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51st National Film Awards

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Official website
  
dff.nic.in

Date
  
3 February 2005

Best Feature Film
  
Shwaas

Other ceremonies
  
2003, 2005

Awarded for
  
Best of Indian cinema in 2003

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

Announced on
  
14 August 2004 (2004-08-14)

Presented on
  
3 February 2005 (2005-02-03)

Presented by
  
Directorate of Film Festivals

The 51st 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 2003.

Contents

Awards were announced by the committee headed by Basu Chatterjee, Bhim Sen and K. N. T. Sastry for the feature films, non-feature films and books written on Indian cinema, respectively, on 14 August 2004; whereas award ceremony took place on 3 February 2005 and awards were given away by then President of India, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.

With 51st National Film Awards, new category for Non-feature Film for Best Narration / Voice Over was introduced and awarded with 'Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus)'.

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 51st National Film Awards, a Marathi film, Shwaas won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film; whereas two Bengali films, Bhalo Theko and Chokher Bali, along with a Hindi film, Koi... Mil Gaya won the maximum number of awards (3). Following were the awards given in each category:

Juries

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

  • Jury Members
  • Basu Chatterjee (Chairperson) • Vijaya Nirmala • N. Krishnakumar (Unni) • Sumalatha • K. B. Tilak • Shailaja Bajpai • Virendra Saini
  • Madhu Jain • Rashmi Doraiswami • Gayatri Chatterjee • Raj Datt • Makhonmani Mongsaba • Sher Choudhary • Mohan Kondajji
  • Alaya Kumar Mohanty • Jyoti Sarup • Nimmala Shankar

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

  • Jury Members
  • Bhim Sen (Chairperson) • Jose Sebastian • Satyabrata Kalita • Haimanti Banerjee • Rajiv Khandagle • Nimmala Shankar • Anwar Jamal

    • 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 K. N. T. Sastry was appointed to evaluate the writing on Indian cinema. Following were the jury members:

  • Jury Members
  • K. N. T. Sastry (Chairperson) • Kodalli Shivaram • Aruna Anant Damle

    • 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

    51st National Film Awards Wikipedia
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