Awards were divided into feature films, non-feature films, and books written on Indian cinema.
Lifetime Achievement Award Feature films Feature films were awarded at All India as well as regional level. For 39th National Film Awards, a
Bengali film,
Agantuk won the
National Film Award for Best Feature Film also winning the maximum number of awards (3) along with a
Malayalam film,
Bharatham and a
Hindi film,
Dharavi. Following were the awards given in each category:
Juries A committee headed by
Adoor Gopalakrishnan was appointed to evaluate the feature films awards. Following were the jury members: •
Jury Members •
Adoor Gopalakrishnan (Chairperson)
Aamir Raza HusainAshish SarafFirooze Rangoonwala
GummadiHema ChaudharyR. Lakshman
Lalitha RaveeNabyendu ChatterjeeNityananda SamntarayP. MadhavanPrafulla SaikiaP. R. S. PillayRaja Mitra
Sreekumaran ThampiUrvashi Talwar
Vinod Nagpal 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 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.
Juries A committee headed by
Buddhadeb Dasgupta was appointed to evaluate the non-feature films awards. Following were the jury members: •
Jury Members •
Buddhadeb Dasgupta (Chairperson)
Arun KaulJag MohanJehangir Chaudhary
Vijaya Mulay 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
Kamleshwar was appointed to evaluate the writing on Indian cinema. Following were the jury members: •
Jury Members •
Kamleshwar (Chairperson)Shanta Sarbjeet SinghVijay Sasnur
Golden Lotus Award Official Name: Swarna Kamal All the awardees are awarded with 'Golden Lotus Award (Swarna Kamal)' and cash prize.
Awards not given Following were the awards not given as no film was found to be suitable for the award: •
Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment •
Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation •
Best Feature Film in Manipuri •
Best Feature Film in Marathi •
Best Feature Film in Punjabi •
Best Feature Film in English •
Best Non-Feature Film Direction •
Best Exploration / Adventure Film == References ==