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 Feature films were awarded at All India as well as regional level. For 15th National Film Awards, a
Bengali film Hatey Bazarey won the
President's Gold Medal for the All India Best Feature Film, whereas a
Bengali film Chiriyakhana and two
Hindi films,
Hamraaz and
Upkar won the maximum number of awards (two). 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. For feature films in
Assamese,
English,
Gujarati,
Kashmiri and
Oriya language, President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film was not given. The producer and director of the film were awarded with 5,000 and a Silver medal, respectively.
Non-Feature films Following were the awards given:
Short films Awards not given Following were the awards not given as no film was found to be suitable for the award: •
Best Feature Film on National Unity and Emotional Integration •
Prime Minister's Gold Medal for the Best Children's Film •
President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Assamese •
President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in English •
President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Oriya == References ==