61st National Film Awards

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61st National Film Awards
Awarded forBest of Indian cinema in 2013
Awarded by Directorate of Film Festivals
Presented by Pranab Mukherjee
(President of India)
Announced on16 April 2014 (2014-04-16)
Presented on3 May 2014 (2014-05-03)
Official website dff.nic.in
Highlights
Best Feature Film Ship of Theseus
Best Non-Feature Film Rangbhoomi
Best Book Cinema Ga Cinema
Best Film Critic Alaka Sahani
Dadasaheb Phalke Award Gulzar
Most awards Jaatishwar (4)

The 61st National Film Awards ceremony was an event during which the Directorate of Film Festivals of India presented its annual National Film Awards to honour the best films of 2013 in the Indian cinema. The ceremony was held on 3 May 2014. [1] [2]

Contents

Selection process

The Directorate of Film Festivals invited nominations for the awards on 24 January 2014. The acceptable last date for entries was until 14 February 2014. [3] Feature and Non-Feature Films certified by Central Board of Film Certification between 1 January 2013, and 31 December 2013, were eligible for the film award categories. Books, critical studies, reviews or articles on cinema published in Indian newspapers, magazines, and journals between 1 January 2013, and 31 December 2013, were eligible for the best writing on cinema section. [4] Entries of dubbed, revised or copied versions of a film or translation, abridgements, edited or annotated works and reprints were ineligible for the awards. [5]

For the Feature and Non-Feature Films sections, films in any Indian language, shot on 16 mm, 35 mm, a wider film gauge or a digital format, and released in cinemas, on video or digital formats for home viewing were eligible. Films were required to be certified as a feature film, a featurette or a Documentary/Newsreel/Non-Fiction by the Central Board of Film Certification. [5]

Dadasaheb Phalke Award

Introduced in 1969, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award is the highest award given to recognise the contributions of film personalities towards the development of Indian cinema and for distinguished contributions to the medium, its growth and promotion. [6] A committee consisting of seven personalities from the Indian film industry was appointed to evaluate the Dadasaheb Phalke award nominations for 2013. Following were the jury members:

 • Adoor Gopalakrishnan
 • Amjad Ali Khan
 • B. Saroja Devi
 • D. Ramanaidu
 • Pratibha Prahlad
 • Ramesh Sippy
 • Sharmistha Mukherjee

For the year 2013, the award was announced on 12 April 2014 to be presented to Gulzar, a veteran poet, lyric writer and film director. He has won five National Film Awards, 20 Filmfare Awards, one Academy Award, one Grammy Award and is also Padma Bhushan recipient of 2004. [7]

Name of AwardImageAwardee(s)Awarded AsAwards
Dadasaheb Phalke Award Gulzar 2008 - still 38227.jpg Gulzar Poet, Lyricist and Film directorSwarna Kamal, ₹1 million (US$12,000) and a Shawl

Feature films

A Bengali film, Jaatishwar won the maximum number of awards (4) followed by Telugu film Na Bangaaru Talli, Tamil film Thanga Meenkal and Marathi film Yellow (3 awards each)

Jury

For the Feature Film section, six committees were formed based on the different geographic regions in India. The two-tier evaluation process included a central committee and five regional committees. The central committee, headed by Saeed Akhtar Mirza, included the heads of each regional committee and five other jury members. At regional level, each committee consisted of one chief and four members. The chief and one non-chief member of each regional committee were selected from outside that geographic region. The table below names the jury members for the central and regional committees: [8]

Central Jury

 • Saeed Akhtar Mirza (Chairperson)
 • M. S. Sathyu  • Manju Borah
 •Chitraarth Puran Singh • Nirad Mohapatra
 • Thangar Bachan  • Arunoday Sharma
 • Khalid Mohamed  • Utpalendu Chakrabarty
 • Pandit Bhajan Sopori  • C. V. Reddy

Northern Region: (Bhojpuri, Dogri , English, Hindi, Punjabi, Rajasthani, Urdu)

 • Manju Borah (Chair)
 • Virendra Saini  •G. S. Bhaskar
 • Bhanu Bharti  •Sona Jain

Eastern Region: (Assamese, Bengali, Oriya and North-Eastern dialects)

 • M. S. Sathyu (Chair)
 •Meena Debbarma •Ranjit Das
 • Sreelekha Mukherji  • Beena Paul

Western Region: (Gujarati, Konkani, Marathi)

 •Chitraarth Puran Singh (Chair)
 • Rajat Dholakia  •Meenakshi Shedde
 •Rajen Borah • Tejaswini Pandit

