68th National Film Awards

68th National Film Awards
Awarded for	Best of Indian cinema in 2020
Awarded by	Directorate of Film Festivals
Presented by	Directorate of Film Festivals
Announced on	22 July 2022
Presented on	30 September 2022
Official website	dff.nic.in
Highlights
Best Feature Film	Soorarai Pottru
Best Non-Feature Film	Testimony of Ana
Best Book	The Longest Kiss
Dadasaheb Phalke Award	Asha Parekh
Most awards	Soorarai Pottru (5)
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The 68th National Film Awards ceremony was an event during which the Directorate of Film Festivals presented its annual National Film Awards to honour the best films of 2020 in Indian cinema. The awards ceremony was originally slated to be held on 3 May 2021 but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The winners were declared on 22 July 2022, and the awards were presented on 30 September 2022. ^[1]

Selection process

The Directorate of Film Festivals invited online entries and the acceptable last date for entries was until 12 March 2021. Feature and Non-Feature Films certified by Central Board of Film Certification between 1 January 2020, and 31 December 2020, 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 2020, and 31 December 2020, were eligible for the best writing on cinema section. Entries of dubbed, revised or copied versions of a film or translation, abridgements, edited or annotated works and reprints were ineligible for the awards. ^[2]

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. ^[2]

Best Film Friendly State

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 a State Government Policy.

Jury ^[3]

• Vipul Shah (Chairperson)
•Dharam Gulati	•Sreelekha Mukherjee
•GS Bhaskar	•S Thangadurai
•Sanjeev Rattan	• A Karthikraaja
•VN Aditya	• Viji Thampi
•Thangadurai	•Nishigandha

Award	Name of State	Citation
Best Film Friendly State	State of Madhya Pradesh	[4]

Dadasaheb Phalke Award

The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is India's highest award in the field of cinema. It is presented annually at the National Film Awards ceremony by the Directorate of Film Festivals, an organisation set up by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. The recipient is honoured for their "outstanding contribution to the growth and development of Indian cinema". ^[5] The 2020 recipient is Asha Parekh. ^[6]

Following were the jury members:

• Asha Bhosle
• Hema Malini
• Poonam Dhillon
• Udit Narayan
• T. S. Nagabharana

Award	Image	Awardee(s)	Awarded As	Cash Prize
Dadasaheb Phalke Award		Asha Parekh	Actress	₹1,000,000 (US$13,000)

Feature films

Jury

Jury Panel	Central	North	South-1	South-2	East	West
Chairperson
Members						Abhishek Shah

Golden Lotus Awards

Official Name: Swarna Kamal

All the awardees are awarded with 'Golden Lotus Award (Swarna Kamal)', a certificate and cash prize.

Award	Film	Language	Awardee(s)	Cash Prize
Best Feature Film	Soorarai Pottru	Tamil	Producer: 2D Entertainment Pvt.Ltd Suriya Jyothika Guneet Monga Director: Sudha Kongara	₹250,000 each
Best Direction	Ayyappanum Koshiyum	Malayalam	Sachidanandan KR	₹250,000
Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment	Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior	Hindi	Producer: Ajay Devgn FFilms Ajay Devgn Bhushan Kumar Krishan Kumar Director: Om Raut	₹200,000 each
Best Children's Film	Sumi	Marathi	Producer : Harshall Kamat Entertainment Director: Amol Vasant Gole Writer: Sanjeev K Jha	₹150,000 each
Best Debut Film of a Director	Mandela	Tamil	Madonne Ashwin Producer: YNOT Studios	₹125,000

Silver Lotus Award

Official Name: Rajat Kamal

All the awardees are awarded with 'Silver Lotus Award (Rajat Kamal)', a certificate and cash prize.

