62nd National Film Awards
| 62nd National Film Awards | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best of Indian cinema in 2014 |
| Awarded by | Directorate of Film Festivals |
| Presented by | Directorate of Film Festivals |
| Announced on | 24 March 2015 |
| Presented on | 3 May 2015 |
| Official website | dff.nic.in |
| Highlights | |
| Best Feature Film | Court |
| Best Non-Feature Film | Tender is the Sight |
| Best Book | Silent Cinema (1895-1930) |
| Best Film Critic | Tanul Thakur |
| Dadasaheb Phalke Award | Shashi Kapoor |
| Most awards | Haider (5) |
The 62nd National Film Awards ceremony was an event during which the Directorate of Film Festivals presents its annual National Film Awards to honour the best films of 2014 in the Indian cinema. The awards were announced on 24 March 2015 and the ceremony was held on 3 May 2015.
The Directorate of Film Festivals invited nominations for the awards by late December 2014 and the acceptable last date for entries was until 20 January 2015. Feature and Non-Feature Films certified by Central Board of Film Certification between 1 January 2014, and 31 December 2014, were eligible for the film award categories. Books, critical studies, reviews or articles on cinema published in Indian newspapers, magazines, and journals between 1 January 2014, and 31 December 2014, were eligible for the best writing on cinema section. Entries of dubbed, revised or copied versions of a film or translation, abridgements, edited or annotated works and reprints were ineligible for the awards.
For the Feature and Non-Feature Films sections, films in any Indian language, shot on 16 mm, 35 mm, a wider film gauge or a digital format, and released in cinemas, on video or digital formats for home viewing were eligible. Films were required to be certified as a feature film, a featurette or a Documentary/Newsreel/Non-Fiction by the Central Board of Film Certification.
Introduced in 1969, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award is the highest award given to recognise the contributions of film personalities towards the development of Indian cinema and for distinguished contributions to the medium, its growth and promotion.
For the year 2014, the award was announced on 23 March 2015 to be presented to actor, film-maker Shashi Kapoor. He has won two National Film Awards including Best Actor for New Delhi Times in 1985 and is also Padma Bhushan recipient of 2011.
Hindi film Haider won the maximum number of awards (5).
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