Best Feature Film Award for the year 2005 was given to the Bengali film “Kaalpurush – Memories in the Mist’’. The Award carries a Swarna Kamal and Rs 50,000 each for Producer and Director of the film. Swarna Kamal and cash prize of Rs 40,000 each for Producer and Director for “Best Popular Film providing wholesale entertainment” was given to Hindi film “Rang De Basanti”.

 

Nargis Dutt Award for the Best Feature Film on National Integration was presented to Malayalam film “Daivanamathil”. The Award carries Rajat Kamal and cash prize of Rs 30,000 each for Producer and Director of the film. Indira Gandhi Award for the Best First Film of a Director was given to “Parineeta” (Hindi) directed by Vidhu Vinod Chopra. The Award for the best film on social issues was given to the Hindi film, “Iqbal”. The Award for the Best direction was bagged by Rahul Dholakia for compelling documentation of contemporary human lives trapped in difficult times of communal hatred and violence.  Best Actor Award was given to Amitabh Bachchan for his role in “Black” while the Award for Best Actress was given to Sarika for her role in English film “Parzania”.

The Award for the Best Child Artist was received by Sai Kumar for his role in Telugu film, “Bommalata – A Bellyful of Dreams”. Naresh Iyer received the Award for the Best Male Playback Singer and Shreya Ghoshal got the Best Female Playback singer award. The Special Jury Award went to the actor Anupam Kher in Hindi film Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara for an outstanding performance that brings alive the plight of an alzheimer’s patient who is alienated from the real world. The Best Film Critic Award was given to Baradwaj Rangan for intelligent and reader-friendly reviews of popular cinema with a depth of understanding of the form, a discernible passion for the medium bulwarked consistently by a knowledge of the trends and touchstones of global cinema.

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