BAFTA Awards 2012

The BAFTAs are Britain’s top movie honours and the most prestigious industry awards outside of the United States. Following is a list of winners of the main awards in 2012.

Catagory	Winner
Best Film	The Artist
Outstanding British Film:	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Director	Michel Hazanavicius for "The Artist"
Leading Actor	Jean Dujardin in "The Artist"
Leading Actress	Meryl Streep in “The Iron Lady”
Supporting Actor	Christopher Plummer in “Beginners”
Supporting Actress	Octavia Spencer in “The Help”
Outstanding British Debut	“Tyrannosaur”
Film Not In The English Language	The Skin I Live In
Original Screenplay	Michel Hazanavicius for "The Artist"
Adapted Screenplay	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Documentary	Senna
Animated Film	Rango

54th Annual GRAMMY Awards 2012

Hello visitors. This time I am giving you the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards 2012. I hope you may like it.

54th Grammy Awards Winners List:

Record of the year: “Rolling in the Deep,” Adele

Album of the year: “21,” Adele

Song of the year: “Rolling in the Deep,” Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth, songwriters (Adele)

Best new artist: Bon Iver

Pop vocal album:“21,” Adele

Pop solo performance:“Someone Like You,” Adele

Pop duo/group performance:“Body and Soul,” Tony Bennett and Amy Winehouse

Pop instrumental album:“The Road From Memphis,” Booker T. Jones

Traditional pop vocal album:“Duets II,” Tony Bennett and various artists

Electronica/dance album:“Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites,” Skrillex

Dance recording:“Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites,” Skrillex

Rock album:“Wasting Light,” Foo Fighters

Rock performance:“Walk,” Foo Fighters

Hard rock/metal performance:“White Limo,” Foo Fighters

Rock song:“Walk,” Foo Fighters

Rap album:“My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy,” Kanye West

Rap performance:“Otis,” Jay-Z and Kanye West

Rap/sung collaboration:“All Of The Lights,” Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie

Rap song:“All Of The Lights,” Jeff Bhasker, Stacy Ferguson, Malik Jones, Warren Trotter & Kanye West, songwriters (Kanye West, Rihanna, Kid Cudi & Fergie)

Alternative music album:“Bon Iver,” Bon Iver

R&B album:Chris Brown, “F.A.M.E.”

R&B performance:“Is This Love,” Corinne Bailey Rae

Traditional R&B performance:“Fool For You,” Cee Lo Green and Melanie Fiona

R&B song:“Fool For You,” Cee Lo Green and Melanie Fiona

Country album:“Own the Night,” Lady Antebellum

Country solo performance:“Mean,” Taylor Swift

Country duo/group performance:“Barton Hollow,” The Civil Wars

Country song:“Mean,” Taylor Swift

New age album:“What’s It All About,” Pat Metheny

Jazz vocal album:“The Mosaic Project,” Terri Lyne Carrington and various artists

Improvised jazz solo:“500 Miles High,” Chick Corea, soloist

Jazz instrumental album:“Forever,” Corea, Clarke and White

Large jazz ensemble album:“The Good Feeling,” Christian McBride Big Band

Gospel/Contemporary Christian music performance:“Jesus,” Le’Andria Johnson

Gospel song:“Hello Fear,” Kirk Franklin

Contemporary Christian music song:“Blessings,” Laura Story

Gospel album:“Hello Fear,” Kirk Franklin

Contemporary Christian music album:“And If Our God Is For Us…,” Chris Tomlin

Latin pop, rock or urban album:“Drama Y Luz,” Mana

Regional Mexican or Tejano album:”Bicentenario,” Pepe Aguilar

Banda or Norteño album:“Los Tigres Del Norte and Friends,” Los Tigres Del Norte

Tropical Latin album:“The Last Mambo,” Cachao

Americana album:“Ramble at the Ryman,” Levon Helm

Bluegrass album:“Paper Airplane,” Alison Krauss and Union Station

Blues album:“Revelator,” Tedeschi Trucks Band

Folk album:“Barton Hollow,” The Civil Wars

Regional roots album:“Rebirth of New Orleans,” Rebirth Brass Band

Reggae album:“Revelation Pt. 1: The Root of Life,” Stephen Marley

World music album:“Tassili,” Tinariwen

Children’s album:“All About Bullies…Big and Small,” Various artists

Spoken word album:“If You Ask Me (And Of Course You Won’t),” Betty White

Comedy album:“Hilarious,” Louis C.K.

