The 19th National Film Awards, presented by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India to felicitate the best of Indian Cinema released in the year 1971.National Film Awards, India (1972)
Juries Four different committees were formed based on the film making sectors in India, mainly based in Bombay, Calcutta and Madras along with the central committee for all India level. For 19th National Film Awards.
Jury Members: Central Jury Regional: Bombay Jury Regional: Calcutta Jury Regional: Madras
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.
Lifetime Achievement Award
Name of AwardImageAwardee(s)Awarded AsAwardsDadasaheb Phalke AwardPrithviraj KapoorActor11,000, a shawl and a plaque
Feature films
Feature films were awarded at All India as well as regional level. For 19th National Film Awards, a Bengali film Seemabadha won the President's Gold Medal for the All India Best Feature Film.
All India Award
Following were the awards given:
Name of AwardName of FilmLanguageAwardee(s)AwardsBest Feature FilmSeemabaddhaBengaliProducer and director:Satyajit RayGold Medal and 40,000Second Best Feature FilmAnubhavHindiProducer:15,000 and a medalDirector: Basu Bhattacharya5,000 and a plaqueBest Children's FilmWings of Fire EnglishProducer: 30,000 and a medalDirector:5,000 and a plaqueBest Feature Film on National IntegrationDo Boond Pani HindiProducer: K. A. Abbas30,000 and a medalDirector: K. A. Abbas10,000 and a plaqueBest Actor (Bharat Award)RikshakaranTamilM. G. RamachandranA figurineBest Actress (Urvashi Award)Reshma Aur SheraHindiWaheeda RahmanA figurineBest Child ArtistAjab Tujhe SarkarMarathiMaster SachinA plaqueBest DirectionVamsha VrikshaKannadaB. V. KaranthGirish Karnad 5,000 and a plaqueBest Music DirectionReshma Aur SheraHindiJaidev 5,000 and a plaqueBest Male Playback SingerNimantranBengaliHemanta MukherjeeA plaqueBest Female Playback SingerSavale SamaliTamilP. SusheelaA plaqueBest ScreenplayEkoniBengaliTapan Sinha5,000 and a plaqueBest Cinematography (Black and White)AnubhavBengaliNandu Battacharya5,000 and a plaqueBest Cinematography (Color)Reshma Aur SheraHindiRamachandra5,000 and a plaqueBest LyricsNanak Dhukhia Sab SansarPunjabiPrem Dhavan10,000 and a certificate
Regional Award
The awards were given to the best films made in the regional languages of India. For feature films in English, Gujarati, Kashmiri, Oriya and Punjabi language, President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film was not given.
Name of AwardName of FilmAwardee(s)AwardsBest Feature Film in AssameseAranyaProducer: 5,000Director: Silver MedalBest Feature Film in BengaliNimantranProducer: 5,000Director: Tarun MajumdarSilver MedalBest Feature Film in HindiPhir BhiProducer:5,000Director: Shivendra SinhaSilver MedalBest Feature Film in KannadaVamsha VrikshaProducer: G. V. Iyer5,000Director: B. V. Karanth and Girish KarnadSilver MedalBest Feature Film in MalayalamKarakana KadhalProducer:5,000Director:Silver MedalBest Feature Film in MarathiShantata! Court Chalu AaheProducer:5,000Director: Arvind DeshpandeSilver MedalBest Feature Film in TamilVeguli PenProducer: Abdul Kabar5,000Director: S. S. DevadassSilver MedalBest Feature Film in TeluguMattilo ManikyamProducer: Chalam5,000Director: B. V. PrasadSilver Medal
Non-Feature films
Following were the awards given:
Short films
Name of AwardName of FilmLanguageAwardee(s)AwardsBest Film on Social DocumentationA Village SmilesEnglishProducer:5,000 and a medalDirector:2,000 and a plaque
Awards not given
Following were the awards not given as no film was found to be suitable for the award
Best Story Writer Best Film on Family Welfare Best Experimental Film Best Animation Film 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