Citation:For its mastery of cinematic form and the totality of its film craft and for its authentic depiction of the Indian rural problem and for the life affirmating human dignity it portrays in the face of the most trying social circumstances.
Citation:For a very courageous first attempt of a director in tackling the subject of an individual unwavering in his conviction in the cultural value of his language and single handly making available its enriching value to the generation of his people who will come after him.
Citation:For tackling the problem of caste differences and discrimination from the opposite ends of the hierarchy in their own way in a convincing manner and for the rigorous statement they make and the solutions they offer.
Citation:For his outstanding and moving portrayal of a multi-faceted character with subtle moral nuances played with total control and extraordinary histrionic skill.
Citation:For the totally naturalistic portrayal of a middle class working woman faced with everyday tensions of living and her attempts to overcome the ever-increasing problems of urban life.
Citation:For her compelling performance as a woman who has not lost her innate human goodness even under the most adverse and stressful conditions of the holocaust.
Citation:For his utterly charming and delightful portrayal of a young school going village boy who is combination of innocence and mischief, pointing to the inherent natural wisdom of the young.
Citation:For being able to find an original editing vocabulary appropriate to the story in order to create a perfect blend of narrational and motivating elements.
Citation:For interpreting the visual content of the film as authentically as possible, both in the design and construction of the sets and the colour schemes, to create the appropriate atmosphere and character of the film.
Citation:For creating a thematic score on a heroic scale through melody and complex harmonic arrangements of a symphonic character to stress the human anguish during the holocaust that followed partition, helping greatly in defining the tragic dimensions of the events.
Citation:For an extremely elegant lyric using subtle similies and metaphors to express attachment, desire and parting and finally to serve as a definition to love within the context of the film.
Citation: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.
Regional Awards
The award is given to best film in the regional languages in India.[1]
Citation:For significant achievement as a first film in a region still young in cinema and for the portrayal of a young girl's courage and optimism in the face of great adversity and personal tragedy.
Citation:For creating through an event of the early 19th century a universal parable of exploitation, life and death with an underlying faith in the inevitability of change.
Citation:For creating an exquisite and gentle tale full of irony, stressing the universal need for human companionship, loyalty and acceptance of life.
Citation:For creating highly disciplined work of great formal quality of a little boy's discovery of his dead father's environment and his eventual alienation from his mother.
Citation:For its uncompromising technique in objectively observing in life of a family in an Oriya village defining the attitudes, motivations, hopes and disillusionment of each one in the context of social change of which they are all a part.
Citation:For a deeply compassionate portrayal of a middle class working woman with an old grandfather and sister as her dependents, attempting to retain the integrity of her family in the present day urban milieu.
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 Buddhadeb Dasgupta was appointed to evaluate the non-feature films awards. Following were the jury members:[1]
Producer: Cinemart Foundation Director: Tapan K. Bose, Suhasini Mulay and Salim Shaikh
₹ 25,000/- Each
Citation:For its sincere, conscientious study of a very important socio-technological issue of recent times, which explores its subject with a multi-faceted and humanistic approach.
Producer: Manjiri Dingwaney, Rural Labour Cell Director: Manjiri Dutta
₹ 10,000/- Each
Citation:For dealing with an old issue such as caste-ism in a profound cinematic style, wherein the leitm of it of the exploitation of man by man and its consequences for the present are never lost track of.
Producer: Kannakulam Abdulla Director: M. R. Rahman
₹ 10,000/- Each
Citation:For its presentation of a relatively unknown literary personality through a fresh, spontaneous, uninhibited portrayal that brings out the complexity of an unconventional individual, rich in wit and worldly wisdom .
Producer: Eco Media Pvt Ltd Director: Romulus Whitaker and Shekar Dattatri
₹ 10,000/- Each
Citation:For informative portrayal of concepts such as the use of traditional skills and knowledge existing in a tribal society for the common good, indirectly spreading a scientific temper all around.
Producer: Director (NE), Central Silk Board, Assam Director: Siba Prasad Thakur
₹ 10,000/- Each
Citation:For its exhaustive and well researched analysis of Assam's traditional sericulture industry and factors that have contributed to its survival and growth.
Producer: D. Gautaman for Films Division Director: K. Jagjivan Ram
₹ 10,000/- Each
Citation:For its simplicity and straightforwardness in advising the people of hilly region to adopt the comparatively new and remunerative occupation of rearing angora rabbits for their wool.
Producer: Serbjeet International for Films Division Director: Serbjeet Singh
₹ 10,000/- Each
Citation:For its aesthetic and innovative presentation of architectural history of a great capital city, giving the viewer the sense of being a participant observer in its evolution and thus a sense of pride in belonging to such a city.
Producer: Madhya Pradesh Film Development Corporation Ltd. Director: Rajendra Janglay
₹ 10,000/- Each
Citation:For rendering in a poetic, at the same time, sociological manner, the ordinary theme of the construction of a dam, its allied good and its consequences that would be the harbinger of progress.
Citation:For expounding that self help is the best help and that solutions to individual problems of those of a society can be initiated and completed successfully, even within the development process.
Producer: Pritam S. Arshi for Films Division Cameraman: Mahesh P. Sinha and Sant Lal Prasad
₹ 10,000/- Each
Citation:For bringing out the message that the disabled can also live and work like others through narration of the successful human story of a handicapped artist Jayantilal Shihora, who paints holding brush in his mouth.
Producer: B. R. Shendge for Films Division director and Animator: Arun Gongade
₹ 10,000/- Each
Citation:For effectively using the medium of animation to make a visual metaphor come live, the shadow of nuclear annihilation looms over the world as superpowers play a deadly game which has no winners.
Citation:For its innovative use of cinematic techniques to put together a surrealistic collage of visual that add up to a delightfully brisk narrative, full of whimsical humour.
Citation:For his aesthetically pleasing and technically proficient camerawork.
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 Sunil Ganguly was appointed to evaluate the writing on Indian cinema. Following were the jury members:[1]
Jury Members
Sunil Ganguly (Chairperson) • Manarcad Mathew • K. L. Nandan
Citation:For focussing of major trends and impulses in National and International cinemam, for promoting the appreciation of cinema as a serious art form, for underlining the relevance of cinema in the depiction of the basic concerns of present day society.
Citation:For his indepth approach to film appreciation, not limited solely to film reviewing, but extending to the wider aspects of film making and analysing the theme and treatment of the films for their social relevance.
Awards not given
Following were the awards not given as no film was found to be suitable for the award:[1]
