Indian ceremony celebrating cinema of 1963
The
11th
National Film Awards
, then known as
State Awards for Films
, presented by
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India
to felicitate the best of
Indian Cinema
released in 1963.
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Ceremony took place at
Vigyan Bhavan
,
New Delhi
on 25 April 1964 and awards were given by then
President of India
, Dr.
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
.
Starting with 11th National Film Awards, new category of awards for
Filmstrips
, in the non-feature films section, was introduced. This category includes Prime Minister's gold medal and Certificate of Merit for second and third best educational film. Though gold medal for this category was not given. This award is discontinued over the years.
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Awards
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Awards were divided into feature films and non-feature films.
President's gold medal for the All India Best Feature Film is now better known as
National Film Award for Best Feature Film
, whereas President's gold medal for the Best Documentary Film is analogous to today's
National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film
. For children's films, Prime Minister's gold medal is now given as
National Film Award for Best Children's Film
. At the regional level, President's silver medal for Best Feature Film is now given as National Film Award for Best Feature Film in a particular language. Certificate of Merit in all the categories is discontinued over the years.
Feature films
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Feature films were awarded at All India as well as regional level. For the 11th National Film Awards, a
Hindi film
Shehar Aur Sapna
won the
President's gold medal for the All India Best Feature Film
. Following were the awards given:
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All India Award
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For 11th National Film Awards, none of the films were awarded from Children's Films category as no film was found to be suitable. Only Certificate of Merit for Children's films was given. Following were the awards given in each category:
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Regional Award
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The awards were given to the best films made in the
regional languages of India
. For feature films in Gujarati,
President's silver medal for Best Feature Film
was not given, instead Certificate of Merit for Best Feature Film was awarded; whereas no award was given in
Punjabi language
.
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Non-Feature films
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Non-feature film awards were given for the documentaries, educational films and film strips made in the country. Following were the awards given:
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Documentaries
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Award
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Film
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Language
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Awardee(s)
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Cash Prize
|
President's gold medal for the Best Documentary Film
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Song of the Snow
|
English
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Producer:
Films Division
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Gold Medal and
?
4,000
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Director: N. S. Thapa
|
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1,000
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All India Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Documentary Film
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Malwa
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English
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Producer: Films Division
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Certificate of Merit and
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2,000
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Director: S. N. S. Sastry
|
?
500
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All India Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Documentary Film
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Jain Temples of India
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English
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Producer: Films Division
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Certificate of Merit only
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Director: Arun Chaudhari
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Educational films
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Filmstrip
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Awards not given
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Following were the awards not given as no film was found to be suitable for the award:
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References
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Notes
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Trilochana consists of Narendra Kumar Mitra, Amalendu Bagehi, Kavichandra Kalicharan Patnaik
External links
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Lifetime Achievement
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Feature Films
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Silver Lotus Awards
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Silver Lotus Awards
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Discontinued Awards
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Non-Feature Films
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Silver Lotus Awards
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Discontinued Awards
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Writing on Cinema
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Special Awards
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Awards by year
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1961?1980
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1981?2000
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2001?2020
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2021?present
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