National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film)
National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film) | |
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Awarded by Directorate of Film Festivals | |
Type | National |
Category | Indian Cinema |
Description | |
Medal |
Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus) (Special Jury Award) |
Statistics | |
Instituted | 1978 |
First awarded |
1979 (Special Jury Award) 1978 (Special Mention) |
Last awarded | 2015 |
Total awarded |
51 (Special Jury Award) 61 (Special Mention) |
Cash award |
₹200,000 (US$3,000) (Special Jury Award) |
Previous name(s) | Special Commendation (1978) |
First awardee(s) |
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Recent awardee(s) |
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The National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film) is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India.
It is one of several awards presented for feature films. The recipients of Special Jury Award are awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus), cash prize of ₹200,000 (US$3,000) and certificate of merit; whereas recipients of Special Mention are awarded with certificate of merit.
The award was instituted in 1978, at 26th National Film Awards and awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages.
Winners
Award includes 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus), cash prize of ₹200,000 (US$3,000) and certificate of merit for the recipients of Special Jury Award; whereas recipients of Special Mention are awarded with certificate of merit. This award considers all the aspects of film making than individual area. Following are the award winners over the years:
Special Jury Award
List of award recipients, showing the year (award ceremony), awarded as, film(s), language(s) and citation | ||||||
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Year | Recipient(s) | Awarded as | Film(s) | Language(s) | Citation | Refs. |
1978 (26th) |
No Award | [1] | ||||
1979 (27th) |
– | Director | Acharya Kripalani | English | – | [2] |
1980 (28th) |
No Award | [3] | ||||
1981 (29th) |
Satyajit Ray | Director | Sadgati | Hindi |
For making the strongest of comments in the simplest of languages on the caste system and for probing the complex relationship between a downtrodden tanner and a callous Brahmin priest in a village. |
[4] |
1982 (30th) |
No Award | [5] | ||||
1983 (31st) |
Mankada Ravi Varma | Director | Nokkukuthi | Malayalam |
For successfully using a unique idiom to recreate a folk legend through dance and poetry. |
[6] |
1984 (32nd) |
T. S. Ranga | Director | Giddh | Hindi | – | [7] |
1985 (33rd) |
Sudha Chandran | Actress | Mayuri | Telugu |
For her work in the film in which, in her first screen appearance, she convincingly recreates her own life-story with courage and determination. |
[8] |
1986 (34th) |
John Abraham | Director | Amma Ariyan | Malayalam |
For his directorial excellence and originality in the treatment. |
[9] |
1987 (35th) |
M. B. Sreenivasan (Posthumously) | Music director | – | – |
For his contribution to a whole genre of film music, for promoting the welfare of technicians of all disciplines in the film industry and for pioneering choral music of a very high order and community singing on a national scale. |
[10] |
1988 (36th) |
Ashok Ahuja | Director | Vasundhara | Hindi |
For the sensitive and compulsive evolution of the much needed love for the eco-system and for defining the role of humanity in saving mankind and nature from devastation. |
[11] |
1989 (37th) |
Amitabh Chakraborty | Director | Kaal Abhirati | Bengali |
For having had the courage of his convictions in making this experimental film which sets out to explore new horizons in the realm of film making. |
[12] |
1990 (38th) |
Pankaj Kapur | Actor | Ek Doctor Ki Maut | Hindi |
For having effectively projected the in-built trauma of an aspiring, thinking, creative mind, in the context of a demoralising, fossilised system of establishment that does not provide scope for fruitation of a path-finding spirit. |
