Dadasaheb Phalke Award: Veteran film maker Shyam Benegal was honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award
Filmfare Awards: Rang De Basanti won the Award for Best Film at the 52nd Filmfare Awards ceremony held in Mumbai, Maharashtra on February 24, 2007. The list of winners included:
Best Film: Rang De Basanti
Best Director: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra (Rang De Basanti)
Best Actor: Hrithik Roshan (Dhooml)
Best Actress: Kajol (Fanaa)
Critic’s Award for Best Film: Lage.Jlaho Munnabhai
Critic's Award for Best Actor: Aamir Khan (Rang De Basanti)
Critic's Award for Best Actress: Kareena Kapoor (Omkara)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Abhishek Bachchan (Kabhi Alvida Na hhnd)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Konkona Sen Sharma (Omkara)
Best Actor in a Comic Role: Arshad Warsi (Lage Raho Munnabhai)
Best Actor in a Villainous Role: Saif Ali Khan (Omkara)
Best Playback Singer (Male): Shaan, Kailash Kher—'Chand $ifarishy (Fanad)
Best Playback Singer (Female): Sunidhi Chauhan—lBeedi Jalai Le' [Omkara)
Best Music Award: A.R. Rahman {Rang De Basanti)
Best Lyricist: Prasoon Joshi—Chand Sifarish (Fanad)
Best Debut: Kangana Ranaut
R.D. Burman Award: Naresh Iyer (Rang De Basanti)
Gandhi International Peace Prize, 2006:
Noted Bollywood actress Us. Shabana Azmi has been awarded the Gandhi International Peace Prize for the year 2006.
Indian Science Congress Awards:
On the occasion of the 94th Indian Science Congress held in Chidambaram (Tamil Nadu) from January 3-7, 2007, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh gave away various awards to some of the eminent scientists of the country. The awardees are as follows :
Jamnalal Bajaj Awards 2007:
Mr. Yashpal Mittal, Dr. Anand Karve, Ms. Ashoka Gupta and Prof. Michael Xangler were announced as the winners of the Jamnalal Bajaj Awards for 2007 in Mumbai (Maharashtra) on October 16, 2007.
Khel Ratna Award 2006 for Manavjit:
Ace trap shooter Manavjit Singh Sandhu was conferred the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for 2006 by Hon'ble President Ms. Pratibha Patil on August 29, 2007 at the Ashoka Hall in the Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi.
Moortidevi Award:
Bharatiya Jnanpith has chosen eminent Gujarati writer Mr. Narayan Mahadev Desai's 'Maroon Jeewan Aj Mari Vaani' for the 18th Moortidevi Award for 2004 and eminent Hindi scholar Dr. Rammurti Sharma's 'Bharatiya Darshan Ki Chintandhara' for the 19th Moortidevi Award for 2005.
National Film Awards 2005:
The National Film Awards for 2005 were announced on August 7, 2007. The delay was due to court cases. The awardees in different categories are :
Best Feature Film : Buddhadeb Dasgupta's Kaalpurush
Best Non-Feature Film : Gaurav A. Jani's Riding Solo to the Top of The World
Indira Gandhi Award for the Best First Film of a Director : Parineeta
Best Popular Film : Rang De Basanti
Best Actor : Amitabh Bachchan (Black)
Best Actress : Sarika (Pareunia)
Best Direction : Rahul Dholakia (Parania)
Best Audiography : Nakul Kamte for Rang De Basanti
Best Editing : P. S. Bharathi for Rang De Basanti
Best Playback Singer (Male) : Naresh Iyer for Rang De Basanti
Best Playback Singer (Female) : Shreya Ghoshal for Paheli
Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration : Daivanamathil (Malayalam)
Best Film on Family Welfare : Thavamai Thavamiranthe (Tamil)
Best Film on Other Social Issues : Iqbal
Best Film on Environment Conservation / Preservation : Kannada film Thutturi
Best Children's Film : Blue Umbrella
Best Child Artist : Sai Kumar for Bornmalata - A Bellyful of Dreams
Best Supporting Actress : Urvashi for Achhuvinte Amma (Malayalam)
Best Supporting Actor : Nasseeruddin Shah for Iqbal
Best Cinematography : Madhu Ambat for Sringaram (Tamil)
Best Screenplay : Prakash Jha, Sridhar Raghavan and Manoj Tyagi for Apaharan
Best Art Direction : C.B. More for Taj Mahal—An Eternal Love Story
Best Costume Designer : Anna Singh (Taj Mahal—An Eternal Love Story) and Sabyasachi Mukherjee (Black)
Special Jury Award : Anupam Kher {Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara)
Best Music Direction : Lalgudi Jayaraman for Sringaram (Tamil)
Best Lyrics : Barguru Ramachandrappa (Thaayi) (Kannada)
Special Effects : Tata Elexi (Anniyan) (Tamil)
Best Choreography : Saroj Khan {Sringaram) (Tamil)
Outstanding Parliamentarian Awards:
Hon'ble President Ms. Pratibha Patil presented the Oustanding Parliamentarian Awards to Union Agriculture Minister Mr. Sharad Pawar (2003), BJP leader Ms. Sushma Swaraj (2004), Union Finance Minister Mr. P. Chidambaram (2005) and Mr. Mani Shankar Aiyar, Minister of Panchayati Raj, Youth Affairs and Sports (2006) in New Delhi on September 13, 2007.
Phalke Ratna Award: Bollywood legend Dilip Kumar was conferred the Phalke Ratna Award on April 30, 2007 in
Shanti Swatup Bhatnagar Prize: The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) announced the winners of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize to 11 scientists for their oustanding contributions in various disciplines of science in New Delhi on September 26, 2007. The list of awardees included Narayanaswamy Srinivasan, Pundi Narasimham Rangarajan, Rama Govindarajan, B.V. Rajarama Bhat, Budaraju Srinivasa Murthy, A. Ajayaghosh, Anil Bhardwaj, Upinder Singh Bhalla, Amalendu Chandra, Yashwant Gupta and Pinaki Majumdar.
Prime Minister's Shram Vir Award 2005: Mr. M. Balachandran of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) has been awarded the prestigious Prime Minister's Shram Vir Award for the year 2005.
Yashwantrao Chavan Award, 2006: Infosys co-founder Mr. Narayana Murthy and his wife Sudha Murthy have been conferred the Yashwantrao Chavan Award for 2006.