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	Golden Lotus Award
	...Best Film
	...Best Direction
	Silver Lotus Award
	...Film on Family Welfare...
	...Best Actor
	...Best Actress
	...Best Music Direction
	...Best Screenplay
	...Best Cinematography
	...Best Costume Designer
	...Best Editing
	...Best Special Effects
	...Feature Film in Telugu
	...Playback Singer (Male)
	...Feature Film in...
	...Playback Singer...
	...Best Audiography
	...Feature Film in...
	Indira Gandhi Award for...
	Nargees Dutt Award
	Lifetime Achievement...



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National Film Awards, India: 2005

Golden Lotus Award

Date:

13 July (announced)

Best Film


Winner:
	Page 3 (2005) - Bobby Pushkarna (producer); Madhur Bhandarkar (director)

Best Direction


Winner:
	Swapner Din (2004) - Buddhadev Dasgupta

Silver Lotus Award

Best Film on Family Welfare - Feature


Winner:
	Haseena (2004) - Chiguru Chitra (producer); Girish Kasaravalli (director)

Best Actor


Winner:
	Hum Tum (2004) - Saif Ali Khan

Best Actress


Winner:
	Haseena (2004) - Thaara

Best Music Direction


Winner:
	Swarabhishekam (2004) - Vidyasagar

Best Screenplay


Winner:
	Page 3 (2005) - Manoj Tyagi; Nina Arora (I)

Best Cinematography


Winner:
	Swades: We, the People (2004) - Mahesh Aney

Best Costume Designer


Winner:
	Haseena (2004) - Ishrat Nissar

Best Editing


Winner:
	Page 3 (2005) - Suresh Pai (I)

Best Special Effects


Winner:
	Anji (2004) - Sanath (I) (Fire Fly Digital)

Best Feature Film in Telugu


Winner:
	Swarabhishekam (2004) - Kausalendra Rao C. (producer); K. Vishwanath (director)

Best Playback Singer (Male)


Winner:
	Swades: We, the People (2004) - Udit Narayan - For the song "Ye Tara Wo Tara".

Best Feature Film in Malayalam


Winner:
	Akale (2004) - Tom George (IV) (producer); Shyamaprasad (director)

Best Playback Singer (Female)


Winner:
	Autograph (2004) - K.S. Chitra - For the song "Ovvoru Pookalume".

Best Audiography


Winner:
	Iti Srikanta (2004) - Anup Mukhyopadhyay

Best Feature Film in English


Winner:
	Amu (2005) - Shonali Bose (producer/director)

Indira Gandhi Award for Best First Film


Winner:
	Grahanam (2004) - Mohana Krishna Indraganti

Nargees Dutt Award


Winner:
	Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero (2004) - Shyam Benegal (director); Sahara India Media Communication Ltd. (producer)

Lifetime Achievement Award


Awarded to:
	Adoor Gopalakrishnan