Musical theater album:“The Book of Mormon,” Josh Gad & Andrew Rannells, artists; Anne Garefino, Robert Lopez, Stephen Oremus, Trey Parker, Scott Rudin & Matt Stone, producers; Robert Lopez, Trey Parker & Matt Stone, composers/lyricists (Original Broadway Cast)

Compilation soundtrack for visual media:“Boardwalk Empire: Volume 1,” Various artists, Stewart Lerman, Randall Poster & Kevin Weaver, producers

Score soundtrack for visual media:“The King’s Speech,” Alexandre Desplat, composer

Song written for visual media:“I See The Light,” Alan Menken & Glenn Slater, songwriters (Mandy Moore & Zachary Levi) (From “Tangled”)

Instrumental composition:“Life In Eleven,” Béla Fleck & Howard Levy, composers (Béla Fleck & The Flecktones)

Instrumental arrangement:“Rhapsody In Blue,” Gordon Goodwin, arranger (Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band)

Instrumental arrangement accompanying vocalist(s):“Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me),” Jorge Calandrelli, arranger (Tony Bennett & Queen Latifah)

Recording package:“Scenes From The Suburbs,” Caroline Robert, art director (Arcade Fire)

Boxed or special limited edition package:“The Promise: The Darkness On The Edge Of Town Story,” Dave Bett & Michelle Holme, art directors (Bruce Springsteen)

Album notes:“Hear Me Howling!: Blues, Ballads & Beyond As Recorded By The San Francisco Bay By Chris Strachwitz In The 1960s,” Adam Machado, album notes writer (Various Artists)

Historical album:“Band On The Run (Paul McCartney Archive Collection – Deluxe Edition),” Paul McCartney, compilation producer; Sam Okell & Steve Rooke, mastering engineers (Paul McCartney & Wings)

Producer of the year, non-classical:Paul Epworth

Engineered album, non-classical:“Paper Airplane,” Neal Cappellino & Mike Shipley, engineers; Brad Blackwood, mastering engineer (Alison Krauss & Union Station)

Remixed recording, non-classical:“Cinema (Skrillex Remix),” Sonny Moore, remixer (Benny Benassi)

Surround sound album:“Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs (Super Deluxe Edition),” Elliot Scheiner, surround mix engineer; Bob Ludwig, surround mastering engineer; Bill Levenson & Elliot Scheiner, surround producers (Derek & The Dominos)

Engineered album, classical:“Aldridge: Elmer Gantry,” Byeong-Joon Hwang & John Newton, engineers; Jesse Lewis, mastering engineer (William Boggs, Keith Phares, Patricia Risley, Vale Rideout, Frank Kelley, Heather Buck, Florentine Opera Chorus & Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra)

Producer of the year, classical:Judith Sherman

Orchestral performance:“Brahms: Symphony No. 4,” Gustavo Dudamel, conductor (Los Angeles Philharmonic)

Opera recording:“Adams: Doctor Atomic,” Alan Gilbert, conductor; Meredith Arwady, Sasha Cooke, Richard Paul Fink, Gerald Finley, Thomas Glenn & Eric Owens; Jay David Saks, producer (Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Chorus)

Choral performance:“Light & Gold,” Eric Whitacre, conductor

Small ensemble performance:“Mackey: Lonely Motel – Music From Slide,” Rinde Eckert & Steven Mackey; Eighth Blackbird

Classical instrumental solo:“Schwantner: Concerto For Percussion & Orchestra,” Giancarlo Guerrero, conductor; Christopher Lamb (Nashville Symphony)

Classical vocal solo:“Diva Divo,” Joyce DiDonato

Contemporary classical composition:“Aldridge, Robert: Elmer Gantry,” Robert Aldridge & Herschel Garfein

Short form music video:“Rolling in the Deep,” Adele

Long form music video:“Foo Fighters: Back And Forth,” Foo Fighters

Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar-2011

Sahitya Akademi announced its first annual Yuva Puraskar in 16 languages February13,2012 ; the rest of the languages will be declared at a later date except Dogri and Sindhi. Six books of poetry,one of novel, five of short stories, one of biography, one of essay and two of plays have won the Sahitya Akademi Yuva uraskar.

