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46th National Film Awards

2000 Indian film award From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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The 46th 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 1998.[1][2][3][4] Ceremony took place on 15 February 2000 and awards were given by then President of India, K. R. Narayanan.

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Awards were divided into feature films, non-feature films and books written on Indian cinema.

Lifetime Achievement Award

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Feature films

Feature films were awarded at All India as well as regional level. For 46th National Film Awards, a Hindi film, Samar won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film, whereas another Hindi film, Godmother won the maximum number of awards (6). Following were the awards given in each category:[1][2]

Juries

A committee headed by D. V. S. Raju was appointed to evaluate the feature films awards. Following were the jury members:[1]

All India Award

Following were the awards given:[1][2]

Golden Lotus Award

Official Name: Swarna Kamal[1][2]

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

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Silver Lotus Award

Official Name: Rajat Kamal[1][2]

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

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Regional Awards

The award is given to best film in the regional languages in India.[1][2]

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

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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.

Juries

A committee headed by Shaji N. Karun was appointed to evaluate the non-feature films awards. Following were the jury members:[1]

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    • Shaji N. Karun (Chairperson)  Rajesh Parmar  Nandan Kudhyadi  Sehjo Singh  Shoma A. Chatterjee

Golden Lotus Award

Official Name: Swarna Kamal[1][3]

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

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Silver Lotus Award

Official Name: Rajat Kamal[1][3]

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

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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.

Juries

A committee headed by M. T. Vasudevan Nair was appointed to evaluate the writing on Indian cinema. Following were the jury members:[1]

Golden Lotus Award

Official Name: Swarna Kamal[1][4]

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

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Special Mention

All the award winners are awarded with Certificate of Merit.[1][4]

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Awards not given

Following were the awards not given as no film was found to be suitable for the award:[1][2][3][4]

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