19th National Film Awards

19th National Film Awards
Awarded forBest of Indian cinema in 1971
Awarded byMinistry of Information and Broadcasting
Presented byIndira Gandhi
(Prime Minister of India)
Announced on1 May 1972 (1972-05-01)
Official websitedff.nic.in
Highlights
Best Feature FilmSeemabaddha
Dadasaheb Phalke AwardPrithviraj Kapoor
Most awardsReshma Aur Shera (3)

The 19th National Film Awards, presented by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India to felicitate the best of Indian Cinema released in the year 1971.[1][2]

Juries

Four 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 19th National Film Awards.

  • Jury Members: Central
  • Jury Regional: Bombay
  • Jury Regional: Calcutta
  • Jury Regional: Madras

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 Prithviraj Kapoor
(Posthumously)
 Actor ₹11,000, a shawl and a plaque

Feature films

Feature films were awarded at All India as well as regional level. For 19th National Film Awards, a Bengali film Seemabadha won the President's Gold Medal for the All India Best Feature Film.

All India Award

Following were the awards given:[3]

Name of Award Name of Film Language Awardee(s) Awards
Best Feature Film Seemabaddha Bengali Producer and Director:Satyajit Ray Gold Medal and ₹40,000
Second Best Feature Film Anubhav Hindi Producer: ₹15,000 and a medal
Director: Basu Bhattacharya ₹5,000 and a plaque
Best Children's Film Wings of Fire English Producer: ₹30,000 and a medal
Director: ₹5,000 and a plaque
Best Feature Film on National Integration Do Boond Pani Hindi Producer: K. A. Abbas ₹30,000 and a medal
Director: K. A. Abbas ₹10,000 and a plaque
Best Actor (Bharat Award) Rikshakaran Tamil M. G. Ramachandran A figurine
Best Actress (Urvashi Award) Reshma Aur Shera Hindi Waheeda Rahman A figurine
Best Child Artist Ajab Tujhe Sarkar Marathi Master Sachin A plaque
Best Direction Vamsha Vriksha Kannada  • B. V. Karanth
 • Girish Karnad 		₹ 5,000 and a plaque
Best Music Direction Reshma Aur Shera Hindi Jaidev ₹ 5,000 and a plaque
Best Male Playback Singer Nimantran Bengali Hemanta Mukherjee A plaque
Best Female Playback Singer Savale Samali Tamil P. Susheela A plaque
Best Screenplay Ekoni Bengali Tapan Sinha ₹5,000 and a plaque
Best Cinematography (Black and White) Anubhav Bengali Nandu Battacharya ₹5,000 and a plaque
Best Cinematography (Color) Reshma Aur Shera Hindi Ramachandra ₹5,000 and a plaque
Best Lyrics Nanak Dhukhia Sab Sansar Punjabi Prem Dhavan ₹10,000 and a certificate

Regional Award

The awards were given to the best films made in the regional languages of India. For feature films in English, Gujarati, Kashmiri, Oriya and Punjabi language, President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film was not given.

Name of Award Name of Film Awardee(s) Awards
Best Feature Film in Assamese Aranya Producer: ₹5,000
Director: Silver Medal
Best Feature Film in Bengali Nimantran Producer: ₹5,000
Director: Tarun Majumdar Silver Medal
Best Feature Film in Hindi Phir Bhi Producer: ₹5,000
Director: Shivendra Sinha Silver Medal
Best Feature Film in Kannada Vamsha Vriksha Producer: G. V. Iyer ₹5,000
Director: B. V. Karanth and Girish Karnad Silver Medal
Best Feature Film in Malayalam Karakana Kadhal Producer: ₹5,000
Director: Silver Medal
Best Feature Film in Marathi Shantata! Court Chalu Aahe Producer: ₹5,000
Director: Arvind Deshpande Silver Medal
Best Feature Film in Tamil Veguli Pen Producer: Abdul Kabar ₹5,000
Director: S. S. Devadass Silver Medal
Best Feature Film in Telugu Mattilo Manikyam Producer: Chalam ₹5,000
Director: B. V. Prasad Silver Medal

Non-Feature films

Following were the awards given:

Short films

Name of Award Name of Film Language Awardee(s) Awards
Best Film on Social Documentation A Village Smiles English Producer: ₹5,000 and a medal
Director: ₹2,000 and a plaque

Awards not given

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

References

  1. ^ National Film Awards, India (1972)
  2. ^ "National Film Awards - 1972". Archived from the original on 4 May 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  3. ^ "National Film Awards (1971)". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2013.