The 57th

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, presented by

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, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India to felicitate the best of

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released in the year 2009. 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,

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, for feature films and

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along with

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for non-feature films and best writing on cinema sections, respectively. Another committee of five members was also constituted for the Dadasaheb Phalke Award. Each chairperson for feature film, non-feature film and best writing on cinema sections announced the award on 15 September 2010 for their respective sections and award ceremony took place at

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, New Delhi with

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giving away the awards on 22 October 2010. Dadasaheb Phalke award for

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was announced prior to the announcement of 57th National Film Awards on 9 September 2010. With 57th National Film Awards, for feature film section,

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, Best Audiography and Best Music Direction have been split into multiple awards to felicitate different aspect of the techniques. Best Screenplay would now cover Original and Adapted Screenplay along with

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have been sub-categorized into Location sound recordist,

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er and Re-recordist of the final mixed track; whereas Best Music Direction will be given for

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and

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, separately. All the awardee will be awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus).

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 five eminent personalities from Indian film industry was appointed to evaluate the lifetime achievement award, Dadasaheb Phalke Award. Following were the jury members: * Jury Members **

Yash Chopra Yash Raj Chopra (27 September 1932 21 October 2012) was an Indian people, Indian film director and film producer who worked in Bollywood, Hindi cinema. The founding chairman of the film production and distribution company Yash Raj Films, Chop ...

Akkineni Nageswara Rao Akkineni Nageswara Rao (20 September 1923 – 22 January 2014), widely known as ANR, was an Indian actor and producer, known for his works majorly in Telugu cinema. He starred in many landmark films in his seventy five-year career, and became on ...

Javed Akhtar Javed Akhtar (born 17 January 1945) is an Indian poet, lyricist, screenwriter and political activist. Known for his work in Hindi cinema, he has won five National Film Awards, and received the Padma Shri in 1999 and the Padma Bhushan in 200 ...

Jagjit Singh Jagjit Singh (born Jagmohan Singh Dhiman; 8 February 1941 – 10 October 2011) was an Indian composer, singer and musician. He composed and sang in numerous languages and is credited for the revival and popularity of ghazal, an Indian c ...

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Feature Films

Films made in any Indian language shot on 16 mm, 35 mm or in a wider gauge or digital format but released on a film format or video/digital but certified by the Central Board of Film Certification as a feature film or featurette are eligible for Feature Film section. A total of 20 films were awarded in this category at the National Awards. Feature films were awarded at All India as well as regional level. For 57th National Film Awards, a

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, ''

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'' won the

National Film Award for Best Feature Film The National Award for Best Feature Film is one of the categories in the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in India. It is one of sev ...

also winning the maximum number of awards (5). Following were the awards given in each category:

Juries

A committee headed by

was appointed to evaluate the feature films awards. The selection process returned to a Two Tier System of Selection. The Chairperson for the Northern Region was

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, for the Western Region,

M. S. Sathyu Mysore Shrinivas Sathyu ( kn, ಮೈಸೂರು ಶ್ರೀನಿವಾಸ ಸತ್ಯು) (born 6 July 1930) is a leading film director, stage designer and art director from India. He is best known for his directorial ''Garm Hava'' (1973), ...

, for South–I Region,

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, for the Eastern Region,

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and for South- II Region, Pinaki Chaudhari. Following were the jury members: * Jury Members **

(

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)

Pinaki Chaudhuri Pinaki Chaudhuri পিনাকী চৌধুরী (19 September 1940 – 24 October 2022) was an Indian academic and film director. Career Chaudhuri started his career as a tabla player, trained by Ustad Kermatullah Khan and accompan ...

Bhanu Athaiya Bhanu Athaiya (née Rajopadhye; 28 April 192915 October 2020) was an Indian costume designer and painter. She was the only woman member of the Bombay Progressive Artists' Group and the first Indian to win an Academy Award. Alongside being Bolly ...

Maithili Rao Maithili Rao is an Indian freelance film critic, writer, journalist and former English language, English lecturer based in Mumbai. She has worked for several publications, including ''The Hindu'', ''Frontline (magazine), Frontline'', ''Film Comm ...

Hari Kumar

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Sarosh Italiaa * Jury Regional : North **

Birendra Nath Tiwari

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Saryu V. DoshiApurwa Yagnik * Jury Regional : West **

Ramdas Phutane

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Kuldip Sud

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* Jury Regional : South-I (Tamil and Malayalam) **

Agathiyan Agathiyan (born 18 August 1952; ) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer, lyricist, and actor. He was the first director in Tamil cinema to win the National Film Award for Best Direction for ''Kadhal Kottai'' (1996). For the film, he ...

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Prem Sagar * Jury Regional : South-II (Kannada and Telugu) **

ChandrasiddarthV. N. Laxminarayana Suresh KrishnaPrabodh Parikh * Jury Regional : East **

Makhonmani Mongsaba Makhonmani Mongsaba (born 1 March 1959) is an Indian author, actor, producer and director from Imphal, Manipur. He got his doctorate degree in Manipuri from Manipur University. In 2013, he won the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award for his book ...

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Vidya Rao NairJeroo Mulla

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.

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. A total of 11 films were awarded in the non-feature film category at the 57th National Film Awards. ''Gaarud'' and ''In Camera'', both received the maximum number of awards, two.

Juries

A committee headed by

was appointed to evaluate the non-feature films awards. Following were the jury members: * Jury Members **

(

)M. R. RajanJoy Bimal RoyVibhu PuriRajesh JalaBani Prakash DasMaya Jaideep

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

was appointed to evaluate the writing on Indian cinema. Following were the jury members: * Jury Members **

(

)R. K. Bidur SinghSharad Dutt

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: *

Best Animated Film This is a list of categories of awards commonly awarded through organizations that bestow film awards, including those presented by various film, festivals, and people's awards. Best Actor/Best Actress *See Best Actor#Film awards, Best Actress#F ...

* Best Film on Family Welfare * Best Film on Environment / Conservation / Preservation * Best Feature Film in Manipuri (Meitei) * Best Feature Film in Oriya * Best Feature Film in Punjabi * Best Feature Film in Telugu * Best Feature Film in English * Best Non-Feature Film Direction * Best Anthropological / Ethnographic Film * Best Arts / Cultural Film * Best Scientific Film * Best Promotional Film * Best Educational / Motivational / Instructional Film * Best Exploration / Adventure Film * Best Investigative Film * Best Animation Film * Best Non-feature Film on Family Welfare * Best Music Direction

References

External links

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