National Film Awards - 2006
Also Known As- 53rd National Film Awards 2006Location- New Delhi, India
| National Film Awards 2006 - Golden Lotus Award (Swarna Kamal) | ||
| Category | Winner | Film |
|---|---|---|
| Best Film | Budhdhadeb Dasgupta | Kaalpurush – Memories in the Mist (Bengali) |
| Best Children's Film | Vishal Bharadwaj | The Blue Umbrella (Hindi) |
| Best Direction | Rahul Dholakia | Parzania (English) |
| Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment | Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra | Rang De Basanti (Hindi) |
| National Film Awards 2006 - Silver Lotus Award (Rajat Kamal) | ||
| Category | Winner | Film |
| Best Actor | Amitabh Bachchan | Black (Hindi) |
| Best Actress | Sarika | Parzania (English) |
| Best Supporting Actor (Male) | Naseeruddin Shah | Iqbal (Hindi) |
| Best Supporting Actor (Female) | Urvashi | Achuvinte Amma (Malayalam) |
| Best Music Direction | Lalgudi Jayaraman | Sringaram (Tamil) |
| Best Lyrics | Barguru Ramchandrappa | Thaayi (Kannada) |
| Best Playback Singer (Male) | Naresh Iyer | for song 'Roobaroo' from 'Rang De Basanti (Hindi)' |
| Best Playback Singer (Female) | Shreya Ghoshal | for song 'Apne Aansoo Peene Ke Liye' from film 'Paheli (Hindi)' |
| Best Art Direction | C. B. More | Taj Mahal—An Eternal Love Story (Hindi) |
| Best Cinematography | Madhu Ambat | Sringaram (Tamil) |
| Best Editing | P.S Bharati | Rang De Basanti (Hindi) |
| Best Choreography | Saroj Khan | Sringaram (Tamil) |
| Best Screenplay | Prakash Jha, Manoj Tyagi & Shridhar Raghavan | Apaharan (Hindi) |
| Best Special Effects | Tata Elxsi | Anniyan (Tamil) |
| Best Costume Design | Anna Singh & Sabyachi Mukherjee | for Taj Mahal—An Eternal Love Story (Hindi) & Black (Hindi / English) resp. |
| Best Audiography | Nakul Kamte | Rang De Basanti (Hindi) |
| Best Child Artist | Sai Kumar | Bommalata – A Bellyful of Dreams (Telugu) |
| Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film) | Anupam Kher (Actor) | Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara (Hindi) |
| National Film Awards 2006 - Best Regional Film | ||
| Category | Winner | Film |
| For languages specified in schedule VIII of the constitution | ||
| Best Regional Film (Hindi) | Sanjay Leela Bhansali | Black |
| Best Regional Film (Marathi) | Nishikant Kamat | Dombivali Fast |
| Best Regional Film (Malayalam) | Blessy | Thanmatra |
| Best Regional Film (Telugu) | Prakash Kovelamudi | Bommalata |
| Best Regional Film (Tamil) | T. V. Chandran | Aadum Koothu |
| For languages those are not specified in schedule VIII of the constitution | ||
| Best Feature Film in English | Aparna Sen | 15, Park Avenue |
| National Film Awards 2006 - Other Feature Film Awards | ||
| Category | Winner | Film |
| Best Film on Other Social Issues | Nagesh Kukunoor | Iqbal (Hindi) |
| Best Film on Family Welfare | Cheran | Thavamai Thavamirundhu (Tamil) |
| National Film Awards 2006 - Non-Feature Film Awards | ||
| Category | Winner | Film |
| Best Non-Feature Film | Gaurav A Jani | Riding Solo To The Top Of The World |
| National Film Awards 2006 - Indira Gandhi Award | ||
| Winner | Film | |
| Pradeep Sarkar | Parineeta (Hindi) | |
| National Film Awards 2006 - Nargis Dutt Award | ||
| Winner | Film | |
| Jayaraj | Daivanamathil (Malayalam) | |
| National Film Awards 2006 - Dadasaheb Phalke Lifetime Achievement Award | ||
| Winner | State | |
| Not announced | - | |