GK 2013 Awards

GK AWARDS

Nobel Prizes Winners 2012

Physics - Serge Haroche and David J. Wineland for “ground breaking experimental methods

that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems”.

Chemistry - Robert J. Lefkowitz and Brian K. Kobilka for “studies of G-protein-coupled

receptors”.

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Sir John B. Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka for “the discovery that mature cells can be

reprogrammed to become pluripotent”

The Nobel Prize in Literature

Mo Yan for “who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary”

The Nobel Peace Prize

European Union (EU) for “over six decades contributed to the advancement of peace and

reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe”

The Prize in Economic Sciences

Alvin E. Roth and Lloyd S. Shapley for “the theory of stable allocations and the practice of market

design”

Pulitzer Prize

The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism,

literature, and musical composition. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of

American (Hungarian-born) publisher Joseph Pulitzer, and is administered by Columbia

University in New York City. Prizes are awarded yearly in twenty-one categories. In twenty of

these, each winner receives a certificate and a US$10,000 cash award. The winner in the public

service category of the journalism competition is awarded a gold medal.

The 2012 Pulitzer Prizes were awarded on April 16, 2012 by the Pulitzer Prize Board for work

during the 2011 calendar year.

Journalism

Public Service

The Philadelphia Inquirer “for its exploration of pervasive violence in the city’s schools”.

The Miami Herald “for its exposure of deadly abuses and lax state oversight in Florida’s assistedliving facilities for the elderly and mentally ill.

The New York Times “for the work of Danny Hakim and Russ Buetttner that revealed rapes,

beatings and more than 1,200 unexplained deaths over the past decade of developmentally

disabled people in New York State group homes”.

Breaking News Reporting

The Tuscaloosa News staff “for its enterprising coverage of a deadly tornado”.

The Arizona Republic staff “for its comprehensive coverage of the mass shooting that killed six

and wounded 13, including Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, an exemplary use of journalistic

tools, from Twitter to video to written reports and features”.

Wisconsin State Journal staff “for its energetic coverage of 27 days of around-the-clock protests

in the State Capitol over collective bargaining rights”.

Man Booker Prize

The Man Booker Prize for Fiction is a literary prize awarded each year for the best original fulllength novel, written in the English language, by a citizen of the Commonwealth of Nations,

Ireland, or Zimbabwe.

2010 Howard Jacobson

The Finkler Question

United Kingdom

2011 Julian Barnes

The Sense of an Ending

United Kingdom

2012 Hilary Mantel

Bring Up the Bodies

United Kingdom

Oscar Awards – 2013

The 85th Academy Awards ceremony or The Oscars took place February 24, 2013. The

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) presented its annual Academy Awards to

honor the best films of 2012 that played in the United States. The ceremony was held at the

Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California.

12 nominations: Lincoln

11 nominations: Life of Pi

Best Picture: Argo, Directed by Ben Affleck

Best Director: Ang Lee – Life of Pi

Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis for Lincoln

Best Actress: Jennifer Lawrence for Silver Linings Playbook

Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz for Django Unchained

Best Supporting Actress: Anne Hathaway for Les Misérables

Best Foreign Language Film: Amour (Austria) in French by Michael Haneke

The following 6 films received multiple awards:

4 awards: Life of Pi

3 awards: Argo and Les Misérables

2 awards: Django Unchained, Lincoln, and Skyfall

Filmfare Award 2013 :

Best Actor: Ranbir Kapoor (Barfi)

Best Actress: Vidya Balan ( Kahaani)

Best Film: Barfi

Best Director: Sujoy Ghosh (Kahaani)

Best Dialogue: Anurag Kashyap, Akhilesh Jaiswal, Sachin K Ladia, Zeishan

Qadri (Gangs of Wasseypur)

Best Screenplay: Sanjay Chouhan & Tigmanshu Dhulia (Paan Singh Tomar)

Best Story: Juhi Chaturvedi (Vicky Donor)

Best Supporting Actor: Annu Kapoor (Vicky Donor)

(Male)

Best Supporting Actor: Anushka Sharma (Jab Tak Hai Jaan)

(Female)

Best Music Director: Pritam (Barfi)

Best Lyrics: Gulzar (Challa), Jab Tak Hai Jaan

Best Playback (Male): Ayushmann Khurrana (Paani Da Rang) (Vicky Donor)

Best Playback (Female): Shalmali Kholgade (Pareshaan) ( Ishaqzaade)

RD Burman Award For

Upcoming Talent In Music: Neeti Mohan (Jiya Re) (Jab Tak Hain Jaan)

Lifetime Achievement Award: Yash Chopra

Sony Trendsetter Of The Year: Barfi

Best Debut (Male): Ayushmann Khurrana (Vicky Donor)

Best Debut (Female): Ileana D’Cruz (Barfi)

Best Debut (Director): Gauri Shinde (English Vinglish)

National Film Awards 2013 winners list:

Best Feature Film: Paan Singh Tomar (Hindi)

Indira Gandhi award for  Best Debut Film of a Director: Chittagong (Hindi) and 101 Chodiyangal (Malayalam)

Best Popular Film: Vicky Donor (Hindi) and Ustaad Hotel (Malayalam)

Nargis Dutta Award for Best Feature Film on

National Integration: Thanichalla Njan (Malayalam)

Best Film on Social Issues: Spirit (Malayalam)

Best Film on Environment

Conservation: Black Forest (Malayalam)

Best Children’s Film: Dekh Indian Circus (Hindi)