[13] |
1990 (38th) |
Sunny Deol | Actor | Ghayal | Hindi |
For an effective portrayal of a youth, victimised by the inherent evil in aspects of the present police system. | |
1990 (38th) |
Jayabharathi | Actress | Marupakkam | Tamil |
For a touching portrayal of the agony of a woman who has been emotionally neglected, unwittingly. | |
1991 (39th) |
Soumitra Chatterjee | Actor | Antardhan | Bengali |
For his outstanding screen performances, especially in the films of Satyajit Ray. |
[14] |
1992 (40th) |
Sivaji Ganesan | Actor | Thevar Magan | Tamil | – | [15] |
1992 (40th) |
Ketan Mehta | Director | Maya Memsaab | Hindi | – | |
1993 (41st) |
Shashi Kapoor | Actor | Muhafiz | Urdu |
For a sensitive portrayal of the feeling of the poet, who is a representative of a dying humanistic culture, in course of which the life of imagination is undermined by the pressure of materialistic values. |
[16] |
1993 (41st) |
Pallavi Joshi | Actress | Woh Chokri | Hindi |
For enacting competently and realistically, a whole gamut of experiences and emotions, embracing a women's life from childhood to adulthood. | |
1994 (42nd) |
Radhu Karmakar (Posthumously) | Cinematographer | Param Vir Chakra | Hindi |
In appreciation of a lifetime achievement in creating some of the most memorable moments in Indian film history. |
[17] |
1994 (42nd) |
Shaji N. Karun | Director | Swaham | Malayalam |
For one of the most outstanding directors of Indian cinema, for sensitively probing the vacuum created in a family, when its central pivot is lost in death. | |
1995 (43rd) |
Shyam Benegal | Director | The Making of the Mahatma | English |
For effectively recreating the formative years of Gandhi during his early years in South Africa thereby giving insight into the future "Mahatma". |
[18] |
1996 (44th) |
Amol Palekar | Director | Daayraa | Hindi |
For the sensitive handling of a challenging theme laying bare the agony and courage of a neglected and marginalised section of our society. |
[19] |
1996 (44th) |
Kiron Kher | Actress | Sardari Begum | Urdu |
For superb depiction of a dynamic person who breaks shackles of society and achieves excellence in her chosen profession. | |
1997 (45th) |
Jaimala | Actress | Thaayi Saheba | Kannada |
For her restrained and compellig portrayal of a woman who silently goes through the journey of life with grace and poise. |
[20] |
1998 (46th) |
• Drishyakavya • Ashoke Viswanathan |
• Producer • Director |
Kitchhu Sanlap Kitchhu Pralap | Bengali |
The film is extra-ordinary in its experimental effort and works as a satire on our value system dominated by the pseudo intellectuals. |
[21] |
1999 (47th) |
Kalabhavan Mani | Actor | Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njaanum | Malayalam |
For a sensitive and realistic portrayal of a blind man complete with his behavioural and gestural distortions as he copes with difficulties in making life meaningful. |
[22] |
2000 (48th) |
Soumitra Chatterjee | Actor | Dekha | Bengali |
For his realistic portrayal of the scion of a fading aristocracy who has lost his eyesight. Soumitra with great subtlety takes us through myriad evoking situations of his life, past and present with great sensitivity. |
[23] |
2001 (49th) |
Janaki Vishwanathan | Director | Kutty | Tamil |
For its realistic portrayal of the transition of a girl child from rural Tamilnadu to Chennai, in search of a livelihood. The film sensitises its viewers to the exploitation of child domestic labour, commonly prevalent within middle class families. |
[24] |
2002 (50th) |
Prakash Raj | Actor | – | – |
For the impressive power and versatility, which he has contributed to films in multiple languages. |
[25] |
2003 (51st) |
Manoj Bajpai | Actor | Pinjar | Hindi |
For his portrayal of the dilemma of a man caught between the dictates of his community and his love for his wife. |
[26] |
2003 (51st) |
• Roopkatha • Goutam Halder |
• Producer • Director |
Bhalo Theko | Bengali |
For its quiet but masterful foray into the new cinematic idioms. | |
2004 (52nd) |
J. Phillip | Actor | Dancer | Tamil |
