fashion co-star Kangana Ranuat walked away with the Best Supporting Actress Award.
President Pratibha Patil will give away the awards to the winners in March.

Here is the list of winners of the 56th National Film Awards:





1.Best Director Award - Direct Bala film Naan Kadavul Tamil Movie



2.Best actor Award - Upendra Limaye for his performance in a Marathi movie Jogva.





3.Best Actress award- Priyanka chopra for fashion



4.Best Feature Film - Antaheen Bengali Movie



5.Best Male Playback Singer - Hariharan for song Jeev Dangla Gungla Rangla - Jogva Marathi Movie



6.Best Female Playback Singer - Shreya Ghoshal - For Pherari Mon and Jeev DanglaGungla Rangla



7.Best Cinematography - Avik Mukhopadhyay for Antaheen Bengali Movie





8.Best Screenplay - Sachin Kundalkar for Gandha Marathi Movie



9.Best Choreography - Chinni Prakash & Rekha Prakash for Jodha Akbar’s Hindi Movie “Azeem-o-Shaan Shahenshah”



10.Best Supporting Actor - Arjun Rampal for Rock On



11.Best Supporting Actress - Kangna Ranaut for Fashion



12.Best Debut Film - A Wednesday



13.Best Special Effects - Mumbai Meri Jaan



14.Best Popular Film - Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye



15.Best Animation Film - Roadside Romeo


16.BEST FEATURE FILM IN EACH OF THE LANGUAGE SPECIFIED

a) Mon Jai - Assamese
b) Shob Charitro Kalponik - Bengali
c) Rock On - Hindi
d) Vimukthi - Kannada
e) Thirakkada - Malayalam
f) Harishcnadrachi Factory - Marathi
g) Vaarnam Aiyiram - Tamil
h) 1940 LO Oka Gramam - Telugu
i) Yarwng - Kokborok
j) Gaggara - Tulu