Language	Title and Genre	Author
Assamese	ANUSILON (ESSAYS)	ARINDAM BORKATAKI
Bengali	DANAOWLA MANUS (SHORT STORIES)	BINOD GHOSHAL
English	MY NAME IS GAUHAR JAAN! - THE LIFE AND TIMES OF A MUSICIAN (BIOGRAPHY)	VIKRAM SAMPATH
Gujarati	ANTIM YUDDHA (PLAY)	DHWANIL PAREKH
Hindi	KAHTE HAIN TAB SHANSHAAH SO RAHE THE (POETRY)	UMA SHANKAR CHOUDHARY
Kannada	NELADA KARUNEYA DANI (POETRY)	VEERANNA MADIWALARA
Kashmiri	PATTE LEJI ZOON DARAS(POETRY)	NISAR AZAM
Konkani	NIRNAY (SHORT STORIES)	JOFA GONSALVES
Maithili	HATHAT PARIVARTAN (PLAY)	ANAND KUMAR JHA
Malayalam	MARANA VIDYALAYAM (SHORT STORIES)	SUSMESH CHANDROTH
Marathi	BHUISHASTRA (POETRY)	AISHWARYA PATEKAR
Odia	GAAN (POETRY)	GAYATRIBALA PANDA
Punjabi	AMRIT VELA (POETRY)	PARAMVEER SINGH
Rajasthani	PEER (SHORT STORIES)	DULA RAM SAHARAN
Tamil	SEVALKATTU (NOVEL)	M. THAVASI
Telugu	MOLOKALAPUNNAMI (SHORT STORIES)	VEMPALLI GANGADHAR

57th Filmfare Award Winners 2012

Catagory	Person
Best Costumes	Niharika Khan,The Dirty Picture
Best Sound Design	Nakul Kamte, Don-2
Best Production/Art Direction	Shashank Tere, Delhi Belly
Best Editing	Huzefa Lokhandwala, Delhi Belly
Best Cinematography	Carlos Catalon, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
Best Action	Action Concepts, Don-2
Best Background Score	Ranjit Barot, Shaitan
Best SFX	Red Chillied VFX, RA.One
Best Choreographer	Bosco-Caesar, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
Best Debutant Female	Parineeti Chopra, Ladies V/s Ricky Bahl
Best Debutant Male	Vidyut Jamwal, Force
Best Debutant Director	Abhinay Deo, Delhi Belly
RD BURMAN award for Upcoming talent in field of music	Krsna, Tanu Weds Manu
Playback Singer Female	Rekha Bharadwaj and Usha Uthup, Darling (7 Khoon Maaf)
Playback Singer Male	Mohit Chauhan, Jo Bhi Mein Kehna Chahoon-Rockstar
Best Lyrics	Irshad Kamil-Nadaan Parindey, Rockstar
Best Music	A R Rahman, Rockstar
Idea Sony Scene Of the year	The Dirty Picture
Life-Time Achievement Award	Aruna Irani
Best Actor In a Supporting role(Female)	Rani Mukerji, No one killed Jessica
Best Actor In a Supporting role(Male)	Farhan Akhtar, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
Best Story	Sanjay Chouhan, I am Kalam
Best Screenplay	Akshat Verma, Delhi Belly
Best Dialogue	Farhan Akhtar, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
Critics’ Award for Best Film	Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
Critics’ Award for Best Actress	Priyanka Chopra, 7 Khoon Maaf
Critics’ Award for Best Actor	Ranbir Kapoor, Rockstar
Special Jury Certificate for Outstanding Talent	Partho Gupte, Stanley Ka Dabba
Best Director	Zoya Akhtar, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
Best Film	Ritesh Sidhwani, Farhan Akhtar, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara
Best Actor (Female)	Vidya Balan

Khel Ratna Awards 2011

Dear visitors. This time I am presenting you the list of the winners of Khel Ratna Awards - 2011. Stay in touch for our next presentation.

