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14th National Film Awards

The 14th National Film Awards, then known as State Awards for Films, presented by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India to felicitate the best of Indian Cinema released in 1966. The awards were presented on 10 October 1967 at the Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi.


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14th National Film Awards
Best of Indian cinema in 1966
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
10 October 1967
Vigyan Bhavan, Delhi, India
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Teesri Kasam
Nayak (2)

The 14th National Film Awards, then known as State Awards for Films, presented by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India to felicitate the best of Indian Cinema released in 1966. The awards were presented on 10 October 1967 at the Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi.

Awards were divided into feature films and non-feature films.

President's Gold Medal for the All India Best Feature Film is now better known as National Film Award for Best Feature Film, whereas President's Gold Medal for the Best Documentary Film is analogous to today's National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film. For children's films, Prime Minister's Gold Medal is now given as National Film Award for Best Children's Film. At the regional level, President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film is now given as National Film Award for Best Feature Film in a particular language. Certificate of Merit in all the categories is discontinued over the years.

Feature films were awarded at All India as well as regional level.

Name of AwardName of FilmLanguageAwardee(s)Awards
Best Feature FilmTeesri KasamHindiProducer: ShailendraGold Medal, ₹20,000 and a plaque
Director: Basu Bhattacharya₹10,000 and a plaque
Best Children's FilmJaise Ko TaiseHindiProducer: M. V. Kunte₹5,000 and a plaque
Director:Silver Medal
Best Film on Other Social IssuesIrrutinte AthmavuMalayalamProducer: P. Bhaskaran₹5,000 and a plaque
Director:Silver Medal
Best Film on National IntegrationSubhash ChandraHindiProducer: Ajit Kumar Banerjee₹5,000 and a plaque
Director: Pijush BoseSilver Medal
Best ScreenplayNayakBengaliSatyajit Ray₹10,000

The awards were given to the best films made in the regional languages of India.

Name of AwardName of FilmAwardee(s)
Feature Films in Assamese
President's Silver Medal for Best Feature FilmLoti GhotiProducer: Director:
Feature Films in Bengali
President's Silver Medal for Best Feature FilmNayakProducer: R. D. Banshal & Sharankumari BansalDirector: Satyajit Ray
Feature Films in Hindi
President's Silver Medal for Best Feature FilmAnupamaProducer: L. B. LachmanDirector: Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Feature Films in Kannada
President's Silver Medal for Best Feature FilmSandhya RagaProducer: A. C. Narasimha MurthyDirector: A. C. Narasimha Murthy & S. K. Bhagavan
Feature Films in Malayalam
President's Silver Medal for Best Feature FilmKunjali MarikkarProducer:Director:
Feature Films in Marathi
President's Silver Medal for Best Feature FilmPawana Kathcha DhondiProducer: Director:
Feature Films in Oriya
President's Silver Medal for Best Feature FilmMaitra ManishaProducer:Director:
Feature Films in Tamil
President's Silver Medal for Best Feature FilmRamuProducer: A. V. MeiyappanDirector: A. C. Trilogchander
Feature Films in Telugu
President's Silver Medal for Best Feature FilmRangula RatnamProducer: B. N. Reddy Director: B. N. Reddy

Non-feature film awards were given for the documentaries, educational films and film strips made in the country. For the 13th National Film Awards, no award was given in the filmstrip category and only Certificate of Merit was awarded for Educational Films. Following were the awards given for the non-feature films category:

Name of awardName of filmLanguageAwardee(s)Awards
All India Certificate of Merit for the Best Documentary FilmGlimpses of West BengalEnglishProducer:Certificate of Merit and ₹2,000
Director:₹500
Name of awardName of filmLanguageAwardee(s)Awards
All India Certificate of Merit for the Best Educational FilmPaddy high yielding VarietiesEnglishProducer:Director:Certificate of Merit only

Following were the awards not given as no film was found to be suitable for the award:

  • President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in English

  • President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Punjabi

  • National Film Awards Archives

  • Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India

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