Editing National Film Award for Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation

{{Primary sources|date=August 2018}}

{{Use Indian English|date=April 2017}}
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{{Infobox film award
| name = National Film Award for Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation
| image = 
| image_size = 
| alt = 
| caption = 
| subheader = National award for contributions to [[Cinema of India|Indian Cinema]]
| awarded_for = The best feature film focusing environmental concerns 
| sponsor = [[Directorate of Film Festivals]]
| firstawarded = 1989 
| lastawarded = 2017
| reward = {{ubl|Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus)|{{INRConvert|50|k}}}}
| former name = 
| holder_label = Most recent winner
| holder = ''Paani''
| award1_type = Total awarded
| award1_winner = 21
| award2_type = First winner
| award2_winner = ''[[Bonani]]''
}}
The '''National Film Award for Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation''' 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 (India)|Ministry of Information and Broadcasting]] in India. It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus).

The National Film Awards were established in 1954 to "encourage production of the films of a high aesthetic and technical standard and educational and culture value" and also planned to included awards for regional films.<ref name="1staward">{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm1stNFAAward.aspx|title=1st National Film Awards|publisher=International Film Festival of India|access-date=10 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517062641/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm1stNFAAward.aspx|archive-date=17 May 2017|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="1stawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/1st_nff_1954.pdf|title=1st National Film Awards (PDF)|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=10 May 2017}}</ref> In 1989, at the [[37th National Film Awards]] the new category of award for Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation was introduced for the Rajat Kamal and awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages. {{As of|2016}} since its inception, the award has been present only nineteen times to unique films. It has been presented for films in eight languages with the highest being six in Malayalam, followed by five in Kannada, two each in Assamese and Odia, and one each in Bodo, Manipuri, Marathi, and Tamil. It was not presented on nine occasion in [[38th National Film Awards|1990 (38th ceremony)]],<ref name="38thawardPDF"/>  [[39th National Film Awards|1991 (39th ceremony)]],<ref name="39thawardPDF"/> [[44th National Film Awards|1996 (44th ceremony)]],<ref name="44thawardPDF"/> [[49th National Film Awards|2001 (49th ceremony)]],<ref name="49thawardPDF"/> [[50th National Film Awards|2002 (50th ceremony)]],<ref name="50thawardPDF"/> [[54th National Film Awards|2006 (54th ceremony)]],<ref name="54thawardPDF"/> [[55th National Film Awards|2007 (55th ceremony)]],<ref name="55thawardPDF"/> [[57th National Film Awards|2009 (57th ceremony)]],<ref name="57thawardPDF"/> and [[59th National Film Awards|2011 (59th ceremony)]].<ref name="59thaward"/>

The inaugural award was conferred upon the production house M/s Purbanchal Film Co-operative Society Ltd. (Rajat Kamal and {{INR}} 30,000) and director [[Jahnu Barua]] (Rajat Kamal and {{INR}} 15,000) for their Assamese film ''[[Bonani]]'' for the story of a lone forest officer fighting the illegal [[timber mafia]] and protecting rights of uneducated tribals.<ref name="37thawardPDF"/> Kannada film director [[P. Sheshadri]] received the award in 2005 for his film ''[[Thutturi]]'' which was produced by [[Jayamala (actress)|Jayamala Ramchandra]].<ref name="53rdawardPDF"/> He again won the award in 2010 for the film ''[[Bettada Jeeva]]'' produced by Basanta Kumar Patil.<ref name="58thawardPDF"/> Malayalam film director [[Dr. Biju]] went on to receive the award in 2013 for his film ''[[Perariyathavar]]'' produced by Ambalakkara Global Films and again in 2015 for the film ''[[Valiya Chirakulla Pakshikal]]'' produced by A. K. Pillai.<ref name="61staward"/><ref name="63rdaward"/> The most recent recipient of the award has been the Marathi film ''Paani'' produced by [[Priyanka Chopra]].

== Winners ==
The award includes 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus) and cash prize to the producers and director each. The first award in 1989 had a monetary association of {{INR}} 30,000 to the producers and {{INR}} 15,000 to the directors.<ref name="37thawardPDF"/> In 1995 at the [[43rd National Film Awards|43rd award ceremony]] the [[Bodo language]] film ''Rape in the Virgin Forest'' was honoured and the cash prices were revised to {{INR}}30,000 each presented to Jwngdao Bodosa who had both produced and directed the film about the problems of deforestation and struggles of tribal people.<ref name="43rdawardPDF"/> The monetary association was again revised to  {{INR}} 1,50,000 to both the producers and directors in 2008 at the [[56th National Film Awards|56th awarding ceremony]] where producer [[Akshay Parija]] and director [[Prashanta Nanda]]'s Odia language film ''Jianta Bhoota'' (meaning "The Living Ghost") was the winner for its portrayal of lives of [[Kondha|Dongria Kondh]] tribal people residing in the [[Niyamgiri|Niyamgiri hills range]] of Odisha.<ref name="54thawardPDF"/><ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/lsquoJianta-Bhootarsquo-bags-national-film-award/article15968408.ece |title='Jianta Bhoota' bags national film award |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=26 January 2010 |access-date= 10 May 2017}}</ref>

