National Film Awards
National awards for the year 2009 will get declared today ( 15-09-10). The official declaration will be at 4.pm.Ramesh Sippy is the chairman of the 13 member Jury committee. Director Hariharan and Documentary director M.R Rajan are the committee members from Kerala. It is assumed that  Amithab Bachan and Mammooty are there in last round competition.
Mammotty is having the advantage of his masterpiece roles in Kuttisarnk, Pazzashi Raja, Palerimanikyam, Pattamnilayile Teevandi etc. Amitabh Bachan is considered for his performance in Paa.
The movies considered in the final round include Paa directed by Balki, Dev D by Anuraj Kapish, 3 idiots of Raj Kumar Hirani. These films are noted for their distinct screenplay, direction.
The Tamil movies considered include Passanga , 13 B and Bommalattam. Music directors considered are A.R Rahman for Delhi 6, Shankar Ehsaan Loy for My Name is Khan, Issac Thomas Kottukapally for Kuttisrank.
The cinematographers considered are P.C Shriram for Paa, Anjali Shukla for Kuttisrank and Rajiv Ravi for Dev D
