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{{Short description|Indian ceremony celebrating cinema of 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2021}}
{{Infobox film awards
| number = 69
| award = National Film Awards
| image =
| alt =
| caption = 69th National Film Awards
| awarded_for = Best of Indian cinema in 2021
| award_org = [[National Film Development Corporation of India|NFDC]]
| announced_date = 24 August 2023
| presenting_org = NFDC
| presented_date =
| website = {{URL|www.nfdcindia.com/}}
| site =
| host =
| lifetime_achievement =
| best_feature = ''[[Rocketry: The Nambi Effect]]''
| best_non_feature = ''Ek Tha Gaon''
| best_book = ''Music by Laxmikant Pyarelal: The Incredibly Melodious Journey''
| best_critic = Purushothama Charyulu
| most_wins = ''[[RRR]]'' (6)
| last = 68th
| next = 70th
}}
The '''69th National Film Awards''' ceremony is an upcoming event during which the [[National Film Development Corporation of India]] presents its annual [[National Film Awards]] to honour the best films of 2021 in [[Cinema of India|Indian cinema]]. The awards ceremony was originally slated to be held on 3 May 2022 but was postponed due to delays after the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=announcements.Ann_2023.Call_for_entries_for_69th_National_Films_Awards_2021|title=Call for entries for 69th National Films Awards 2021|website=e-pao.net}}</ref> The winners were announced on 24 August 2023, by the [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Ministry of Information and Broadcasting]] in a press conference.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/69th-national-film-awards-2023-winners-list-8907028/|title=69th National Film Awards 2023 complete winners list: Rocketry, Alia Bhatt, Kriti Sanon, Allu Arjun, RRR, Gangubai Kathiawadi win big|date=24 August 2023}}</ref>

==Selection process==
The [[National Film Development Corporation of India]] invited online entries on 31 March 2023 with the acceptable last date for entries until 10 May 2023. Feature and Non-Feature Films certified by the [[Central Board of Film Certification]] between 1 January 2021, and 31 December 2021, were eligible for the film award categories. Books, critical studies, reviews or articles on cinema published in Indian newspapers, magazines, and journals between 1 January 2021, and 31 December 2021, were eligible for the best writing on cinema section. Entries of dubbed, revised or copied versions of a film or translation, abridgements, edited or annotated works and reprints were ineligible for the awards.

For the feature and non-feature Films sections, films in any Indian language, shot on [[16 mm film|16 mm]], [[35 mm movie film|35 mm]], a wider film gauge or a [[Digital cinematography|digital format]], and released in cinemas, on video or digital formats for home viewing were eligible. Films were required to be certified as a feature film, a featurette or a Documentary/Newsreel/Non-Fiction by the Central Board of Film Certification.<ref name="69NFA">{{Cite web |title=69th National Films Awards 2021 |url=https://www.nfdcindia.com/uploads/post/0537628001686636693.pdf |publisher=NFDC}}</ref>

== Best Film Friendly State ==
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 a State Government Policy.
;Jury
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|- style="background-color:#F0EADF;"
| style="width:50%" |
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|{{•}}GS Bhaskar
|{{•}}S Thangadurai
|- style="background-color:#F0EADF;"
| style="width:50%" |{{•}}Sanjeev Rattan
| style="width:50%" |{{•}} A Karthikraaja
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|{{•}}VN Aditya
|{{•}}[[Viji Thampi]]
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!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;"|Award
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;"|Name of State
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;"|Citation
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! scope="row" |Best Film Friendly State
|State of
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|}

==Feature films==

===Jury===
{| class="wikitable" style="width:70%;border: 1px solid #BEB168;background-color:#FDFCF6;"
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;"|Jury Panel
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;"|Central
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;"|North
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;"|South-1
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;"|South-2
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;"|East
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;"|West
|- style="width:65%;"
|Chairperson
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|- style="width:65%;"
|Members
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===Golden Lotus Awards===
Official Name: Swarna Kamal

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

{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%;"
|-
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:28%;"|Award
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;"|Film
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:10%;"|Language
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:30%;"|Awardee(s)
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:12%;"|Cash Prize
|-
! ! scope="row"|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film|Best Feature Film]]
|''[[Rocketry: The Nambi Effect]]''
|Tamil Hindi English
|Director: [[R. Madhavan]]
| ₹250,000
|-
! scope="row" |[[National Film Award for Best Direction|Best Direction]]
|''[[Godavari (2021 film)|Godavari]]''
|Marathi
|Nikhil Mahajan
|₹250,000
|-
! scope="row" |[[National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment|Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment]]
|''[[RRR (film)|RRR]]''
|Telugu
|Producer: [[D. V. V. Danayya]] Director: [[S. S. Rajamouli]]
|₹200,000 each
|-
! scope="row" |[[National Film Award for Best Children's Film|Best Children's Film]]
|''[[Gandhi & Co.]]''
|Gujarati
|Producer: MD Media Corp Director: [[Manish Saini]]
|₹150,000 each
|-
! scope="row" |[[Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director|Best Debut Film of a Director]]
|''[[Meppadiyan]]''
|Malayalam
|Producer: [[Unni Mukundan]] Director: Vishnu Mohan
|₹125,000 each
|}

