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9th National Film Awards

{{Short description|Indian ceremony celebrating cinema of 1961}}

{{Use Indian English|date=July 2016}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}

{{Infobox film awards

| number = 9

| award = National Film Awards

| image =

| alt =

| caption =

| awarded_for = Best of Indian cinema in 1961

| award_org = Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

| presenting_org = Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
{{small|(Vice President of India)}}

| announced_date = {{Start date|df=yes|1962|04|05}}

| presented_date = {{Start date|df=yes|1962|04|21}}

| site = Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi

| host =

| website = [http://dff.nic.in/ dff.nic.in]

| lifetime_achievement =

| best_feature = Bhagini Nivedita

| best_non_feature =

| most_wins =

| last = 8th

| next = 10th

}}

The 9th National Film Awards, then known as State Awards for Films, presented by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India to felicitate the best of Indian Cinema released in 1961.{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm9thNFAAward.aspx|title=9th National Film Awards|publisher=International Film Festival of India|access-date=8 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202115652/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm9thNFAAward.aspx|archive-date=2 December 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}} The awards were announced on 5 April 1962 and were presented on 21 April at the Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi, by then Vice-President of India, Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan.

Selection process

The Central Committee for State Awards for Films for the year was headed by politician and author R. R. Diwakar. To select films for the awards, the committee viewed "27 feature films, five children's films, seven documentaries and six educational films and a few filmstrips" between 19 March and 2 April 1962.{{cite news|title='Pava Mannippu' Adjudged Second Best Feature Film|agency=Press Trust of India|publisher=The Indian Express|date=6 April 1962|page=5}}

Awards

Awards were divided into feature films and non-feature films.

President's Gold Medal for the All India Best Feature Film is now better known as National Film Award for Best Feature Film, whereas President's Gold Medal for the Best Documentary Film is analogous to today's National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film. For children's films, Prime Minister's Gold Medal is now given as National Film Award for Best Children's Film. At the regional level, President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film is now given as National Film Award for Best Feature Film in a particular language. Certificate of Merit in all the categories is discontinued over the years.

= Feature films =

Feature films were awarded at All India as well as regional level. For the 9th National Film Awards, a Bengali film Bhagini Nivedita won the President's Gold Medal for the All India Best Feature Film. Following were the awards given:

== All India Award ==

Following were the awards given in each category:

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style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:37%;"|Award

!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:13%;"|Film

!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:7%;"|Language

!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:24%;"|Awardee(s)

!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:19%;"|Cash Prize

style="background-color:#F4F4F4"

|rowspan="2"|President's Gold Medal for the All India Best Feature Film

|rowspan="2"|Bhagini Nivedita

|rowspan="2"|Bengali

|Producer: Aurora Film Corporation

|Gold Medal and {{INR}}20,000

style="background-color:#F4F4F4"

|Director: Bijoy Bose

|{{INR}}5,000

style="background-color:#F4F4F4"

|rowspan="2"|All India Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature Film

|rowspan="2"|Pava Mannippu

|rowspan="2"|Tamil

|Producer: Buddha Pictures

|Certificate of Merit and {{INR}}10,000

style="background-color:#F4F4F4"

|Director: A. Bhimsingh

|{{INR}}2,500

style="background-color:#F4F4F4"

|rowspan="2"|All India Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Feature Film

|rowspan="2"|Prapanch

|rowspan="2"|Marathi

|Producer: Indian National Pictures

|rowspan="2"|Certificate of Merit only

style="background-color:#F4F4F4"

|Director: Madhukar Pathak

style="background-color:#F4F4F4"

|rowspan="3"|Prime Minister's Gold Medal for the Best Children's Film

|rowspan="3"|Hattogol Vijay

|rowspan="3"|Hindi

|Producer: Hari S. Dasgupta Productions

|Gold Medal and {{INR}}20,000

style="background-color:#F4F4F4"

|Director: Buju Das Gupta

|rowspan="2" | {{INR}}5,000

style="background-color:#F4F4F4"

