The 19th

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, presented by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India to felicitate the best of

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released in the year 1971.

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 The National Award for Best Feature Film is one of the categories in the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in India. It is one of se ...

, whereas President's Gold Medal for the Best Documentary Film is analogous to today's

National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film The National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organization set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of several awar ...

. For children's films, Prime Minister's Gold Medal is now given as

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. 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

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:

Regional Award

The awards were given to the best films made in the regional languages of India. For feature films in

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, Oriya and

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, President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film was not given.

Non-Feature films

Following were the awards given:

Short films

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

{{National Film Awards National Film Awards (India) ceremonies 1971 film awards 1971 in Indian cinema