NATIONAL AWARDS - 2006

Best picture - Pulijanmam - Malayalam

Best Director - Madhur Bhandarkar (Traffic Signal) - Hindi

Best Actor - Soumitra Chatterjee (Podokkhep) - Bengali

Best Actress - Priyamani (Paruthi Veeran) - Tamil

Best Supporting Actor - Dilip Prabhavalkar (Lage Raho Munnabhai, Shevri) - Hindi

Best Supporting Actress - Konkona Sen Sharma (Omkara) - Hindi

Best Music Direction - Ashok Patki (Antarnad) - Konkani

Best Lyrics - Badhe Haath ... (Lage Raho Munnabhai) - Hindi

Best Cinematography - Goutam Ghose (Yatra) - Hindi

Best Screenplay - Prakash Jha, Shridhar Raghavan and Manoj Tyagi (Lage Raho Munnabhai)

Best Art Direction - Rashid Rangrez (Waris Shah-Ishq Da Waris) - Punjabi

Best Costume Designer - Manjit Mann (Waris Shah-Ishq Da Waris) - Punjabi

Best Choreography - Madhu Samudra and Sajeev Samudra (Ratri Mazha) - Malayalam

Best Makeup - Anil Motiram Palande (Traffic Signal) - Hindi

Best Child Artist - Divya Chahadkar (Antarnad) - Konkani

Best Special Effects - EFX, Chennai (Krrish) - Hindi

Best First Film of a director - Kabul Express (Kabir Khan), Ekantham, (Madhu Kaithapuram)

Best Popular Film providing Wholesome Entertainment - Lage Raho Munnabhai - Hindi

Best Audiography - K J Singh and Subhash Sahoo (Omkara) - Hindi

Best Editing - Raja Mohamed (Paruthi Veeran) - Tamil

Best Male Playback Singer - Gurdas Mann (Waris Shah-Ishq Da Waris) - Punjabi

Best Female Playback Singer - Aarti Anklekar Tikekar (Antarnad) - Konkani

Best Feature Film on National Integration - Kallarli Huvagi - Kannada

Best Film on Family Welfare - Karutha Pakshikal (Malayalam), Faltu (Bengali)

Best Film on Other Social Issues - Hope (Telugu)

Best Children’s Film - Footpath (Kannada)

Best Film Critic - G P Ramachandran (Malayalam) and Rafique Baghdadi (English)

Best Animation Film - Kittu (Telugu)

Special Jury award - Omkara (Hindi)

Best Hindi Film - Khosla Ka Ghosla

Best Tamil Film - Veyyil

Best Kannada Film - Kaada Beladingalu

Best Malayalam Film - Drishtantham

Best Telugu Film - Kamli