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- ↑ "8th National Film Awards". International Film Festival of India. Archived from the original on October 12, 2013. Retrieved September 7, 2011.
- ↑ "9th National Film Awards". International Film Festival of India. Archived from the original on December 2, 2016. Retrieved September 8, 2011.
- ↑ "11th National Film Awards". International Film Festival of India. Archived from the original on May 2, 2017. Retrieved September 13, 2011.
- ↑ "13th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
- ↑ "17th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved September 26, 2011.
- ↑ "20th National Film Awards". International Film Festival of India. Archived from the original on November 5, 2013. Retrieved September 26, 2011.
- ↑ "37th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved January 29, 2012.
- ↑ "60th National Film Awards Announced" (PDF) (Press release). Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
- ↑ "64th National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
- ↑ "Manish Saini's Dhh wins National Award for Best Gujarati film" (Press release). 13 April 2018.
- ↑ "66th National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 August 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2019.