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{{Short description|Indian ceremony celebrating cinema of 1968}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2016}}
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{{Infobox film awards
| number = 16
| award = National Film Awards
| image =
| alt =
| caption = 16th National Film Awards
| awarded_for = Best of Indian cinema in 1968
| award_org =
| presenting_org = [[V. V. Giri]] {{small|([[President of India]])}}
| announced_date =
| presented_date = {{Start date|df=yes|1970|02|13}}
| site = [[Vigyan Bhavan]], [[New Delhi]]
| host =
| website = [http://dff.nic.in/ dff.nic.in]
| lifetime_achievement =
| best_feature = ''[[Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne]]''
| best_non_feature =
| most_wins = {{*}}''[[Aashirwad (film)|Aashirwad]]'' {{*}}''Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne'' {{*}}''[[Kuzhanthaikkaga]]'' {{*}}''[[Saraswatichandra (film)|Saraswatichandra]]'' {{*}}''[[Thillaanaa Mohanambal]]'' {{*}}''[[Thulabharam]]'' (2)
| last = 15th
| next = 17th
}}

The '''16th [[National Film Awards]]''', 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 1968.<ref name="16thaward">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/99_16thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=16th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=2 September 2020|archive-date=9 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109153304/https://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/99_16thNfacatalogue.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="National Awards Winners 1968: Complete list of winners of National Awards 1968">{{cite news|last1=Times of India|first1=Entertainment|title=National Awards Winners 1968: Complete list of winners of National Awards 1968|work=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/movie-awards/national-awards-winners/1968/108|accessdate=11 August 2021|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511142357/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/movie-awards/national-awards-winners/2005/108|archivedate=12 May 2021}}</ref> Ceremony took place at [[Vigyan Bhavan]], [[New Delhi]] on 13 February 1970.

With 16th National Film Awards, three new awards were introduced, mainly for [[National Film Award for Best Film on Family Welfare|Best Film on Family Welfare]], [[National Film Award for Best Child Artist|Best Child Artist]] and [[National Film Award for Best Lyrics|Best Film Lyric Writer]]. Moreover, for male and female singers, awards were differentiated with [[National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer|Best Male Playback Singer]] and [[National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer|Best Female Playback Singer]] respectively.

== Juries ==

Six different committees were formed based on the film making sectors in India, mainly based in Bombay, Calcutta and Madras along with the award categories. Another committee for all India level was also formed which included some of the members from regional committee. For 16th National Film Awards, central committee was headed by Justice G. D. Khosla.<ref name="16thaward"/>

* '''Jury Members: Central'''
** G. D. Khosla ([[Chairman|Chairperson]]){{•}}[[Sitaram Kesri]]{{•}}[[Sheila Bhatia]]{{•}}A. C. Jalan{{•}}[[Ezra Mir]]{{•}}[[B. K. Karanjia]]{{•}}[[Teji Bachchan]]{{•}}[[I. S. Johar]]{{•}}Haridas Bhattacharjee{{•}}[[U. Visweswar Rao]]{{•}}Sunder Lal Nahata{{•}}[[Mahendra Nath Kapur|M. N. Kapur]]
* '''Jury Members: Documentary'''
** [[D. K. Barooah|D. K. Borooah]] ([[Chairman|Chairperson]]){{•}}[[Sombhu Mitra|Shambu Mitra]]{{•}}[[Mrinalini Sarabhai]]{{•}}[[George Gilbert Swell|G. G. Swell]]{{•}}[[Shanta Gandhi]]
* '''Jury Members: Short Films'''
** [[Piloo Mody]] ([[Chairman|Chairperson]]){{•}}[[Balwant Gargi]]{{•}}[[Amita Malik]]{{•}}R. G. Anand{{•}}Inder Lal Das
* '''Jury Regional: Bombay'''
** [[Nissim Ezekiel]] ([[Chairman|Chairperson]]){{•}}Urmila Kapur{{•}}Navin Khandwalla{{•}}R. S. Pande{{•}}Firoze Rangoonwalla{{•}}Bikram Singh{{•}}Bal Chhabda{{•}}Shatrujit Paul{{•}}Buny Talwar{{•}}G. P. Shirke
* '''Jury Regional: Calcutta'''
** [[Amala Shankar]] ([[Chairman|Chairperson]]){{•}}Roma Choudhry{{•}}[[Chintamoni Kar]]{{•}}[[Krishna Chandra Panigrahi|K. C. Panigrahi]]{{•}}A. K. Pramanick{{•}}[[Utpal Dutta]]{{•}}[[Kanan Devi]]{{•}}Kartic Chatterjee{{•}}Durgadas Mitra
* '''Jury Regional: Madras'''
** [[C. R. Pattabhiraman]] ([[Chairman|Chairperson]]){{•}}P. Achutha Menon{{•}}[[R. K. Narayan]]{{•}}[[Mallikarjuna Rao (actor)|Mallikarjuna Rao]]{{•}}[[Sarojini Varadappan]]{{•}}[[K. Manoharan]]{{•}}Rajammal Anantharaman{{•}}V. C. Subburaman{{•}}[[D. V. S. Raju]]{{•}}B. Ananthaswami

