The 55th National Film Awards for (for year 2007) were announced in New delhi. Filmmaker Priyadarshan's offbeat Tamil film "Kanjeevaram" has scored big at the 55th National Film Awards 2007, winning best feature film and best actor for Prakash Raj.
Based on the Kanjeevaram’s handloom silk industry from the 1920s to 1948, “Kanjeevaram” is the story of a non-political weaver who leans towards communism and soon becomes a revolutionary leader and an advocate of the ideology, only to find himself caught between personal needs and his pursuit of social equality.
"Renowned Malayalam film director Adoor Gopalakrishnan is best director for “Naalu Pennungal” while Kannada actress Uma Shri is best actress for “Gulabi Talkies”.
Bollywood star Aamir Khan’s directorial debut “Taare Zameen Par” gets the best family welfare award and Prasoon Joshi the award for the best lyrics for “Maa” from the same film about a dyslexic child. The song also gets Shankar Mahadevan the National Award for best playback singer. "
Kannada actress Uma Shri is best actress for “Gulabi Talkies”; Aamir Khan’s directorial debut “Taare Zameen Par” gets best family welfare award.
Lyricist Prasoon Joshi gets the award for the best lyrics for “Maa” from “Taare Zameen Par” about a dyslexic child. The song also gets Shankar Mahadevan the National Award for best playback singer.
Shah Rukh Khan starrer “Chak De! India”, about a humiliated national level hockey player who steers the women’s team to international victory, has been awarded best film in overall entertainment.
Anil Kapoor's "Gandhi My Father" has won two awards - Feroz Abbas Khan, the director of the film, gets the National Award for best screenplay and Darshan Zariwala bags best supporting actor for portraying Gandhi, the father of the nation who strove for a normal relationship with his son.
Bhavna Talwar's directorial debut "Dharm" that explored religious undercurrents has won best film for national integration award.
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