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48th National Film Awards

48th National Film Awards
Awarded for Best of Indian cinema in 2000
Awarded by President of India
(K. R. Narayanan)
Presented by Directorate of Film Festivals
Presented on December 2001 (2001-12)
Official website dff.nic.in
Highlights
Best Feature Film Shantham
Best Non-Feature Film Rasikpriya
Most awards Bharathi (4)

The 48th 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 2000. Ceremony took place in December 2001 and awards were given by then President of India, K. R. Narayanan.

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 48th National Film Awards, a Malayalam film, Shantham won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film; a Tamil film, Bharathi won the maximum number of awards (4). Following were the awards given in each category:

A committee headed by Vyjayanthimala was appointed to evaluate the feature films awards. Following were the jury members:

Following were the awards given:

Official Name: Swarna Kamal

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

Official Name: Rajat Kamal

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

The award is given to best film in the regional languages in India.

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

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.

A committee headed by John Matthew Matthan was appointed to evaluate the non-feature films awards. Following were the jury members:

Official Name: Swarna Kamal

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


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