15th National Film Awards

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15th National Film Awards
Awarded forBest of Indian cinema in 1967
Awarded byMinistry of Information and Broadcasting
Presented byZakir Hussain
(President of India)
Announced on31 October 1968 (1968-10-31)
Presented on25 November 1968 (1968-11-25)
SiteVigyan Bhavan, New Delhi
Official websitedff.nic.in
Highlights
Best Feature FilmHatey Bazarey
Most awards • Chiriyakhana
 • Hamraaz
 • Upkar (2)
CountryIndia

The 15th National Film Awards, presented by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India to felicitate the best of Indian Cinema released in 1967.[1][2] Ceremony took place at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi on 25 November 1968 and awards were given by then President of India, Zakir Hussain.

With 15th National Film Awards, format of awards has been changed, which includes introduction of new awards and categorisation. Unlike earlier, films then categorised into feature films and short films. Feature films awards were continued with All India Awards and Regional Awards but couple of more awards were introduced at the all India level to honour artists and technicians.

Major awards introduced for feature films starting with 15th National Film Awards includes awards for Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Music Direction, Best Playback Singer of the Year and Best Screenplay.

Starting 15th National Film Awards, Short films had their own share of awards which introduced seven new awards for various types/genre of short films made in the country, including Best Promotional Film, Best Educational / Instructional Film, Best Film on Social Documentation etc.

Certificate of Merit in all the categories is discontinued with 15th National Film Awards, which also led to discontinuation of second and third film/documentary, again in all the categories, except Second Best Feature Film.

Juries[edit]

Six different committees were formed based on the film making sectors in India, mainly based in Bombay, Calcutta and Madras along with the award categories. Another committee for all India level was also formed which included some of the members from regional committee. For 15th National Film Awards, central committee was headed by R. K. Nehru.[1]

Awards[edit]

Awards were divided into feature films and non-feature films.

President's Gold Medal for the All India Best Feature Film is now better known as National Film Award for Best Feature Film, whereas President's Gold Medal for the Best Documentary Film is analogous to today's National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film. For children's films, Prime Minister's Gold Medal is now given as National Film Award for Best Children's Film. At the regional level, President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film is now given as National Film Award for Best Feature Film in a particular language. Certificate of Merit in all the categories is discontinued over the years.

Feature films[edit]

Feature films were awarded at All India as well as regional level. For 15th National Film Awards, a Bengali film Hatey Bazarey won the President's Gold Medal for the All India Best Feature Film, whereas a Bengali film Chiriyakhana and two Hindi films, Hamraaz and Upkar won the maximum number of awards (two). Following were the awards given in each category:[1]

All India Award[edit]

Following were the awards given:[1]

Award Film Language Awardee(s) Cash Prize
Best Feature Film Hatey Bazarey Bengali Producer: Asim Dutta Gold Medal, 20,000 and a plaque
Director: Tapan Sinha 5,000 and a plaque
Second Best Feature Film Upkar Hindi Producer: R. N. Goswami 5,000 and a plaque
Director: Manoj Kumar Silver Medal
Best Actor Antony Firingee Bengali Uttam Kumar A figurine
Chiriyakhana
Best Actress Raat Aur Din Hindi Nargis A figurine
Best Cinematography (Black and White) Bambai Raat Ki Bahon Mein Hindi Ramachandra 5,000 and a plaque
Best Cinematography (Color) Hamraaz Hindi M. N. Malhotra 5,000 and a plaque
Best Direction Chiriyakhana Bengali Satyajit Ray 5,000 and a plaque
Best Music Direction Kandan Karunai Tamil K. V. Mahadevan 5,000 and a plaque
Best Playback Singer of the Year Upkar
(For the song "Mere Desh Ki Dharti")
Hindi Mahendra Kapoor A plaque
Best Screenplay Agniputhri Malayalam S. L. Puram Sadanandan 10,000

Regional Award[edit]

The awards were given to the best films made in the regional languages of India. For feature films in Assamese, English, Gujarati, Kashmiri and Oriya language, President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film was not given. The producer and director of the film were awarded with 5,000 and a Silver medal, respectively.[1]

Award Film Awardee(s)
Producer Director
Best Feature Film in Bengali Arogya Niketan Aurora Film Corp Pvt Ltd. Bijoy Bose
Best Feature Film in Hindi Hamraaz B. R. Chopra B. R. Chopra
Best Feature Film in Kannada Bangarada Hoovu B. A. Arasa Kumar B. A. Arasa Kumar
Best Feature Film in Malayalam Anveshichu Kandethiyilla Ravi P. Bhaskaran
Best Feature Film in Marathi Santh Wahate Krishnamai Sahakari Chitrapath Sanstha Ltd. M. G. Pathak
Best Feature Film in Oriya Arundhati Dhiren Patnaik Prafulla Sengupta
Best Feature Film in Punjabi Sutlej De Kande P. P. Maheshwary P. P. Maheshwary
Best Feature Film in Tamil Aalayam M/s. Sunbeam, Madras Thirumalai
Mahalingam
Best Feature Film in Telugu Sudigundalu Chakravarthi Chitra Adurthi Subba Rao

Non-Feature films[edit]

Following were the awards given:[1]

Short films[edit]

Award Film Language Awardee(s) Cash Prize
Best Information Film (Documentary) India '67 Music only Producer: P. Sukhdev 5,000
Director: P. Sukhdev
Best Educational / Instructional Film Akbar English Producer: J. S. Bhownagary for Films Division 5,000
Director: Shanti S. Varma 2,000
Best Film on Social Documentation I am 20 English Producer: J. S. Bhownagary for Films Division 5,000
Producer: K. L. Khandpur for Films Division
Director: S. N. S. Sastry 2,000
Best Promotional Film (Commercial) The Brown Diamond English Producer: M/s. Krishnaswamy Associates Silver Medal
Director: S. Krishnaswamy
Best Promotional Film (Non-Commercial) Sandesh Hindi Producer: J. S. Bhownagary for Films Division Silver Medal
Producer: K. L. Khandpur for Films Division
Director: Omprakash Sharma
Best Experimental Film Through The Eyes of a Painter English Producer: J. S. Bhownagary for Films Division 5,000
Creator: M. F. Husain 2,000
Best Animation Film Inquiry Music only Producer: C. T. Baptista 5,000
Director: C. T. Baptista

Awards not given[edit]

Following were the awards not given as no film was found to be suitable for the award:[1]

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "15th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  2. The Times of India, Entertainment. "National Awards Winners 1967: Complete list of winners of National Awards 1967". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 24 March 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2021.

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