The National Film Award for Best Children's Film is one of the

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presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Golden Lotus (Swarna Kamal). The award was instituted in 1954, at

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and awarded annually for children's films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages;

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(27 Awards),

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(7 Awards),

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and

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(6 each),

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(5 Awards), Marathi (3 Awards),

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, Oriya and Assamese (1 each).

Winners

Award includes 'Golden Lotus Award' (Swarna Kamal) and cash prize. Following are the award winners over the years:

References

External links

Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India

National Film Awards Archives

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Indian children's films