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{{Short description|Indian ceremony celebrating cinema of 1965}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}
{{Infobox film awards
| number = 13
| award = National Film Awards
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| awarded_for = Best of Indian cinema in 1965
| award_org = [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Ministry of Information and Broadcasting]]
| presenting_org =
| announced_date =
| presented_date =
| site =
| host =
| website = [http://dff.nic.in/ dff.nic.in]
| lifetime_achievement =
| best_feature = ''[[Chemmeen]]''
| best_non_feature =
| most_wins = ''[[Shaheed (1965 film)|Shaheed]]'' (3)
| last = 12th
| next = 14th
}}

The '''13th [[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 1965.<ref name="13thaward">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/101_13thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=13th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=2 September 2020|archive-date=25 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725172334/http://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/101_13thNfacatalogue.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

Starting with 13th National Film Awards, a new award was introduced at All India level, [[Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration|Best Feature Film on National Unity and Emotional Integration]] whose winner received a cash prize.

== 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 13th National Film Awards, a [[Bollywood|Hindi film]] ''[[Shaheed (1965 film)|Shaheed]]'' won the maximum number of awards (three). Following were the awards given:<ref name="13thaward"/>

==== All India Award ====

For 13th National Film Awards, none of the films were awarded from Children's Films category as no film was found to be suitable; instead Certificate of Merit is awarded. Following were the awards given in each category:<ref name="13thaward"/>

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
|-
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:35%;"|Award
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:19%;"|Film
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:7%;"|Language
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;"|Awardee(s)
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:19%;"|Cash prize
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="3"|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film|President's gold medal for the All India Best Feature Film]]
|rowspan="3"|''[[Chemmeen]]''
|rowspan="3"|[[Malayalam]]
|[[Film producer|Producer]]: Babu Ismail Settu
|rowspan="2"|Gold Medal and {{INR}}20,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Producer: Kanmani Films
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[Film director|Director]]: [[Ramu Kariat]]
|{{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"|''[[Atithi (1965 film)|Atithi]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[Bengali language|Bengali]]
|Producer: New Theaters Pvt Ltd.
|Certificate of Merit and {{INR}}10,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: [[Tapan Sinha]]
|{{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"|''[[Chhoti Chhoti Baten]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[Hindi language|Hindi]]
|Producer: Rajvanshi Productions
|rowspan="2"|Certificate of Merit only
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: [[Motilal (actor)|Motilal Rajvansh]]
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="3"|[[Discontinued and Intermittent National Film Awards#Best Story|All India Certificate of Merit for the Best Story Writer]]
|''[[Chhoti Chhoti Baten]]''
|Hindi
|Motilal Rajvansh
|rowspan="3"|Certificate of Merit only
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|''[[Shaheed (1965 film)|Shaheed]]''
|rowspan="2"|Hindi
|[[Batukeshwar Dutt|B. K. Dutt]]
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Din Dayal Sharma
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration|Best Feature Film on National Unity and Emotional Integration]]
|rowspan="2"|''[[Shaheed (1965 film)|Shaheed]]''
|rowspan="2"|Hindi
|Producer: Kewal Kashyap
|rowspan="2"|{{INR}}20,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: S. Ram Sharma
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="4"|[[National Film Award for Best Children's Film|All India Certificate of Merit for the Best Children's Film]]
|rowspan="2"|''The Adventure of A Sugar Doll''
|rowspan="2"|[[English language|English]]
|Producer: [[Children's Film Society, India|Children's Film Society]]
|Certificate of Merit and {{INR}}2,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: Kantilal Rathod
|{{INR}}500
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|''As You Like It''
|rowspan="2"|English
|Producer: Children's Film Society
|rowspan="2"|Certificate of Merit only
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: S. Shankar
|}

==== Regional Award ====

The awards were given to the best films made in the [[Languages of India|regional languages of India]]. For feature films in Gujarati and Punjabi, President's silver medal for Best Feature Film was not given, instead Certificate of Merit for Best Feature Film was given.<ref name="13thaward"/>

