The 62nd National Film Awards ceremony was an event during which the
Directorate of Film Festivals
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presents its annual
National Film Awards
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to honour the best films of 2014 in the
Indian cinema
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. The awards were announced on 24 March 2015 and the ceremony was held on 3 May 2015.
Selection process
The Directorate of Film Festivals invited nominations for the awards by late December 2014 and the acceptable last date for entries was until 20 January 2015.
Feature and Non-Feature Films certified by
Central Board of Film Certification
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between 1 January 2014, and 31 December 2014, were eligible for the film award categories. Books, critical studies, reviews or articles on cinema published in Indian newspapers, magazines, and journals between 1 January 2014, and 31 December 2014, were eligible for the best writing on cinema section. Entries of dubbed, revised or copied versions of a film or translation, abridgements, edited or annotated works and reprints were ineligible for the awards.
For the Feature and Non-Feature Films sections, films in any Indian language, shot on
16 mm
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,
35 mm, a wider film gauge or a
digital format
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, and released in cinemas, on video or digital formats for home viewing were eligible. Films were required to be certified as a feature film, a featurette or a Documentary/Newsreel/Non-Fiction by the Central Board of Film Certification.
Dadasaheb Phalke Award
Introduced in 1969, the
Dadasaheb Phalke Award
The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is India's highest award in the field of cinema. It is presented annually at the National Film Awards ceremony by the Directorate of Film Festivals, an organisation set up by the Ministry of Information and Broadca ...
is the highest award given to recognise the contributions of film personalities towards the development of Indian cinema and for distinguished contributions to the medium, its growth and promotion.
Following were the jury members:
* Jury Members
For the year 2014, the award was announced on 23 March 2015 to be presented to actor, film-maker
Shashi Kapoor
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. He has won two National Film Awards including
Best Actor for ''
New Delhi Times'' in 1985 and is also
Padma Bhushan
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recipient of 2011.
Feature films
Hindi film
Haider
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*Haider Al-Abadi, Iraqi politician
*Haider Ackermann (born 1971), French fashion designer
*Haid ...
won the maximum number of awards (5).
Jury
For the Feature Film section, six committees were formed based on the different geographic regions in India. The two-tier evaluation process included a central committee and five regional committees. The central committee, headed by
Bharathiraja
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,
included the heads of each regional committee and five other jury members. At regional level, each committee consisted of one chief and four members. The chief and one non-chief member of each regional committee were selected from outside that geographic region.
Central Jury
Northern Region:
Eastern Region:
Western Region:
Southern Region I:
Southern Region II:
All India Award
Following will be 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.
Best Feature Film in Each of the Language Other Than Those Specified in the Schedule VIII of the Constitution
Non-Feature Films
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.
Jury
A committee of seven, headed by
Kamal Swaroop, was appointed to evaluate the Non-Feature Films entries. The jury members were:
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.
Jury
A committee of three, headed by
Madhan, was appointed to evaluate the nominations for the best writing on Indian cinema. The jury members were as follows:
Golden Lotus Award
All the winners were awarded with ''Swarna Kamal'' (Golden Lotus Award), cash prize and a certificate.
Special Mention
All the award winners are awarded with Certificate of Merit.
See also
*
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 ...
References
External links
Official websites
62nd National Film Awards: Official CatalogueDooradarshan Recording of the award ceremonyNational Film Awards Archives62nd National Film Awards: Regulations for submission
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