35th National Film Awards
| 35th National Film Awards | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best of Indian cinema in 1987 |
| Awarded by |
President of India (R. Venkataraman) |
| Presented by | Directorate of Film Festivals |
| Presented on | April 1988 |
| Official website | dff.nic.in |
| Highlights | |
| Best Feature Film | Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai |
| Best Non-Feature Film | Bhopal: Beyond Genocide |
| Most awards | Anantaram, Nayagan and Tamas (3) |
The 35th 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 1987. Ceremony took place in April 1988 and awards were given by then President of India, R. Venkataraman.
Starting with 35th National Film Awards, National Film Award for Best Direction for Feature films section is awarded with Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus). For Non-feature films section, two new awards were instituted and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus) namely, Best Educational / Motivational Film and Best Short Fiction Film.
Awards were divided into feature films, non-feature films and books written on Indian cinema.
Feature films were awarded at All India as well as regional level. For 35th National Film Awards, an Assamese film, Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film and a Malayalam film, Anantaram along with a Tamil film, Nayagan and a Hindi film, Tamas won the maximum number of awards (3). Following were the awards given in each category:
A committee headed by Shyam Benegal was appointed to evaluate the feature films awards. Following were the jury members:
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