Award	Film	Language	Awardee(s)	Cash Prize
Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation	Taledanda	Kannada	Producer: Krupanidhi Kreations Hema Malini Krupakar Arun Kumar R Director: Praveen Krupakar	₹150,000 each
Best Film on Social Issues	Funral	Marathi	Producer: Before After Entertainment Director: Vivek Dubey	₹150,000 each
Best Actor	Soorarai Pottru	Tamil	Suriya	₹50,000 each
	Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior	Hindi	Ajay Devgn
Best Actress	Soorarai Pottru	Tamil	Aparna Balamurali	₹50,000
Best Supporting Actor	Ayyappanum Koshiyum	Malayalam	Biju Menon	₹50,000
Best Supporting Actress	Sivaranjiniyum Innum Sila Pengalum	Tamil	Lakshmi Priyaa Chandramouli	₹50,000
Best Child Artist	Tak-Tak	Marathi	Anish Mangesh Gosavi	₹50,000 each
	Sumi		Akanksha Pingle
			Divyesh Indulkar
Best Male Playback Singer	Me Vasantrao	Marathi	Rahul Deshpande	₹50,000
Best Female Playback Singer	Ayyappanum Koshiyum	Malayalam	Nanjiyamma	₹50,000
Best Cinematography	Avijatrik	Bengali	Supratim Bhol	₹50,000
Best Screenplay  • Screenplay Writer (Original)	Soorarai Pottru	Tamil	• Sudha Kongara  •Shalini Usha Nair	₹50,000
Best Screenplay  • Dialogues	Mandela	Tamil	Madonne Ashwin	₹50,000
Best Audiography  • Location Sound Recordist	Dollu	Kannada	Jobin Jayan	₹50,000
Best Audiography  • Sound Designer	Me Vasantrao	Marathi	Anmol Bhave	₹50,000
Best Audiography  • Re-recordist of the Final Mixed Track	Malik	Malayalam	Vishnu Govind	₹50,000
Best Music Direction  • Songs	Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo	Telugu	S. Thaman	₹50,000
Best Music Direction  • Background Score	Soorarai Pottru	Tamil	G. V. Prakash Kumar	₹50,000
Best Lyrics	Saina	Hindi	Manoj Muntashir	₹50,000
Best Editing	Sivaranjiniyum Innum Sila Pengalum	Tamil	A. Sreekar Prasad	₹50,000
Best Production Design	Kappela	Malayalam	Anees Nadodi	₹50,000
Best Make-up Artist	Natyam	Telugu	TV Rambabu	₹50,000
Best Choreography	Natyam	Telugu	Sandhya Raju	₹50,000
Best Costume Design	Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior	Hindi	Nachiket Barve Mahesh Sherla	₹50,000
Best Stunt Choreographer	Ayyappanum Koshiyum	Malayalam	•Rajasekhar  • Mafia Sasi  •Supreme Sundat	₹50,000
Special Mention	Semkhor	Dimasa	Aimee Baruah	Certificate Only
	Vaanku	Malayalam	Kavya Prakash
	June	Marathi	Siddharth Menon
	Godakaath	Marathi	Kishore Kadam
	Avwanchhit
	Toolsidas Junior	Hindi	Varun Buddhadev

Regional awards

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.

Award	Film	Awardee(s)		Cash Prize
		Producer	Director
Best Feature Film in Assamese	Bridge	Sabita Devi	Kripal Kalita	₹1,00,000 each
Best Feature Film in Bengali	Avijatrik	GMB Films Pvt.ltd	Subhrajit Mitra	₹1,00,000 each
Best Feature Film in Hindi	Toolsidas Junior	Ashutosh Gowariker Productions Pvt.Ltd	Mridul Toolsidass	₹1,00,000 each
Best Feature Film in Kannada	Dollu	Wadeeyar Movies	Sagar Puranik	₹1,00,000 each
Best Feature Film in Malayalam	Thinkalazhcha Nishchayam	Pushkar Films	Senna Hegde	₹1,00,000 each
Best Feature Film in Marathi	Goshta Eka Paithanichi	Planet Marathi	Shantanu Ganesh Rode	₹1,00,000 each
Best Feature Film in Tamil	Sivaranjiniyum Innum Sila Pengalum	Hamsa Pictures	Vasanth S Sai	₹1,00,000 each
Best Feature Film in Telugu	Colour Photo	Amrutha Productions	Angirekula Sandeep Raj	₹1,00,000 each

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

Award	Film	Awardee(s)		Cash Prize
		Producer	Director
Best Feature Film in Haryanvi	Dada Lakhmi [7]	Anhad Studio Pvt.Ltd	Yashpal Sharma	₹1,00,000 each
Best Feature Film in Tulu	Jeetige [8]	A R Productions	Santhosh Mada	₹1,00,000 each
Best Feature Film in Dimasa	Semkhor [9]	Aimee Baruah Production Society	Aimee Baruah	₹1,00,000 each

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.

Golden Lotus Award

Official Name: Swarna Kamal

All the awardees are awarded with 'Golden Lotus Award (Swarna Kamal)', a certificate and cash prize.

Award	Film	Language	Awardee(s)	Cash Prize
Best Non-Feature Film	Testimony of Ana	Dangi	Producer & Director: Sachin Dheeraj Mudigonda	₹1,50,000 each
Best Director of Non-Feature Film	Oh That’s Bhanu	English, Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi	R V Ramani	₹1,50,000

Silver Lotus Award

Official Name: Rajat Kamal

All the Awardees are awarded with 'Silver Lotus Award (Rajat Kamal)' and cash prize.