For his incredible acting and dance performance despite being a physically challenged person. |
[27] |
2005 (53rd) |
Anupam Kher | Actor | Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara | Hindi |
For an outstanding performance in the film that brings alive the plight of an Alzheimer’s patient who is alienated from the real world. |
[28] |
2006 (54th) |
Vishal Bhardwaj | Director | Omkara | Hindi |
For an outstanding film that synergises international treatment with an earthy, rooted sensibility. |
[29] |
2007 (55th) |
• Anil Kapoor • Feroz Abbas Khan |
• Producer • Director |
Gandhi, My Father | • Hindi • English |
For throwing light on a relatively unknown aspect of the Father of the Nation and his stormy relationship with his difficult rebellious son, in a rare and compelling manner. |
[30] |
2008 (56th) |
• NFDC • K. M. Madhusudhanan |
• Producer • Director |
Bioscope | Malayalam |
For its exciting revival of a sincerely personal style to look back on a chapter of history. |
[31] |
2009 (57th) |
A. Sreekar Prasad | Editor | • Kaminey • Keralavarma Pazhassiraja • Kutty Srank |
• Hindi • Malayalam • Malayalam |
For his continued pursuance of excellence to the art and craft of editing, covering a range of themes and styles. |
[32] |
2010 (58th) |
• Bindiya Khanolkar • Sachin Khanolkar • Anant Mahadevan |
• Producer • Producer • Director |
Mee Sindhutai Sapkal | Marathi |
For a powerful cinematic presentation of an epic journey of a living character, an abandoned woman who refused to become a victim and in the process not only transformed her own life but also the lives of many others. |
[33] |
2011 (59th) |
Anjan Dutt | • Actor • Singer • Writer • Director |
Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbona | Bengali |
For his versatility. He is an actor, singer, writer and director. As actor, he has portrayed with complete ease the alcoholic, debauched and ageing pop singer whose arrogance blinds him to the fine feelings of others. The stage performance at the beginning establishes his multi dimensional abilities. Finally as a director, Dutt imbues the film with a surrealistic look of a world of dreams, drugs and irresponsibility. His performance is a cry from the heart for a lost age and a reconciliation with an emergent new angst. |
[34] |
2012 (60th) |
Rituparno Ghosh | • Actor • Writer • Director |
Chitrangada | Bengali |
For his excellent grasp of the medium of cinema and his multi-faceted versatility. |
[35] |
2012 (60th) |
Nawazuddin Siddiqui | Actor | Kahaani Gangs of Wasseypur Dekh Indian Circus Talaash |
Hindi |
An actor with an enviable range of histrionics who created a niche for himself in a variety of films. | |
2013 (61st) |
• Viva In En • Mahesh Limaye |
• Producer • Director |
Yellow | Marathi |
An unbelievably inspiring film about a specially gifted girl who overcomes all the odds to make an international mark. |
[36] |
2013 (61st) |
• Future East Film Pvt Ltd • Ashim Ahluwalia |
• Producer • Director |
Miss Lovely | Hindi |
Set in the criminal depths of Mumbai’s c-grade film industry, bathed in sleaze and sex, the plot explores intense and mutually destructive relationships. A densely layered narrative, period costumes and production design conveys a pulp style, all its own. | |
2014 (62nd) |
Bhaurao Karhade | Director | Khwada | Marathi |
For a hard-hitting but restrained narration of the harsh realities of a nomadic shepherd community who are in search of stability. |
[37] |
2015 (63rd) |
Kalki Koechlin | Actor | Margarita with a Straw | Hindi |
For the realistic performance as a young woman afflicted with cerebral palsy. |
[38] |
Special Mention
List of award recipients, showing the year (award ceremony), awarded as, film(s), language(s) and citation | ||||||
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Year | Recipient(s) | Awarded as | Film(s) | Language(s) | Citation | Refs. |
1978 (26th) |
Mrinal Sen | Director | Parashuram | Bengali |
For the senstive treatment of the problem of rural migrants to cities. |
[1] |
1978 (26th) |
Muzaffar Ali | Director | Gaman | Hindi |
