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Oscar Award (2008)
Oscar for Indian Movie: Sekhar Kapur's "Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
The Indian Movie “Elizabeth: The Golden Age” directed by Sekhar Kapur bagged Oscar for “The Best Costume Design. The movie “No country for old Men” bagged several Oscar awards for the Best Movie, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Adapted Screenplay. The awards were presented in 80th Oscar Awards grand function at Kodak Theatre on the eve of Sunday, 24th February, 2008.
List of Oscar Award Winners

Best picture: No Country For Old Men
Best director: Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country For Old Men
Best actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Best actress: Marion Cotillard, La Vie En Rose
Best supporting actress: Tilda Swinton, Michael Clayton
Best supporting actor: Javier Bardem, No Country For Old Men
Best foreign language film: The Counterfeiters (Austria)
Best animated feature film: Ratatouille
Best adapted screenplay: No Country For Old Men
Best original screenplay: Juno
Best music (score): Atonement
Best music (song): Falling Slowly, Once
Best documentary feature: Taxi To The Dark Side
Best documentary short subject: Freeheld
Best visual effects: The Golden Compass
Best Cinematography: There Will Be Blood
Best art direction: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street
Best animated short film: Peter And The Wolf
Best short film: Le Mozart Des Pickpockets
Best costume design: Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Best make-up: La Vie En Rose
Best sound mixing: The Bourne Ultimatum
Best sound editing: The Bourne Ultimatum
Best film editing: The Bourne Ultimatum

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NATIONAL AWRADS
C.V. Raman award for Natarajan:
M. Natarajan, Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister, received the Sir C.V. Raman birth centenary award-2008 and a gold medal from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the inaugural function of the 95th Indian Science Congress held in Visakhapatnam on January 3.

Defence Awards 2008:
President confers four Ashok Chakras posthumously, four Kirti chakras, 424 gallantry and Defence decorations to Armed Forces personnel on the occasion of republic day. Major Raman was decorated with Ashok Chakra, the highest peacetime award, and Vinay with Kirti Chakra. Major Shatrujeet Kotwal, Jat regiment/34 Rashtriya Rifles and Major Subhash Chand Punia, 21 Parachute Regiment (Special Forces) have also been honoured with Kirti Chakra.

Sahitya Academy Awards 2007:
Smt. Malathi Rao was selected for Sahitya Academy Award 2007 for her writing in English, “Disorderly Women”. The Author of “Satha Patram” Late Gadiyaram Ramakrishna Sharma (Alampur, Mahabunagar Distrit, A.P) and the author of “Arayan” Shri K.Virabhadrappa (Anathapur, A.P.) are also selected for Sahithya Academy Awards.

Raman Magsaysay Award, 2007, for Sai Nath:
The Hindu Journalist and writer Shri Sai Nath along with six others has been elected for prestigious Raman Magsaysay Award for 2007.
M.F.Hussain was awarded with Raja Ravi Varma Award 2007:
M.F. Hussain was felicitated with Raja Ravi Varma Award 2007 by Kerala Government for his contributions in paintings. This was announced by Kerala Minister for culture and education M.M. Bebi. Rs.1.25 lakhs will be given along with certificate and momento.

Santhi Swarup Bhatnagar Awards:
Eleven scientists who shown exemplary performance in the fields of science and technology are selected for Shanthi Swarup Bhatnagar Awards. The selected will be given Rupees Two lakhs, certificate and memento. The scientists under the age of 45 years are selected for these awards. Upender Sing Bhalla (Biological Sciences), Narayana Swamy Srinivasan (Biological Sciences,), Amalendu Chandra (Chemistry), Ajay Ghosh (Chemistry), Anil Bharadwaj (Space and Astronomy), Rama Govinda Rajan (Engineering), Budaraju Srinivasa Murthy (Engineering), B.V. Raja Rama Bhat (Mathematics), Pundi Narasimhan Ranga Rajan (Medical), Yaswanth Gupta (Physics), Pinaki Majundar (Physics) are the eminent scientists selected for this years.

Param Vishist Sewa Medal_07:
Vice Admiral Punitha Arora has been conferred with Param Vishist Sewa Medal by the President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.

Jnana Pith Award 2004:
The famous Kasmiri Poet Sri Rehman Rahi has been selected for Jnana Pith Award for 2004 by the panel lead by L.M Sanghvi for his work in development of Kashmiri Language. It is the first time A Kashmiri to win this prestigious award. He also got the "Kendra Sahithya Academy Award" .He was also felicitated with "Padma Sri".


N.T.R. Awards 2003 to 2005:
Government of Andhra Pradesh has announced the N.T.R national awards: Shri G. Krishna famous Telugu Actor for 2003, Shri Ilaya Raja famous Music Director for 2004 and Shri Ambarish famous Kannada Actor and Central Minister, for 2005 are selected by the jury. N.T.R. awards are given in memory of Shri Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao famous Telugu Star and Ex. Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. He is founder Telugu Desam Party. His rolls Shri Krishna, Sri Rama are gods on silver screen.

Basava Award 2006-07:
Ex. President of India Shri Abdul Kalam is honored with Basava Award for 2006-07 by the Karnataka State Government. This award is given in the name of famous philosopher Srhi Basaveswarudu

Best Parliamentarian Awards:
The jury headed by Speaker Shri Somanath Chaterji announced the best Parliamentarian Awards, Shri Sarad Pawar for 2003, Smt. Sushma Swaraj for 2004, Shri P. Chidambaram for 2005 and Shri Mani Sankar Ayer for 2006. Previously Shri Manmohan Singh was given for 2002. Shri Sarad Pawar having 40 years of experience as a political leader and four times Chief Minister for Maharastra and also as Minister in Central Government. Smt. Sushma Swaraj, B.J.P. leader having 30years of experience as a political leader. She worked as C.M. for Delhi. Shri P.Chidambaram presently working as Minister for Finance. Shri Manisankar Ayer is presently working as Minister for Panchayath Raj.

Dada Saheb Phalke Award for Shyam Benagal:
The eminent director Shri Shyam Benagal has been selected for Dada Saheb Award (The prestigious Award) for 2005 for his contribution for the development of film industry. President Prathiba Patil will hand over the award at the end of this year. He has directed for many films. His first movie was Ankur (Hindi, 1974). He was given Padmasri in 1976 and Padma Bushan in 1991. He directed Tele Serials Kadha Sagar, Bharath ki Yatra, Ek Khoj. He has born in the year 1934 and completed education in Hyderabad