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{{Short description|Indian ceremony celebrating cinema of 1970}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}
{{Infobox film awards
| number = 18
| award = National Film Awards
| image = 18th NFA.png
| alt =
| caption = 18th National Film Awards
| awarded_for = Best of Indian cinema in 1970
| award_org = [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Ministry of Information and Broadcasting]]
| presenting_org = [[V. V. Giri]] {{small|([[President of India]])}}
| announced_date =
| presented_date =
| site = [[Bombay]]
| host =
| website = [http://dff.nic.in/ dff.nic.in]
| lifetime_achievement = [[Birendranath Sircar|B. N. Sircar]]
| best_feature = ''[[Samskara (film)|Samskara]]''
| best_non_feature =
| most_wins = {{*}}''[[Dastak (1970 film)|Dastak]]'' {{*}}''[[Mera Naam Joker]]'' {{*}}''[[Pratidwandi]]'' (3)
| last = 17th
| next = 19th
}}

The '''18th [[National Film Awards]]''' were held in [[Chennai]], India in November 1971 by the Indian [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Ministry of Information and Broadcasting]] for [[Cinema of India|Indian films]] released in 1970.<ref name="18thaward">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/97_18thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=18th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=2 September 2020|archive-date=4 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181104010300/https://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/97_18thNfacatalogue.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> 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.<ref name="18thaward"/>

* '''Jury Members: Central'''
** G. D. Khosla ([[Chairman|Chair]]){{•}}Shiela Vats{{•}}[[Teji Bachchan]]{{•}}[[V. K. Narayana Menon]]{{•}}Ashis Burman{{•}}[[Ali Sardar Jafri]]{{•}}[[Ammu Swaminathan]]{{•}}Din Dayal{{•}}[[Nasir Hussain]]{{•}}[[U. Visweswar Rao]]{{•}}[[Subodh Mitra]]
* '''Regional Jury: Bombay'''
** [[Vijay Tendulkar]] (Chair){{•}}Firoze Rangoonwalla{{•}}Bikram Singh{{•}}[[Kattingeri Krishna Hebbar|K. K. Hebbar]]{{•}}Irene Heredia{{•}}[[Ismat Chughtai]]{{•}}L. G. Jog{{•}}Gopinath Talwalkar{{•}}[[Devendra Goel]]{{•}}Shatrujit Paul{{•}}[[Bhappi Sonie]]
* '''Regional Jury: Calcutta'''
** [[Amala Shankar]] (Chair){{•}}Amina Kar{{•}}Anant Mahapatra{{•}}A. K. Pramanick{{•}}Tarun Roy{{•}}[[Pankaj Mullick]]{{•}}Rajendra Nath Barua{{•}}Shibatosh Mukerjee{{•}}Narayan Chakraborty{{•}}Dilip Sarkar{{•}}Nirmal Chowdhury
* '''Regional Jury: Madras'''
** [[C. R. Pattabhiraman]] (Chair){{•}}[[K. Venkataswamy Naidu]]{{•}}P. P. Naidu{{•}}[[Mallikarjuna Rao (actor)|Mallikarjuna Rao]]{{•}}Shakuntala Hegde{{•}}[[D. Ramanaidu]]{{•}}Vijayalakshmi{{•}}V. C. Subburaman{{•}}[[Kambisseri Karunakaran]]{{•}}C. N. Ramanujam{{•}}T. S. Muthuswamy{{•}}K. 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 ===

{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%;"
|-
! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;"|Award
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;"|Image
! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;"|Awardee(s)
! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;"|Awarded As
! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;"|Cash Prize
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[Dadasaheb Phalke Award]]
|[[File:Birendranath Sircar 2013 stamp of India.jpg|75px]]
|[[B. N. Sircar]]
|[[Film producer|Producer]]
|{{INR}}11,000, a shawl and a plaque
|}

=== Feature films ===

The [[Cinema of Karnataka|Kannada film]] ''[[Samskara (film)|Samskara]]'' won the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film|President's Gold Medal for the All India Best Feature Film]]. Three award each went to the [[Bollywood|Hindi films]], ''[[Dastak (1970 film)|Dastak]]'' and ''[[Mera Naam Joker]]'', and to the [[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali film]] ''[[Pratidwandi]]''.<ref name="18thaward"/>

