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20th National Film Awards
Indian ceremony celebrating cinema of 1972
Indian ceremony celebrating cinema of 1972
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| number | 20 |
| award | National Film Awards |
| image | 20th NFA.png |
| caption | 20th National Film Awards |
| awarded_for | Best of Indian cinema in 1972 |
| award_org | Ministry of Information and Broadcasting |
| website | dff.nic.in |
| lifetime_achievement | Pankaj Kumar Mullick |
| best_feature | Swayamvaram |
| most_wins | Swayamvaram (4) |
| last | 19th |
| next | 21st |
The 20th National Film Awards, presented by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India to felicitate the best of Indian Cinema released in the year 1972.
With this year, new award category is introduced for the feature films made in Meitei language. This newly introduced category includes President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Manipuri.
Juries
Six different committees were formed based on the film making sectors in India, mainly based in Bombay, Calcutta and Madras along with the central committee for all India level. For 20th National Film Awards, central committee was headed by Romesh Thapar.
- Jury Members: Central
- Romesh Thapar (Chairperson)Thakazhi Sivasankara PillaiRita RaySheila VatsUsha BhagatGirish Karnad (Not Attended)M. Yunus DehlviTeji BachchanPhanishwar Nath 'Renu'Shanta GandhiU. Visweswar RaoI. S. Johar (Not Attended)Ardhendu Mukerjee
- Jury Members: Short Films
- S. K. Kooka (Chairperson)B. D. GargaPrasanta SanyalGerson Da CunhaAruna VasudevaBishamber KhannaRevati Saran SharmaDin Dayal
- Jury Regional: Bombay
- Ali Sardar Jafri (Chairperson)Mrinalini SarabhaiCharles CorreaBikram SinghBhupendra Shah Gopinath TalwalkarD. G. NadkarniKumud MehtaAdi MarzbanP. K. RavindranathB. K. AdarshAtma RamG. P. ShirkeKamleshwar
- Jury Regional: Calcutta
- Sombhu Mitra (Chairperson)Amina KarSuchitra MitraSanat LahiriN. K. GhoshBhaben BaruaRamesh Chandra DhallAnanda ShankarBadal SarkarB. N. Sircar
- Jury Regional: Calcutta - Nominated
- Parimal SarkarKanan DeviSubodh MitraElangbam Nilakanta SinghMaharaj Kumari Binodini Devi
- Jury Regional: Madras
- Malcolm Adiseshiah (Chairperson)B. N. ReddyA. L. VelliappaMahmooda Haja ShareefS. AnanthamurthyThoppil RaviV. C. SubburamanP. S. Ramakrishna RaoK. P. KottarakkaraRajammal AnantharamanP. C. Mathew
Awards
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.
Lifetime Achievement Award
| Name of Award | Image | Awardee(s) | Awarded As | Awards | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dadasaheb Phalke Award | [[File:Pankaj Mullick 2006 stamp of India.jpg | 75px]] | Pankaj Mullick | Music Director | 11,000, a shawl and a plaque |
Feature films
Feature films were awarded at All India as well as regional level. For 20th National Film Awards, a Malayalam film Swayamvaram won the President's Gold Medal for the All India Best Feature Film along with winning the maximum number of awards (four). Following were the awards given in each category:
All India Award
Following were the awards given:
| Award | Film | Language | Awardee(s) | Cash prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Feature Film | Swayamvaram | Malayalam | Producer: Kulathoor Bhaskaran Nair | Gold Medal and 40,000 |
| Director: Adoor Gopalakrishnan | 10,000 and a plaque | |||
| Second Best Feature Film | Calcutta 71 | Bengali | Producer: D. S. Sultania | 15,000 and a medal |
| Director: Mrinal Sen | 5,000 and a plaque | |||
| Best Feature Film on National Integration | Achanum Bappayum | Malayalam | Producer: C. C. Baby | 30,000 and a medal |
| Director: K. S. Sethumadhavan | 10,000 and a plaque | |||
