Awards were divided into feature films, non-feature films and books written on Indian cinema.
Feature films were awarded at All India as well as regional level. For 32nd National Film Awards, a Hindi film, Damul won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film whereas a Malayalam film, Mukhamukham won the maximum number of awards (four). Following were the awards given in each category:[1]
A committee headed by Bhupen Hazarika was appointed to evaluate the feature films awards. Following were the jury members:[1]
Following were the awards given:[1]
Official name: Swarna Kamal[1]
All the awardees are awarded with 'Golden Lotus Award (Swarna Kamal)', a certificate and cash prize.
Official name: Rajat Kamal[1]
All the awardees are awarded with 'Golden Lotus Award (Swarna Kamal)', a certificate and cash prize.
| Name of Award |
Name of Film |
Language |
Awardee(s) |
Cash prize |
| Best Feature Film on National Integration |
Aadmi Aur Aurat |
Hindi |
Producer: Doordarshan |
₹ 30,000 |
| Director: Tapan Sinha |
₹ 15,000 |
| Best Film on Family Welfare |
Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho! |
Hindi |
Producer: Saeed Akhtar Mirza
Director: Saeed Akhtar Mirza |
₹ 30,000
₹ 15,000 |
| Best Film on Other Social Issues |
Accident |
Kannada |
Producer: Sanket |
₹ 30,000 |
| Director: Shankar Nag |
₹ 15,000 |
| Best Direction |
Mukhamukham |
Malayalam |
Adoor Gopalakrishnan |
₹ 20,000 |
| Best Cinematography |
Holi |
Hindi |
Jehangir Choudhary |
₹ 15,000 |
| Best Screenplay |
Mukhamukham |
Malayalam |
Adoor Gopalakrishnan |
₹ 10,000 |
| Best Actor |
Paar |
Hindi |
Naseeruddin Shah |
₹ 10,000 |
| Best Actress |
Paar |
Hindi |
Shabana Azmi |
₹ 10,000 |
| Best Supporting Actor |
Ghare Baire |
Bengali |
Victor Banerjee |
₹ 10,000 |
| Best Supporting Actress |
Party |
Hindi |
Rohini Hattangadi |
₹ 10,000 |
| Best Child Artist |
My Dear Kuttichathan |
Malayalam |
• Master Arvind
• Master Suresh
• Master Mukesh
• Baby Sonia |
₹ 5,000/- |
| Best Audiography |
Mukhamukham |
Malayalam |
P. Devdas |
₹ 10,000 |
| Best Editing |
Sitaara |
Telugu |
Anil Malnad |
₹ 10,000 |
| Best Art Direction |
Utsav |
Hindi |
• Nachiket Patwardhan
• Jayoo Patwardhan |
₹ 10,000 |
| Best Lyrics |
Saaransh |
Hindi |
Vasant Dev |
₹ 10,000 |
| Best Music Direction |
Ankahee |
Hindi |
Jaidev |
₹ 10,000 |
| Best Male Playback Singer |
Ankahee |
Hindi |
Bhimsen Joshi |
₹ 10,000 |
| Best Female Playback Singer |
Sitaara |
Telugu |
S. Janaki |
₹ 10,000 |
| Best Costume Design |
Ghare Baire |
Bengali |
• Harudas
• Bapuldas |
₹ 10,000 |
| Special Jury Award |
Giddh |
Hindi |
T. S. Ranga |
₹ 5,000 |
The award is given to best film in the regional languages in India.[1]
| Name of Award |
Name of Film |
Awardee(s) |
Cash prize |
| Best Feature Film in Assamese |
Son Maina |
Producer: R. B. Mehta, M. P. N. Nair and Shiv Prasad Thakur |
₹ 20,000 |
| Director: Shiv Prasad Thakur |
₹ 10,000 |
| Best Feature Film in Bengali |
Ghare Baire |
Producer: NFDC |
₹ 20,000 |
| Director: Satyajit Ray |
₹ 10,000 |
| Best Feature Film in Hindi |
Paar |
Producer: Swapan Sarkar |
₹ 20,000 |
| Director: Gautam Ghose |
₹ 10,000 |
| Best Feature Film in Kannada |
Bandhana |
Producer: Rohini Pictures |
₹ 20,000 |
| Director: R. B. Rajendra Singh |
