Neha Patil (Editor)

49th National Film Awards

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Official website
  
dff.nic.in

Date
  
23 February 2003

Best Feature Film
  
Dweepa

Other ceremonies
  
2001, 2003

Awarded for
  
Best of Indian cinema in 2001

Awarded by
  
President of India (Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam)

Announced on
  
26 July 2002 (2002-07-26)

Presented on
  
23 February 2003 (2003-02-23)

Presented by
  
Directorate of Film Festivals

The 49th 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 2001. Awards were announced by the committee headed by K. S. Sethumadhavan, K. K. Kapil and Bharat Gopy for the feature films, non-feature films and books written on Indian cinema, respectively, on 26 July 2002; whereas award ceremony took place on 23 February 2003 and awards were given away by then President of India, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.

Contents

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 49th National Film Awards, a Kannada film, Dweepa won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film; whereas a Hindi film, Lagaan won the maximum number of awards (8). Following were the awards given in each category:

Juries

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

  • Jury Members
  • K. S. Sethumadhavan (Chairperson) • S. Ali Raza • Arun Kaul • Aruna Harprasad • Chitra Laxman • Chitra Mudgal • Hemen Das
  • J. L. Ralhan • K. C. N. Chandrasekar • Ibohal Sharma • K. Sampath • K. S. Rama Rao • Meera Dewan • Nabyendu Chatterjee
  • Pallavi Joshi • Pradip Biswas • Prakash Dubey • Rajeevnath • Ramesh Desai • Sanjay Surkar • Sanjeev Hazarika

    • 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 K. K. Kapil was appointed to evaluate the non-feature films awards. Following were the jury members:

  • Jury Members
  • K. K. Kapil (Chairperson) • Dinkar Chowdhary • K. Sudhakar Rao • Naresh Bedi • Shalini Shah

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

  • Jury Members
  • Bharat Gopy (Chairperson) • Ratnottama Sengupta • Savita Bhakhry

    • 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

    49th National Film Awards Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA