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55th National Film Awards

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Awarded for
  
Best of Indian cinema in 2007

Awarded by
  
President of India (Pratibha Patil)

Presented by
  
Directorate of Film Festivals

Announced on
  
7 September 2009 (2009-09-07)

Presented on
  
21 October 2009 (2009-10-21)

Site
  
Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi

The 55th 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 2007.

Contents

Three different committees were instituted in order to judge the various entries for feature film, non-feature film and best writing on cinema sections; headed by National award winner director, Sai Paranjpye, for feature films and Ashoke Viswanathan along with Namita Gokhale for non-feature films and best writing on cinema sections, respectively.

Each chairperson announced the award on 7 September 2009 for their respective sections and award ceremony took place at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi with President of India, Pratibha Patil giving away the awards on 21 October 2009.

Awards

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

Lifetime Achievement Award

Lifetime achievement award is given to the prominent personality from the Indian film industry for the significant contributions given.

Juries

A committee consisting four eminent personalities from Indian film industry was appointed to evaluate the lifetime achievement award, Dadasaheb Phalke Award. Following were the jury members:

  • Jury Members
  • Akkineni Nageswara Rao • Yash Chopra • Vijaya Mulay • Amjad Ali Khan

    • Feature Films

    Feature films were awarded at All India as well as regional level. For 55th National Film Awards, a Tamil film, Kanchivaram won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film; whereas a Hindi film, Gandhi, My Father won the maximum number of awards (3). Following were the awards given in each category:

    Juries

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

  • Jury Members
  • Sai Paranjpye (Chairperson) • Nemai Ghosh • Manju Bora • Ahsan Muzid • Arup Manna • Mohan Sharma • K.S. Sivaraman
  • Rajendra Narayan Talak • Kesari Harvoo • Ervelle Menezes • Sibi Malayil • Sunny Joseph • Satya Paul • Prathibha Prahlad

    • 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

    Films made in any Indian language shot on 16 mm, 35 mm or in a wider gauge or digital format and released on either film format or video/digital but 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 Ashoke Viswanathan was appointed to evaluate the non-feature films awards. Following were the jury members:

  • Jury Members
  • Ashoke Viswanathan (Chairperson) • Prabhu Radhakrishnan • Rajendra Janglay • Jasmine K. Roy • Ashok Ogra • Ramesh Asher

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

  • Jury Members
  • Namita Gokhale (Chairperson) • Jerry Pinto • G. P. Ramachandran

    • 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

    55th National Film Awards Wikipedia
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