|Director: Raghunath Goswami

style="background-color:#F4F4F4"

|rowspan="2"|All India Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Children's Film

|rowspan="2"|Savitri

|rowspan="2"|Hindi

|Producer: Children's Film Society

|Certificate of Merit and {{INR}}10,000

style="background-color:#F4F4F4"

|Director: Phani Majumdar

|{{INR}}2,500

style="background-color:#F4F4F4"

|rowspan="2"|All India Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Children's Film

|rowspan="2"|Nanhe Munne Sitare

|rowspan="2"|Hindi

|Producer: Ajay Kumar Chakravarty

|rowspan="2"|Certificate of Merit only

style="background-color:#F4F4F4"

|Director: Ajay Kumar Chakravarty

== Regional Award ==

The awards were given to the best films made in the regional languages of India. For 9th National Film Awards, President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film was not given in Gujarati, Kannada and Odia language; instead Certificate of Merit was awarded in each particular language.

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scope="col" rowspan="2" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:37%"|Award

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:19%"|Film

! scope="col" colspan="2" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:34%"|Awardee(s)

scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;" | Producer

!scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;" | Director

style="background-color:#F4F4F4"

|colspan="4"|Feature Films in Assamese

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|President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film

|Shakuntala

|Kamrup Chitra

|Bhupen Hazarika

style="background-color:#F4F4F4"

|colspan="4"|Feature Films in Bengali

style="background-color:#FCFCFC"

|President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film

|Samapti

|Satyajit Ray

|Satyajit Ray

style="background-color:#FCFCFC"

|Certificate of Merit for Second Best Feature Film

|Saptapadi

|Uttam Kumar

|Ajoy Kar

style="background-color:#FCFCFC"

|Certificate of Merit for Third Best Feature Film

|Punascha

|Mrinal Sen

|Mrinal Sen

style="background-color:#F4F4F4"

|colspan="4"|Feature Films in Gujarati

style="background-color:#FCFCFC"

|Certificate of Merit for Best Feature Film

|Nandanvan

|Shrikumar V. Gaglani

|Ganpatrao Brahmbhatt

style="background-color:#F4F4F4"

|colspan="4"|Feature Films in Hindi

style="background-color:#FCFCFC"

|President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film

|Dharmputra

|B. R. Chopra

|Yash Chopra

style="background-color:#FCFCFC"

|Certificate of Merit for Second Best Feature Film

|Gunga Jumna

|Dilip Kumar

|Nitin Bose

style="background-color:#FCFCFC"

|Certificate of Merit for Third Best Feature Film

|Pyaar Ki Pyaas

|Anupam Chitra

|Mahesh Kaul

style="background-color:#F4F4F4"

|colspan="4"|Feature Films in Kannada

style="background-color:#FCFCFC"

|Certificate of Merit for Best Feature Film

|Kittur Chennamma

|Padmini Pictures

|B. R. Panthulu

style="background-color:#F4F4F4"

|colspan="4"|Feature Films in Malayalam

style="background-color:#FCFCFC"

|President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film

|Mudiyanaya Puthran

|Chandrathara Productions

|Ramu Kariat

style="background-color:#FCFCFC"

|Certificate of Merit for Second Best Feature Film

|Kandam Becha Kottu

|Modern Theatres

|T. R. Sundaram

style="background-color:#FCFCFC"

|Certificate of Merit for Third Best Feature Film

|Sabarimala Sri Ayyappan

|K. Kuppuswamy

|S. M. Sriramulu Naidu

style="background-color:#F4F4F4"

|colspan="4"|Feature Films in Marathi

style="background-color:#FCFCFC"

|President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film

|Manini

|Kala Chitra

|Anant Mane

style="background-color:#FCFCFC"

|Certificate of Merit for Second Best Feature Film

|Vaijayanta

|Rekha Films

|Gajanan Jagirdar

style="background-color:#FCFCFC"

