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37th National Film Awards
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| 37th National Film Awards | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best of Indian cinema in 1989 |
| Awarded by | Directorate of Film Festivals |
| Presented by | R. Venkataraman (President of India) |
| Announced on | 4 April 1990 |
| Presented on | May 1990 |
| Official website | dff.nic.in |
| Highlights | |
| Best Feature Film | Bagh Bahadur |
| Best Non-Feature Film | Aar Koto Din |
| Best Book | • Shataranj Ke Khiladi • Cinema, Kannakkum Kavithayum |
| Best Film Critic | K. N. T. Sastry |
| Dadasaheb Phalke Award | Lata Mangeshkar |
| Most awards | • Mathilukal • Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha (4) |
The 37th 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 1989.[1] Ceremony took place in May 1990 and awards were given by then President of India, R. Venkataraman.
Starting with 37th National Film Awards, new award in feature films section was introduced for Environment Conservation/Preservation as National Film Award for Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus) for producer and director of the film. Another new award was introduced for National Film Award for Best First Non-Feature Film of a Director, but not given for 37th National Film Awards.
Also, National Film Award for Best Book on Cinema has been promoted to Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus) Award.
Awards
Awards were divided into feature films, non-feature films and books written on Indian cinema.
Lifetime Achievement Award
| Name of Award | Image | Awardee(s) | Awarded As | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dadasaheb Phalke Award | 
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Lata Mangeshkar | Playback singer | Swarna Kamal, ₹ 100,000 and a Shawl |
Feature films
Feature films were awarded at All India as well as regional level. For 37th National Film Awards, a Bengali film, Bagh Bahadur won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film whereas two Malayalam films, Mathilukal and Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha won the maximum number of awards (4). Following were the awards given in each category:[1]
Juries
A committee headed by Atma Ram was appointed to evaluate the feature films awards. Following were the jury members:[1]
- Jury Members
- Atma Ram (Chairperson) • Basu Bhattacharya • Iqbal Masood • K. G. George • Sitakant Misra • Mahendran • A. Pundarikakshayya • Kundan Shah • Aribam Syam Sharma • Dilip Kumar Hazarika • Bhim Sen • R. Lakshman • Valampuri Somanathan • Saikat Bhattacharya • Sreekumaran Thampi • D. V. Narasa Raju
All India Award
Following were the awards given:[1]
Golden Lotus Award
Official Name: Swarna Kamal[1]
All the awardees are awarded with 'Golden Lotus Award (Swarna Kamal)', a certificate and cash prize.
| Name of Award | Name of Film | Language | Awardee(s) | Cash Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Best Feature Film | Bagh Bahadur | Bengali | Producer: Buddhadeb Dasgupta | ₹ 50,000/- |
| director: Buddhadeb Dasgupta | ₹ 25,000/- | |||
| Citation: For its portrayal of the steady destruction of rural folk traditions at the hands of a cheap and showy urban culture in the form a cinematically vibrant and heroic classical tragedy. | ||||
| Best Debut Film of a Director | Wosobipo | Karbi | Producer: Karbi Anglong District Council Director: Gautam Bora |
₹ 25,000/- Each |
| Citation: For its fresh and original evocation of the collective unconscious of a hill tribe whose way of life has been disintegrating over the last four decades, as seen through the eyes of a boy growing up into the responsibilities of manhood. | ||||
| Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment | Chandni | Hindi | Producer: Yash Raj Films | ₹ 40,000/- |
| Director: Yash Chopra | ₹ 20,000/- | |||
| Citation: For providing clean and romantic entertainment illuminated with smooth performances and fresh lyrics in folk form. | ||||
| Geethanjali | Telugu | Producer: M/s Bhagyalakshmi Enterprises | ₹ 40,000/- | |
| Director: Mani Ratnam | ₹ 20,000/- | |||
| Citation: For its innovative approach in depicting youthful passion. | ||||
| Best Children's Film | Ankur Maina Aur Kabootar | Hindi | Producer: Children's Film Society | ₹ 30,000/- |
| Director: Madan Bawaria | ₹ 15,000/- | |||
| Citation: For its involvement of children in the fight for preservation of wildlife in the exotically shot isle of Mauritius. | ||||
| Jamboo Savari | Kannada | Producer: K. S. L. Swame (Lalitha Ravee) | ₹ 30,000/- | |
| Director: K. S. L. Swame (Lalitha Ravee) | ₹ 15,000/- | |||
| Citation: For the way in which it establishes the conflict between a child's instinctive love for a wild animal and the reality of man-animal relationships in the modern world, along with the resolution of that conflict. | ||||
| Best Direction | Mathilukal | Malayalam | Adoor Gopalakrishnan | ₹ 50,000/- |
| Citation: For successfully capturing the spirit of the short story on his prison days by the celebrated writer Vaikkom Mohammed Basheer. | ||||
Silver Lotus Award
Official Name: Rajat Kamal[1]
All the awardees are awarded with 'Silver Lotus Award (Rajat Kamal)', a certificate and cash prize.
