National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Book on Cinema)

National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Book on Cinema)
Awarded by Directorate of Film Festivals
Type	National
Category	Books
Statistics
Instituted	1995
First awarded	1995
Last awarded	2014
Total awarded	13
First awardee(s)	• Alanti Chalanchitram  • Cinemachi Chittarkatha
Last awardee(s)	Pride of Tamil Cinema (1931-2013)

The National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Book on Cinema) is one of the National Film Awards given by Directorate of Film Festivals, India. Instituted in 1995 and awarded at 43rd National Film Awards and lastly awarded in 2014 at 62nd National Film Awards.^[1]

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. All the award winners are awarded with Certificate of Merit.

Winners

All the award winners are awarded with Certificate of Merit. Following are the winners over the years:

List of books, showing the year (award ceremony), recipient(s), language(s) and citation
Year	Name of Book(s)	Recipient(s)	Language(s)	Citation	Refs.
1995 (43rd)	Alanti Chalanchitram	K. N. T. Sastry	Telugu	For his chronological and valuable accounts of the significant films produced in the first 25 years of Telugu cinema.	[1]
1995 (43rd)	Cinemachi Chittarkatha	Ashok Rane	Marathi	For his comprehensive introduction to World cinema for Marathi readers.
1996 (44th)	No Award				[2]
1997 (45th)	No Award				[3]
1998 (46th)	Communication Cinema Development	Gaston Roberge	English	For his book Communication Cinema Development which brings a multidisciplinary approach to bear on the subject of film.	[4]
1999 (47th)	Economic Aspects of Film Industry In Kerala	Uma J. Nair	English	For its in-depth analysis of the relationship between literature and film, its thorough understanding of the medium, rigorous research and high readability.	[5]
2000 (48th)	Such Is Life	Niranjan Pal	English	For its straightforward narration and personalized nostalgia, taking the reader right into the beginnings of Indian cinema.	[6]
2000 (48th)	Sangeet Ka Soundarya Bodh	Uma Garg	Hindi	For going into and exploring a territory which authors rarely venture into Indian film music.
2001 (49th)	No Award				[7]
2002 (50th)	No Award				[8]
2003 (51st)	Kathapurush	Niranjan Pal	Bengali	For a commendable revelation of the personality of the filmmaker (Mrinal Sen).	[9]
2003 (51st)	Chalanchitra Nirdeshaka	P. N. Srinivas	Kannada	For a unique presentation of the technicalities of film-making and international film personalities.
2004 (52nd)	No Award				[10]
2005 (53rd)	No Award				[11]
2006 (54th)	No Award				[12]
2007 (55th)	No Award				[13]
2008 (56th)	The Director's Mind	Ujjal Chakraborty	English	For giving a fresh insight into the works of timeless luminaries. That is no mean achievement considering Ujjal talks of works of some of biggest film makers. Rather than confusing the readers with technical jargon, Ujjal brings to the fore the ethos of film making, revealing the masterpieces of past Masters.	[14]
2009 (57th)	Eka Studioche Atmavrutta	Prabhakar Pendharkar	Marathi	For its unusual mode of documenting the history of one of the oldest Marathi studios.	[15]
2010 (58th)	Cinema Bhojpuri	Author: Avijit Ghosh Publisher: Penguin Books	English	Often dismissed as a poor cousin of mainstream Hindi cinema, Bhojpuri cinema, however has many interesting cultural strains that Avijit Ghosh has laid bare. Any one conversant with life in North Bihar and East Uttar Pradesh, or in many lands far beyond, would recognize the importance of this 'subaltern' effort.	[16]
2010 (58th)	Thiraicheelai	Author: Oviyar Jeeva Publisher: Trisakti Sundar Raman	Tamil	For a sincere attempt to analyse important developments in Tamil films. It also provides an insight into the classics of world cinema, highlighting their aesthetic values.
2011 (59th)	No Award				[17]
2012 (60th)	No Award				[18]
2013 (61st)	No Award				[19]
2014 (62nd)	Pride of Tamil Cinema (1931-2013)	Author: G. Dhananjayan	English	G. Dhananjayan’s Pride of Tamil Cinema deserves careful consideration for the sheer expanse of the work. The book is a painstaking effort which will have a relevance many years down the line	[20]

References

1. "43rd National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. p. 134. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
2. "44th National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved January 9, 2012.
3. "45th National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved March 11, 2012.
4. "46th National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. p. 132. Retrieved March 12, 2012.
5. "47th National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. p. 114. Retrieved March 13, 2012.
6. "48th National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. p. 144. Retrieved March 13, 2012.
7. "49th National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved March 14, 2012.
8. "50th National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved March 14, 2012.
9. "51st National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. p. 140. Retrieved March 15, 2012.
10. "52nd National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved January 28, 2012.
11. "53rd National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved March 19, 2012.
12. "54th National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
13. "55th National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
14. "56th National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. p. 150. Retrieved March 27, 2012.
15. "57th National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. pp. 166–167. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
16. "58th National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. pp. 204–207. Retrieved March 29, 2012.
17. "59th National Film Awards for 2011 - Best Writing on Cinema" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
18. "60th National Film Awards Announced" (PDF) (Press release). Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
19. "61st National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. 16 April 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
20. "62nd National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. 24 March 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.

External links

• National Film Awards Archives
• Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India