===Silver Lotus Award===
Official Name: Rajat Kamal

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

{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%;"
|-
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:28%;"|Award
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;"|Film
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:10%;"|Language
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:30%;"|Awardee(s)
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:12%;"|Cash Prize
|-
|-
! scope="row" |[[Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration|Best Feature Film on National Integration]]
| ''[[The Kashmir Files]]''
| Hindi
|Producer: [[Abhishek Agarwal|Abhishek Agarwal Arts]] Director: [[Vivek Agnihotri]]
|₹150,000 each
|-
! scope="row" |[[National Film Award for Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation|Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation]]
|''[[Aavasavyuham]]''
|Malayalam
|Producer: [[Krishand]] Director: Krishand
|₹150,000 each
|-
!scope="row" |[[National Film Award for Best Film on Social Issues|Best Film on Social Issues]]
|''Anunaad – The Resonance''
|Assameese
|Producer: Assam State Film (Finance & Development) Corporation Ltd. Director: Reema Borah
|₹150,000 each
|-
! scope="row" |[[National Film Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
|Pushpa The Rise
|Telugu
|Allu Arjun
|₹50,000
|-
! rowspan="2" scope="row" |[[National Film Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
|''[[Gangubai Kathiawadi]]''
|Hindi
|[[Alia Bhatt]]
| rowspan="2" |₹50,000 each
|-
|''[[Mimi (2021 Hindi film)|Mimi]]''
|Hindi
|[[Kriti Sanon]]
|-
! scope="row" |[[National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
|''Mimi''
|Hindi
|[[Pankaj Tripathi]]
|₹50,000
|-
! scope="row" |[[National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
|''The Kashmir Files''
|Hindi
|[[Pallavi Joshi]]
|₹50,000
|-
! scope="row" |[[National Film Award for Best Child Artist|Best Child Artist]]
|''[[Chhello Show]]''
|Gujarati
|Bhavin Rabari
|₹50,000
|-
! scope="row" |[[National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer|Best Male Playback Singer]]
|''[[RRR]]''
|Telugu
|[[Kaala Bhairava]] ("[[Komuram Bheemudo]]")
||₹50,000
|-
! scope="row" |[[National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer|Best Female Playback Singer]]
|''[[Iravin Nizhal]]''
| Telugu & Tamil
|[[Shreya Ghoshal]] ("Mayava Chayava")
|₹50,000
|-
!scope="row" |[[National Film Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
|''[[Sardar Udham]]''
|Hindi
|[[Avik Mukhopadhyay]]
|₹50,000
|-
! scope="row" |[[National Film Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]] {{•}}{{small|[[Screenwriter|Screenplay Writer (Original)]]}}
|''[[Nayattu (2021 film)|Nayattu]]''
|Malayalam
|Shahi Kabir
|₹50,000
|-
! scope="row" |[[National Film Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]] {{•}}{{small|[[Screenwriter|Screenplay Writer (Adapted)]]}}
