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National Film Award For Best Promotional Film
The National Film Award for Best Promotional Film was one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It was one of several awards presented for non-feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus). The award was instituted in 1967, at 15th National Film Awards and awarded annually for short films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages. At the 70th National Film Awards, the award is discontinued and clubbed with National Film Award for Best Investigative Film, National Film Award for Best Scientific Film, National Film Award for Best Educational/Motivational/Instructional Film, National Film Award for Best Exploration/Adventure Film, National Film Award for Best Anthropological/Ethnographic Film, National Film Award for Best Agriculture Film, National Film Award for Best Film on Social Issues The National Film Award for ...
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Directorate Of Film Festivals
The Directorate of Film Festivals in India was an organisation that initiated and presented the International Film Festival of India, the National Film Awards and the Indian Panorama. Although the Directorate helped appoint members of the jury panels each year, it had no input on which films are selected for consideration and which films ultimately win awards at the various functions it initiates. The Directorate set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India), Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt of India,Directorate of Film Festivals
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to organise national and international film festivals in India. It was set up by the Government of India in 1973, and works as part of ...
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18th National Film Awards
The 18th National Film Awards were held in Chennai, India in November 1971 by the Indian Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India), Ministry of Information and Broadcasting for Cinema of India, Indian films released in 1970. The awards were presented by then President of India, V. V. Giri. Juries The award winners were chosen by four juries, one each for the Bombay, Calcutta and Madras regions and a central jury for all India. For the 18th National Film Awards the central jury was headed by Justice G. D. Khosla. * Jury Members: Central ** G. D. Khosla (Chairman, Chair)Shiela VatsTeji BachchanV. K. Narayana MenonAshis BurmanAli Sardar JafriAmmu SwaminathanDin DayalNasir HussainU. Visweswar RaoSubodh Mitra * Regional Jury: Bombay ** Vijay Tendulkar (Chair)Firoze RangoonwallaBikram SinghKattingeri Krishna Hebbar, K. K. HebbarIrene HerediaIsmat ChughtaiL. G. JogGopinath TalwalkarDevendra GoelShatrujit PaulBhappi Sonie * Regional Jury: Calcutta ** Amala Shankar (Chair)Amin ...
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28th National Film Awards
The 28th National Film Awards, presented by Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India to felicitate the best of Indian Cinema released in the year 1980. Ceremony took place in April 1981. Juries Two different committees were formed for feature films and short films, headed by V. Shantaram and B. D. Garga respectively. * Jury Members: Feature Films ** V. Shantaram (Chairperson) Basanta ChoudhuryB. V. DharapSunil Gangopadhyay R. N. K. Prasad Ravindranathan NairArthur J. Pais Purnendu Sekhar PattreaJayoo PatwardhanT. S. Ranga Kantilal RathodMriganka Sekhar Ray Shobhna SamarthN. Seshadri K. B. Tilak G. Venkateshwara Rao * Jury Members: Short Films ** B. D. Garga (Chairperson) Utpal K. BanerjeeP. D. P. Rao Awards Awards were divided into feature films and non-feature films. Lifetime Achievement Award Feature films Feature films were awarded at All India as well as regional level. For 28th National Fi ...
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27th National Film Awards
The 27th National Film Awards, presented by Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India to felicitate the best of Indian Cinema The cinema of India, consisting of motion pictures made by the Indian film industry, has had a large effect on world cinema since the second half of the 20th century. Indian cinema is made up of various film industries, each focused on p ... released in 1979. Ceremony took place in April 1980. Awards Awards were divided into feature films and non-feature films. Lifetime Achievement Award 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. References External links National Film Awards ArchivesOfficial Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India {{National Film Awards National Film Awards (India) ceremonies 1980 Indian film awards ...
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26th National Film Awards
The 26th National Film Awards, presented by Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India to felicitate the best of Indian Cinema released in the year 1978. Ceremony took place in April 1979. Juries Two different committees were formed for feature films and short films, headed by Chetan Anand and Kironmoy Raha respectively. * Jury Members: Feature Films ** Chetan Anand (Chairperson) Sanjukta PanigrahiArvind Kumar Manohar Shyam JoshiHameeduddin Mehmood ** Vinay Chandra Maudglaya Bhisham Sahni Jamuna Vimla Patil Satish Alekar S. L. BhyrappaNaa Parthasarthy ** Nirad N. MohapatraG. L. BhardwajBasu BhattacharyaK. K. Nair * Jury Members: Short Films ** Kironmoy Raha (Chairperson) Aruna VasudevM. T. Vasudevan Nair Awards Awards were divided into feature films and non-feature films. Lifetime Achievement Award Feature films Feature films were awarded at All India as well as regional level. For 26th National ...
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25th National Film Awards
The 25th National Film Awards, presented by Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India), Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India to felicitate the best of Cinema of India, Indian Cinema released in the year 1977. Ceremony took place on 27 April 1978. Juries Two different committees were formed for feature films and short films, headed by Ebrahim Alkazi and Ashok Mitra respectively. * Jury Members: Feature Films ** Ebrahim Alkazi (Chairman, Chairperson)Thakazhi Sivasankara PillaiAdya RangacharyaKa. Naa. SubramanyamSundari K. Shridharani ** Firoze RangoonwallaRita Ray (Kobita Sarkar)N. S. RamachandranK. M. AlmadiKartar Singh Duggal, K. S. DuggalRaghuveer Chaudhari ** Allauddin KhanSwapan MullickA. ViswamR. D. MathurM. K. Raina * Jury Members: Short Films ** Ashok Mitra (Chairman, Chairperson)M. N. KapurKapila VatsyayanR. N. Pande Awards Awards were divided into feature films and non-feature films. Lif ...
