National Film Award 2003 - Details

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The Best Feature Film Award for the year 2002 was given to Bengali film
''Mondo Meyer Upakhyan''. 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 "Devdas". Nargis Dutt Award
for the Best Feature Film on National Integration was presented to English
language film, "Mr & Mrs Iyer". 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 jointly to two Bengali
films, "Patal Ghar" and "Prohor". The Award for the best film on other
social issues such as prohibition, women and child welfare, anti-dowry, drug
abuse, welfare of the handicapped etc. was given to the Hindi film,
"Swaraaj". The Award for the Best direction was bagged by Aparna Sen for her
effective and subtle handling of people caught in a trying and difficult
times. Best Actor Award was given to Ajay Devgan for his role in "The Legend
of Bhagat Singh" for entering into the spirit of the legendary character and
for living up to the challenge of history while the Award for Best Actress
was given to Konkona Sen Sharma for her role in "Mr and Mrs Iyer". The Award
for the Best Child Artist was jointly given to Shweta Prasad and Keertana
for their roles in Hindi film, "Makdee" and Tamil film, "Kannathil
Muthamittal". The Award for the Best Male Playback Singer was again given to
Udit Narayan and Best Female Playback singer to Shreya Ghosal. The Special
Jury Award was to the film Director Prakash Jha for the impressive power and
versatility, which he has contributed to films in multiple languages. The
Best Film Critic Award was given to Utpal Borpujari (English) for his
sensitive analysis of a wide range of films-Indian, foreign, feature and
documentary- and his attempt to focus on social issues and changing family
morals and values.

Source:
PIB Press Release