For the senstive treatment of the problem of rural migrants to cities. | |
1979 (27th) |
No Award | [2] | ||||
1980 (28th) |
No Award | [3] | ||||
1981 (29th) |
No Award | [4] | ||||
1982 (30th) |
No Award | [5] | ||||
1983 (31st) |
Kumar Shahani | Director | Tarang | Hindi | – | [6] |
1984 (32nd) |
No Award | [7] | ||||
1985 (33rd) |
No Award | [8] | ||||
1986 (34th) |
Sandip Ray | Director | Himghar | Bengali | – | [9] |
1987 (35th) |
M. B. Sreenivasan (Posthumously) | Music director | – | – |
For his contribution to a whole genre of film music, for promoting the welfare of technicians of all disciplines in the film industry and for pioneering choral music of a very high order and community singing on a national scale. |
[10] |
1988 (36th) |
Aamir Khan | Actor | • Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak • Raakh |
Hindi |
For the imaginative, innovative and promising performance of character roles in the films. |
[11] |
1989 (37th) |
Anupam Kher | Actor | Daddy | Hindi |
For having played with great finesse and an unequalled range, the role of a gifted artiste hurt by unfortunate personal relationships. |
[12] |
1989 (37th) |
Mohanlal | Actor | Kireedam | Malayalam |
For portraying young man's agony and pain marvellously and in unique style. | |
1990 (38th) |
Anoubham Kiranmala | Actress | Ishanou | Manipuri |
For a debut performance depicting various levels of conflict effectively. |
[13] |
1991 (39th) |
Mamata Shankar | Actress | Agantuk | Bengali |
For her performance as the housewife. |
[14] |
1991 (39th) |
Ravindran | Music director | Bharatham | Malayalam |
For the quality of music composed for the song. | |
1992 (40th) |
Sibaprasad Sen | Director | Pasanda Pandit | Bengali |
For his refreshing directorial debut. |
[15] |
1993 (41st) |
• Tahir Hussain • Mahesh Bhatt |
• Producer • Director |
Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke | Hindi |
For an enjoyable and wholesome entertainment at the level of innocent comedy. |
[16] |
1993 (41st) |
• Jugal Debata • Susant Misra |
• Producer • Director |
Indradhanura Chhai | Oriya |
For their film, a sensitive exploration of a woman's experience of loneliness in the context of the inexorable passage of time, culminating on a positive note of redemption through symbolic images. | |
1994 (42nd) |
Mahesh Mahadevan | Music director | Nammavar | Tamil |
For his unusual and innovative score, using sound effects as an integral part of his musical arrangement. |
[17] |
1994 (42nd) |
Bishnu Kharghoria | Actor | Xagoroloi Bohudoor | Assamese |
For his poignant and memorable role for bringing alive the heartrending agony of a boatman and his grandson, who is not only deserted by his son, but also his life sustaining river – his only source of livelihood. | |
1994 (42nd) |
S. Kumar ISC | Cinematographer | Parinayam | Malayalam |
For recreating and bringing to life an ambiance and characters that help lend credibility to a difficult and complex scenario. Sensitively handled and a sustained performance where the camera and lights have been used as an extension of the creative story teller. | |
1995 (43rd) |
Uttara Baokar | Actress | Doghi | Marathi |
For her sensitive portrayal of the agony of a mother in the midst of poverty and honour. |
[18] |
1995 (43rd) |
Rohini | Actress | Stri | Telugu |
For her lively and poignant performance in the role of a village woman longing for love from her unpredictable paramour. | |
1995 (43rd) |
Benaf Dadachandji | Child actor | Halo | Hindi |
For her charming and natural performance. | |
1996 (44th) |
Dolon Roy | Actress | Sanghat | Bengali |
For her performance in the film. |
[19] |
1996 (44th) |
Bhagirathee | Actress | Adajya | Assamese |
For her performance in Durga's role in the film. | |
1997 (45th) |
Akkineni Nagarjuna | Actor | Annamayya | Telugu |
For his fine acting depicting various complex moods in wide ranging situations. |
[20] |
1997 (45th) |
Jomol | Actress | Ennu Swantham Janakikutty | Malayalam |
For her natural portrayal of an innocent adolescent who becomes psychologically disturbed due to loneliness and rejection, finally her mental and emotional balance. | |