|''Gangubai Kathiawadi''
|Hindi
|[[Sanjay Leela Bhansali]] [[Utkarshini Vashishtha]]
|₹50,000
|-
! scope="row" |[[National Film Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]] {{•}}{{small|[[Dialogues]]}}
|''Gangubai Kathiawadi''
|Hindi
|Utkarshini Vashishtha Prakash Kapadia
|₹50,000
|-
! scope="row" |[[National Film Award for Best Audiography|Best Audiography]] {{•}}{{small|[[Production sound mixer|Location Sound
Recordist]]}}
|''[[Chavittu]]''
|Malayalam
|Arun Asok K. P. Sood
|₹50,000
|-
! scope="row" |[[National Film Award for Best Audiography|Best Audiography]] {{•}}{{small|[[Sound design|Sound Designer]]}}
|''[[Jhilli]]''
|Bengali
|Aneesh Basu
|₹50,000
|-
! scope="row" |[[National Film Award for Best Audiography|Best Audiography]] {{•}}{{small|[[Re-recording (filmmaking)|Re-recordist of the Final Mixed Track]]}}
|''Sardar Udham''
|Hindi
|[[Sinoy Joseph]]
|₹50,000
|-
|-
! scope="row" |[[National Film Award for Best Music Direction|Best Music Direction]] {{•}}{{small|[[Soundtrack|Songs]]}}
|''Pushpa: The Rise''
|Telugu
|[[Devi Sri Prasad]]
|₹50,000
|-
! scope="row" |[[National Film Award for Best Music Direction|Best Music Direction]] {{•}}{{small|[[Background music|Background Score]]}}
|''RRR''
|Telugu
|[[M. M. Keeravani]]
|₹50,000
|-
! scope="row" |[[National Film Award for Best Editing|Best Editing]]
|''Gangubai Kathiawadi''
|Hindi
|Sanjay Leela Bhansali
|₹50,000
|-
! scope="row" |[[National Film Award for Best Art Direction|Best Production Design]]
|''Sardar Udham''
|Hindi
|Dmitri Malich-Konkov Mansi Dhruv Mehta
|₹50,000
|-
! scope="row" |[[National Film Award for Best Costume Design|Best Costume Design]]
|''Sardar Udham''
|Hindi
|Veera Kapur Ee
|₹50,000
|-
! scope="row" |[[National Film Award for Best Make-up Artist|Best Make-up Artist]]
|''Gangubai Kathiawadi''
|Hindi
|Preetishsheel Singh D'Souza
|₹50,000
|-
! scope="row" | [[National Film Award for Best Lyrics|Best Lyrics]]
|''[[Konda Polam]]''
|Telugu
|[[Chandrabose (lyricist)|Chandrabose]] ("Dham Dham Dham")
|₹50,000
|-
! scope="row" | [[National Film Award for Best Special Effects|Best Special Effects]]
|''RRR''
|Telugu
|[[V. Srinivas Mohan]]
|₹50,000
|-
! scope="row" |[[National Film Award for Best Choreography|Best Choreography]]
|''RRR''
|Telugu
|[[Prem Rakshith]] ("[[Naatu Naatu]]")
|₹50,000
|-
! scope="row" | [[National Film Award for Best Stunt Choreography|Best Stunt Choreographer]]
|''RRR''
|Telugu
|King Soloman
|₹50,000
|-
! scope="row" |[[National Film Award – Special Jury Award (Feature film)|Special Jury Award]]
|''[[Shershaah]]''
|Hindi
|[[Vishnuvardhan (director)|Vishnuvardhan]]
|₹2,00,000
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="4" |[[National Film Award – Special Mention (Feature Film)|Special Mention]]
|[[Nallandi]] Aranya & Bithan [[Indrans]] Jahanara Begum
|Tamil Bengali Malayalam Assamese
|''[[Kadaisi Vivasayi]]'' ''[[Jhilli]]'' ''[[Home (2021 film)|Home]]'' ''Anur''
| rowspan="4" |Certificate only
|-
|}

