Current Affairs Updates - 2010

57th National Film Awards 2010:

The 57^th National film awards were announced on 16-09-2010.

Amitabh Bachchan bags his third National Award for his performance in “Paa”, previously he got for the films ‘Agneepath’(1991) and ‘Black’(2001).

List of 2010 Winners:

·        Best Actor – Amitabh Bachchan for ‘Paa’.

·        Best Actress –  Ananya Chatterjee for Abohoman (Bengali).

·        Best Director - Rituparno Ghosh for Abohoman.

·        Best Film - 'Kutty Shrank'(Malayalam).

·        Best Popular Film – ‘3 Idiots’.

·        Best Film on Social Issues - Shyam Benegal's 'Well Done Abba'.

·        Best Film on National Integration - Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra's 'Dilli-6'.

·        Best Music Director - Amit Trivedi for Dev D.

·        Best lyrics - Swananad Kirkirey for 3 Idiots.

·        Best Playback Singer (Male) - Rupam Islam.

·        Best Playback Singer (Female) - Niranjana Sarkar (Housefull).

·        Best Sound Engineer - Rasool Pookutty.

·        Best Supporting Actor - Farooq Sheikh for 'Lahore'.

·        Best Supporting Actress - Arundhati Nag for ‘Paa’.

·        Best Choreography - K Shivashankar for film Magadheera.

·        Best Special Effects - Kamalakannan for film Magadheera.

US OPEN 2010:      

The US Open, formally the United States Open Tennis Championships is one of the four grand slam tennis tournament held every year.

List of 2010 winners:

S.no		Winners	Runners
1.	Men’s Single	Rafael Nadal(ESP)	Novak Djokovic(SRB)
2.	Women’s Single	Kim Clijsters(BEL)	Vera Zvonareva(RUS)
3.	Mixed Doubles	Liezel Huber, Bob Bryan(US)	Kveta Peschke(CZE), Aisam-Ul-Haq Quereshi(PAK)
4.	Men’s Doubles	Bob Bryan, Mike Bryan(US)	Bopanna(IND), Qureshi(PAK)
5.	Women’s Doubles	N. Petrova(RUS), L Huber(US)	Yung-Jan Chan(TPE), Jie Zheng(CHN)