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{{Short description|Indian ceremony celebrating cinema of 1962}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}
{{Infobox film awards
| number = 10
| award = National Film Awards
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| awarded_for = Best of Indian cinema in 1962
| award_org = [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Ministry of Information and Broadcasting]]
| presenting_org = [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]]<br/>{{small|([[President of India]])}}
| announced_date =
| presented_date = {{Start date|df=yes|1963|04|20}}
| site = [[Vigyan Bhavan]], [[New Delhi]]
| host =
| website = [http://dff.nic.in/ dff.nic.in]
| lifetime_achievement =
| best_feature = ''[[Dada Thakur (film)|Dada Thakur]]''
| best_non_feature =
| most_wins =
| last = 9th
| next = 11th
}}

The '''10th [[National Film Awards]]''', then known as '''State Awards for Films''', presented by [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India]] to felicitate the best of [[Cinema of India|Indian Cinema]] released in 1962.<ref name="10thaward">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/104_10thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=10th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=2 September 2020|archive-date=19 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191019081139/https://www.dff.nic.in/images/Documents/104_10thNfacatalogue.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> Ceremony took place at [[Vigyan Bhavan]], [[New Delhi]] on 21 April 1963 and awards were given by then [[President of India]], Dr. [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]].

== 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 10th National Film Awards, a [[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali film]] ''[[Dada Thakur (film)|Dada Thakur]]'' won the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film|President's gold medal for the All India Best Feature Film]]. Following were the awards given:<ref name="10thaward"/>

==== All India Award ====

Following were the awards given in each category:<ref name="10thaward"/>

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
|-
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:37%;"|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:20%;"|Cash Prize
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film|President's gold medal for the All India Best Feature Film]]
|rowspan="2"|''[[Dada Thakur (film)|Dada Thakur]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[Bengali language|Bengali]]
|[[Film producer|Producer]]: Shyamlal Jalan
|Gold Medal and {{INR}}20,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[Film director|Director]]: Sudhir Mukherjee
|{{INR}}5,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Second Best Feature Film|All India Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature Film]]
|rowspan="2"|''[[Abhijan]]''
|rowspan="2"|Bengali
|Producer: Abhijatrik
|Certificate of Merit and {{INR}}10,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: [[Satyajit Ray]]
|{{INR}}2,500
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[Discontinued and Intermittent National Film Awards#Third Best Feature Film|All India Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Feature Film]]
|rowspan="2"|''Sautela Bhai''
|rowspan="2"|[[Hindi language|Hindi]]
|Producer: Alok Bharati
|rowspan="2"|Certificate of Merit only
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: Mahesh Kaul
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Children's Film|All India Certificate of Merit for the Best Children's Film]]
|rowspan="2"|''Raju Aur Gangaram''
|rowspan="2"|Hindi
|Producer: [[Children's Film Society, India|Children's Film Society]]
|rowspan="2"|Certificate of Merit only
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: [[Ezra Mir]]
|}

==== Regional Award ====

The awards were given to the best films made in the [[Languages of India|regional languages of India]].

With 10th National Film Awards, new award category was introduced for the feature films made in [[Punjabi language]]. This newly introduced category includes President's silver medal for Best Feature Film in Assamese and Certificate of Merit for second and third best film, although former was not given as no film was found suitable for the award.

For feature films in Assamese, Kannada, Malayalam, Odia and Punjabi, President's silver medal for Best Feature Film was not given, instead Certificate of Merit for Best Feature Film was awarded.<ref name="10thaward"/>