===Regional awards===
[[Goshta Eka Paithanichi|National]] Film Awards are also given to the best films in the regional languages of India. Awards for the regional languages are categorised as per their mention in the [[Languages with official status in India#Eighth Schedule to the Constitution|Eighth schedule]] of the [[Constitution of India]]. Awardees included producers and directors of the film. No films in languages other than those specified in the Schedule VIII of the Constitution were eligible.

{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%;"
|-
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;"|Award
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:28%;"|Film
! scope="col" colspan="2" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:40%;" |Awardee(s)
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:12%;"|Cash Prize
|-
!scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;" | Producer
!scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;" | Director
|-
! scope="row" |[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Assamese|Best Feature Film in Assamese]]
|''Anur''
|Gopendra Mohan Das
|Monjul Baruah
|₹1,00,000 each
|-
! scope="row" |[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali|Best Feature Film in Bengali]]
|''Kalkokkho''
|Anjan Bose
|Rajdeep Paul, Sarmistha Maiti
|₹1,00,000 each
|-
! scope="row" |[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Gujarati|Best Feature Film in Gujarati]]
|''[[Chhello Show]]''
|Pan Nalin, Dheer Momaya, [[Siddharth Roy Kapur]], Marc Duale
|[[Pan Nalin]]
|₹1,00,000 each
|-
! scope="row" |[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi|Best Feature Film in Hindi]]
|''[[Sardar Udham]]''
|Ronnie Lahiri, Sheel Kumar
|[[Shoojit Sircar]]
|₹1,00,000 each
|-
! scope="row" |[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada|Best Feature Film in Kannada]]
|''[[777 Charlie]]''
|G. S. Gupta, [[Rakshit Shetty]]
| Kiranraj K.
|₹1,00,000 each
|-
! scope="row" |National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Maithili
|''Samanantar''
|Niraj Kumar Mishra,
Atul Pandey
|Niraj Kumar Mishra
|₹1,00,000 each
|-
! scope="row" |[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam|Best Feature Film in Malayalam]]
|''[[Home (2021 film)|Home]]''
|[[Vijay Babu (actor, born 1976)|Vijay Babu]]
|[[Rojin Thomas]]
|₹1,00,000 each
|-
! scope="row" |[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi|Best Feature Film in Marathi]]
|''[[Ekda Kaay Zala]]''
|[[Saleel Kulkarni]], Siddharth Mahadevan, Soumil Shringarpure, Siddharth Khinvasara, Soumendu Kuber, Arundhati Datye, Anoop Nimkar, Nitin Prakash Vaidya
|[[Saleel Kulkarni]]
|₹1,00,000 each
|-
!scope="row" |[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Odia|Best Feature Film in Odia]]
|''[[Pratikshya]]''
|Anupam Patnaik
|Anupam Patnaik
|₹1,00,000 each
|-
! scope="row" |[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil|Best Feature Film in Tamil]]
|''[[Kadaisi Vivasayi]]''
|[[M. Manikandan]]
|[[M. Manikandan]]
|₹1,00,000 each
|-
! scope="row" |[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu|Best Feature Film in Telugu]]
|''[[Uppena]]''
|Naveen Yerneni, Y. Ravi Shankar
|Buchi Babu Sana
|₹1,00,000 each
|}

;Best Feature Film in Each of the Language Other Than Those Specified In the Schedule VIII of the Constitution

{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"
|-
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;"|Award
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:28%;"|Film
! scope="col" colspan="2" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:40%;" |Awardee(s)
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:12%;"|Cash Prize
|-
!scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;" | Producer
!scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;" | Director
|-

! scope="row" | Best Feature Film in Haryanvi
|
|
|
|₹1,00,000 each
|-
! scope="row" |Best Feature Film in Tulu
|
|
|
|₹1,00,000 each
|-
! scope="row" |Best Feature Film in Dimasa
|
|
|
|₹1,00,000 each
|}

==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.

===Golden Lotus Award===
Official Name: Swarna Kamal

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

{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%;"
|-
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:28%;"|Award
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;"|Film
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:10%;"|Language
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:30%;"|Awardee(s)
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:12%;"|Cash Prize
|-
! scope="row" |[[National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film|Best Non-Feature Film]]
|
|
|
|₹1,50,000 each
|-
! scope="row" |[[National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film Direction|Best Director of Non-Feature Film]]
|''[[Smile Please]]''
|Hindi
|Bakul Matiyani
|₹1,50,000
|}

===Silver Lotus Award===
Official Name: Rajat Kamal

All the Awardees are awarded with 'Silver Lotus Award (Rajat Kamal)' and cash prize.