₹ 10,000 |
| Best Feature Film in Malayalam |
Mukhamukham |
Producer: K. Ravindran Nair |
₹ 20,000 |
| Director: Adoor Gopalakrishnan |
₹ 10,000 |
| Best Feature Film in Marathi |
Mahananda |
Producer: Mahesh Satoskar |
₹ 20,000 |
| Director: K. G. Koregaonkar |
₹ 10,000 |
| Best Feature Film in Oriya |
Klanta Aparahna |
Producer: Dynamic Studio |
₹ 20,000 |
| Director: Manmohan Mahapatra |
₹ 10,000 |
| Best Feature Film in Tamil |
Achamillai Achamillai |
Producer: Rajam Balachander and V. Natarajan |
₹ 20,000 |
| Director: K. Balachander |
₹ 10,000 |
| Best Feature Film in Telugu |
Sitaara |
Producer: Edida Nageshwara Rao |
₹ 20,000 |
| Director: Vamsy |
₹ 10,000 |
Best Feature Film in Each of the Language Other Than Those Specified In the Schedule VIII of the Constitution
| Name of Award |
Name of Film |
Awardee(s) |
Cash prize |
| Best Feature Film in Khasi |
Manik Raitong |
Producer: Rishan Rapsang |
₹ 20,000 |
| Director: Ardhendu Bhattacharya |
₹ 10,000 |
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.
A committee headed by V. K. Murthy was appointed to evaluate the non-feature films awards. Following were the jury members:[1]
Official name: Swarna Kamal[1]
Official name: Rajat Kamal[1]
All the awardees are awarded with 'Silver Lotus Award (Rajat Kamal)' and cash prize.
| Name of Award |
Name of Film |
Language |
Awardee(s) |
Cash prize |
| Best Anthropological / Ethnographic Film |
Bada Media |
Hindi |
Producer:
Director: Manohar S. Varpe |
₹ 10,000/- Each |
| Best Biographical Film |
Padmashri Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair |
Malayalam |
Producer: James Paul
Director: Matthew Paul |
₹ 10,000/- Each |
| Best Scientific Film (including Environment and Ecology) |
Aranya Aamar |
Bengali |
Producer: West Bengal Ministry of Forest
Director: Tarun Majumdar |
₹ 10,000/- Each |
| Best Agriculture Film and Best Industrial Film (Jointly given) |
Krishi Jantrapati |
Hindi |
Producer and Director: Ghanashyam Mahapatra |
₹ 10,000/- Each |
| Best Historical Reconstruction / Compilation Film |
Nehru |
English |
Producer: Yash Chowdhary
Director: Shyam Benegal and Yuri Aldokhin |
₹ 10,000/- Each |
| Best Film on Family Welfare |
Sweekar |
Hindi |
Producer: Bal Mehta
Director: Vishram Revankar |
₹ 10,000/- Each |
| Geeli Meetti |
Producer: Women and Social Welfare Ministry
Director: Sanjay Kak |
| Best Exploration / Adventure Film |
Everest 84 |
English |
Producer: Cinema Vision India
Director: Siddharth Kak |
₹ 10,000/- Each |
| Best News Film |
The Rickshaw Drivers of Madhya Pradesh |
English |
Producer: Madhya Pradesh Media
Director: Naren Kondra |
₹ 10,000/- Each |
| Best Animation Film |
National Highway |
English |
Producer: National Institute of Design
Director and Animator: R. N. Mistry |
₹ 10,000/- Each |
| Special Jury Award |
Shri Hemkunt Saahib |
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|
₹ 5,000/- |
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.
A committee headed by Vikram Singh was appointed to judge the writing on Indian cinema. Following were the jury members:[1]
- Jury Members
- Vikram Singh (Chairperson) • Muhammad Shameem • Jagmohan
Official name: Rajat Kamal[1]
All the awardees are awarded with 'Silver Lotus Award (Rajat Kamal)' and cash prize.