Southern Region I: (Malayalam, Tamil)

 • Nirad Mohapatra (Chair)
 •Unni Vijayan •Kesari Harvoo
 • Priya Krishnaswamy  •Arun Bose

Southern Region II: (Kannada, Telugu)

 • Thangar Bachan (Chair)
 •M. Manu Chakravarthy • B. S. Lingadevaru
 •Joseph Pulinthanath • Chandra Siddhartha

All India Awards

Golden Lotus Award

All the winners are awarded with a Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus Award), a certificate and a cash prize. [5]

Name of AwardName of Film(s)LanguageAwardee(s)Cash Prize
Best Feature Film Ship of Theseus English,
Hindi 		Producer: Recyclewala Films Pvt Ltd
Director: Anand Gandhi 		₹2.50 lakh (US$2,900)
Best Debut Film of a Director Fandry Marathi Producer: Navalkha Arts and Holy Basil Combine
Director: Nagraj Manjule 		₹1.25 lakh (US$1,500)
Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment Bhaag Milkha Bhaag HindiProducer: Viacom 18 Motion Pictures and ROMP Pictures
Director: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra 		₹2.00 lakh (US$2,300)
Best Children's Film Kaphal HindiProducer: Children's Film Society of India
Director: Batul Mukhtiar		₹1.50 lakh (US$1,800)
Best Direction Shahid Hindi Hansal Mehta ₹2.50 lakh (US$2,900)

Silver Lotus Award

All the winners were awarded with a Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus Award), a certificate and a cash prize. [5]

Name of AwardName of Film(s)Language(s)Awardee(s)Cash Prize
Best Feature Film on National Integration Thalaimuraigal Tamil Producer: Company Productions
Director:Balu Mahendra 		₹150,000 (US$1,800)
Best Film on Other Social Issues Tuhya Dharma Koncha MarathiProducer: Indian Magic Eye Motion Pictures Pvt Ltd.
Director : Satish Manwar 		₹150,000 (US$1,800)
Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation Perariyathavar Malayalam Producer: Ambalakkara Global Films
Director: Dr. Biju 		₹150,000 (US$1,800)
Best Actor Shahid Hindi Rajkumar Rao ₹50,000 (US$580)
Perariyathavar Malayalam Suraj Venjaramoodu
Best Actress Liar's Dice Hindi Geetanjali Thapa ₹50,000 (US$580)
Best Supporting Actor Jolly LLB Hindi Saurabh Shukla ₹50,000 (US$580)
Best Supporting Actress Astu Marathi Amruta Subhash ₹50,000 (US$580)
Ship Of Theseus English-Hindi Aida El-Kashef
Best Child Artist Fandry Marathi Somnath Awghade ₹50,000 (US$580)
Thanga Meenkal TamilBaby Sadhana
Best Male Playback Singer Jaatishwar
("E Tumi Kemon Tumi")		 Bengali Rupankar Bagchi ₹50,000 (US$580)
Best Female Playback Singer Tuhya Dharma Koncha
("Khurkhura")		Marathi Bela Shende ₹50,000 (US$580)
Best Cinematography Liar's Dice Hindi Rajeev Ravi ₹50,000 (US$580)
Best Screenplay
 • Screenplay Writer (Original)		 December-1 Kannada P. Sheshadri ₹50,000 (US$580)
Best Screenplay
 •Screenplay Writer (Adapted)		PrakrutiKannadaPanchakshari₹50,000 (US$580)
Best Screenplay
 • Dialogues 		Astu Marathi Sumitra Bhave ₹50,000 (US$580)
Best Audiography
 • Location Sound Recordist 		Madras Cafe HindiNihar Ranjan Samal₹50,000 (US$580)
Best Audiography
 • Sound Designer 		Madras Cafe HindiBishwadeep Chatterjee₹50,000 (US$580)
Best Audiography
 • Re-recordist of the Final Mixed Track 		Swapaanam MalayalamD. Yuvaraj₹50,000 (US$580)
Best Editing Vallinam Tamil V. J. Sabu Joseph ₹50,000 (US$580)
Best Art Direction Miss Lovely Hindi • Ashim Ahluwalia
 •Tabasheer Zutshi
 •Parichit Paralkar		₹50,000 (US$580)
Best Costume Design Jaatishwar BengaliSabarni Das₹50,000 (US$580)
Best Make-up Artist Jaatishwar
("for the make-up of the actor Prosenjit.")		BengaliVikram Gaikwad₹50,000 (US$580)
Best Music Direction
 • Songs 		Jaatishwar Bengali Kabir Suman ₹50,000 (US$580)
Best Music Direction
 • Background Score 		Na Bangaaru Talli Telugu Shantanu Moitra ₹50,000 (US$580)
Best Lyrics Thanga Meenkal
("Ananda Yaazhai")		Tamil Na. Muthukumar ₹50,000 (US$580)
Best Special Effects Jal HindiIntermezzo Studio Alien Sense Films Pvt Ltd₹50,000 (US$580)
Best Choreography Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
("Masto Ka Jhoond")		Hindi Ganesh Acharya ₹50,000 (US$580)
Special Jury Award Yellow MarathiProducer: Viva In En
Director: Mahesh Limaye 		₹200,000 (US$2,300)
Miss Lovely HindiProducer: Future East Film Pvt Ltd
Director : Ashim Ahluwalia
Special Mention Yellow MarathiGauri Gadgil (Child actor)Certificate only
Yellow MarathiSanjana Rai (Child actor)
Na Bangaaru Talli Telugu Anjali Patil (Actress)