| Name of Award | Name of Film | Language | Awardee(s) | Cash Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Second Best Feature Film | Parshuramer Kuthar | Bengali | Producer: Dhurjati Prasad Mukherji | ₹30,000/- |
| Director: Nabyendu Chatterjee | ₹15,000/- | |||
| Citation: For the moving fashion in which it elaborates the political and social hypocrisy of a town's middle class and its exploitation of a woman who is both the object of desire and the prey. | ||||
| Best Feature Film on National Integration | Santha Shishunala Sharifa | Kannada | Producer: M/s Yajaman Enterprises | ₹ 30,000/- |
| Director: T. S. Nagabharana | ₹ 15,000/- | |||
| Citation: For its depiction of unity of religions at the popular mystical level illustrated by the life and lyrics of a famous Muslim saint who has a Hindu guru. | ||||
| Best Film on Family Welfare | Sandhya Raagam | Tamil | Producer: Balu Mahendra (A Doordarshan production) | ₹ 30,000/- |
| Director: Balu Mahendra | ₹ 15,000/- | |||
| Citation: For the humanity with which it traces a character coming to terms with the problem of old age through suffering, resolution and understanding. | ||||
| Best Film on Other Social Issues | Unnikuttant Joli Kitty | Malayalam | Producer: V. R. Gopinath | ₹ 30,000/- |
| Director: V. R. Gopinath | ₹ 15,000/- | |||
| Citation: For its bleak narration of an unemployed youth becoming an unemployable due to callous social attitudes. | ||||
| Best Film on Environment Conservation / Preservation | Bonani | Assamese | Producer: M/s Purbanchal Film Co-operative Society Ltd. | ₹ 30,000/- |
| Director: Jahnu Barua | ₹ 15,000/- | |||
| Citation: For its delicate and nuanced description of a forest official's struggle against mercenary and bureaucratic despoilation of forests. | ||||
| Best Actor | • Mathilukal • Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha |
Malayalam | Mammootty | ₹ 10,000/- |
| Citation: For successfully portraying the multifaceted roles. | ||||
| Best Actress | Parshuramer Kuthar | Bengali | Sreelekha Mukherji | ₹ 10,000/- |
| Citation: For bringing out the agony and pain of a helpless woman forced by society to live an ignoble life. | ||||
| Best Supporting Actor | Parinda | Hindi | Nana Patekar | ₹ 10,000/- |
| Citation: For his unique portrayal of a psychotic character. | ||||
| Best Supporting Actress | Pudhea Paadhai | Tamil | Manorama | ₹ 10,000/- |
| Citation: For the versatility shown. | ||||
| Best Child Artist | Kalat Nakalat | Marathi | Mrinmayee Chandorkar | ₹ 5,000/- |
| Citation: For her innocent and spontaneous portrayal. | ||||
| Best Male Playback Singer | Chhandaneer | Bengali | Ajoy Chakrabarty | ₹ 10,000/- |
| Citation: For bringing the rare depth of emotion, adomed by his command on the classical idiom. | ||||
| Best Female Playback Singer | Kalat Nakalat ("Hey Ek Reshami Gharate") |
Marathi | Anuradha Paudwal | ₹ 10,000/- |
| Citation: For her clear and mellifluous rendering of the song. | ||||
| Best Cinematography | Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro | Hindi | Camera operator: Virendra Saini Laboratory processing: M/s Ad-labs |
₹ 10,000/- Each |
| Citation: For the high technical skills shown in evoking the special ethos of the film. | ||||
| Best Screenplay | Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha | Malayalam | M. T. Vasudevan Nair | ₹ 10,000/- |
| Citation: For the gripping plot, clearly etched characterisations and the brilliant portrayal of life in Kerala a few hundred years ago. | ||||
| Best Audiography | Mathilukal | Malayalam | Harikumar | ₹ 10,000/- |
| Citation: For perfection noticeable throughout the in creatively helping the director to capture the mood and sustain interest within the enclosed walls of a jail. | ||||
| Best Editing | Parinda | Hindi | Renu Saluja | ₹ 10,000/- |
| Citation: For her brisk and precise cutting and the creative heights to which she has taken the film with her intelligent and intuitive knowledge of her art. | ||||
| Best Art Direction | Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha | Malayalam | P. Krishnamoorthy | ₹ 10,000/- |
