The 49th National Film Awards, presented by

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, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India to felicitate the best of

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released in the year 2001. Awards were announced by the committee headed by

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, K. K. Kapil and

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for the feature films, non-feature films and books written on Indian cinema, respectively, on 26 July 2002; whereas award ceremony took place on 13 February 2003 and awards were given away by then

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Awards

Awards were divided into feature films, non-feature films and books written on Indian cinema.

Lifetime Achievement Award

Feature films

Feature films were awarded at All India as well as regional level. For 49th National Film Awards, a

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'' won the

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; whereas a

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'' won the maximum number of awards (8). Following were the awards given in each category:

Juries

A committee headed by

was appointed to evaluate the feature films awards. Following were the jury members: * Jury Members **

(Chairperson)

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Aruna Harprasad

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Hemen Das ** J. L. RalhanK. C. N. ChandrasekarIbohal SharmaK. Sampath

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Pradip BiswasPrakash Dubey

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Ramesh Desai

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Sanjeev Hazarika

All India Award

Following were the awards given:

= Golden Lotus Award

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

= Silver Lotus Award

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

Regional Awards

The award is given to best film in the regional languages in India. Best Feature Film in Each of the Language Other Than Those Specified in the Schedule VIII of the Constitution

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.

Juries

A committee headed by K. K. Kapil was appointed to evaluate the non-feature films awards. Following were the jury members: * Jury Members ** K. K. Kapil (Chairperson)Dinkar ChowdharyK. Sudhakar RaoNaresh Bedi

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Golden Lotus Award

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

Silver Lotus Award

Official name: Rajat Kamal All the awardees are awarded with 'Silver Lotus Award (Rajat Kamal)' and cash prize.

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.

Juries

A committee headed by

was appointed to evaluate the writing on Indian cinema. Following were the jury members: * Jury Members **

(Chairperson)Ratnottama SenguptaSavita Bhakhry

Golden Lotus Award

Official name: Swarna Kamal All the awardees are awarded with 'Golden Lotus Award (Swarna Kamal)' and cash prize.

Special Mention

All the award winners are awarded with Certificate of Merit.

Awards not given

Following were the awards not given as no film was found to be suitable for the award: * Best Children's Film * Best Film on Family Welfare * Best Film on Environment / Conservation / Preservation * Best Feature Film in Assamese * Best Feature Film in Manipuri * Best Feature Film in Marathi * Best Feature Film in Punjabi * Best Arts / Cultural Film * Best Scientific Film * Best Agricultural Film * Best Historical Reconstruction / Compilation Film * Best Exploration / Adventure Film

References

External links

National Film Awards Archives

Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India
{{National Film Awards National Film Awards (India) ceremonies 2002 Indian film awards 2003 Indian film awards