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56th National Film Awards

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Awarded for
  
Best of Indian cinema in 2008

Awarded by
  
President of India (Pratibha Patil)

Presented by
  
Directorate of Film Festivals

Announced on
  
23 January 2010 (2010-01-23)

Presented on
  
20 March 2010 (2010-03-20)

Site
  
Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi

The 56th 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 2008.

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, Shaji N. Karun, for feature films and Aruna Raje Patil along with Sunil Gangopadhyay for non-feature films and best writing on cinema sections, respectively.

Each chairperson announced the award on 23 January 2010 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 20 March 2010.

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 56th National Film Awards, a Bengali film, Antaheen won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film; whereas a Marathi film, Jogwa won the maximum number of awards (5). Following were the awards given in each category:

Juries

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

  • Jury Members
  • Shaji N. Karun (Chairperson) • Roshan Taneja • H. M. Ramachandra • Nagma • Satyabrata Kalita • Neelakanta • Dilip Ghosh • Swapan Mullick
  • Sudesh Syal • S. K. Srivastava • Archana • B. Shashi Kumar • Subhash Sehgal • Santosh Desai • Sreelekha Mukherji

    • 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 Aruna Raje Patil was appointed to evaluate the non-feature films awards. Following were the jury members:

  • Jury Members
  • Aruna Raje Patil (Chairperson) • Krishnendu Bose • Anirban Dutta • Sandeep Marwah • Reena Mohan • R. V. Ramani • Sarfaraz Siddiqui

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

  • Jury Members
  • Sunil Gangopadhyay (Chairperson) • Sudhish Pachauri • Zia-us Salam

    • 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

    56th National Film Awards Wikipedia
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