Award Name	Field
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratn Awards 2011	.
Shri Gagan Narang	Shooting
Arjun Awards 2011	.
Shri Rahul Banerjee	Archery
Ms. Preeja Sreedharan	Athletics
Shri Vikas Gowda	Athletics
Ms. Jwala Gutta	Badminton
Shri M. Suranjoy Singh	Boxing
Shri Zaheer Khan	Cricket
Shri sunil Chhetri	Football
Ms. Tejeswini Bai V.	Kabaddi (Women)
Shri Rakesh Kumar	Kabaddi (Men)
Shri Ashish Kumar	Gymnastics
Shri Rajpal Singh	Hockey (Men)
Ms. Tejeswini Ravindra Sawant	Shooting
Shri Veerdhawal Vikram Khade	Swimming
Shri Somdev Kishore Devvarman	Tennis
Shri Sanjay Kumar	Volleyball
Shri Ravinder Singh	Wrestling
Naib Subedar Katulu Ravikumar	Weightlifting
Ms. Prasantha Karamakar	Swimming Paralympics
Dronacharaya Awards 2011	.
Shri Inukurthi Venkateshwara Rao	Boxing
Shri Devender Kumar Rathore	Gymnastics
Shri Ramphal	Wrestling
Dr. Kuntal Roy	Athletics(Life time achievment)
Shri Rajinder Singh	Hockey(Life time achievment)
Dhyan Chand Award 2011	.
Shri Shabbir Ali	Football
Shri Sushil Kohli	Swimming
Shri Rajkumar	Wrestling

List of Shaurya Chakra Awardees -2011

Hi Friends.This time I am presenting to you the list of Shaurya Chakra Awardees -2011. I hope you may like it.

• Major Ravindra Kumar Gurang, Regiment Of Artillery Regiment.
• Major Shalender, 4^th Battalion The Parachute Regiment (Special Forces).
• Subedar Manjeet Singh, 4^th Battalion The Parachute Regiment (Special Forces).
• Naib Subedar Mengare Shankar Ganpati, 15th Battalion The Maratha Light Infantry.
• Naib Subedar Lal Singh Khichi, Sena Medal, Raj Putana Rifles/57^th Battalion The Rashtriy A Rifles (Posthumous).
• Naik Sumer Singh, Regiment Of Artillery/18th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles (Posthumous).
• Naik sankar Tarafdar, Regiment Of Artillery/ 33^rd Field Regiment.
• Lance Naik Brij Kishore Dhami, 19th Battalion The Kumaon Regiment.
• 5048550P Rifleman Tej Bahadur Gurung, 1st Gorkha Rifles/ 15^th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles.
• Lieuten Commander Rohith Mohandas Nambiar (0562-A).
• Wing Commander Felix Pinto (23569), Flying Pilot.
• Oem Samsher Singh, Border Roads Organisation (Posthumous –Brdb).
• GS-166845n Oem -2 Kanhaya Prasad, Border Roads Organisation (Posthumous).
• Shri ravindra Kumar Singh, Assistant Commandant, Central Reserve Police Force.
• Captain Shakul Tyagi, Pawan Hans Helicopter Limited.
• Shri barket Ali, Spo, Village- Gouri Binloa, Tehsil- Thathri, District – Doa, Jammu And Kashmir (Posthumous).

Padma Vibhushan Awards 2012

Padma Awards, the country’s highest civilian awards, are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The Awards are given in all disciplines/ fields of activities, viz. art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc.

Name	Field
Shri K G Subramanyan	Painting & Sculpture
Late Shri Mario De Miranda	Cartoonist
Late (Dr.)Bhupen Hazarika	Vocal Music
Dr. Kantilal Hastimal Sancheti	Orthopedics
Shri T V Rajeswar	Civil Service