| Best Direction | Swayamvaram | Malayalam | Adoor Gopalakrishnan | 5,000 and a plaque |
| Best Cinematography (Black and White) | Swayamvaram | Malayalam | Mankada Ravi Varma | 5,000 and a plaque |
| Best Cinematography (Color) | Maya Darpan | Hindi | K. K. Mahajan | 5,000 and a plaque |
| Best Screenplay | Koshish | Hindi | Gulzar | 5,000 and a plaque |
| Best Actor (Bharat Award) | Koshish | Hindi | Sanjeev Kumar | A figurine |
| Best Actress (Urvashi Award) | Swayamvaram | Malayalam | Sharada | A figurine |
| Best Child Artist | Ranur Pratham Bhag | Bengali | Neera Mallya | A plaque |
| Best Female Playback Singer | Parichay | |||
| (For the song "Beeti Naa Bitaai Raina") | Hindi | Lata Mangeshkar | A plaque | |
| Best Male Playback Singer | Achanum Bappayum | Malayalam | K. J. Yesudas | A plaque |
| Best Music Direction | Zindagi Zindagi | Hindi | Sachin Dev Burman | 5,000 and a plaque |
| Lyric Writer of the Best Film Song on National Integration | Achanum Bappayum | Malayalam | Vayalar Ramavarma | 5,000 and a plaque |
Regional Award
The awards were given to the best films made in the regional languages of India. For feature films in English, Kashmiri, Oriya and Punjabi language, President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film was not given. The producer and director of the film were awarded with 5,000 and a Silver medal, respectively.
| Award | Film | Awardee(s) | Producer | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Feature Film in Assamese | Upaja Sonar Maati | M/s Pragati Cine Productions | Brajen Barua | |
| Best Feature Film in Bengali | Strir Patra | Dhrupadi | Purnendu Patri | |
| Best Feature Film in Gujarati | Gun Sundarino Ghar Sansar | Ramesh H. Saraiya | Govind Saraiya | |
| Jayant Malaviya | ||||
| Chandulal Gandhi | ||||
| Best Feature Film in Hindi | Maya Darpan | Kumar Shahani | Kumar Shahani | |
| Best Feature Film in Kannada | Sharapanjara | C. S. Rajah | Puttanna Kanagal | |
| Best Feature Film in Malayalam | Panitheeratha Veedu | K. S. R. Moorthy | K. S. Sethumadhavan | |
| Best Feature Film in Manipuri | Matamgi Manipur | Karam Monomohan Singh | Deb Kumar Bose | |
| Best Feature Film in Marathi | Pinjra | V. Shantaram | V. Shantaram | |
| Best Feature Film in Tamil | Pattikada Pattanama | P. Madhavan | P. Madhavan | |
| Best Feature Film in Telugu | Pandanti Kapuram | G. Hanumantha Rao | Lakshmi Deepak |
Non-Feature films
Following were the awards given:
Short films
| Name of Award | Name of Film | Language | Awardee(s) | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Information Film (Documentary) | The Inner Eye | English | Producer: Satyajit Ray | 5,000 and a medal |
| Director: Satyajit Ray | ||||
| Best Film on Social Documentation | Transcedence | English | Producer: Pramod Patil for Films Division | 5,000 |
| Director: K. Vishwanath for Films Division | 2,000 | |||
| Best Promotional Film (Commercial) | Destination India | English | Producer: Cinerad Communications | Silver Medal |
| Director: Zafar Hai | A plaque | |||
| Best Animation Film | You Said It | English | Producer: Prasad Productions | 5,000 |
| Director: Ram Mohan | 2,000 |
Awards not given
Following were the awards not given as no film was found to be suitable for the award:
- Best Story Writer
- Best Film on Family Welfare
- Best Children's Film
- Best Educational / Instructional Film
- Best Experimental Film
- Best Promotional Film (Non-Commercial)
- President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in English
- President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Oriya
- President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Punjabi
References
References
- "20th National Film Awards". Directorate of Film Festivals.
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