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National Film Award For Best Film On Family Welfare
The National Film Award for Best Film on Family Welfare is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus). The award was instituted in 1968, at 16th National Film Awards and awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages Hindi (7 Awards), Bengali (4 Awards), Malayalam (5 awards), Tamil (3 awards), Kannada, English and Gujrati (1 each). Winners Award includes 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus) and cash prize. Following are the award winners over the years: References External links Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, IndiaNational Film Awards ArchivesNational Film Awardsat IMDb IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television ...
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Cinema Of India
The Cinema of India consists of motion pictures produced in India, which had a large effect on world cinema since the late 20th century. Major centers of film production across the country include Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam, Kochi, Kolkata, Bangalore, Bhubaneswar-Cuttack and Guwahati. For a number of years the Indian film industry has ranked first in the world in terms of annual film output. In terms of box office it ranked third in 2019, with total gross of around (US$2.7 billion). Indian cinema is composed of Multilingualism, multilingual and Multiculturalism, multi-ethnic film art. In 2019, Hindi cinema represented 44% of box office revenue, followed by Telugu cinema, Telugu and Tamil cinema, Tamil film industries, each representing 13%, Malayalam cinema, Malayalam and Kannada cinema, Kannada film industries, each representing 5%.Other prominent languages in the Indian film industry include Cinema of West Bengal, Bengali, Marathi cinema, Marathi, Cinema of O ...
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20th National Film Awards
The 20th National Film Awards, presented by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India to felicitate the best of Indian Cinema released in the year 1972. With this year, new award category is introduced for the feature films made in Meitei language. This newly introduced category includes President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Manipuri. Juries Six different committees were formed based on the film making sectors in India, mainly based in Bombay, Calcutta and Madras along with the central committee for all India level. For 20th National Film Awards, central committee was headed by Romesh Thapar. * Jury Members: Central ** Romesh Thapar (Chairperson)Thakazhi Sivasankara PillaiRita RaySheila VatsUsha BhagatGirish Karnad M. Yunus DehlviTeji BachchanPhanishwar Nath 'Renu'Shanta Gandhi U. Visweswar RaoI. S. Johar Ardhendu Mukerjee * Jury Members: Short Films ** S. K. Kooka (Chairperson) B. D. GargaPrasanta SanyalGerson Da Cunha Aruna VasudevaBishamber KhannaReva ...
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Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho!
''Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho!'' () is a 1984 Hindi art film, made by Saeed Akhtar Mirza, based on his own story, during the Parallel Cinema period of Indian cinema. The film is a comic satire on a judicial system, where cases drag on for decades, where plaintiffs either die or lose hope and money, while the corrupt run scot free, thanks to their nexus with corrupt lawyers. It won the 1984 National Film Award for Best Film on Family Welfare. Plot An elderly couple, Mohan Joshi (Bhisham Sahni) and his wife (Dina Pathak), sues their landlord ( Amjad Khan) for not maintaining their 'collapsing' apartment building. For this, they hire two cunning lawyers (Naseeruddin Shah and Satish Shah), while Rohini Hattangadi is the opposition lawyer. The court case drags on for years and the lawyers milk the old couple dry, while they become rich. Back home in the society, the old couple is ridiculed for fighting the landlord, but they fight on nevertheless. In the end, when the judge comes to chec ...
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32nd National Film Awards
The 32nd 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 1984. Ceremony took place in June 1985. With 32nd National Film Awards, three more categories from feature films are awarded with Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus) along with Best Feature Film, namely Best Debut Film of a Director, Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment and Best Children's Film. Also couple of new categories were introduced with 32nd National Film Awards for Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Costume Design and Best Film on Other Social Issues and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus). As per the Constitution of India, Best Feature Film in each of the languages other than those specified in schedule VIII of the constitution are also awarded with Rajat Kamal. For Non-feature films section, a new award was introduced ...
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31st National Film Awards
The 31st 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 1983. Ceremony took place in June 1984 and awards were given by then Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi. Juries Three different committees were formed for feature films, short films and books on cinema, headed by veteran director K. Balachander, S. Krishnaswamy and Justice G. D. Khosla respectively. * Jury Members: Feature Films ** K. Balachander (Chairperson)Sai ParanjpyeM. T. Vasudevan NairGangadhar NaskarMeera LakhiaRaghunath SethMadhuSwapan MullickIqbal MasudMrinalini SarabhaiM. K. Binodini Devi M. Prabhakar ReddyK. K. ShuklaG. G. Mayekar Marcus BartleyGautam KaulRaghava Menon Jamuna * Jury Members: Short Films ** S. Krishnaswamy (Chairperson)Clement BaptistaPrakash JhaVinod Mehra * Jury Members: Books on Cinema ** G. D. Khosla (Chairperson)Vivek Bhattachar ...
