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Official website
  
dff.nic.in

Best Non-Feature Film
  
Rasikpriya

Other ceremonies
  
2000, 2003

Best Feature Film
  
Shantham

Date
  
December 2001

Awarded for
  
Best of Indian cinema in 2000

Awarded by
  
President of India (K. R. Narayanan)

Presented on
  
December 2001 (2001-12)

Presented by
  
Directorate of Film Festivals

The 48th 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 2000. Ceremony took place in December 2001 and awards were given by then President of India, K. R. Narayanan.

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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 48th National Film Awards, a Malayalam film, Shantham won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film; a Tamil film, Bharathi won the maximum number of awards (4). Following were the awards given in each category:

Juries

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

  • Jury Members
  • Vyjayanthimala (Chairperson) • Chitra Desai • Dhritiman Chatterjee • Hariharan • Kothandaramaiah • R. Lakshman • Madhumita Raut • Mac Mohan • Nibedita Pradhan • Parvathi Indusekhar • Pawan Kumar • Sonali Kotnis • Shashi Ranjan • Susant Mishra • Tarun Vijay

    • 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.

    Best Feature Film in Each of the Language Other Than Those Specified In the Schedule VIII of the Constitution

    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 John Matthew Matthan was appointed to evaluate the non-feature films awards. Following were the jury members:

  • Jury Members
  • John Matthew Matthan (Chairperson) • Deepa Kapur • Sudhir Nandgaonkar • Kona Venkat • Kiran Ghai

    • 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 Bharathi Pradhan was appointed to evaluate the writing on Indian cinema. Following were the jury members:

  • Jury Members
  • Bharathi Pradhan (Chairperson) • Prakash Dubey • Jayant Ghosal

    • Golden Lotus Award

    Official Name: Swarna Kamal

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

    Special Mention

    All the award winners are awarded with Certificate of Merit.

    Awards not given

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

    References

    48th National Film Awards Wikipedia
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