== 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 16th National Film Awards, a [[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali film]] ''[[Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne]]'' won the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film|President's Gold Medal for the All India Best Feature Film]], with also winning the maximum number of awards (two); along with two [[Bollywood|Hindi films]], ''[[Aashirwad (film)|Aashirwad]]'' and ''[[Saraswatichandra (film)|Saraswatichandra]]'' with a [[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam film]], ''[[Thulabharam]]'' and a [[Tamil cinema|Tamil film]], ''[[Thillaanaa Mohanambal]]''. Following were the awards given in each category:<ref name="16thaward"/>

==== All India Award ====

Following were the awards given:<ref name="16thaward"/>

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;"
|-
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:34%;"|Award
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;"|Film
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:7%;"|Language
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;"|Awardee(s)
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:17%;"|Cash Prize
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="3"|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film|Best Feature Film]]
|rowspan="3"|''[[Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne]]''
|rowspan="3"|[[Bengali language|Bengali]]
|[[Film producer|Producer]]: Nepal Dutta
|rowspan="2"|Gold Medal and {{INR}}20,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Producer: Asim Dutta
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[Film director|Director]]: [[Satyajit Ray]]
|{{INR}}5,000 and a plaque
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Second Best Feature Film|Second Best Feature Film]]
|rowspan="2"|''[[Thulabharam]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[Malayalam language|Malayalam]]
|Producer: M/s. Supriya Pictures
|{{INR}}5,000 and a medal
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: [[A. Vincent]]
|{{INR}}2,000 and a plaque
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Film on Family Welfare|Best Film on Family Welfare]]
|rowspan="2"|''Anchal Ke Phool''
|rowspan="2"|[[Hindi language|Hindi]]
|Producer: M. R. Seth
|{{INR}}5,000 and a medal
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: Karunesh Thakur
|{{INR}}2,000 and a plaque
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration|Best Feature Film on National Integration]]
|rowspan="2"|''[[Janmabhoomi (1969 film)|Janmabhoomi]]''
|rowspan="2"|Malayalam
|Producer: M/s. Roopa Rekha
|{{INR}}5,000 and a medal
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: John Sankaramangalam
|{{INR}}2,000 and a plaque
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Children's Film|Best Children's Film]]
|rowspan="2"|''Heerer Prajapati''
|rowspan="2"|Bengali
|Producer: [[Children's Film Society, India|Children's Film Society]]
|{{INR}}7,500 and a medal
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: Shanti P. Chowdhury
|{{INR}}2,500 and a plaque
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[National Film Award for Best Actor|Best Actor (Bharat Award)]]
|''[[Aashirwad (film)|Aashirwad]]''
|Hindi
|[[Ashok Kumar]]
|A figurine
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[National Film Award for Best Actress|Best Actress (Urvashi Award)]]
|''[[Thulabharam]]''
|Malayalam
|[[Sharada (actress)|Sharada]]
|A figurine
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[National Film Award for Best Child Artist|Best Child Artist]]
|''[[Kuzhanthaikkaga]]''
|[[Tamil language|Tamil]]
|Baby Rani
|A plaque
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[National Film Award for Best Direction|Best Direction]]
|''[[Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne]]''
|Bengali
|[[Satyajit Ray]]
|{{INR}} 5,000 and a plaque
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[National Film Award for Best Music Direction|Best Music Direction]]
|''[[Saraswatichandra (film)|Saraswatichandra]]''
|Hindi
|[[Kalyanji Anandji]]
|{{INR}} 5,000 and a plaque
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer|Best Male Playback Singer]]
|''[[Mere Huzoor]]'' {{small|(For the song "Jhanak Jhanak Tori Baaje")}}
|Hindi
|[[Manna Dey]]
|A plaque
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer|Best Female Playback Singer]]
|''[[Uyarndha Manithan]]''
|Tamil
|[[P. Susheela]]
|A plaque
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[National Film Award for Best Lyrics|Lyric Writer of the Best Film Song on National Integration]]
|''[[Kuzhanthaikkaga]]'' {{small|(For the song "Devan Vanthaan")}}
|Tamil
|[[Kannadasan]]
|A plaque
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[National Film Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
|''[[Anokhi Raat]]''
|Hindi
|Pandit Anand Kumar
|{{INR}}5,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[National Film Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]] ([[Black-and-white|Black and White]])
|''[[Saraswatichandra (film)|Saraswatichandra]]''
|Hindi
|[[Nariman A. Irani]]
|{{INR}}5,000 and a plaque
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[National Film Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]] ([[Color motion picture film|Color]])
|''[[Thillaanaa Mohanambal]]''
|Tamil
|K. S. Prasad
|{{INR}}5,000 and a plaque
|}

