15th National Film Awards

Indian ceremony celebrating cinema of 1967 July 2016 July 2016 15 National Film Awards Best of Indian cinema in 1967 Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Zakir Husain(President of India) yes 1968 10 31 yes 1968 11 25 Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi dff.nic.in Hatey Bazarey ChiriyakhanaHamraazUpkar (2) 14th 16th The 15th National Film Awards, presented by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India to felicitate the best of Indian Cinema released in 1967.http://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/100_15thNfacatalogue.pdf 15th National Film Awards Directorate of Film Festivals 2 September 2020 25 July 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200725232952/http://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/100_15thNfacatalogue.pdf liveThe Times of India Entertainment National Awards Winners 1967: Complete list of winners of National Awards 1967 timesofindia.indiatimes.com https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/movie-awards/national-awards-winners/1967/108 11 August 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20200324034914/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/movie-awards/national-awards-winners/1967/108 24 March 2020 Ceremony took place at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi on 25 November 1968 and awards were given by then President of India, Zakir Husain. With 15th National Film Awards, format of awards has been changed, which includes introduction of new awards and categorisation. Unlike earlier, films then categorised into feature films and short films. Feature films awards were continued with All India Awards and Regional Awards but couple of more awards were introduced at the all India level to honour artists and technicians. Major awards introduced for feature films starting with 15th National Film Awards includes awards for Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Music Direction, Best Playback Singer of the Year and Best Screenplay. Starting 15th National Film Awards, Short films had their own share of awards which introduced seven new awards for various types/genre of short films made in the country, including Best Promotional Film, Best Educational / Instructional Film, Best Film on Social Documentation etc. Certificate of Merit in all the categories is discontinued with 15th National Film Awards, which also led to discontinuation of second and third film/documentary, again in all the categories, except Second Best Feature Film. Juries Six different committees were formed based on the film making sectors in India, mainly based in Bombay, Calcutta and Madras along with the award categories. Another committee for all India level was also formed which included some of the members from regional committee. For 15th National Film Awards, central committee was headed by R. K. Nehru. Jury Members: Central R. K. Nehru (Chairperson)Ammu SwaminathanAdya RangacharyaArdhendu MukerjeeB. V. SingaracharyaRoshan Lal MalhotraSunder Lal NahataJainendra KumarAli Sardar JafriM. Mujeeb Jury Members: Documentary Padmaja Naidu (Chairperson)Muriel WasiJ. D. SinghR. S. SharmaLen Chatwin Jury Members: Short Films Krishna Kriplani (Chairperson)Tara Ali BaigShiv S. KapurEbrahim AlkaziUsha BhagatFali Bilimoria Jury Regional: Bombay V. A. Naik (Chairperson)Aloo J. ChibberAnant KanekarR. SrinivasanRam JoshiK. J. KhambattaBhanu Prasad PandyaPannalal MaheshwarySadashiv J. Row KaviBany Talwar Jury Regional: Calcutta S. N. Ray (Chairperson)Premendra MitraRita RayR. P. GuptaJamuna BaruahSachidananda Raut RayAsim PalD. K. SircarDurgadas Mitra Jury Regional: Madras C. R. Pattabhiraman (Chairperson)A. N. Krishna RaoDevaki GopidasK. SubramaniamS. K. NayarD. V. S. RajuT. E. VasudevanV. C. SubburamanB. AnanthaswamiD. N. Rao Awards 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: AwardFilmLanguageAwardee(s)Cash prizeBest Feature FilmHatey BazareyBengaliProducer: Asim DuttaGold Medal, 20,000 and a plaqueDirector: Tapan Sinha5,000 and a plaqueSecond Best Feature FilmUpkarHindiProducer: R. N. Goswami5,000 and a plaqueDirector: Manoj KumarSilver MedalBest ActorAntony FiringeeBengaliUttam KumarA figurineChiriyakhanaBest ActressRaat Aur DinHindiNargisA figurineBest Cinematography (Black and White)Bambai Raat Ki Bahon MeinHindiRamachandra5,000 and a plaqueBest Cinematography (Color)HamraazHindiM. N. Malhotra5,000 and a plaqueBest DirectionChiriyakhanaBengaliSatyajit Ray5,000 and a plaqueBest Music DirectionKandan KarunaiTamilK. V. Mahadevan5,000 and a plaqueBest Playback Singer of the YearUpkar(For the song "Mere Desh Ki Dharti")HindiMahendra KapoorA plaqueBest ScreenplayAgniputhriMalayalamS. L. Puram Sadanandan10,000 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. AwardFilmAwardee(s) Producer DirectorBest Feature Film in BengaliArogya NiketanAurora Film Corp Pvt Ltd.Bijoy BoseBest Feature Film in HindiHamraazB. R. ChopraB. R. ChopraBest Feature Film in KannadaBangarada HoovuB. A. Arasa KumarB. A. Arasa KumarBest Feature Film in MalayalamAnveshichu KandethiyillaRaviP. BhaskaranBest Feature Film in MarathiSanth Wahate KrishnamaiSahakari Chitrapath Sanstha Ltd.M. G. PathakBest Feature Film in OriyaArundhatiDhiren PatnaikPrafulla SenguptaBest Feature Film in PunjabiSutlej De KandeP. P. MaheshwaryP. P. MaheshwaryBest Feature Film in TamilAalayamM/s. Sunbeam, MadrasThirumalaiMahalingamBest Feature Film in TeluguSudigundaluChakravarthi ChitraAdurthi Subba Rao Non-Feature films Following were the awards given: Short films AwardFilmLanguageAwardee(s)Cash prizeBest Information Film (Documentary)India '67Music onlyProducer: P. Sukhdev5,000Director: P. SukhdevBest Educational / Instructional FilmAkbarEnglishProducer: J. S. Bhownagary for Films Division5,000Director: Shanti S. Varma2,000Best Film on Social DocumentationI am 20EnglishProducer: J. S. Bhownagary for Films Division5,000Producer: K. L. Khandpur for Films DivisionDirector: S. N. S. Sastry2,000Best Promotional Film (Commercial)The Brown DiamondEnglishProducer: M/s. Krishnaswamy AssociatesSilver MedalDirector: S. KrishnaswamyBest Promotional Film (Non-Commercial)SandeshHindiProducer: J. S. Bhownagary for Films DivisionSilver MedalProducer: K. L. Khandpur for Films DivisionDirector: Omprakash SharmaBest Experimental FilmThrough The Eyes of a PainterEnglishProducer: J. S. Bhownagary for Films Division5,000Creator: M. F. Husain2,000Best Animation FilmInquiryMusic onlyProducer: C. T. Baptista5,000Director: C. T. Baptista 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 External links National Film Awards Archives Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India Category:National Film Awards (India) ceremonies National Film Awards Category:1968 in Indian cinema