The 14th 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 1966. The awards were presented on 10 October 1967 at the Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi.
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.
All India Award Name of AwardName of FilmLanguageAwardee(s)AwardsBest Feature FilmTeesri KasamHindiProducer: ShailendraGold Medal, 20,000 and a plaqueDirector: Basu Bhattacharya10,000 and a plaqueBest Children's FilmJaise Ko TaiseHindiProducer: M. V. Kunte5,000 and a plaqueDirector:Silver MedalBest Film on Other Social IssuesIrrutinte AthmavuMalayalamProducer: P. Bhaskaran5,000 and a plaqueDirector:Silver MedalBest Film on National IntegrationSubhash ChandraHindiProducer: Ajit Kumar Banerjee5,000 and a plaqueDirector: Pijush BoseSilver MedalBest ScreenplayNayakBengaliSatyajit Ray10,000
Regional Award
The awards were given to the best films made in the regional languages of India.
Name of AwardName of FilmAwardee(s)Feature Films in AssamesePresident's Silver Medal for Best Feature FilmLoti GhotiProducer: Director:Feature Films in BengaliPresident's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film NayakProducer: R. D. Banshal & Sharankumari BansalDirector: Satyajit RayFeature Films in HindiPresident's Silver Medal for Best Feature FilmAnupamaProducer: L. B. LachmanDirector: Hrishikesh MukherjeeFeature Films in KannadaPresident's Silver Medal for Best Feature FilmSandhya RagaProducer: A. C. Narasimha MurthyDirector: A. C. Narasimha Murthy & S. K. BhagavanFeature Films in MalayalamPresident's Silver Medal for Best Feature FilmKunjali MarakkarProducer:Director:Feature Films in MarathiPresident's Silver Medal for Best Feature FilmPawana Kathcha DhondiProducer: Director:Feature Films in OriyaPresident's Silver Medal for Best Feature FilmMaitra ManishaProducer:Director:Feature Films in TamilPresident's Silver Medal for Best Feature FilmRamuProducer: A. V. MeiyappanDirector: A. C. TrilogchanderFeature Films in TeluguPresident's Silver Medal for Best Feature FilmRangula RatnamProducer: B. N. Reddy Director: B. N. Reddy
Non-feature films
Non-feature film awards were given for the documentaries, educational films and film strips made in the country. For the 13th National Film Awards, no award was given in the filmstrip category and only Certificate of Merit was awarded for Educational Films. Following were the awards given for the non-feature films category:
Documentaries
Name of awardName of filmLanguageAwardee(s)AwardsAll India Certificate of Merit for the Best Documentary FilmGlimpses of West BengalEnglishProducer:Certificate of Merit and 2,000Director:500
Educational films
Name of awardName of filmLanguageAwardee(s)AwardsAll India Certificate of Merit for the Best Educational FilmPaddy high yielding VarietiesEnglishProducer:Director:Certificate of Merit only
Awards not given Following were the awards not given as no film was found to be suitable for the award: President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in English 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