==== Regional Award ====

The awards were given to the best films made in the [[Languages of India|regional languages of India]]. For feature films in [[Assamese language|Assamese]], [[English language|English]], [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]] and [[Punjabi language]], President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film was not given. The producer and director of the film were awarded with {{INR}}5,000 and a Silver medal, respectively.<ref name="16thaward"/>

{|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"
|rowspan="3"|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali|Best Feature Film in Bengali]]
|rowspan="3"|''[[Apanjan]]''
|R. N. Malhotra
|rowspan="3"|[[Tapan Sinha]]
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|R. K. Kapur
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|T. M. Shah
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi|Best Feature Film in Hindi]]
|rowspan="2"|''[[Aashirwad (film)|Aashirwad]]''
|N. C. Sippy
|rowspan="2"|Hrishikesh Mukherjee
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[Hrishikesh Mukherjee]]
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada|Best Feature Film in Kannada]]
|rowspan="2"|''[[Mannina Maga]]''
|M. V. Venkatachallam
|rowspan="2"|[[Geethapriya]]
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|P. Alexander
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam|Best Feature Film in Malayalam]]
|''[[Adhyapika]]''
|M/s. Neela Productions
|[[P. Subramaniam]]
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi|Best Feature Film in Marathi]]
|''Ektee''
|G. Chaugle
|[[Raja Thakur]]
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Oriya|Best Feature Film in Oriya]]
|''[[Stree (1968 film)|Stree]]''
|Parbati Ghose
|Sidhartha
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil|Best Feature Film in Tamil]]
|''[[Thillaanaa Mohanambal]]''
|Vijayalakshmi
|[[A. P. Nagarajan]]
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu|Best Feature Film in Telugu]]
|''[[Varakatnam]]''
|[[N. Trivikrama Rao]]
|[[N. T. Rama Rao]]
|}

=== Non-Feature films ===

Following were the awards given:<ref name="16thaward"/>

==== Short films ====

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;"
|-
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:30%;"|Award
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:23%;"|Film
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:7%;"|Language
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:25%;"|Awardee(s)
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:15%;"|Cash Prize
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film|Best Information Film (Documentary)]]
|rowspan="2"|''Everest''
|rowspan="2"|[[English language|English]]
|Producer: Arun Chowdhury {{small|for [[Films Division of India|Films Division]]}}
|{{INR}}5,000 and a medal
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: N. S. Thapa
|{{INR}}2,000 and a plaque
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="3"|[[National Film Award for Best Educational/Motivational/Instructional Film|Best Educational / Instructional Film]]
|rowspan="3"|''Forest and The Man''
|rowspan="3"|English
|Producer: K. L. Khandpur {{small|for Films Division}}
|{{INR}}5,000 and a medal
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: Neil Gokhale
|rowspan="2"|{{INR}}2,000 and a plaque
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: P. B. Pendharkar
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Film on Social Issues|Best Film on Social Documentation]]
|rowspan="2"|''Water''
|rowspan="2"|English
|Producer: M/s. Fali Billmoria Productions
|{{INR}}5,000 and a medal
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: Fali Billmoria
|{{INR}}2,000 and a plaque
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[Discontinued and Intermittent National Film Awards#Best Experimental Film|Best Experimental Film]]
|rowspan="2"|''And I Make Short Films''
|rowspan="2"|English
|Producer: K. L. Khandpur {{small|for Films Division}}
|{{INR}}5,000 and a medal
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: S. N. S. Sastry
|{{INR}}2,000 and a plaque
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Animation Film|Best Animation Film]]
|rowspan="2"|''Nag Aur Kauwa''
|rowspan="2"|[[Hindi language|Hindi]]
|Producer: [[Children's Film Society, India|Children's Film Society]]
|{{INR}}5,000 and a medal
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: S. B. Nayampally
|{{INR}}2,000 and a plaque
|}

=== Awards not given ===

Following were the awards not given as no film was found to be suitable for the award:<ref name="16thaward"/>

{{colbegin}}
* [[Discontinued and Intermittent National Film Awards#Best Story|Best Story Writer]]
* [[National Film Award for Best Promotional Film|Best Promotional 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 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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