- Source: 44th National Film Awards
The 44th National Film Awards, presented by Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India to felicitate the best of Indian Cinema released in the year 1996. The awards were announced on 6 May 1997, and presented in July.
Awards
Awards were divided into feature films, non-feature films and books written on Indian cinema.
= Lifetime Achievement Award
=Introduced in 1969, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award is the highest award given to recognise the contributions of film personalities towards the development of Indian cinema and for distinguished contributions to the medium, its growth and promotion.
= Feature films
=Feature films were awarded at All India as well as regional level. For 44th National Film Awards, a Bengali film, Lal Darja won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film, whereas a Tamil film, Minsara Kanavu won the maximum number of awards (4). Following were the awards given in each category:
Juries
A committee headed by T. Subbarami Reddy was appointed to evaluate the feature films awards. Following were the jury members:
Jury Members
T. Subbarami Reddy (Chairperson) • Basu Chatterjee • Charuhasan • Madhu • Mike Pandey • Nirad N. Mohapatra • Vijaya Mulay
Raghav Menon • Sushma Shiromani • Jwngdao Bodosa • M. S. Sathyu • G. Venkateswaran • D. Ramanaidu • Swaraj Lamba • Swapan Kumar Ghosh
All India Award
Following were the awards given:
= Golden Lotus Award =
Official Name: Swarna Kamal
All the awardees are awarded with 'Golden Lotus Award (Swarna Kamal)', a certificate and cash prize.
= Silver Lotus Award =
Official Name: Rajat Kamal
All the awardees are awarded with 'Silver Lotus Award (Rajat Kamal)', a certificate and cash prize.
Regional Awards
The award is given to best film in the regional languages in India.
= Non-Feature Films
=Short Films made in any Indian language and certified by the Central Board of Film Certification as a documentary/newsreel/fiction are eligible for non-feature film section.
Juries
A committee headed by N. S. Thapa was appointed to evaluate the non-feature films awards. Following were the jury members:
Jury Members
N. S. Thapa (Chairperson) • Swapna Sundari • Meera Dewan • Sukumaran • Punathil Kunjabdulla
Golden Lotus Award
Official Name: Swarna Kamal
All the awardees are awarded with 'Golden Lotus Award (Swarna Kamal)', a certificate and cash prize.
Silver Lotus Award
Official Name: Rajat Kamal
All the awardees are awarded with 'Silver Lotus Award (Rajat Kamal)' and cash prize.
= Best Writing on Cinema
=The awards aim at encouraging study and appreciation of cinema as an art form and dissemination of information and critical appreciation of this art-form through publication of books, articles, reviews etc.
Juries
A committee headed by Khalid Mohamed was appointed to evaluate the writing on Indian cinema. Following were the jury members:
Jury Members
Khalid Mohamed (Chairperson) • Pritiman Sarkar • V. K. Madhavan Kutty
Golden Lotus Award
Official Name: Swarna Kamal
All the awardees are awarded with 'Golden Lotus Award (Swarna Kamal)' and cash prize.
= Awards not given
=Following were the awards not given as no film was found to be suitable for the award:
References
External links
National Film Awards Archives
Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Penghargaan Film Nasional untuk Film Pendidikan/Motivasional/Instruksional Terbaik
- Penghargaan Film Nasional untuk Penyutradaraan Terbaik (India)
- Penghargaan Film Nasional untuk Film Fitur Terbaik (India)
- Penghargaan Film Nasional India ke-44
- Penghargaan Film Nasional untuk Penyanyi Playback Laki-Laki Terbaik (India)
- Krishna Vamsi
- Penghargaan Film Nasional untuk Aktor Pendukung Terbaik
- Penghargaan Film Nasional untuk Aktris Pendukung Terbaik
- Kuch Kuch Hota Hai
- Penghargaan Film Nasional untuk Aktris Terbaik
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