Type National Instituted 1980 Established 1980 Cash award 125,000 INR | Category Indian Cinema Last awarded 2015 First awarded 1981 Total awarded 40 | |
Description Best debutant directorial work of a year Medal Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus) Awarded by Directorate of Film Festivals People also search for National Film Award for Best Choreography | ||
The Indira Gandhi Award for Best First Film of a Director is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organization set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Golden Lotus (Swarna Kamal).
The award was instituted in 1980, at 28th National Film Awards and awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages.
Award includes 'Golden Lotus Award' (Swarna Kamal) and cash prize. Award, sometimes, also be given as Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of A Director. Following are the award winners over the years:
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