Best Animation Film: Delhi Safari (Hindi)

Best Direction: Shivaji Lotan Patil (Dhag)

Best actor: Irfaan Khan (Paan Singh Tomar) and Vikram Gokhale (Anumati)

Best Actress: Usha Jadhav (Dhag)

Best Supporting Actor: Annu Kapoor (Vicky Donor)

Best Supporting Actress: Dolly Alhuwalia (Vicki Donor) and Kalpana Thanichalla Njan)

Best Child Artist: Virendra Pratap (Dekh Indian Circus) and Minon  (101 Chodiyangal)

Best Male Playback Singer: Shankar Mahadevan (Chittagong)

Best Female Playback

Singer: AartiAnklekar Tikekar (Samhita)

Best Cinematography

- Cameraman: SudheerPalsane Laboratory: Prasad Film Laboratory,Chennai (KO:YAD)

Best Screenplay:

(i) Screenplay Writer

(Original): Sujoy Ghosh (Kahaani)

(ii) Screenplay Writer

(Adapted): BhaveshMandalia and UmeshShukla (OMG Oh My God!)

(iii) Dialogues: Anjali Menon (Ustaad Hotel)

Best Audiography

(i) Location Sound

Recordist: RadhakrishnanS (AnnayumRasoolum)

(ii) Sound Designer: AnirbanSengupta & Dipankar Chaki (Shabdo)

(iii) Re-recordist of the final mixed track: Alok De, Sinoy Joseph and Shreejesh Nair(Gangs of Wasseypur)

Best Editing: Namrata Rao (Kahaani)

Best production Design: Boontawee ‘Thor’ Taweepasas and Lalgudi N. IIlyaraja (Vishwaroopam)

Best Costume Designer: Poornima Ramaswamy (Paradesi)

Best Make-Up Artist: Raja (Vazakkuenn 18/9)

Best Music Direction: Shailender Barve (Songs) and BijiBal (Back ground Score)

Best Lyrics: Prasoon Joshi (Chittagong)

Special Jury Awards: Rituparno Ghosh (Chitragandha) and Nawazuddin Siddiqui  (Kahaani, Gangs of Wasseypur, Dekh Indian Circus, Tallash)

Best Special Effects: Mukta VFX 9 (Eega)

Best Choreography: Pdt Birju Maharaj (Viswaroopam)

Best Feature Film in Each of the Language Specified in Schedule VIII of the constitutionBaandhon(Assamese), Shabdo (Bengaki), The Good Road (Gujarati), Filmistan (Hindi), Bharath

Stores (Kannada), Celluloid (Malayalam), Leipaklei (Manipuri), Investment (Manipuri), Nabar

(Punjabi), Eega (Telegu), Harud (Urdu)

Best Feature Film in Language other than specified in VIII Constitution:

Lessons in Forgetting (English), Ko:YAD (Mising)

Special Mention:

(a) Ozhimuri(Malayalam) - Lal

(b) Bharat Stores (Kannada) - H.G.Dattatreya

(c) Baandhon (Assamese) - BishnuKharghoria

(d) Ishaqzade (Hindi) - Parineeti Chopra

(e) Dekh Indian Circus (Hindi)– Tannishtha Chatterjee

(f) Dhag (Marathi) – HansrajJagtap

(g) Ustad Hotel (Malayalam) - Thilakan

Best Writing on Cinema

Best Book on Cinema: Silent Cinema in India - A Pictorial Journey, Publisher-Harper

Collins Publishers India, Author- BD Garga

Best Film Critic: P S Radhakrishnan

ICC Award Winners 2012

ICC Umpire Of The Year for the David Shepherd Trophy Kumar Dharmasena

ICC Women’s Cricketer  Of The Year Stafanie Taylor

ICC Associate and Affiliate Cricketer Of The Year George Dockrell

Best bowling on Test debut Devendra Bishoo

ICC Twenty20 International  Performance Of The Year Tim Southee

ICC Spirit Of Cricket Award Daniel Vettori

LG ICC People’s  Choice Award Kumar Sangakkara

ICC ODI Cricketer Of The Year Virat Kohli

ICC Test Cricketer Of The Year Kumar Sangakkara

ICC Cricketer Of The Year for the Sir Garfield

Sobers Trophy Kumar Sangakkara

Tennis Grand Slam Winners 2012

Wimbledon:

Men’s Singles Roger Federer

Women’s Singles Serena Williams

Men’s Doubles Jonathan Marray, Federlite Nielson

Women’s Doubles Serena Williams, Venus Williams

Mixed Doubles Mike Bryan, Lisa Raymond

US Open:

Men’s Singles Andy Murray

Women’s Singles Serena Williams

Men’s Doubles Bob Bryan, Mike Bryan

Women’s Doubles Sara Errani, Roberta Vinci

Mixed Doubles Ekaterina Makarova, Bruno Soares

Australian Open:

Men’s Singles Novak Djokovic

Women’s Singles Victoria Azarenka

Men’s Doubles Leander Paes, Radek Stepanek

Women’s Doubles Svetlana Kuznetsova, Vera Zvonareva

Mixed Doubles Bethanie Mattek Sands, Horia Tecau

French Open:

Men’s Singles Rafael Nadal

Women’s Singles Maria Sharapova

Men’s Doubles Max Mirnyi, Daniel Nestor

Women’s Doubles Sara Errani, Roberta Vinci

Mixed Doubles Sania Mirza, Mahesh Bhupati