13th National Film Awards

Indian ceremony celebrating cinema of 1965 July 2016 July 2016 13 National Film Awards Best of Indian cinema in 1965 Ministry of Information and Broadcasting dff.nic.in Chemmeen Shaheed (3) 12th 14th The 13th 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 1965.http://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/101_13thNfacatalogue.pdf 13th National Film Awards Directorate of Film Festivals 2 September 2020 25 July 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200725172334/http://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/101_13thNfacatalogue.pdf live Starting with 13th National Film Awards, a new award was introduced at All India level, Best Feature Film on National Unity and Emotional Integration whose winner received a cash prize. 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 the 13th National Film Awards, a Hindi film Shaheed won the maximum number of awards (three). Following were the awards given: All India Award For 13th National Film Awards, none of the films were awarded from Children's Films category as no film was found to be suitable; instead Certificate of Merit is awarded. Following were the awards given in each category: AwardFilmLanguageAwardee(s)Cash prizePresident's gold medal for the All India Best Feature FilmChemmeenMalayalamProducer: Babu Ismail SettuGold Medal and 20,000Producer: Kanmani FilmsDirector: Ramu Kariat5,000All India Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature FilmAtithiBengaliProducer: New Theaters Pvt Ltd.Certificate of Merit and 10,000Director: Tapan Sinha2,500All India Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Feature FilmChhoti Chhoti BatenHindiProducer: Rajvanshi ProductionsCertificate of Merit onlyDirector: Motilal Rajvansh All India Certificate of Merit for the Best Story WriterChhoti Chhoti BatenHindiMotilal RajvanshCertificate of Merit onlyShaheedHindiB. K. DuttDin Dayal SharmaBest Feature Film on National Unity and Emotional IntegrationShaheedHindiProducer: Kewal Kashyap20,000Director: S. Ram SharmaAll India Certificate of Merit for the Best Children's FilmThe Adventure of A Sugar DollEnglishProducer: Children's Film SocietyCertificate of Merit and 2,000Director: Kantilal Rathod500As You Like ItEnglishProducer: Children's Film SocietyCertificate of Merit onlyDirector: S. Shankar Regional Award The awards were given to the best films made in the regional languages of India. For feature films in Gujarati and Punjabi, President's silver medal for Best Feature Film was not given, instead Certificate of Merit for Best Feature Film was given. AwardFilmAwardee(s) Producer DirectorFeature Films in BengaliPresident's silver medal for Best Feature FilmAkash KusumRanjit BasuMrinal SenCertificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature FilmSubarnarekhaRadheshyamRitwik GhatakCertificate of Merit for the Third Best Feature Film Raja RammohunAurora Films Corp Pvt Ltd.Bijoy BasuFeature Films in GujaratiCertificate of Merit for the Best Feature FilmKusumbi No RangManoobhai N. GadhviG. K. MehtaFeature Films in HindiPresident's silver medal for Best Feature FilmShaheedKewal KashyapS. Ram SharmaCertificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature FilmOonche LogM/S ChitrakalaPhani MajumdarCertificate of Merit for the Third Best Feature FilmGuideDev AnandVijay AnandFeature Films in KannadaPresident's silver medal for Best Feature FilmSathya HarishchandraK. V. ReddyHunsur KrishnamurthyCertificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature FilmMiss LeelavathiK. S. Jagan NathM. R. VittalCertificate of Merit for the Third Best Feature FilmMaduve Madi NoduNagireddyHunsur KrishnamurthyChakrapaniFeature Films in MalayalamPresident's silver medal for Best Feature FilmKavyamelaT. E. VasudevanM. Krishnan NairCertificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature FilmOdayil NinnuP. RamaswamyK. S. SethumadhavanCertificate of Merit for the Third Best Feature FilmMurappennuK. Parameswaran NairA. VincentFeature Films in MarathiPresident's silver medal for Best Feature FilmSadhi MansaLilabai Bhalji PendharkarBhalji PendharkarCertificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature FilmNirmon (Konkani)Frank FernandA. SalamCertificate of Merit for the Third Best Feature FilmYuge Yuge Me Vaat PahiliBabasaheb S. FatehlalC. VishwanathFeature Films in PunjabiCertificate of Merit for the Best Feature FilmSassi PunnuM/s. Filmistan Pvt. Ltd.S. P. BakshiFeature Films in TamilPresident's silver medal for Best Feature FilmKuzhandaiyum DeivamumAVM ProductionsKrishnan–PanjuCertificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature FilmThiruvilayadalVijayalakshmi PicturesA. P. NagarajanFeature Films in TeluguPresident's silver medal for Best Feature FilmAntastuluV. B. Rajendra PrasadV. Madhusudhana RaoCertificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature FilmPalnati YudhamY. Lakshmaya ChoudarayGutha RamineeduCertificate of Merit for the Third Best Feature FilmManushulu MamathaluAdurthi Subba RaoK. P. Atma Non-feature films Non-feature film awards were given for the documentaries, educational films and film strips made in the country. For the 13th National Film Awards, no award was given in the filmstrip category and only Certificate of Merit was awarded for Educational Films. Following were the awards given for the non-feature films category: Documentaries AwardFilmLanguageAwardee(s)Cash prizeAll India Certificate of Merit for the Best Documentary FilmCloven HorizonEnglishProducer: Kantilal RathodCertificate of Merit and 2,000Director: Kantilal Rathod500All India Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Documentary FilmAcross IndiaEnglishProducer: Films DivisionCertificate of Merit onlyDirector: Gopal Datt Educational films AwardFilmLanguageAwardee(s)Cash prizeAll India Certificate of Merit for the Best Educational FilmPlay Better HockeyEnglishProducer: Children's Film SocietyCertificate of Merit onlyDirector: Shanti S. Verma Awards not given Following were the awards not given as no film was found to be suitable for the award: Prime Minister's gold medal for the Best Children's Film President's gold medal for the Best Documentary Film Prime Minister's gold medal for the Best Educational 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 President's silver medal for Best Feature Film in Punjabi References External links National Film Awards Archives Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India Category:National Film Awards (India) ceremonies National Film Awards National Film Awards