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:90%"
|-
! 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"|'''''[[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]]
|''[[Akash Kusum]]''
|Ranjit Basu
|[[Mrinal Sen]]
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature Film
|''[[Subarnarekha (film)|Subarnarekha]]''
|Radheshyam
|[[Ritwik Ghatak]]
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Feature Film
|'' Raja Rammohun''
|Aurora Films Corp Pvt Ltd.
|Bijoy Basu
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|colspan="4"|'''''[[Gujarati cinema|Feature Films in Gujarati]]'''''
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|[[Discontinued and Intermittent National Film Awards#Best Feature Film in Gujarati|Certificate of Merit for the Best Feature Film]]
|''Kusumbi No Rang''
|Manoobhai N. Gadhvi
|G. K. Mehta
|- 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]]
|''[[Shaheed (1965 film)|Shaheed]]''
|Kewal Kashyap
|S. Ram Sharma
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature Film
|''[[Oonche Log (1965 film)|Oonche Log]]''
|M/S Chitrakala
|[[Phani Majumdar]]
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Feature Film
|''[[Guide (film)|Guide]]''
|[[Dev Anand]]
|[[Vijay Anand (Hindi film maker)|Vijay Anand]]
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|colspan="4"|'''''[[Cinema of Karnataka|Feature Films in Kannada]]'''''
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada|President's silver medal for Best Feature Film]]
|''[[Satya Harishchandra (1965 Kannada film)|Sathya Harishchandra]]''
|[[K. V. Reddy]]
|[[Hunsur Krishnamurthy]]
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature Film
|''[[Miss Leelavathi]]''
|K. S. Jagan Nath
|[[M. R. Vittal]]
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|rowspan="2"|Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Feature Film
|rowspan="2"|''[[Maduve Madi Nodu]]''
|[[B. Nagi Reddy|Nagireddy]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Hunsur Krishnamurthy]]
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|[[Aluri Chakrapani|Chakrapani]]
|- 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|President's silver medal for Best Feature Film]]
|''[[Kavyamela]]''
|[[T. E. Vasudevan]]
|[[M. Krishnan Nair (director)|M. Krishnan Nair]]
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature Film
|''[[Odayil Ninnu (film)|Odayil Ninnu]]''
|P. Ramaswamy
|[[K. S. Sethumadhavan]]
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Feature Film
|''[[Murappennu]]''
|K. Parameswaran Nair
|[[A. Vincent]]
|- 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]]
|''[[Sadhi Mansa (film)|Sadhi Mansa]]''
|Lilabai Bhalji Pendharkar
|[[Bhalji Pendharkar]]
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature Film
|''[[Nirmon]] ([[Konkani language|Konkani]])''
|[[Frank Fernand]]
|A. Salam
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Feature Film
|''Yuge Yuge Me Vaat Pahili''
|Babasaheb S. Fatehlal
|C. Vishwanath
|- 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]]
|''Sassi Punnu''
|M/s. [[Filmistan]] Pvt. Ltd.
|S. P. Bakshi
|- 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]]
|''[[Kuzhandaiyum Deivamum]]''
|[[AVM Productions]]
|[[Krishnan–Panju]]
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature Film
|''[[Thiruvilayadal (1965 film)|Thiruvilayadal]]''
|Vijayalakshmi Pictures
|[[A. P. Nagarajan]]
|- 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]]
|''[[Antastulu]]''
|[[V. B. Rajendra Prasad]]
|[[V. Madhusudhana Rao]]
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature Film
|''[[Palnati Yudham (1966 film)|Palnati Yudham]]''
|Y. Lakshmaya Choudaray
|[[Gutha Ramineedu]]
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Feature Film
|''[[Manushulu Mamathalu]]''
|[[Adurthi Subba Rao]]
|[[Kotayya Pratyagatma|K. P. Atma]]
|}

=== Non-feature films ===

Non-feature film awards were given for the documentaries, educational films and film strips made in the country. For the 13th National Film Awards, no award was given in the filmstrip category and only Certificate of Merit was awarded for Educational Films. Following were the awards given for the non-feature films category:<ref name="13thaward"/>

==== 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|All India Certificate of Merit for the Best Documentary Film]]
|rowspan="2"|''Cloven Horizon''
|rowspan="2"|[[English language|English]]
|Producer: Kantilal Rathod
|Certificate of Merit and {{INR}}2,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: Kantilal Rathod
|{{INR}}500
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|All India Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Documentary Film
|rowspan="2"|''Across India''
|rowspan="2"|English
|Producer: [[Films Division of India|Films Division]]
|rowspan="2"|Certificate of Merit only
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: Gopal Datt
|}

==== Educational films ====

{|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 Educational/Motivational/Instructional Film|All India Certificate of Merit for the Best Educational Film]]
|rowspan="2"|''Play Better Hockey''
|rowspan="2"|[[English language|English]]
|Producer: [[Children's Film Society, India|Children's Film Society]]
|rowspan="2"|Certificate of Merit only
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: Shanti S. Verma
|}

=== Awards not given ===

Following were the awards not given as no film was found to be suitable for the award:<ref name="13thaward"/>

{{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 Non-Feature Film|President's gold medal for the Best Documentary 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 English|President's silver medal for Best Feature Film in English]]
* [[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 ==
* [https://dff.nic.in/Archive.aspx National Film Awards Archives]
* [https://dff.nic.in Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India]

{{National Film Awards}}

[[Category:National Film Awards (India) ceremonies]]
[[Category:1966 film awards|National Film Awards]]
[[Category:1966 in Indian cinema|National Film Awards]]

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