Awards

Miscellaneous Awards 2011-12

The Padma awards for the year 2012 were announced on the eve of India’s 63rd Republic Day. Padma Awards 2012 comprised 13 Padma Vibhushan, 31 Padma Bhushan and 84 Padma Shri Awards.

Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama was presented the Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Peace and Reconciliation on 4 January 2011.

The White House on 10 February 2012 named India’s Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen the recipient of the 2011 US National Humanities Medal. Amartya Sen, who retains his Indian citizenship, is the first Indian to be honored with the medal.

Bangalore artist Sheela Gowda, who uses unconventional materials to make sculptures was shortlisted for UK’s contemporary art prize, Artes Mundi.

Controversial film, Dam 999 directed by Sohan Roy made it to a shortlist for the Oscars under the Best Picture category. The film, based on a catastrophe caused by a 100-year-old dam in India giving way, is among the 265 films in contention for the Best Picture. The Tamil Nadu government imposed a ban citing that it may cause animosity between Kerala and TN people as the film was dealing with the subject of the 116-year-old Mullaperiyar dam on the Kerala-TN border. It has made it to the Oscar shortlist as a Hollywood film. Malayalam film Adaminte Makan Abu is India’s official entry.

The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards were held at Beverly Hills, California on 15 January 2012.

The 54th Annual Grammy Awards were held on 12 February 2012, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The British songstress, Adele swept the awards winning a staggering six golden gramophones for her Album, 21. Adele, who was named best new artist in 2009, is only the second artist in history to take all four major Grammy categories. Christopher Cross attained the feat in 1981 with a four-award sweep.

List of Important Winners

The Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences on 21 December 2011 chose Apple co-founder Steve Jobs to be posthumously honoured with a Grammy award for his contribution to music technology. Jobs is to be honoured as a creative visionary. Jobs, who died on 5 October 2011 of pancreatic cancer, will receive a Trustees Award on 13 February 2012 for helping create products that transformed the way music, TV, movies and books are consumed.

Best Picture	Best Director
The Artist – Thomas Langmann	Michel Hazanavicius – The Artist
Best Actor	Best Actress
Jean Dujardin – The Artist as George Valentin	Meryl Streep – The Iron Lady as Margaret Thatcher
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Christopher Plummer – Beginners as Hal Fields	Octavia Spencer – The Help as Minny Jackson
Best Writing – Original Screenplay	Best Writing – Adapted Screenplay
Midnight in Paris – Woody Allen	The Descendants – Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash
Best Animated Feature	Best Foreign Language Film
Rango – Gore Verbinski	A Separation (Iran) in Persian – AsgharFarhadi
Best Documentary – Feature	Best Documentary – Short Subject
Undefeated – TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay, and Richard Middlemas	Saving Face – SharmeenObaid-Chinoy and Daniel Junge
Best Original Score	Best Original Song
The Artist – LudovicBource	“Man or Muppet” from The Muppets – Bret McKenzie
Best Sound Editing	Best Sound Mixing
Hugo – PhilipStockton and Eugene Gearty	Hugo – Tom Fleischman and John Midgley

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