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44th National Film Awards

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Presented on
  
July 1997 (1997-07)

Best Feature Film
  
Lal Darja

Most awards
  
Minsara Kanavu (4)

Other ceremonies
  
1996, 1998

Official website
  
dff.nic.in

Best Non-Feature Film
  
Sham's Vision

Date
  
July 1997

Awarded for
  
Best of Indian cinema in 1996

Presented by
  
Directorate of Film Festivals

The 44th 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 1996. Ceremony took place in July 1997.

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Awards

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

Lifetime Achievement Award

Introduced in 1969, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award is the highest award given to recognise the contributions of film personalities towards the development of Indian cinema and for distinguished contributions to the medium, its growth and promotion. A committee consisting of seven personalities from the Indian film industry was appointed to evaluate the Dadasaheb Phalke award nominations for 2012. The jury members include K. Balachander and Akkineni Nageswara Rao.

Feature Films

Feature films were awarded at All India as well as regional level. For 44th National Film Awards, a Bengali film, Lal Darja won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film, whereas a Tamil film, Minsara Kanavu won the maximum number of awards (4). Following were the awards given in each category:

Juries

A committee headed by T. Subbarami Reddy was appointed to evaluate the feature films awards. Following were the jury members:

  • Jury Members
  • T. Subbarami Reddy (Chairperson) • Basu Chatterjee • Charuhasan • Madhu • Mike Pandey • Nirad N. Mohapatra • Vijaya Mulay
  • Raghav Menon • Sushma Shiromani • Jwngdao Bodosa • M. S. Sathyu • G. Venkateswaran • D. Ramanaidu • Swaraj Lamba • Swapan Kumar Ghosh

    • All India Award

    Following were the awards given:

    Golden Lotus Award

    Official Name: Swarna Kamal

    All the awardees are awarded with 'Golden Lotus Award (Swarna Kamal)', a certificate and cash prize.

    Silver Lotus Award

    Official Name: Rajat Kamal

    All the awardees are awarded with 'Silver Lotus Award (Rajat Kamal)', a certificate and cash prize.

    Regional Awards

    The award is given to best film in the regional languages in India.

    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 N. S. Thapa was appointed to evaluate the non-feature films awards. Following were the jury members:

  • Jury Members
  • N. S. Thapa (Chairperson) • Swapna Sundari • Meera Dewan • Sukumaran • Punathil Kunjabdulla

    • Golden Lotus Award

    Official Name: Swarna Kamal

    All the awardees are awarded with 'Golden Lotus Award (Swarna Kamal)', a certificate and cash prize.

    Silver Lotus Award

    Official Name: Rajat Kamal

    All the awardees are awarded with 'Silver Lotus Award (Rajat Kamal)' and cash prize.

    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 Khalid Mohamed was appointed to evaluate the writing on Indian cinema. Following were the jury members:

  • Jury Members
  • Khalid Mohamed (Chairperson) • Pritiman Sarkar • V. K. Madhavan Kutty

    • Golden Lotus Award

    Official Name: Swarna Kamal

    All the awardees are awarded with 'Golden Lotus Award (Swarna Kamal)' and cash prize.

    Awards not given

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

    References

    44th National Film Awards Wikipedia
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