1998 (46th) |
Dasari Narayana Rao | • Producer • Director |
Kante Koothurne Kanu | Telugu |
For taking a stand on gender discrimination. |
[21] |
1998 (46th) |
Prakash Raj | Actor | Antahpuram | Telugu |
For his wholesome performance of the obsessive feudal lord still, living in medieval times. | |
1998 (46th) |
Manju Warrier | Actress | Kannezhuthi Pottum Thottu | Malayalam |
For her subdued and consistence performance in several films entered for the awards. | |
1999 (47th) |
Mohan Joshi | Actor | Gharabaher | Marathi |
For his wonderfully controlled performance of a corrupt politician. |
[22] |
1999 (47th) |
Manju Borah | Director | Baibhab | Assamese |
For her poetic expression in her debut film. | |
1999 (47th) |
Kavita Lankesh | Director | Deveeri | Kannada |
For her exuberant debut as a director. | |
2000 (48th) |
No Award | [23] | ||||
2001 (49th) |
• Dilip Doley • Narayan Seal |
Director | Panoi-Jongki | • Miri • Mishing |
For effectively capturing the spirit of the colourful mongoloid tribe located at the foot hills of Arunachal Pradesh . |
[24] |
2002 (50th) |
Jyothirmayi | Actress | Bhavam | Malayalam |
For her remarkable performance. |
[25] |
2003 (51st) |
H. G. Dattatreya | Actor | Mouni | Kannada |
For his tremendous screen presence that makes the film. |
[26] |
2003 (51st) |
Nedumudi Venu | Actor | – | Malayalam |
For his extra ordinary versatility in a range of roles in Malayalam films made in 2003. | |
2004 (52nd) |
Gurdas Maan | Actor | Des Hoyaa Pardes | Punjabi |
For an effective portrayal of an innocent, helpless, patriotic young Punjabi landlord caught in crossfire between terrorists and the police. |
[27] |
2004 (52nd) |
Pradeep Nair | Director | Oridam | Malayalam |
For his credible attempt at creating a new imagery and effective cinematic language in his debut film. | |
2005 (53rd) |
No Award | [28] | ||||
2006 (54th) |
Thilakan | Actor | Eakantham | Malayalam |
For his evocative portrayal of a man ageing with grace and dignity. |
[29] |
2006 (54th) |
Prosenjit Chatterjee | Actor | Dosar | Bengali |
For his effective portrayal of a man, emotionally expressive despite his physical immobility. | |
2007 (55th) |
No Award | [30] | ||||
2008 (56th) |
No Award | [31] | ||||
2009 (57th) |
Padmapriya Janakiraman | Actress | – | – |
For the range and skill of an actor to portray varied characters in films of different languages. |
[32] |
2010 (58th) |
K. Shivaram Karanth (Posthumously) | Writer | Bettada Jeeva | Kannada |
For an industry that has steadfastly refused to acknowledge and reward its creative fountainhead – the creator of its stories – the citation acknowledges a literary giant, the late Dr. Shivaram Karanth. The citation also acknowledges his valuable association with the world of Indian cinema. |
[33] |
2011 (59th) |
Mallika | Actress | Byari | Beary |
For boldly essaying the role of Nadira, a young Muslim woman, persecuted by a rigid patriarchal system. She faithfully portrays the nuances of her character well as she goes through a turbulent married life even as she maintains a fine balance between the film's melodramatic form and the reality of the conditions in which many Indian women are trapped. |
[34] |
2011 (59th) |
Sherrey | Director | Adimadhyantham | Malayalam |
For the unique visualisation of the world of a hearing impaired child in rural Kerala. He skilfully combines folk tale, performance and simple graphics to illustrate the growth of an introverted boy who reconciles his impoverished world with the facts of life. He also inserts the cinematic landscape with folk rituals and performances. | |
2012 (60th) |
Lal | Actor | Ozhimuri | Malayalam |
A powerful portrayal of a highly surcharged role transcending different age groups in the Malayalam film Ozhimuri. |
[35] |
2012 (60th) |
H. G. Dattatreya | Actor | Bharath Stores | Kannada |
For his effortless and natural performance of a small time grocery retailer in the Kannada film Bharath Stores. | |
2012 (60th) |
Bishnu Kharghoria | Actor | Baandhon | Assamese |
