SNAP 2015 GK Preparation | Awards In this article, we will look at important awards and honors. We will cover Indian as well as international awards and honors. The National Award for Best Feature Film Film Recipient Language 59th Deool Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni Marathi Byari Suveeran Beary 60th Paan Singh Tomar Tigmanshu Dhulia Hindi 61st Ship of Theseus Anand Gandhi English-Hindi 62nd (2014) Court Chaitanya Tamhane Marathi National Film Award for Best Actor Recipient Film Language 59th Girish Kulkarni Deool Marathi 60th Irrfan Khan Paan Singh Tomar Hindi Vikram Gokhale Anumati Marathi 61st Rajkummar Rao Shahid Hindi Suraj Venjaramoodu Perariyathavar Malayalam 62nd (2014) Sanchari Vijay Naanu Avanalla...Avalu Kannada National Film Award for Best Actress Recipient Film Language 59th Vidya Balan The Dirty Picture Hindi 60th Usha Jadhav Dhag Marathi 61st Geetanjali Thapa Liar's Dice Hindi 62nd (2014) Kangana Ranaut Queen Hindi The National Film Award for Best Direction Recipient Film Language 59th Gurvinder Singh Anhe Ghore Da Daan Punjabi 60th Shivaji Lotan Patil Dhag Marathi 61st Hansal Mehta Shahid Hindi 62nd (2014) Srijit Mukherji Chotushkone Bengali Visit us for more SNAP 2015 GK Material on: www.learningroots.in The Dadasaheb Phalke Award Year Recipient 2005 Shyam Benegal 2006 Tapan Sinha 2007 Manna Dey 2008 V. K. Murthy 2009 D. Ramanaidu 2010 K. Balachander 2011 Soumitra Chatterjee 2012 Pran 2013 Gulzar 2014 Shashi Kapoor The Jnanpith Award (Gyanpeeth Award) Year Name Language 2010 Chandrashekhara Kambara Kannada 2011 Pratibha Ray Oriya 2012 Ravuri Bharadhwaja Telugu 2013 Kedarnath Singh Hindi 2014 Bhalchandra Nemade Marathi International Prizes/Awards The Nobel Prize Year Physics Chemistry Physiology Literature Peace Economics or Medicine 2014 Isamu Eric Betzig; John O'Keefe; Patrick Kailash Jean Tirole Akasaki; Stefan Hell; May-Britt Modiano Satyarthi; Hiroshi William Moser; Malala Amano; Moerner Edvard Yousafzai Shuji Moser Nakamura 2015 Takaaki Tomas William C. Svetlana Tunisian Angus Deaton Kajita; Lindahl; Campbell; Alexievich National Arthur B. Paul L. Satoshi Dialogue McDonald Modrich; Ōmura; Quartet Aziz Sancar Tu Youyou Visit us for more SNAP 2015 GK Material on: www.learningroots.in The Ramon Magsaysay Award Name/Organization Base of Operations Year Awarded Kommaly Chanthavong Laos 2015 Kyaw Thu Myanmar 2015 Sanjiv Chaturvedi India 2015 Ligaya Fernando-Amilbangsa Philippines-based 2015 Anshu Gupta India 2015 Saur Marlina Manurung Indonesia 2014 Omara Khan Massoudi Afghanistan 2014 The Citizens Foundation (TCF) Pakistan 2014 Wang Canfa China 2014 Randy Halasan Philippines 2014 Hu Shuli China 2014 The Man Booker Prize for Fiction Year Author Title Nationality 2011 Julian Barnes The Sense of an Ending United Kingdom 2012 Hilary Mantel Bring Up the Bodies United Kingdom 2013 Eleanor Catton The Luminaries New Zealand 2014 Richard Flanagan The Narrow Road to the Deep North Australia 2015 Marlon James A Brief History of Seven Killings Jamaica The Academy Award for Best Picture Year Film Director 2005 Crash Paul Haggis 2006 The Departed Martin Scorsese 2007 No Country for Old Men Joel and Ethan Coen 2008 Slumdog Millionaire Danny Boyle 2009 The Hurt Locker Kathryn Bigelow 2010 The King's Speech Tom Hooper 2011 The Artist Michel Hazanavicius 2012 Argo Ben Affleck 2013 12 Years a Slave Steve McQueen 2014 Birdman Alejandro G. Inarritu Visit us for more SNAP 2015 GK Material on: www.learningroots.in .