Following are the award winners over the years:

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"
! colspan="7" | List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), language(s), producer(s), director(s) and citation
|-
! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:10%;"| Year
! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;"| Film(s)
! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:10%;"| Language(s)
! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;"| Producer(s)
! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;"| Director(s)
! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:17%;" class="unsortable"| Citation
! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%" class="unsortable" |{{Tooltip|Refs.|Reference}}
|-
| align="center" | [[37th National Film Awards|1989<br>{{small|(37th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Bonani]]''
| [[Assamese language|Assamese]]
| Purbanchal Film
| [[Jahnu Barua]]
| {{hidden||''For its delicate and nuanced description of a forest official's struggle against mercenary and bureaucratic despoilation of forests.''}}
| align="center" |<ref name="37thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/37nfa.pdf|title=37th National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=29 January 2012}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[38th National Film Awards|1990<br>{{small|(38th)}}]]
| bgcolor="#F5A9A9" align="center" colspan="5" | No Award
| align="center" |<ref name="38thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/38th_nff_1991.pdf|title=38th National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=9 January 2012}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[39th National Film Awards|1991<br>{{small|(39th)}}]]
| bgcolor="#F5A9A9" align="center" colspan="5" | No Award
| align="center" |<ref name="39thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/39nd_nff_1985.pdf|title=39th National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=27 February 2012}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[40th National Film Awards|1992<br>{{small|(40th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Cheluvi]]''
| [[Kannada language|Kannada]]
| Sadir Media
| [[Girish Karnad]]
| {{hidden||''For its direct and effective communication of a threatening problem, deforestation.''}}
| align="center" |<ref name="40thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/40th_nff_1993.pdf|title=40th National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=2 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[41st National Film Awards|1993<br>{{small|(41st)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''Devara Kadu''
| Kannada
| Pattabhirami Reddy Productions
| [[Pattabhirami Reddy Tikkavarapu]]
| {{hidden||''For presenting the two themes of "Back to Village" and "Preservation of Nature" by an imaginative use of myths and legends.''}}
| align="center" |<ref name="41stawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/41st_nff_1994.pdf|title=41st National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=3 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[42nd National Film Awards|1994<br>{{small|(42nd)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Nirbachana]]''
| [[Oriya language|Oriya]]
| {{*}}[[National Film Development Corporation of India|NFDC]]<br/>{{*}}[[Doordarshan]]
| Biplab Ray Chowdhury
| {{hidden||''For a stunningly controlled and uniquely cinematic metaphor of rural India and impending environment catastrophe shown with compassion and satire.''}}
| align="center" |<ref name="42ndawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/42nd_nff_1995.pdf|title=42nd National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=5 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[43rd National Film Awards|1995<br>{{small|(43rd)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''Rape in the Virgin Forest (Hagramayao Jinahari)''
| [[Bodo language|Bodo]]
| Jwngdao Bodosa
| Jwngdao Bodosa
| {{hidden||''For effectively handling the problem of deforestation, through the life and struggle of a tribal community and exposing the real culprits behind this crime.''}}
| align="center" |<ref name="43rdawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/43rd_nff_1996.pdf|title=43rd National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=6 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[44th National Film Awards|1996<br>{{small|(44th)}}]]
| bgcolor="#F5A9A9" align="center" colspan="5" | No Award
| align="center" |<ref name="44thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/44th_nff_1997.pdf|title=44th National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=9 January 2012}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[45th National Film Awards|1997<br>{{small|(45th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Bhoomi Geetha]]''
| Kannada
| R. Mahadev Gowda
| Kesari Harvoo
| {{hidden||''For its sincere statement the need for a balanced approach towards environment and tribal cultures that get displaced in the course of development.''}}
| align="center" |<ref name="45thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/45th_NFA.pdf|title=45th National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=11 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[46th National Film Awards|1998<br>{{small|(46th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Malli (film)|Malli]]''
| [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| N'CYP
| [[Santosh Sivan]]
| {{hidden||''For its lucid and lyrical depiction of nature and the need to save the environmental assets which have made life on tris earth possible and beautiful.''}}
| align="center" |<ref name="46thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/46_nff_1999.pdf|title=46th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=12 March 2012|format=PDF}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[47th National Film Awards|1999<br>{{small|(47th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Jalamarmaram]]''
| [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]]
| {{*}}[[Latha Kurien Rajeev]]<br/>{{*}}Radhika Suresh Gopi
| [[T. K. Rajeev Kumar]]
| {{hidden||''For handling a theme of great concern in the increasingly polluted environs of our industrial towns and cities, through the imaginative touch of a fairly tale.''}}
| align="center" |<ref name="47thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/47th_nff_2000.pdf|title=47th National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=13 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[48th National Film Awards|2000<br>{{small|(48th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Oru Cheru Punchiri]]''
| Malayalam
| Jisha John
| [[M. T. Vasudevan Nair]]
| {{hidden||''For telling the simple and moving story of an elderly couple and their relationship with the world around them. In depicting the couple's love for the trees and plants in their garden, the film spreads the message of environmental conservation in the broadest sense in a gentle, unobtrusive way.''}}
| align="center" |<ref name="48thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/48th_nff_2001.pdf|title=48th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=13 March 2012|format=PDF}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[49th National Film Awards|2001<br>{{small|(49th)}}]]
| bgcolor="#F5A9A9" align="center" colspan="5" | No Award
| align="center" |<ref name="49thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/49th_nff_2002.pdf|title=49th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=14 March 2012|format=PDF}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[50th National Film Awards|2002<br>{{small|(50th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Urumattram]]''
| Tamil
| Aadhi Bhagavan Talkies
| [[B.Sivakumar]]
| {{hidden||''The story revolves around a Grand-father, his son and grand son. The son who is in hurry to migrate to the U.S. is convinced he has tied up all the loose ends like securing the future of his family as well as the care of his old father. The grand father is shocked by the sale of the ancestral home and is completely shattered by the irresponsibility of maximising gain in turning it over to a plastic factory owner. The old man is redeemed by the youngster who picks up hope from the grand father's values - of environment awareness and human relationship.''}}
| align="center" |<ref name="50thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/50nfa.pdf|title=50th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=14 March 2012|format=PDF}}</ref>