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24th National Film Awards
The 24th National Film Awards, presented by Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India), Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India to felicitate the best of Cinema of India, Indian Cinema released in 1976. Awards Awards were divided into feature films and non-feature films. Lifetime Achievement Award Feature films Feature films were awarded at All India as well as regional level. For 24th National Film Awards, a Hindi film, ''Mrugaya'' won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film, President's Gold Medal for the All India Best Feature Film. Following were the awards given in each category: All India Award Following were the awards given: Regional Award The awards were given to the best films made in the Languages of India, regional languages of India. All the awardees are awarded with 'Silver Lotus Award (Rajat Kamal)', a certificate and cash prize. Non-Feature films ;Not Availa ...
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23rd National Film Awards
The 23rd National Film Awards, presented by Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India to felicitate the best of Indian Cinema released in the year 1975. At 23rd National Film Awards, two new awards were introduced for the short films category for Best News Review and Best Newsreel Cameraman. These newly introduced awards includes Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus) and a Certificate. Over the years, these two awards are discontinued. Awards Awards were divided into feature films and non-feature films. Awards were also renamed with 23rd National Film Awards. President's Gold Medal for the All India Best Feature Film renamed to National Film Award for Best Feature Film, whereas President's Gold Medal for the Best Documentary Film is to National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film. For children's films, Prime Minister's Gold Medal is renamed as National Film Award for Best Children's Film. At the regional level, Presi ...
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Vijaya Mulay
Vijaya Mulay (16 May 1921 – 19 May 2019) was a documentary filmmaker, historian, film historian, writer, educationist and researcher. She was lovingly called Akka in film circles. Her close friendships with Satyajit Ray, Louis Malle, Mrinal Sen and other film personalities gave her a unique perspective into Indian cinema and influenced her work. Her body of work has shaped how India is viewed by Indian and non-Indian filmmakers. She is the mother of National Award winning actor Suhasini Mulay and Atul Gurtu the high energy physics, high energy physicist is her son-in-law. Vijaya Mulay is remembered for her animation film ''Ek Anek Aur Ekta'' which won the National Film Awards, National Film Award for National Film Award for Best Educational/Motivational/Instructional Film, Best Educational Film. Life and career Vijaya Mulay was born in Bombay, India. Bombay, Patna, Bihar In 1940, Vijaya accompanied her husband when he was transferred to Patna, Bihar. Compared to the cosmop ...
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Ek Anek Aur Ekta
''Ek Anek Aur Ekta'' or "One, Many, and Unity" (also known as ''Ek Chidiya, Anek Chidiyan'' after the title song) is a traditionally animated short educational film released by the Films Division of India (Government of India). It was released in 1974. It was aired on the public broadcaster channel Doordarshan and became very popular among children. Summary The film was intended to teach the value of unity and teamwork to children (Unity in Diversity). It also contains the message of how India is stronger if its citizens stand united, regardless of cultural differences. It begins with a group of children playing in a garden with one of them asking his elder sister, "Didi, yeh anek kya hota hai?", or in English, "Sis, what do you mean by Many?". The rest of the film is the sister's reply, using a metaphorical A metaphor is a figure of speech that, for rhetorical effect, directly refers to one thing by mentioning another. It may provide, or obscure, clarity or identify hid ...
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Air India
Air India is the flag carrier of India with its main hub at Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi, and secondary hubs at Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport in Mumbai, alongside several focus cities across India. Headquartered in Gurugram, Haryana, India, the airline is owned by Air India Limited, which is owned by the Tata Group (74.9%) and Singapore Airlines (25.1%). As of November 2024, the airline serves 102 domestic and international destinations operating a variety of Airbus and Boeing aircraft and is the second-largest airline in India in terms of passengers carried after IndiGo. Air India became the 27th member of Star Alliance on 11 July 2014. Founded in 1932 as Tata Airlines by J. R. D. Tata, Tata himself flew its first single-engine de Havilland Puss Moth, carrying air mail from Jinnah International Airport, Karachi to Bombay's Juhu aerodrome and later continuing to Chennai International Airport, ...
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22nd National Film Awards
The 22nd National Film Awards, presented by Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India to celebrate the best of Indian Cinema released in 1974. On the occasion of 25th Anniversary of India's Independence, two special awards were given for Best Feature Film and Best Short Film. Starting with 22nd National Film Awards, President's Gold and Silver Medal awards were renamed to Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus) and Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus) respectively. Juries Two different committees were formed for feature films and short films, headed by Bhagwan Sahay and Prasanta Sanyal respectively. * Jury Members: Feature Films ** Bhagwan Sahay (Chairperson)Adoor Gopalakrishnan Amala ShankarAnanta PatnaikArjun JairamdasBalwant Gargi ** Elangbam Nilakanta Singh Emani Sankara SastryH. Venkat Subbiah Karuna BanerjeeKeshav RaoKiranmoy Raha ** M. BilgramiO. V. VijayanArun Ramavtar PoddarRajendra AvasthyRanu BaruaReoti Sharan Sharna ** ...
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