30th National Film Awards

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Presented on May 1983 (1983-05) Best Feature Film Chokh Date May 1983		Official website dff.nic.in Most awards Meghasandesam (4) Other ceremonies 1982, 1984

Awarded for Best of Indian cinema in 1982 Awarded by President of India (Giani Zail Singh) Presented by Directorate of Film Festivals

The 30th National Film Awards, presented by Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India to felicitate the best of Indian Cinema released in the year 1982. Ceremony took place in May 1983 and awards were given by then President of India, Giani Zail Singh.

With 30th National Film Awards, new category for Best Non-Feature Film on Family Welfare was introduced.

Juries

Three different committees were formed for feature films, short films and books on cinema, headed by veteran director Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Durga Khote and K. K. Nair respectively.

Jury Members: Feature Films

Hrishikesh Mukherjee (Chairperson) • N. B. Kamath • Amita Malik • Komala Varadan • V. Shivaraman • K. V. Subbanna • Girish Kasaravalli • Valampuri Somanathan • Kanchana • Manzoor • Anil Varshney • Nabendu Ghosh • Subodh Roy • Kamal Bose

Jury Members: Short Films

Durga Khote (Chairperson) • S. Krishnaswamy • Siddharth Kak

Jury Members: Books on Cinema

K. K. Nair (Chairperson) • Swapan Mullick • Samik Bandyopadhyay • Bikram Singh • Suresh Kohli • Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai • Omcheri N. N. Pillai • K. S. Srinivasan • Kaa. Naa. Subramaniam

Awards

Awards were divided into feature films, non-feature films and books written on Indian cinema.

Feature films

Feature films were awarded at All India as well as regional level. For 30th National Film Awards, a Bengali film, Chokh won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film whereas a Telugu film, Meghasandesam won the maximum number of awards (four). Following were the awards given in each category:

All India Award

Following were the awards given:

Regional Award

The awards were given to the best films made in the regional languages of India. For feature films in Assamese, Gujarati, Kashmiri and Punjabi language, award for Best Feature Film was not given.