11th National Film Awards

Indian ceremony celebrating cinema of 1963 July 2016 July 2026 11 National Film Awards Best of Indian cinema in 1963 Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan(President of India) yes 1964 04 25 Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi dff.nic.in Shehar Aur Sapna 10th 12th The 11th 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 1963.http://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/103_11thNfacatalogue.pdf 11th National Film Awards Directorate of Film Festivals 2 September 2020 9 June 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190609120223/http://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/103_11thNfacatalogue.pdf live Ceremony took place at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi on 25 April 1964 and awards were given by then President of India, Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. Starting with 11th National Film Awards, new category of awards for Filmstrips, in the non-feature films section, was introduced. This category includes Prime Minister's gold medal and Certificate of Merit for second and third best educational film. Though gold medal for this category was not given. This award is discontinued over the years. 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 11th National Film Awards, a Hindi film Shehar Aur Sapna won the President's gold medal for the All India Best Feature Film. Following were the awards given: All India Award For 11th National Film Awards, none of the films were awarded from Children's Films category as no film was found to be suitable. Only Certificate of Merit for Children's films was given. Following were the awards given in each category: AwardFilmLanguageAwardee(s)Cash prizePresident's gold medal for the All India Best Feature FilmShehar Aur SapnaHindiProducer: Naya SansarGold Medal and 20,000Director: Khwaja Ahmad Abbas5,000All India Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature FilmNartanasalaTeluguProducer: Sridhar RaoCertificate of Merit and 10,000Producer: C. Lakshmi RajyamDirector: K. Kameshwara Rao2,500All India Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Feature FilmMahanagarBengaliProducer: R. D. BansalDirector: Satyajit RayCertificate of Merit onlyAll India Certificate of Merit for Best Children's FilmPanch PuthliyanHindiProducer: Children's Film SocietyDirector: Amit BoseCertificate of Merit only Regional Award The awards were given to the best films made in the regional languages of India. For feature films in Gujarati, President's silver medal for Best Feature Film was not given, instead Certificate of Merit for Best Feature Film was awarded; whereas no award was given in Punjabi language. AwardFilmAwardee(s) Producer DirectorFeature Films in AssamesePresident's silver medal for Best Feature FilmManiram DevanApurba ChowdhuryS. ChakravartyFeature Films in BengaliPresident's silver medal for Best Feature FilmUttar FalguniUttam KumarAsit SenCertificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature FilmSaat Paake BandhaR. D. BansalAjoy KarCertificate of Merit for the Third Best Feature FilmJatu GrihaUttam KumarTapan SinhaFeature Films in GujaratiCertificate of Merit for Best Feature FilmJevi Chhun TeviBholanath D. TrivediGajanan MehtaFeature Films in HindiPresident's silver medal for Best Feature FilmBandiniBimal Roy ProductionsBimal RoyCertificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature FilmMere MehboobHarnam Singh RawailH. S. RawailCertificate of Merit for the Third Best Feature FilmGumrahB. R. FilmsB. R. ChopraFeature Films in KannadaPresident's silver medal for Best Feature FilmSantha ThukaramB. RadhakrishnaSundar Rao NadkarniCertificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature FilmMangala MuhurtaU. Subba RaoM. R. VittalFeature Films in MalayalamPresident's silver medal for Best Feature FilmNinamaninja KalpadukalK. V. BhavadasN. N. PisharodyN. K. Karunakara PillaiK. Parameshwaran NairCertificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature FilmDoctorH. H. EbrahimM. S. ManiCertificate of Merit for the Third Best Feature FilmKalayum KaminiyumNeela ProductionsP. SubramaniamFeature Films in MarathiPresident's silver medal for Best Feature FilmHa Majha Marg EklaSudhir PhadkeRaja ParanjapeCertificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature FilmTe Majhe GharRavindra BhatGanesh BhatFeature Films in OdiaPresident's silver medal for Best Feature FilmJeevan SathiSrinibash PaikaroyPrabhat MukherjeeCertificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature FilmNariNarendra Kumar MitraTrilochanaTrilochana consists of Narendra Kumar Mitra, Amalendu Bagehi, Kavichandra Kalicharan PatnaikFeature Films in TamilPresident's silver medal for Best Feature FilmNaanum Oru PennMurugan BrothersA. C. TirulokchandarCertificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature FilmKarpagamK. S. SabarinathanK. S. GopalakrishnanCertificate of Merit for the Third Best Feature FilmKarnanB. R. PanthuluB. R. PanthuluFeature Films in TeluguPresident's silver medal for Best Feature FilmLava KusaLalita Sivajyoti FilmsC. PullaiahC. S. RaoCertificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature FilmAmar Silpi JakkannaB. S. RangaB. S. RangaCertificate of Merit for the Third Best Feature FilmMooga ManasuluC. SundaramAdurthi Subba Rao Non-Feature films Non-feature film awards were given for the documentaries, educational films and film strips made in the country. Following were the awards given: Documentaries AwardFilmLanguageAwardee(s)Cash prizePresident's gold medal for the Best Documentary FilmSong of the SnowEnglishProducer: Films DivisionGold Medal and 4,000Director: N. S. Thapa1,000All India Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Documentary FilmMalwaEnglishProducer: Films DivisionCertificate of Merit and 2,000Director: S. N. S. Sastry500All India Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Documentary FilmJain Temples of IndiaEnglishProducer: Films DivisionCertificate of Merit onlyDirector: Arun Chaudhari Educational films AwardFilmLanguageAwardee(s)Cash prizeAll India Certificate of Merit for the Best Educational FilmIndian Ocean ExpeditionHindiProducer: Children's Film SocietyCertificate of Merit onlyDirector: Shanti S. Verma Filmstrip AwardFilmLanguageAwardee(s)Cash prizeAll India Certificate of Merit for the Best FilmstripHistorical Monuments of DelhiHindiDirector: G. K. AthalyeCertificate of Merit onlyDirector: G. K. Athalye 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 Prime Minister's gold medal for the Best Educational Film Prime Minister's gold medal for the Best Filmstrip President's silver medal for Best Feature Film in Punjabi References Notes External links National Film Awards Archives Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India Category:National Film Awards (India) ceremonies National Film Awards Category:1964 in Indian cinema