|-
| align="center" | [[51st National Film Awards|2003<br>{{small|(51st)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''Juye Poora Xoon''
| Assamese
| Sanjib Sabhapandit
| Sanjib Sabhapandit
| {{hidden||''For its representation of large-scale migration and the erosion of a way of life by floods and industrialisation.''}}
| align="center" |<ref name="51stawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/51st_nff_2004.pdf|title=51st National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=15 March 2012|format=PDF}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[52nd National Film Awards|2004<br>{{small|(52nd)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Devrai]]''
| [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
| Y. N. Oak
| {{*}}[[Sumitra Bhave–Sunil Sukthankar|Sumitra Bhave]]<br/>{{*}}[[Sumitra Bhave–Sunil Sukthankar|Sunil Sukthankar]]
| {{hidden||''In this chaotic world, when every body talks about the importance of environment, conservation and preservation but no body cares to learn from the wisdom of myth created by our forefathers and create a space for every mind to realise its potential without judging, discriminating or condemning.''}}
| align="center" |<ref name="52ndawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/52nd_nff_2005.pdf|title=52nd National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=28 January 2012}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[53rd National Film Awards|2005<br>{{small|(53rd)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Thutturi]]''
| Kannada
| [[Jaimala (actress)|Jaimala Ramchandra]]
| [[P. Sheshadri]]
| {{hidden||''For its imaginative portrayal of a group of young children who fight to preserve a healthy urban environment.''}}
| align="center" |<ref name="53rdawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/53rd_nff_2006.pdf|title=53rd National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=19 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[54th National Film Awards|2006<br>{{small|(54th)}}]]
| bgcolor="#F5A9A9" align="center" colspan="5" | No Award
| align="center" |<ref name="54thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/54th_nff_2006.pdf|title=54th National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=24 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[55th National Film Awards|2007<br>{{small|(55th)}}]]
| bgcolor="#F5A9A9" align="center" colspan="5" | No Award
| align="center" |<ref name="55thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/55th_nff_2007.pdf|title=55th National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=26 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[56th National Film Awards|2008<br>{{small|(56th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''Jianta Bhoota''
| [[Odia language|Odia]]
| [[Akshay Parija|Akshay Kumar Parija]]
| [[Prashanta Nanda]]
| {{hidden||''For sensitive portrayal of exploitation of innocence in the name of development.''}}
| align="center" |<ref name="56thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/56th_nff_2008.pdf|title=56th National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=27 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[57th National Film Awards|2009<br>{{small|(57th)}}]]
| bgcolor="#F5A9A9" align="center" colspan="5" | No Award
| align="center" |<ref name="57thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/57thNFA.pdf|title=57th National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=28 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[58th National Film Awards|2010<br>{{small|(58th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Bettada Jeeva]]''
| Kannada
| Basanta Kumar Patil
| [[P. Sheshadri]]
| {{hidden||''An old couple steeped in the soil of their environment yearn for the return of their son while nurturing the growth of their young plantation against all odds.''}}
| align="center" |<ref name="58thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/58_NFA.pdf|title=58th National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=29 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[59th National Film Awards|2011<br>{{small|(59th)}}]]
| bgcolor="#F5A9A9" align="center" colspan="5" | No Award
| align="center" |<ref name="59thaward">{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/release/rel_print_page.asp?relid=80734|title=59th National Film Awards for the Year 2011 Announced|publisher=Press Information Bureau (PIB), India|access-date=7 March 2012}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[60th National Film Awards|2012<br>{{small|(60th)}}]]
! scope="row"| ''Black Forest''
| Malayalam
| [[Joshy Mathew]]