For emoting the life and moods of an old man caught in the vortex of the tragedies of life in the Assamese film Baandhon. | |
2012 (60th) |
Parineeti Chopra | Actress | Ishaqzaade | Hindi |
For her convincing delineation of a daredevil girl in a moving drama of love and tragedy in the Hindi film Ishaqzade. | |
2012 (60th) |
Tannishtha Chatterjee | Actress | Dekh Indian Circus | Hindi | For the portrayal of a village housewife from the oppressed and downtrodden class who fights for her dignity and honour in the face of extreme adversities in the Hindi film Dekh Indian Circus. | |
2012 (60th) |
Hansraj Jagtap | Child actor | Dhag | Marathi |
For his realistic portrayal of an impressionable yet responsible poor boy, living in the unlikely environs of a crematorium and his coming of age on the demise of his father in the Marathi film Dhag. | |
2012 (60th) |
Thilakan (Posthumously) | Actor | Ustad Hotel | Malayalam |
For his sensitive performance as a crusading self-made small-time hotelier with a heart for basic human values. | |
2013 (61st) |
Gauri Gadgil | Child actor | Yellow | Marathi |
To pay our salutation to the indomitable spirit of a special child. |
[36] |
2013 (61st) |
Sanjana Rai | Child actor | Yellow | Marathi |
For his effortless and natural performance of a small time grocery retailer in the Kannada film Bharath Stores. | |
2013 (61st) |
Anjali Patil | Actor | Na Bangaaru Talli | Telugu |
Kudos to the courage of a girl, who brought out her real life story and told it to the world. | |
2014 (62nd) |
Musthafa | Actor | Ain | Malayalam |
For the minute and nuanced manner in which he assays the imperceptible transformation of a carefree youth into a compassionate and responsible young man. |
[37] |
2014 (62nd) |
Palomi Ghosh | Actor | Nachom-ia Kumpasar | Konkani |
For her extraordinarily energetic performance as a girl whose infectious passion for singing and love comes at enormous personal cost. | |
2014 (62nd) |
Parth Bhalerao | Child actor | Killa Bhoothnath Returns |
Marathi Hindi |
For lovable portrayals with rare aplomb of an impish and caring child in both Killa and Bhootnath Returns. | |
2015 (63rd) |
Rinku Rajguru | Actor | Sairat | Marathi |
For her effective portrayal of a lively girl who defies societal norms but ultimately has to face the wrath of her family. |
[38] |
2015 (63rd) |
Jayasurya | Actor | • Su.. Su... Sudhi Vathmeekam • Lukka Chuppi |
Malayalam |
For his inventive and heartfelt performance in varied roles. | |
2015 (63rd) |
Ritika Singh | Actress | Irudhi Suttru | Tamil |
For her gutsy performance of a boxer in the making. |
References
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- 1 2 National Film Awards (1979)
- 1 2 "28th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
- 1 2 "29th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
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- 1 2 "32nd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- 1 2 "33rd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- 1 2 "34th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- 1 2 "35th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
- 1 2 "36th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
- 1 2 "37th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
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- 1 2 "39th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
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- 1 2 "43rd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
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- 1 2 "61st National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. 16 April 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
- 1 2 "62nd National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. 24 March 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
- 1 2 "63rd National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. 28 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
External links
- Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India
- National Film Awards Archives
- National Film Awards at IMDB