{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%;"
|-
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:28%;"|Award
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;"|Film
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:10%;"|Language
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:30%;"|Awardee(s)
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:12%;"|Cash Prize
|-
! scope="row" |[[National Film Award for Best First Non-Feature Film|Best Debut Non-Feature Film of A Director]]
|
|
|Producer :
|{{INR}} 75,000/- each
|-
! scope="row" | [[National Film Award for Best Biographical Film|Best Biographical Film]]
|
|
|Producer: [[Films Division of India|Films Division]] Director: [[Haobam Paban Kumar]]
|{{INR}} 50,000/- each
|-
! scope="row" |[[National Film Award for Best Arts/Cultural Film|Best Arts / Cultural Film]]
|
|
|Producer: Director:
|{{INR}} 50,000/- each
|-
! scope="row" |[[National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Environment/Conservation/Preservation Film|Best Environment Film]]
|
|
|Producer: Director:
|{{INR}} 50,000/- each
|-
! scope="row" |[[National Film Award for Best Promotional Film|Best Promotional Film]]
|
|
|Producer: Director:
|{{INR}} 50,000/- each
|-
! Scope="row" rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues|Best Film on Other Social Issues]]
|''Mithu Di'' ''Three Two One''
|
|Producer: Director:
|rowspan="2" |₹150,000 each
|-
|
|
|Producer: Director:
|-
! scope="row" |[[National Film Award for Best Educational/Motivational/Instructional Film|Best Educational Film]]
|''Sirpigalin Sirpangal''
|Tamil
|Producer: KKV Media Venture Director: B. Lenin
| {{INR}} 50,000/- each
|-
! scope="row" | [[National Film Award for Best Anthropological/Ethnographic Film|Best Ethnographic Film]]
|
|
|Producer: Director:
|{{INR}} 50,000/- each
|-
! scope="row" |[[National Film Award for Best Exploration/Adventure Film|Best Exploration Film]]
|''Ayushman''
|English Kannada
|Producer: Mathew Varghese Dinesh Rajkumar N. Naveen Francis Director: Jacob Varghese
| {{INR}}50,000/- each
|-
! scope="row" |[[National Film Award for Best Investigative Film|Best Investigative Film]]
|''Looking for Challan''
|English
|Producer: IGNCA Director: Bappa Ray
| {{INR}}50,000/- each
|-
! scope="row" |[[National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Animation Film|Best Animation Film]]
|''Kandittundu''
|Malayalam
|Producer: Studio Eeksaurus Productions Pvt. Ltd. Director: Adithi Krishnadas
|{{INR}}50,000/-
|-
! scope="row" |[[National Film Award for Best Short Fiction Film|Best Short Fiction Film]]
|''Dal Bhat''
|Gujarati
|Producer & Director: Nemil Shah
| {{INR}}50,000/- each
|-
! scope="row" |[[National Film Award for Best Non-feature Film on Family Welfare|Best Film on Family Values]]
|''Chand Saanse''
|Hindi
|Producer: [[Chandrakant Kulkarni]] Director: Pratima Joshi
| {{INR}}50,000/- each
|-
! scope="row" | [[National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
|''Pataal-Tee''
|Bhotiya
|Bittu Rawat
|{{INR}}50,000/- each
|-
! scope="row" |[[National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film Audiography|Best Audiography]]
|''Ek Tha Gaon''
|Garhwali Hindi
| Re-recordist: [[Krishnanunni N R]]
| {{INR}}50,000/-
|-
! scope="row" |Best Location Sound Recordist (Location/Sync Sound)
|''Meen Raag''
|Rajasthani
|Production Sound Recordist: Suruchi Sharma
|{{INR}}50,000/-
|-
! scope="row" |[[National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film Editing|Best Editing]]
|''If Memory Serves Me Right''
|English
|Abhro Banerjee
|{{INR}}50,000/-
|-
! scope="row" |[[National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film Music Direction|Best Music Direction]]
|''Succulent''
|Hindi English Marathi
|Ishaan Divecha
| {{INR}}50,000/-
|-
! scope="row" | [[National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film Narration / Voice Over|Best Narration / Voice Over]]
|''Hati Bondhu''
|English Assamese
|Kulada Kumar Bhattacharjee
| {{INR}}50,000/-
|-
! scope="row" | [[National Film Award – Special Jury Award (non-feature film)|Special Jury Award]]
|''Rekha''
|Marathi
|Shekhar Bapu Rankhambe
|{{INR}}1,00,000/-
|-
! scope="row" | Special Mention Award
|
|}

==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.

===Jury===
A committee of three, headed by [[Utpal Borpujari]] was appointed to evaluate the nominations for the best writing on Indian cinema. The jury members were as follows:

{| style="width:100%;border: 1px solid #BEB168;background-color:#FDFCF6;"
|-
| colspan="2" style="background-color:#F5EFD0;" |{{•}} Saibal Chatterjee (Chairman)
|- style="background-color:#F0EADF;"
| style="width:50%" |{{•}} Raghavendra Patil
| style="width:50%" |{{•}} [[Rajeev Masand]]
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|}

===Golden Lotus Award===
Official Name: Swarna Kamal

All the awardees are awarded with the Golden Lotus Award (Swarna Kamal) accompanied with a cash prize.

{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%;"
|-
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;"|Award
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;"|Book
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:10%;"|Language
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:38%;"|Awardee(s)
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:12%;"|Cash Prize
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! scope="row" |[[National Film Award for Best Book on Cinema|Best Book on Cinema]]
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|{{INR}} 75,000/- each
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! scope="row" |[[National Film Award for Best Film Critic|Best Film Critic]]
|{{n/a}}
|Telugu
|Purushothama Charyulu
|{{INR}} 75,000/-
|}

===Special Mention (Best Book on Cinema)===
All the awardees are awarded with a certificate.

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!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:12%;"|Cash Prize
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! scope="row" rowspan=2 | [[Discontinued and Intermittent National Film Awards#Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Book on Cinema)|Special Mention (Best Book on Cinema)]]
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| Publisher:
| rowspan=2 |Certificate Only
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| Publisher:
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://dff.nic.in/Archive.aspx National Film Awards Archives]
* [https://dff.nic.in Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India]

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