Regional Award

National Film Awards are also given to the best films in the regional languages of India. Awards for the regional languages are categorised as per their mention in the Eighth schedule of the Constitution of India. Awardees included producers and directors of the film. No films in languages other than those specified in the Schedule VIII of the Constitution were eligible. [5]

Name of AwardName of FilmAwardee(s)Cash Prize
Producer(s)Director
Best Feature Film in Assamese Ajeyo Shiven Arts Jahnu Barua ₹100,000 (US$1,200) each
Best Feature Film in Bengali Bakita Byaktigato Tripod Entertainment Pvt LtdPradipta Bhattacharyya₹100,000 (US$1,200) each
Best Feature Film in Hindi Jolly LLB Fox Star Studios Subhash Kapoor ₹100,000 (US$1,200) each
Best Feature Film in Kannada December-1 Basant Productions P. Sheshadri ₹100,000 (US$1,200) each
Best Feature Film in Konkani Baga Beach Sharvani Productions Laxmikant Shetgaonkar ₹100,000 (US$1,200) each
Best Feature Film in Malayalam North 24 Kaatham Surya Cine Arts Anil Radhakrishnan Menon ₹100,000 (US$1,200) each
Best Feature Film in Marathi Aajcha Divas Majha White Swan Productions Chandrakant Kulkarni ₹100,000 (US$1,200) each
Best Feature Film in Tamil Thanga Meenkal JSK Film Corporation Ram ₹100,000 (US$1,200) each
Best Feature Film in Telugu Na Bangaaru Talli Sun Touch Productions Rajesh Touchriver ₹100,000 (US$1,200) each

Best Feature Film in Each of the Language Other Than Those Specified In the Schedule VIII of the Constitution

Name of AwardName of FilmAwardee(s)Cash Prize
ProducerDirector
Best Feature Film in English The Coffin MakerShree Narayan StudioVeena Bakshi₹100,000 (US$1,200) each
Best Feature Film in Khasi Ri Kurbah Films Pradip Kurbah ₹100,000 (US$1,200) each
Best Feature Film in Sherdukpen Crossing Bridges TNT Films ProductionSange Dorjee Thongdok₹100,000 (US$1,200) each

Non-Feature Films

Jury

A committee of seven, headed by chair, Ashoke Viswanathan was appointed to evaluate the Non-Feature Films entries. The jury members were:

 • Ashoke Viswanathan (Chairperson)
 • Bishnu Dev Halder • S. Manjunathan
 •Umesh Aggarwal •Reena Mohan
 •Sandeep Marwah •Ramesh Asher

Golden Lotus Award

All the winners were awarded with Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus Award), a certificate and cash prize. [5]

Name of AwardName of Film(s)Language(s)Awardee(s)Cash Prize
Best Non-Feature Film RangbhoomiHindiProducer: Films Division
Director: Kamal Swaroop		₹150,000 (US$1,800)
Best Non-Feature Film Direction Chidiya Udh –Pranjal Dua₹150,000 (US$1,800)

Silver Lotus Award

All the winners were awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus Award) and cash prize. [5]