| Baby Mathew Somatheeram
| {{hidden||''Set in a tribal backdrop the movie effectively advocates the urgent need for environmental protection. The protagonists in the form of three children make the film all the more acceptable to the impressionable minds!''}}
| align="center" |<ref name="60thaward">{{cite press_release|title=60th National Film Awards Announced|url=http://pib.nic.in/archieve/others/2013/mar/d2013031801.pdf|format=PDF|publisher=Press Information Bureau (PIB), India|access-date=18 March 2013}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[61st National Film Awards|2013<br>{{small|(61st)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Perariyathavar]]''
| Malayalam
| Ambalakkara Global Films
| [[Dr. Biju]]
| {{hidden||''For telling the story of those nameless, faceless marginalized people through the life of a widowed father who works as a scavenger and his eight year old son. It depicts the real lives of the poor who live in the margin of civilized society with an unusual power and artistic honesty.''}}
| align="center" |<ref name="61staward">{{cite web|title=61st National Film Awards|url=http://www.dff.nic.in/List%20of%20Awards.pdf|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|date=16 April 2014|access-date=16 April 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416181218/http://www.dff.nic.in/List%20of%20Awards.pdf|archive-date=16 April 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[62nd National Film Awards|2014<br>{{small|(62nd)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Ottaal]]''
| Malayalam
| Director Cutz Film Company
| [[Jayaraj]]
| {{hidden||''Ottal, a visual poem, expresses the beauty and serenity of the protagonist's rural environment and a way of life whose value is measured by the poignancy of its loss.''}}
| align="center" |<ref name="62ndaward">{{cite press_release|title=62nd National Film Awards|url=http://dff.nic.in/writereaddata/62nd%20National%20Film%20Awards%202014%20-%20Press%20Release.pdf|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|date=24 March 2015|access-date=24 March 2015}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[63rd National Film Awards|2015<br>{{small|(63rd)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Valiya Chirakulla Pakshikal]]''
| Malayalam
| A. K. Pillai
| [[Dr. Biju]]
| {{hidden||''For a dramatically disturbing exposition of the ill effects of pesticides in North Kerala.''}}
| align="center" | <ref name="63rdaward">{{cite press_release|title=63rd National Film Awards|url=http://dff.nic.in/writereaddata/Winners_of_63rd_NFA_2015.pdf|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|date=28 March 2016|access-date=28 March 2016}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[64th National Film Awards|2016<br>{{small|(64th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Loktak Lairembee]]''
| [[Meitei language|Manipuri]]
| [[Haobam Paban Kumar]]
| [[Haobam Paban Kumar]]
| {{hidden||''The film brings out the nuances of an environmental issue in a heart wrenching and touching manner''}}
| align="center" | <ref name="64thaward">{{cite press_release|title=64th National Film Awards|url=http://www.dff.nic.in/writereaddata/NFA64PressNote2016.pdf|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=7 April 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606051143/http://dff.nic.in/writereaddata/NFA64PressNote2016.pdf|archive-date=6 June 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[65th National Film Awards|2017<br>{{small|(65th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Irada (2017 film)|Irada]]''
| Hindi
| Irada Entertrainment
| [[Aparnaa Singh]]
| The film raises the contemporary ecological issues of uranium poisoning, reverse boring, fertilizer poisoning due to the green revolution and their immediate adverse impact on the people who live in Malwa region.


| align="center" | 
|-
| align="center" | [[66th National Film Awards|2018<br>{{small|(66th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''Paani''
| Marathi
| [[Priyanka Chopra]]
| [[Adinath Kothare]]
| {{hidden||''The film traces the story of a dry and parched village that comes together to generate their most valuable resource – Water. ''}}
| align="center" | 
|}

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://dff.nic.in Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India]
* [http://dff.nic.in/NFA_archive.asp National Film Awards Archives]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090508040421/http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/National_Film_Awards_India/ National Film Awards] at [[IMDb]]

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