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
|-
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:34%"|Award
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%"|Film
! scope="col" colspan="2" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:46%"|Awardee(s)
|-
!scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;" | Producer
!scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;" | Director
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|colspan="4"|'''''[[Cinema of Assam|Feature Films in Assamese]]'''''
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Assamese|Certificate of Merit for the Best Feature Film]]
|''Tezimola''
|Anwar Hussain
|Anwar Hussain
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|colspan="4"|'''''[[Cinema of West Bengal|Feature Films in Bengali]]'''''
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali|President's silver medal for Best Feature Film]]
|''Kancher Swarga''
|Prokash Chandra Nan
|Yatrik
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature Film
|''Nishithe''
|Agragami Productions
|Agragami
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|colspan="4"|'''''[[Bollywood|Feature Films in Hindi]]'''''
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi|President's silver medal for Best Feature Film]]
|''[[Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam]]''
|[[Guru Dutt]]
|[[Abrar Alvi]]
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|colspan="4"|'''''[[Cinema of Karnataka|Feature Films in Kannada]]'''''
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|rowspan="3"|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada|Certificate of Merit for the Best Feature Film]]
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|rowspan="2"|''[[Nanda Deepa]]''
|U. S. Vadhiraj
|rowspan="2"|[[M. R. Vittal]]
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|U. Jawahar
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|colspan="4"|'''''[[Malayalam cinema|Feature Films in Malayalam]]'''''
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam|Certificate of Merit for the Best Feature Film]]
|''[[Puthiya Akasam Puthiya Bhoomi]]''
|Associated Producers
|M. S. Mani
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature Film
|''[[Kalpadukal]]''
|T. R. Raghavan
|K. S. Anthony
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|colspan="4"|'''''[[Marathi cinema|Feature Films in Marathi]]'''''
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi|President's silver medal for Best Feature Film]]
|''Rangalya Ratree Ashya''
|The Maharashtra Film Industrial Co-Operative Society Ltd.
|[[Raja Thakur]]
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature Film
|''Javai Majha Bhala''
|Maneesha Chitra Pvt Ltd.
|Neelkanth Magdum
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Feature Film
|''Gariba Gharchi Lek''
|Shivaji Gulabrao Katkar
|Kamlakar Vishnu Torne
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|colspan="4"|'''''[[Cinema of Odisha|Feature Films in Odia]]'''''
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Odia|Certificate of Merit for the Best Feature Film]]
|''Surjyamukhi''
|Soumendra Misra
|P. K. Sengupta
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|rowspan="2"|Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature Film
|rowspan="2"|''[[Lakshmi (1962 film)|Lakshmi]]''
|Parvati Ghose
|rowspan="2"|Sarda Naik
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|G. P. Ghose
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|colspan="4"|'''''[[Cinema of Punjab|Feature Films in Punjabi]]'''''
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Punjabi|Certificate of Merit for the Best Feature Film]]
|''[[Chaudhary Karnail Singh]]''
|Krishnan Kumar
|Krishnan Kumar
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|colspan="4"|'''''[[Tamil cinema|Feature Films in Tamil]]'''''
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil|President's silver medal for Best Feature Film]]
|''[[Nenjil Or Aalayam]]''
|Chithralaya
|[[C. V. Sridhar]]
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|rowspan="2"|Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature Film
|rowspan="2"|''[[Annai (1962 film)|Annai]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[AVM Productions]]
|[[Krishnan–Panju|Sarvashri R. Krishnan]]
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|[[Krishnan–Panju|S. Panju]]
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Feature Film
|''[[Sarada (1962 film)|Sarada]]''
|[[A. L. Srinivasan|Al. Srinivasan]]
|[[K. S. Gopalakrishnan]]
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|colspan="4"|'''''[[Cinema of Andhra Pradesh|Feature Films in Telugu]]'''''
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu|President's silver medal for Best Feature Film]]
|''[[Mahamantri Timmarusu (film)|Mahamantri Timmarusu]]''
|Gowthami Productions
|[[Kamalakara Kameshwara Rao]]
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature Film
|''[[Kula Gothralu]]''
|[[Adurthi Subba Rao|A. Subba Rao]]
|[[Kotayya Pratyagatma]]
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Feature Film
|''[[Siri Sampadalu]]''
|V. Venkateswarlu
|[[P. Pullaiah]]
|}

=== Non-Feature films ===

Non-feature film awards were given for the documentaries and educational films made in the country. Following were the awards given:<ref name="10thaward"/>

==== Documentaries ====

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
|-
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:40%;"|Award
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:15%;"|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"|[[National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film|President's gold medal for the Best Documentary Film]]
|rowspan="2"|''Four Centuries Ago''
|rowspan="2"|[[English language|English]]
|Producer: [[Films Division of India|Films Division]]
|Gold Medal and {{INR}}4,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: Shanti Verma
|{{INR}}1,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|All India Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Documentary Film
|rowspan="2"|''Himalayan Heritage''
|rowspan="2"|English
|Producer: Films Division
|Certificate of Merit and {{INR}}2,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: N. S. Thapa
|{{INR}}500
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|All India Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Documentary Film
|rowspan="2"|''The Telco Story''
|rowspan="2"|English
|Producer: Hunnar Films
|rowspan="2"|Certificate of Merit only
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: Clement Baptista
|}

==== Educational films ====

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
|-
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:38%;"|Award
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;"|Film
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:7%;"|Language
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;"|Awardee(s)
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:15%;"|Cash Prize
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Educational/Motivational/Instructional Film|All India Certificate of Merit for the Best Educational Film]]
|rowspan="2"|''Virginia Tobacco''
|rowspan="2"|[[English language|English]]
|Producer: [[Films Division of India|Films Division]]
|rowspan="2"|Certificate of Merit only
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: P. R. S. Pillay
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|All India Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Educational Film
|rowspan="2"|''The Evolution and Races of Man''
|rowspan="2"|English
|Producer: National Education and Information Film Ltd.
|rowspan="2"|Certificate of Merit only
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: S. Sukhdev
|}

=== Awards not given ===

Following were the awards not given as no film was found to be suitable for the award:<ref name="10thaward"/>

{{colbegin}}
* [[National Film Award for Best Children's Film|Prime Minister's gold medal for the Best Children's Film]]
* [[National Film Award for Best Educational/Motivational/Instructional Film|Prime Minister's gold medal for the Best Educational Film]]
* [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Assamese|President's silver medal for Best Feature Film in Assamese]]
* [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada|President's silver medal for Best Feature Film in Kannada]]
* [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam|President's silver medal for Best Feature Film in Malayalam]]
* [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Oriya|President's silver medal for Best Feature Film in Oriya]]
* [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Punjabi|President's silver medal for Best Feature Film in Punjabi]]
{{colend}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://dff.nic.in/Archive.aspx National Film Awards Archives]
* [http://dff.nic.in Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India]

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