Here is the complete list of 56th National Awards for the year of 2008
 
1. BEST FEATURE FILM - Antaheen (Bengali)
 
2. INDIRA GANDHI AWARD FOR BEST FIRST FILM OF A DIRECTOR - A Wednesday (Director : Neeraj Pandey)
 
3. BEST POPULAR FILM PROVIDING WHOLESOME ENTERTAINMENT - Oye Lucky ! Lucky Oye (Hindi)
 
4. NARGIS DUTT AWARD FILM ON NATIONAL INTEGRATION - Aai Kot Nai (Assamese)
 
5. BEST FILM ON FAMILY VALUES - Little Zizou (English,Gujarati)
 
6. BEST FILM ON SOCIAL ISSUES- Jogva (Marathi)
 
7. BEST FILM ON ENVIRONMENT CONSERVATION/PRESERVATION - Jianta Bhoota (Oriya)
 
8. BEST CHILDREN’S FILM - Gubbachigalu (Kannada)
 
9. BEST ANIMATION FILM Roadside Romeo (Hindi)
 
10. BEST DIRECTION - Bala (Naan Kaduval - Tamil)
 
11. BEST ACTOR- Upendra Limaye (Jogva, Marathi)
 
12. BEST ACTRESS - Priyanka Chopra (Fashion, Hindi)
 
13. BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR - Arjun Rampal (Rock On !!, Hindi)
 
14. BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS - Kangana (Fashion, Hindi)
 
15. BEST CHILD ARTIST - Shams Patel (Thanks Maa, Hindi)
 
16. BEST MALE PLAYBACK SINGER - Hariharan (Jogva, Marathi)
 
17. BEST FEMALE PLAYBACK SINGER - Shreya Ghoshal(Antaheen, Bengali)
 
18. BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY - Avik Mukhopadhyay (Antaheen, Bengali)
 
19. BEST SCREENPLAY- Sachin Kundalkar (Gandha, Marathi)
 
20. BEST AUDIOGRAPHY- Pramod J. Thomas( Gandha, Marathi)
 
21. BEST EDITING- A. Sreekar Prasad (Firaaq, Hindi)
 
22. BEST ART DIRECTION- Gautam Sen (Firaaq, Hindi)
 
23. BEST COSTUME DESIGNER - Neeta Lulla (Jodha Akbar, Hindi)
 
24. BEST MAKE-UP ARTIST - Moorthy V. (Naan Kadauul, Tamil)
 
25. BEST MUSIC DIRECTION - Ajay and Atul (Jogva, Marathi)
 
26. BEST LYRICS - Anindya Bannerjee and Chandranil Bhattacharya (Antaheen, Bengali)
 
27. SPECIAL JURY AWARD - Bioscope (Malayalam)
 
28. BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS - Govardhan (Mumbai Meri Jaan, Hindi)
 
29 BEST CHOREOGRAPHY - Chinni Prakash & Rekha Prakash (Jodha Akbar, Hindi)
 
30. BEST FEATURE FILM IN EACH OF THE LANGUAGE SPECIFIED
 
a) Mon Jai - Assamese
b) Shob Charitro Kalponik - Bengali
c) Rock On - Hindi
D) Vimukthi - Kannada
E) Thirakkada - Malayalam
F) Harishcnadrachi Factory - Marathi
G) Vaarnam Aiyiram - Tamil
H) 1940 LO Oka Gramam - Telugu
I) Yarwng - Kokborok
J) Gaggara - Tulu
 
31. BEST BOOK ON CINEMA - Bollywood Melodies (English) Author: Ganesh Anantharaman
 
32. SPECIAL JURY MENTION - The Director’s Mind (English) Ujjal Chakraborty
 
33. BEST FILM CRITIC - Altaf Mazid and R.K. Bidur Singh