Name of AwardName of Film(s)Language(s)Awardee(s)Cash Prize
Best First Non-Feature Film KanyakaMalayalamProducer: Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute
Director: Christo Tomy		₹75,000 (US$880) each
Best Biographical Film / Best Historical Reconstruction Film The Last AdieuEnglishProducer: Films Division
Director: Shabnam Sukhdev		₹50,000 (US$580) each
Best Educational Film The Quantum IndiansEnglishProducer: Public Service Broadcasting Trust
Director: Raja Choudhury 		₹50,000 (US$580) each
Best Environment Film Including Agriculture Foresting Life Hindi-AssameseProducer: A Media For Social Impact
Director: Aarti Shrivastava		₹50,000 (US$580) each
Best Arts / Cultural Film The Lost Behrupiya HindiProducer: Holybull Entertainment LLP
Director: Sriram Dalton 		₹50,000 (US$580) each
O Friend, This Waiting ! English-TeluguProducer: Justin McCarthy
Director: Sandhya Kumar and Justin McCarthy
Best Promotional Film Chasing The RainbowEnglishProducer: Edumedia India
Director: Charu Shree Roy		₹50,000 (US$580) each
KushHindiProducer: Red Carpet Moving Pictures Pvt. Ltd.
Director: Shubhashish Bhutiani
Best Science and Technology Film The Pad PiperEnglishProducer: Akanksha Sood Singh
Director: Akanksha Sood Singh		₹50,000 (US$580)
Best Film on Social Issues Gulabi Gang Hindi-Bundelkhandi Producer: Raintree Films, Piraya Film As and Final Cut for Real Aps
Director: Nishtha Jain		₹50,000 (US$580) each
Best Investigative Film Katiyabaaz Hindi-Urdu-EnglishProducer: Globalistan Films Pvt. Ltd.
Director: Deepti Kakkar and Fahad Mustafa		₹50,000 (US$580) each
Best Short Fiction Film Mandrake ! Mandrake !HindiProducer: FTII
Director: Ruchir Arun		₹50,000 (US$580) each
Best Film on Family Welfare Heyro PartyBengaliProducer: Baishakhi Banerjee and Deepak Gawade
Director: Deepak Gawade		₹50,000 (US$580) each
Best Cinematography Mandrake ! Mandrake !Hindi Cameraman: Kavin Jagtiani
Lab: Reliance MediaWorks 		₹50,000 (US$580)
Best Audiography Chidiya Udh –Gautam Nair₹50,000 (US$580)
Best Editing Gulabi Gang Hindi-Bundelkhandi Arjun Gourisaria₹50,000 (US$580)
Best Music Direction Yugadrashta Assamese Anurag Saikia ₹50,000 (US$580)
Best Narration / Voice Over Kankee O SaapoOriyaLipika Singh Darai₹50,000 (US$580)
Special Jury Award Ananthamurthy – Not A Biography...But A HypothesisEnglish Girish Kasaravalli (Director)₹100,000 (US$1,200)
TamaashKashmiri Satyanshu Singh and Devanshu Singh (Director)
Special Mention AccsexEnglish-HindiShweta Ghosh (Director)Certificate only
Candles In The WindPunjabi-Hindi (Director)Kavita Bahl and Nandan Saxena
DharmamTamilMadonne M. Ashwin (Director)
At the Cross Roads : Nondon Bagchi Life and LivingEnglish-BengaliRajdeep Paul and Sarmistha Maiti (Director)

Best Writing on Cinema

Jury

A committee of three, headed by Sharad Dutt was appointed to evaluate the nominations for the best writing on Indian cinema. The jury members were as follows:

 • Sharad Dutt (Chairperson)
 • Ganesh Anantharamna • Balaji Vittal

The Best Writing on Cinema awards are intended to encourage the study and appreciation of cinema as an art form and the dissemination of information and critical appreciation of the medium through books, articles, reviews etc.

Golden Lotus Award

All the winners were awarded with Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus Award), cash prize and a certificate. [5]

Name of AwardName of BookLanguageAuthor(s)Publisher(s)Cash Prize
Best Book on Cinema Cinema Ga CinemaTelugu Nandagopal Praga India, Hyderabad₹75,000 (US$880)
Name of AwardLanguage(s)AwardeeCash Prize
Best Film Critic EnglishAlaka Sahani₹75,000 (US$880)

Awards not presented

Feature films
Non-feature films

References

  1. ↑ Press Trust of India (3 May 2012). "Nat Film Awards ceremony to be held on May 3 every year: Soni". Business Standard . New Delhi. Archived from the original on 3 September 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2012.
  2. ↑ "61st National Film Awards For 2013" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. 16 April 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  3. ↑ "Entries invited for 61st National Film Awards for the year 2013". New Delhi: Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  4. ↑ "Call for entries; 61st National Film Awards for 2013". Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived from the original on 9 February 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "61st National Film Awards: Regulations" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  6. ↑ "17th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. p. 38. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  7. ↑ "Veteran Film Lyricist and Director Gulzar to be conferred Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2013" (Press release). Press Information Bureau, Government of India. 12 April 2014. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  8. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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