The 56th National Awards for the year 2008 were announced by the Government of India. This time the Bollywood industry swept as many as 13 awards in various categories. Many Telugu films like ‘1940 Lo Oka Gramam’, ‘Arundathi’, ‘Ashta Chemma’, ‘Bathukamma’, ‘Gamyam’, ‘Cell’ and ‘Neninthe’ were also short listed. But ‘1940 Lo Oka Gramam’ which is said to be an off beat film won the national award in regional category.
Other winners of 56th National Awards 2008 are
1. Best Feature Film - Antaheen (Bengali)
2. Indira Gandhi Award for Best First Film of a Director - A Wednesday (Director: Neeraj Pandey)
3. Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment - Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye (Hindi)
4. Nargis Dutt Award Film on National Integration - Aai Kot Nai (Assamese)
5. Best Film on Family Values - Little Zizou (English,Gujarati)
6. Best Film on Social Issues - Jogva (Marathi)
7. Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation - Jianta Bhoota (Oriya)
8. Best Children’s Film - Gubbachigalu (Kannada)
9. Best Animation Film Roadside Romeo (Hindi)
10. Best Direction - Bala (Naan Kaduval - Tamil)
11. Best Actor- Upendra Limaye (Jogva, Marathi)
12. Best Actress - Priyanka Chopra (Fashion, Hindi)
13. Best Supporting Actor - Arjun Rampal (Rock On!! Hindi)
14. Best Supporting Actress - Kangana (Fashion, Hindi)
15. Best Child Artist - Shams Patel (Thanks Maa, Hindi)
16. Best Male Playback Singer - Hariharan (Jogva, Marathi)
17. Best Female Playback Singer - Shreya Ghoshal (Antaheen, Bengali)
18. Best Cinematography - Avik Mukhopadhyay (Antaheen, Bengali)
19. Best Screenplay- Sachin Kundalkar (Gandha, Marathi)
20. Best Audiography - Pramod J. Thomas (Gandha, Marathi)
21. Best Editing- A. Sreekar Prasad (Firaaq, Hindi)
22. Best Art Direction - Gautam Sen (Firaaq, Hindi)
23. Best Costume Designer - Neeta Lulla (Jodha Akbar, Hindi)
24. Best Make-up Artist- Moorthy V. (Naan Kadauul, Tamil)
25. Best Music Direction - Ajay and Atul (Jogva, Marathi)
26. Best Lyrics - Anindya Bannerjee and Chandranil Bhattacharya (Antaheen, Bengali)
27. Special Jury Award - Bioscope (Malayalam)
28. Best Special Effects - Govardhan (Mumbai Meri Jaan, Hindi)
29 Best Choreography - Chinni Prakash & Rekha Prakash (Jodha Akbar, Hindi)
30. Best Feature Film in each of the Language Specified
a) Mon Jai - Assamese
b) Shob Charitro Kalponik - Bengali
c) Rock On - Hindi
D) Vimukthi - Kannada
E) Thirakkada - Malayalam
F) Harishcnadrachi Factory - Marathi
G) Vaarnam Aiyiram - Tamil
H) 1940 Lo Oka Gramam - Telugu
I) Yarwng - Kokborok
J) Gaggara - Tulu
31. Best Book on Cinema - Bollywood Melodies (English) Author: Ganesh Anantharaman
32. Special Jury Mention - The Director’s Mind (English) Ujjal Chakraborty
33. Best Film Critic - Altaf Mazid and R.K. Bidur Singh
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