50th National Film Awards
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50th National Film Awards
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| Awarded for | Best of Indian cinema in 2002 |
| Awarded by |
President of India (Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam) |
| Presented by | Directorate of Film Festivals |
| Announced on | 26 July 2003 |
| Presented on | 29 December 2003 |
| Official website | dff.nic.in |
| Highlights | |
| Best Feature Film | Mondo Meyer Upakhyan |
| Best Non-Feature Film | Narayan Gangaram Surve |
| Most awards | Kannathil Muthamittal (6) |
The 50th 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 2002.
Awards were announced by the committee headed by Prakash Jha, Rajiv Mehrotra and Udaya Tara Nayar for the feature films, non-feature films and books written on Indian cinema, respectively, on 26 July 2003; whereas the award ceremony took place on 29 December 2003 and awards were given away by then President of India, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam.
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 50th National Film Awards, a Bengali film, Mondo Meyer Upakhyan won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film; whereas a Tamil film, Kannathil Muthamittal won the maximum number of awards (6). Following were the awards given in each category:
A committee headed by Prakash Jha 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
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