| Citation: For adding to the aesthetic value of the film as a whole by carefully recreating the essence of the reality of a bygone era in Kerala with minute attention to details of pros and decor. | ||||
| Best Costume Design | Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha | Malayalam | P. Krishnamoorthy | ₹ 10,000/- |
| Citation: For his intimate knowledge, artistic competence and the brilliant execution of the costumes of a bygone era, recreating the reality of life in the past as few films have done. | ||||
| Best Music Direction | Wosobipo | Karbi | Sher Chowdhary | ₹ 10,000/- |
| Citation: For depicting life in interior Assam with a unique background score. | ||||
| Best Lyrics | Chhandaneer | Bengali | Satarupa Sanyal | ₹ 10,000/- |
| Citation: For rare poetic heights reached in all the lyrics for the film. | ||||
| Special Jury Award | Kaal Abhirati | Bengali | Amitabh Chakraborty | ₹ 10,000/- |
| Citation: For having had the courage of his convictions in making this experimental film which sets out to explore new horizons in the realm of film making. | ||||
| Special Mention | Daddy | Hindi | Anupam Kher | Certificate Only |
| Citation: For having played with great finesse and an unequalled range, the role of a gifted artiste hurt by unfortunate personal relationships. | ||||
| Kireedam | Malayalam | Mohanlal | ||
| Citation: For portraying young man's agony and pain marvellously and in unique style. | ||||
Regional Awards
The award is given to best film in the regional languages in India.[1]
| Name of Award | Name of Film | Awardee(s) | Cash Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best Feature Film in Bengali | Ganashatru | Producer: NFDC | ₹ 20,000/- |
| Director: Satyajit Ray | ₹ 10,000/- | ||
| Citation: For its brilliant adaptation of Ibsen's "An Enemy of the People" to highlight the dangers of current revivalism. | |||
| Best Feature Film in Gujarati | Percy | Producer: NFDC | ₹ 20,000/- |
| Director: Pervez Merwanji | ₹ 10,000/- | ||
| Citation: For its searing exploration of the neuroses and the claustrophobic embrace of an ingrown familial culture. | |||
| Best Feature Film in Hindi | Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro | Producer: NFDC | ₹ 20,000/- |
| Director: Saeed Akhtar Mirza | ₹ 10,000/- | ||
| Citation: For its novel examination of the nexus between urban lumpen life, crime and religious revivalism. | |||
| Best Feature Film in Kannada | Mane | Producer: Apoorva Chitra | ₹ 20,000/- |
| Director: Girish Kasaravalli | ₹ 10,000/- | ||
| Citation: For setting out the contradictions in the urban middle class search, both for moral legitimacy and security, in a corrupt social structure. | |||
| Best Feature Film in Malayalam | Mathilukal | Producer: Adoor Gopalakrishnan | ₹ 20,000/- |
| Director: Adoor Gopalakrishnan | ₹ 10,000/- | ||
| Citation: For its remarkable creation of an imprisoned writer's mind hovering between the pain of confinement, existential apprehension of death and the hallucinatory "reality" of sensual love. | |||
| Best Feature Film in Marathi | Kalat Nakalat | Producer: Smita Talwalkar | ₹ 20,000/- |
| Director: Kanchan Nayak | ₹ 10,000/- | ||
| Citation: For its delicate description of the tension of love in various facets – wife, mistress and children – and the resolution of tensions in favour of keeping a family together. | |||
| Best Feature Film in Oriya | Andha Diganta | Producer: Vox Visuals Pvt. Ltd. | ₹ 20,000/- |
| Director: Manmohan Mahapatra | ₹ 10,000/- | ||
| Citation: For its unemotional description of the increasing misery of a peasant who discovers his inadequacy in fighting his economic servitude and his own bourgeois attitude towards his wife's past. | |||
| Best Feature Film in Punjabi | Marhi Da Deeva | Producer: NFDC | ₹ 20,000/- |
| Director: Surinder Singh | ₹ 10,000/- | ||
| Citation: For its depiction of the pain and tragedy involved in the transformation of feaudalism into capitalism, which entails destruction and degradation of normal human relationships like friendship and love. | |||
| Best Feature Film in Tamil | Pudhea Paadhai | Producer: A. Sundaram | ₹ 20,000/- |
| Director: R. Parthiepan | ₹ 10,000/- | ||