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 41st National Film Awards, a
Bengali film,
Charachar won the
National Film Award for Best Feature Film whereas an Urdu film,
Muhafiz along with a
Malayalam film,
Ponthan Mada won the maximum number of awards (4). Following were the awards given in each category:
Juries A committee headed by
T. Subbarami Reddy was appointed to evaluate the feature films awards. Following were the jury members: •
Jury Members •
T. Subbarami Reddy (Chairperson)
Gautam BoraMadhabi MukherjeeSalil ChowdhuryBidhu Bhusan DasHariharanSitakant MisraNachiket PatwardhanJ. L. Ralhan
B. Narsing RaoR. C. SakthiValampuri SomanathanVijaya
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.
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.
Juries A committee headed by Bikram Singh was appointed to evaluate the non-feature films awards. Following were the jury members: •
Jury Members • Bikram Singh (Chairperson)
GulzarParesh Mehta
K. R. MohananTanusree Shankar 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
Khalid Mohamed was appointed to evaluate the writing on Indian cinema. Following were the jury members: •
Jury Members •
Khalid Mohamed (Chairperson)Udaya Tara NayarUma Vasudev
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 Non-Feature Film Direction •
Best Scientific Film •
Best Historical Reconstruction / Compilation Film == References ==