Award	Film	Language	Awardee(s)	Cash Prize
Best Debut Non-Feature Film of A Director	Pariah	Marathi, Hindi	Producer : MIT School of Film & Television-Pune Director: Vishesh Iyer	₹ 75,000/- each
Best Biographical Film	Pabung Syam	Manipuri	Producer: Films Division Director: Haobam Paban Kumar	₹ 50,000/- each
Best Arts / Cultural Film	Naadada Navaneeta Dr PT Venkateshkumar	Kannada	Producer: Dept. of Information and Public Relations, Govt. of Karnataka Director:Girish Kasaravalli	₹ 50,000/- each
Best Environment Film	Manah Aru Manuh (Manas and People)	Assamese	Producer: Directorate, Manas National Park and Aaranyak Director: Dip Bhuyan	₹ 50,000/- each
Best Promotional Film	Surmounting Challenges	English	Producer: Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. Director: Satish Pande	₹ 50,000/- each
Best Film on Other Social Issues	Three Sisters	Bengali	Producer:Ratnaboli Ray Director:Putul Rafey Mahmood	₹150,000 each
	Justice Delayed, But Delivered	Hindi	Producer:Mandeep Chauhan Director:Kamakhya Narayan Singh
Best Educational Film	Dreaming of Words	Malayalam, Tamil	Producer: Nandan Director: Nandan	₹ 50,000/- each
Best Ethnographic Film	Mandal ke Bol (Rhythm of Mandal)	Hindi	Producer: Madhya Pradesh Tribal Museum-Bhopal Director: Rajendra Janglay	₹ 50,000/- each
Best Exploration Film	Wheeling the Ball	English, Hindi	Producer: Film Division Director: Mukesh Sharma	₹ 50,000/- each
Best Investigative Film	The Saviour:Brig. Pritam Singh	Punjabi	Producer: Akal Productions Director: Dr. Paramjeet Singh Kattu	₹ 50,000/- each
Best Animation Film
Best Short Fiction Film	Kachichinithu (The Boy with a Gun)	Karbi	Producer & Director: Khanjan Kishore Nath	₹ 50,000/- each
Best Film on Family Values	Kumkumarchan (Worship of the Goddess)	Marathi	Producer: Studio Filmy Monks Director: Abhijeet Arvind Dalvi	₹ 50,000/- each
Best Cinematography	Shabdikkunna Kalappa (Talking Plow)	Malayalam	Nikhil S Praveen	₹ 50,000/- each
Best Audiography	Pearl of the Desert	Rajasthani	Re-recordist (final mixed track): Ajit Singh Rathore	₹ 50,000/-
Best On-Location Sound Recordist	Jadui Jangal (Magical Forest)	Hindi	Sandip Bhati & Pradeep Lekhwar	₹ 50,000/-
Best Editing	Borderlands	Bengali, Nepali, Manipuri, Hindi, Punjabi	Anadi Athaley	₹ 50,000/-
Best Music Direction	232 Kms: Marenge Toh Wahin Jaakar (1232 Kms – Will Die there only)	Hindi	Vishal Bhardwaj	₹ 50,000/-
Best Narration / Voice Over	Rhapsody of Rains- Monsoons of Kerala	English	Shobha Tharoor Sreenivasan	₹ 50,000/-
Special Jury Award	Admitted	Hindi, English	Ojaswee Sharma (Director)	₹ 1,00,000/-

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.

Jury

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

• Saibal Chatterjee (Chairman)
• Raghavendra Patil	• Rajeev Masand

Golden Lotus Award

Official Name: Swarna Kamal

All the awardees are awarded with the Golden Lotus Award (Swarna Kamal) accompanied with a cash prize.

Award	Book	Language	Awardee(s)	Cash Prize
Best Book on Cinema	The Longest Kiss: The Life and Times of Devika Rani	English	Kishwar Desai Publisher: Westland Publications	₹ 75,000/- each

Special Mention (Best Book on Cinema)

All the awardees are awarded with a certificate.

Award	Book	Language	Awardee(s)	Cash Prize
Special Mention (Best Book on Cinema)	M T Anunahvangalude Pusthakam	Malayalam	Anoop Ramakrishnan Publisher: Malayala Manorama	Certificate Only
	Kali Paine Kalira Cinema	Odia	Surya Deo Publisher: Pakshighar Prakashani

References

1. "68th National Film Awards". The Hindu . 22 July 2022. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 22 July 2022.
2. "Call for entries; 68th National Film Awards for 2020" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
3. "National Film Awards 2022: 'Soorarai Pottru' Wins Big, Suriya, Ajay Devgn Are Best Actors". news.abplive.com. 22 July 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
4. "68th National Film Awards winners list: Suriya's Soorarai Pottru wins big". The Indian Express. 22 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
5. "Dada Saheb Phalke Award Overview". Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived from the original on 18 July 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
6. The Hindu (27 September 2022). "Asha Parekh to get Dadasaheb Phalke Award" . Retrieved 20 October 2023.
7. Jangra, Manoj (22 July 2022). "यशपाल शर्मा की 'दादा लखमी' को मिला सर्वश्रेष्ठ हरियाणवी फीचर फिल्म का पुरस्कार | Hari Bhoomi". www.haribhoomi.com (in Hindi). Retrieved 23 July 2022.
8. "'Jeetige' wins National Film Award in Tulu category". The Hindu. 22 July 2022. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 23 July 2022.
9. Sharma, Mohit (22 November 2021). "IFFI 2021 opens with Semkhor, first movie in Dimasa language to make it to film festival". India Today. Retrieved 23 July 2022.

External links

• National Film Awards Archives
• Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India