The 5th

National Film Awards The National Film Awards is the most prominent film award ceremony in India. Established in 1954, it has been administered, along with the International Film Festival of India and the Indian Panorama, by the Indian government's Directorat ...

, formerly the State Awards for Films, were a set of awards presented by the

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n Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to recognize the best

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of 1957. The ceremony took place at

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, on 16 April 1958. The awards were given by the then-

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, Dr.

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. It was the first National Film Awards ceremony with monetary prizes in addition to the presentation of medals and certificates.

Awards

Awards were divided into two categories: feature films and non-feature films. *President's Gold Medal for the All India Best Feature Film (now known as the National Film Award for Best Feature) *President's Gold Medal for the Best Documentary Film (now known as the

National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film The National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film 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 ...

) *Prime Minister's Gold Medal (now known as the

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) *President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film (now known as the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in a particular language) *Certificate of Merit (discontinued)

Feature films

Feature films were awarded on a national as well as regional level. Two

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, ''

Do Aankhen Barah Haath ''Do Aankhen Barah Haath'' () is a 1957 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by V. Shantaram, who also starred. It is considered to be one of the classics of Hindi cinema and is based on humanistic psychology. It won a Silver Bear at the ...

'' and ''

Mother India ''Mother India'' is a 1957 Indian epic drama film, directed by Mehboob Khan and starring Nargis, Sunil Dutt, Rajendra Kumar and Raaj Kumar. A remake of Khan's earlier film '' Aurat'' (1940), it is the story of a poverty-stricken village woma ...

,'' in addition to the Bengali film ''Andhare Alo'', won the maximum number of awards. ''Do Aankhen Barah Haath'' also won the President's Gold Medal for the All India Best Feature Film.

All India Awards

The awards for each category follow:

Regional Awards

Regional Awards were given to the best films made in the regional languages of India. However, the President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film was not given to Assamese,

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and

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films; Certificates of Merit were awarded in those languages.

Non-Feature films

Non-feature film awards were given for the

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produced in the country.

Awards not given

Awards not presented (due to a lack of eligible nominees): * President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Assamese * President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Tamil * President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Telugu

References

External links

5th National Film Awards

5th National Film Awards (PDF)

National Film Awards Archives

Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India
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