The 18th National Film Awards were held in Chennai, India in November 1971 by the Indian Ministry of Information and Broadcasting for Indian films released in 1970. The awards were presented by then President of India, V. V. Giri.
Juries
The award winners were chosen by four juries, one each for the Bombay, Calcutta and Madras regions and a central jury for all India. For the 18th National Film Awards the central jury was headed by Justice G. D. Khosla.
Jury Members: Central G. D. Khosla (Chair)Shiela VatsTeji BachchanV. K. Narayana MenonAshis BurmanAli Sardar JafriAmmu SwaminathanDin DayalNasir HussainU. Visweswar RaoSubodh Mitra Regional Jury: Bombay Vijay Tendulkar (chair)Firoze RangoonwallaBikram SinghK. K. HebbarIrene HerediaIsmat ChughtaiL. G. JogGopinath TalwalkarDevendra GoelShatrujit PaulBhappi Sonie Regional Jury: Calcutta Amala Shankar (chair)Amina KarAnant MahapatraA. K. PramanickTarun RoyPankaj MullickRajendra Nath BaruaShibatosh MukerjeeNarayan ChakrabortyDilip SarkarNirmal Chowdhury Regional Jury: Madras C. R. Pattabhiraman (chair)K. Venkataswamy NaiduP. P. NaiduMallikarjuna RaoShakuntala HegdeD. RamanaiduVijayalakshmiV. C. SubburamanKambisseri KarunakaranC. N. RamanujamT. S. MuthuswamyK. Kottarakkara
Awards
Awards were given to feature films and non-feature films.
The top national award in each category was the President's gold medal and, at the regional level, the President's silver medal.
Lifetime Achievement Award
AwardImageAwardee(s)Awarded AsCash prizeDadasaheb Phalke AwardB. N. SircarProducer11,000, a shawl and a plaque
Feature films
The Kannada film Samskara won the President's gold medal for the All India Best Feature Film. Three award each went to the Hindi films, Dastak and Mera Naam Joker, and to the Bengali film Pratidwandi.
All India Award
Award recipients:
AwardFilmLanguageAwardee(s)Cash prizeBest Feature FilmSamskaraKannadaProducer: T. Pattabhirami ReddyGold Medal and 40,000Director: T. Pattabhirami ReddySecond Best Feature FilmPratidwandiBengaliProducer: Nepal Dutta15,000 and a medalProducer: Asim DuttaDirector: Satyajit Ray5,000 and a plaqueBest Feature Film on National IntegrationThurakkatha VaathilMalayalamProducer: A. Raghunath30,000 and a medalDirector: P. Bhaskaran10,000 and a plaqueBest Actor (Bharat Award)DastakHindiSanjeev KumarA figurineBest Actress (Urvashi Award)DastakHindiRehana SultanA figurineBest Child ArtistMera Naam JokerHindiRishi KapoorA plaqueBest DirectionPratidwandiBengaliSatyajit Ray 5,000 and a plaqueBest Music DirectionDastakHindiMadan Mohan 5,000 and a plaqueBest Male Playback SingerNishi PadmaBengaliManna DeyA plaqueMera Naam JokerHindiBest Female Playback SingerNishi PadmaBengaliSandhya MukherjeeA plaqueJay JayantiBest ScreenplayPratidwandiBengaliSatyajit Ray5,000 and a plaqueBest Cinematography (Black and White)Uski RotiHindiK. K. Mahajan5,000 and a plaqueBest Cinematography (Color)Mera Naam JokerHindiRadhu Karmakar5,000 and a plaque
Regional Award
The awards were given to the best films made in the regional languages of India. For feature films in Assamese, English, Gujarati, Kashmiri, Oriya and Punjabi language, the resident's silver medal for Best Feature Film was not given. The producer and director of the film were awarded with 5,000 and a silver medal, respectively.
AwardFilmAwardee(s) Producer DirectorBest Feature Film in BengaliMalyadanAjoy KarAjoy KarBimal DeyBest Feature Film in HindiAnandHrishikesh MukherjeeHrishikesh MukherjeeN. C. SippyBest Feature Film in KannadaNaguva HoovuR. N. SudarshanR. N. K. PrasadBest Feature Film in MalayalamEzhuthatha KathaJai Maruthy PicturesA. B. RajBest Feature Film in MarathiMumbaicha JawaiTushar PradhanRaja ThakurBest Feature Film in TamilRaman Ethanai RamanadiP. MadhavanP. MadhavanBest Feature Film in TeluguDesamante ManushuloyiK. M. K. NaiduC. S. RaoG. K. Naidu
Non-Feature films
The award recipients were:
Short films
Name of AwardName of FilmLanguageAwardee(s)AwardsBest Film on Social DocumentationLatestEnglishProducer: M/s. Film-O-Pub5,000 and a medalDirector: Biplab Ray Chaudhari2,000 and a plaque
Awards not given
The following awards not given:
Best Story Writer Best Film on Family Welfare Best Children's Film Lyric Writer of the Best Film Song on National Integration Best Information Film (Documentary) Best Educational / Instructional Film Best Promotional Film Best Experimental Film Best Animation Film President's silver medal for Best Feature Film in Assamese President's silver medal for Best Feature Film in English President's silver medal for Best Feature Film in Oriya President's silver medal for Best Feature Film in Punjabi
References
External links National Film Awards Archives Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India