|Certificate of Merit for Third Best Feature Film

|Manasala Pankh Astat

|Madhav Shinde

|Madhav Shinde

style="background-color:#F4F4F4"

|colspan="4"|Feature Films in Odia

style="background-color:#FCFCFC"

|Certificate of Merit for Best Feature Film

|Nua Bou

|Ram Krishna Tripathy

|Prabhat Mukherjee

style="background-color:#F4F4F4"

|colspan="4"|Feature Films in Tamil

style="background-color:#FCFCFC"

|President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film

|Kappalottiya Thamizhan

|Padmini Pictures

|B. R. Panthulu

style="background-color:#FCFCFC"

|Certificate of Merit for Second Best Feature Film

|Pasamalar

|Rajamani Pictures

|A. Bhimsingh

style="background-color:#FCFCFC"

|Certificate of Merit for Third Best Feature Film

|Kumudham

|Modern Theatres

|Adurthi Subba Rao

style="background-color:#F4F4F4"

|colspan="4"|Feature Films in Telugu

style="background-color:#FCFCFC"

|President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film

|Bharya Bharthalu

|Prasad Art Pictures Pvt Ltd.

|K. Pratyagatma

= Non-Feature films =

Non-feature film awards were given for the documentaries and educational films made in the country. Following were the awards given:

== Documentaries ==

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style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:38%;"|Award

!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:17%;"|Film

!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:7%;"|Language

!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:19%;"|Awardee(s)

!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:18%;"|Cash Prize

style="background-color:#F4F4F4"

|rowspan="2"|President's Gold Medal for the Best Documentary Film

|rowspan="2"|Rabindranath Tagore
{{small|(Longer Version)}}

|rowspan="2"|English

|Producer: Films Division

|Gold Medal and {{INR}}4,000

style="background-color:#F4F4F4"

|Director: Satyajit Ray

|{{INR}}1,000

style="background-color:#F4F4F4"

|rowspan="2"|All India Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Documentary Film

|rowspan="2"|Our Feathered Friends

|rowspan="2"|English

|Producer: Films Division

|Certificate of Merit and {{INR}}2,000

style="background-color:#F4F4F4"

|Director: Gopal Datt

|{{INR}}500

style="background-color:#F4F4F4"

|rowspan="2"|All India Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Documentary Film

|rowspan="2"|Romance of the Indian Coin

|rowspan="2"|English

|Producer: Films Division

|rowspan="2"|Certificate of Merit only

style="background-color:#F4F4F4"

|Director: G. H. Saraiya

== Educational films ==

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style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:38%;"|Award

!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:16%;"|Film

!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:7%;"|Language

!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;"|Awardee(s)

!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:18%;"|Cash Prize

style="background-color:#F4F4F4"

|rowspan="2"|Prime Minister's Gold Medal for the Best Educational Film

|rowspan="2"|Citrus Cultivation

|rowspan="2"|English

|Producer: Films Division

|Gold Medal and {{INR}}4,000

style="background-color:#F4F4F4"

|Director: Krishna Kapil

|{{INR}}1,000

style="background-color:#F4F4F4"

|rowspan="2"|All India Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Educational Film

|rowspan="2"|Coir Worker

|rowspan="2"|English

|Producer: F. R. Bilimoria

|rowspan="2"|Certificate of Merit only

style="background-color:#F4F4F4"

|Director: F. R. Bilimoria

style="background-color:#F4F4F4"

|rowspan="2"|All India Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Educational Film

|rowspan="2"|Ahvan

|rowspan="2"|Hindi

|Producer: Dhruva Kumar Pandya

|rowspan="2"|Certificate of Merit only

style="background-color:#F4F4F4"

|Director: Dhruva Kumar Pandya

= Awards not given =

Following were the awards not given as no film was found to be suitable for the award:

References

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External links

  • [https://dff.nic.in/Archive.aspx National Film Awards Archives]
  • [https://dff.nic.in Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India]

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