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30th National Film Awards
The 30th 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 1982. Ceremony took place in May 1983 and awards were given by then President of India, Giani Zail Singh. With 30th National Film Awards, new category for Best Non-Feature Film on Family Welfare was introduced. Juries Three different committees were formed for feature films, short films and books on cinema, headed by veteran director Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Durga Khote and K. K. Nair respectively. * Jury Members: Feature Films ** Hrishikesh Mukherjee (Chairperson)N. B. KamathAmita MalikKomala VaradanV. Shivaraman K. V. SubbannaGirish KasaravalliValampuri Somanathan KanchanaManzoorAnil VarshneyNabendu Ghosh Subodh RoyKamal Bose * Jury Members: Short Films ** Durga Khote (Chairperson) S. KrishnaswamySiddharth Kak * Jury Members: Books on Cinema ** K. K. Nair (Chairpers ...
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29th National Film Awards
The 29th 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 1981. Ceremony took place in April 1982. With 29th National Film Awards, new category for books on Indian cinema was introduced. The awards aim at the encouraging the 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 Three different committees were formed for feature films, short films and books on cinema, headed by veteran actor Ashok Kumar, Vasant Joglekar and Asok Mitra respectively. * Jury Members: Feature Films ** Ashok Kumar (Chairperson)B. A. ArasukumarLeela Chitnis B. R. ChopraSalil ChowdhurySuresh KathuriaYamini KrishnamurthyR. LakshmanDnyaneshwar KulkarniBhabendra Nath SaikiaM. ShamimSundari K. Shridharani S. G. Vasudev Intur ...
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28th National Film Awards
The 28th 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 1980. Ceremony took place in April 1981. Juries Two different committees were formed for feature films and short films, headed by V. Shantaram and B. D. Garga respectively. * Jury Members: Feature Films ** V. Shantaram (Chairperson)Basanta ChoudhuryB. V. Dharap Sunil Gangopadhyay R. N. K. Prasad Ravindranathan NairArthur J. Pais Purnendu Sekhar PattreaJayoo PatwardhanT. S. RangaKantilal RathodMriganka Sekhar RayShobhna SamarthN. SeshadriK. B. Tilak G. Venkateshwara Rao * Jury Members: Short Films ** B. D. Garga (Chairperson) Utpal K. BanerjeeP. D. P. Rao Awards Awards were divided into feature films and non-feature films. Lifetime Achievement Award Feature films Feature films were awarded at All India as well as regional level. For 28th National Film A ...
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27th National Film Awards
The 27th 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 The Cinema of India consists of motion pictures produced in India, which had a large effect on world cinema since the late 20th century. Major centers of film production across the country include Mumbai, Chennai, Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam, Ko ... released in the year 1979. Ceremony took place in April 1980. Awards Awards were divided into feature films and non-feature films. Lifetime Achievement Award All India Award Following were the awards given: Regional Award The awards were given to the best films made in the regional languages of India. References External links National Film Awards ArchivesOfficial Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India {{National Film Awards National Film Awards (India) ceremonies 1980 Indian film awards ...
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26th National Film Awards
The 26th 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 1978. Ceremony took place in April 1979. Juries Two different committees were formed for feature films and short films, headed by Chetan Anand and Kironmoy Raha respectively. * Jury Members: Feature Films ** Chetan Anand (Chairperson)Sanjukta PanigrahiArvind KumarManohar Shyam JoshiHameeduddin Mehmood ** Vinay Chandra MaudglayaBhisham Sahni JamunaVimla PatilSatish AlekarS. L. BhyrappaNaa Parthasarthy ** Nirad N. MohapatraG. L. BhardwajBasu BhattacharyaK. K. Nair * Jury Members: Short Films ** Kironmoy Raha (Chairperson The chairperson, also chairman, chairwoman or chair, is the presiding officer of an organized group such as a board, committee, or deliberative assembly. The person holding the office, who is typically elected or appointed by members of the grou ...
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25th National Film Awards
The 25th 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 1977. Ceremony took place on 27 April 1978. Juries Two different committees were formed for feature films and short films, headed by Ebrahim Alkazi and Ashok Mitra respectively. * Jury Members: Feature Films ** Ebrahim Alkazi (Chairperson)Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai Adya Rangacharya Ka. Naa. Subramanyam Sundari K. Shridharani ** Firoze RangoonwallaRita Ray (Kobita Sarkar) N. S. RamachandranK. M. Almadi K. S. DuggalRaghuveer Chaudhari ** Allauddin KhanSwapan MullickA. ViswamR. D. Mathur M. K. Raina * Jury Members: Short Films ** Ashok Mitra (Chairperson)M. N. KapurKapila VatsyayanR. N. Pande Awards Awards were divided into feature films and non-feature films. Lifetime Achievement Award Feature films Feature films were awarded at All India as well as r ...
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24th National Film Awards
The 24th 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 1976. Awards Awards were divided into feature films and non-feature films. Lifetime Achievement Award Feature films Feature films were awarded at All India as well as regional level. For 24th National Film Awards, a Hindi film, ''Mrugaya'' won the President's Gold Medal for the All India Best Feature Film. Following were the awards given in each category: All India Award Following were the awards given: Regional Award The awards were given to the best films made in the regional languages of India. All the awardees are awarded with 'Silver Lotus Award (Rajat Kamal)', a certificate and cash prize. Non-Feature films ;Not Available Awards not given Following were the awards not given as no film was found to be suitable for the award * Be ...
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