Best Popular Film award Tamil movie 'Autograph'

outlookindia.com | wired: "'Page 3', the story of a woman journalist covering the cocktail circuit, was declared the Best Film as the National Film Awards were announced today. 'Veer Zaara', the story of a love story between an Indian Air Force officer and a Pakistan girl, won the Best Popular Film award along with Tamil movie 'Autograph'.

The head of the jury Sudhir Mishra declared that 'Bose', a movie on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose', had won the Nargis Dutt award for National Integration. Saif Ali Khan was declared the Best Actor for 'Hum Tum' while Tara won the Best Actress trophy for Kannada film 'Haseena' at the 52th edition of the awards. The Best Director was Buddhadev Dasgupta for Bengali film 'Swapner Din' while Om Utkar was declared the Best Child Actor for 'Chotta Sipahi'.

Udit Narayan won the Best Male Playback award for 'Yeh Tara Woh Tara' in 'Swades' while Chitra Subramanium was the Best Female Playback artist for 'Autograph'. Mahesh Atre won the Best Cinematography award for 'Swades' and B Vijay was declared the Best Lyricist for 'Autograph'.

'Page 3' also bagged the Best Screenplay and Best Editing awards while Samir Chandra was the Bets Art Director for 'Bose'. Kannada film 'Haseena' had the best costumes. Rituparno Ghosh's 'Raincoat' was declared the Best Hindi Film while Marathi 'Girni' by Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni won the Best Non-Feature Film Award.

The Madhur Bhandarkar-directed Hindi film `Page 3' dominated the Awards for 2004, winning three awards in the Feature Film Section, including the `Swarna Kamal' for best film for a complex and daring attempt which exposes the shallow world of the socialites in a manner which is both savagely satirical yet gently ironical. The film also won the Best Screenplay and Best Editing Awards.

Shyam Benegal's `Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose: A Forgotten Hero' won the Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration. The Indira Gandhi Award for Best Film of a Director went to `Grahanam' (Telugu) by Mohan Krishna Indra Ganti `Grahanam'.

Veteran actors Haradan Banerjee and Sheela won the Best Supporting Actor and Actress Awards while Om Bhutakar won the Best Child Artiste Award for `Chhota Sipahi'. While Udit Narayan bagged the Best Playback Singer Award for the song `Ye Tara, Woh Tara' in `Swades', Chitra was adjudged the Best Female Playback Singer for her soulful rendition of the song `Ovvoru Pookalume' in the Tamil film `Autograph'. Vidyasagar won the Best Music Direction Award for the Telugu film `Swarabhishekam'.

The Award for Best Lyrics has gone to B Vijay for `Autograph', while Prabhu Deva was given the best choreography award for the film "Lakshya". Mahesh Aney got the Best Cinematography Award for `Swades', while Samir Chandra won the Best Art Direction Award for `Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose'. "