==== All India Award ====

Award recipients:<ref name="18thaward"/>

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;"
|-
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:32%;"|Award
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:24%;"|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="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film|Best Feature Film]]
|rowspan="2"|''[[Samskara (film)|Samskara]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[Kannada language|Kannada]]
|[[Film producer|Producer]]: [[Pattabhirami Reddy Tikkavarapu|T. Pattabhirami Reddy]]
|rowspan="2"|Gold Medal and {{INR}}40,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[Film director|Director]]: T. Pattabhirami Reddy
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="3"|[[National Film Award for Second Best Feature Film|Second Best Feature Film]]
|rowspan="3"|''[[Pratidwandi]]''
|rowspan="3"|[[Bengali language|Bengali]]
|Producer: Nepal Dutta
|rowspan="2"|{{INR}}15,000 and a medal
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Producer: Asim Dutta
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: [[Satyajit Ray]]
|{{INR}}5,000 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"|''[[Thurakkatha Vaathil]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[Malayalam language|Malayalam]]
|Producer: A. Raghunath
|{{INR}}30,000 and a medal
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: [[P. Bhaskaran]]
|{{INR}}10,000 and a plaque
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[National Film Award for Best Actor|Best Actor (Bharat Award)]]
|''[[Dastak (1970 film)|Dastak]]''
|[[Hindi language|Hindi]]
|[[Sanjeev Kumar]]
|A figurine
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[National Film Award for Best Actress|Best Actress (Urvashi Award)]]
|''[[Dastak (1970 film)|Dastak]]''
|Hindi
|[[Rehana Sultan]]
|A figurine
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[National Film Award for Best Child Artist|Best Child Artist]]
|''[[Mera Naam Joker]]''
|Hindi
|[[Rishi Kapoor]]
|A plaque
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[National Film Award for Best Direction|Best Direction]]
|''[[Pratidwandi]]''
|Bengali
|[[Satyajit Ray]]
|{{INR}} 5,000 and a plaque
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[National Film Award for Best Music Direction|Best Music Direction]]
|''[[Dastak (1970 film)|Dastak]]''
|Hindi
|[[Madan Mohan (music director)|Madan Mohan]]
|{{INR}} 5,000 and a plaque
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer|Best Male Playback Singer]]
|''[[Nishi Padma]]'' {{small|(For the song "Ja Khushi Ora Bole")}}
|Bengali
|rowspan="2"|[[Manna Dey]]
|rowspan="2"|A plaque
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|''[[Mera Naam Joker]]'' {{small|(For the song "Ae Bhai Zara Dekh Ke Chalo")}}
|Hindi
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer|Best Female Playback Singer]]
|''[[Nishi Padma]]'' {{small|(For the song "Ore Sakol Sona Molin Holo")}}
|rowspan="2"|Bengali
|rowspan="2"|[[Sandhya Mukhopadhyay|Sandhya Mukherjee]]
|rowspan="2"|A plaque
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|''Jay Jayanti'' {{small|(For the song "Amader Chhuti Chhuti")}}
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[National Film Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
|''[[Pratidwandi]]''
|Bengali
|[[Satyajit Ray]]
|{{INR}}5,000 and a plaque
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[National Film Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]] ([[Black-and-white|Black and White]])
|''[[Uski Roti]]''
|Hindi
|[[K. K. Mahajan]]
|{{INR}}5,000 and a plaque
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[National Film Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]] ([[Color motion picture film|Color]])
|''[[Mera Naam Joker]]''
|Hindi
|[[Radhu Karmakar]]
|{{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]], [[Oriya language|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 {{INR}}5,000 and a Silver medal, respectively.<ref name="18thaward"/>

{|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="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali|Best Feature Film in Bengali]]
|rowspan="2"|''Malyadan''
|[[Ajoy Kar]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Ajoy Kar]]
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Bimal Dey
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi|Best Feature Film in Hindi]]
|rowspan="2"|''[[Anand (1971 film)|Anand]]''
|[[Hrishikesh Mukherjee]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Hrishikesh Mukherjee]]
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|N. C. Sippy
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada|Best Feature Film in Kannada]]
|''[[Naguva Hoovu]]''
|[[R. N. Sudarshan]]
|[[R. N. K. Prasad]]
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam|Best Feature Film in Malayalam]]
|''[[Ezhuthatha Kadha|Ezhuthatha Katha]]''
|Jai Maruthy Pictures
|[[A. B. Raj]]
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi|Best Feature Film in Marathi]]
|''Mumbaicha Jawai''
|Tushar Pradhan
|[[Raja Thakur]]
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil|Best Feature Film in Tamil]]
|''[[Raman Ethanai Ramanadi]]''
|[[P. Madhavan]]
|[[P. Madhavan]]
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu|Best Feature Film in Telugu]]
|rowspan="2"|''[[Desamante Manushuloyi]]''
|K. M. K. Naidu
|rowspan="2"|[[C. S. Rao]]
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|G. K. Naidu
|}

=== Non-Feature films ===

The award recipients were:<ref name="18thaward"/>

==== Short films ====

{|class="wikitable" style="width:96%;"
|-
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:27.5%;"|Name of Award
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:14%;"|Name of Film
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:7%;"|Language
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:30%;"|Awardee(s)
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:17.5%;"|Awards
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Film on Social Issues|Best Film on Social Documentation]]
|rowspan="2"|''Latest''
|rowspan="2"|[[English language|English]]
|Producer: M/s. Film-O-Pub
|{{INR}}5,000 and a medal
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: Biplab Ray Chaudhari
|{{INR}}2,000 and a plaque
|}

=== Awards not given ===

The following awards not given:<ref name="18thaward"/>

{{colbegin}}
* [[Discontinued and Intermittent National Film Awards#Best Story|Best Story Writer]]
* [[National Film Award for Best Film on Family Welfare|Best Film on Family Welfare]]
* [[National Film Award for Best Children's Film|Best Children's Film]]
* [[National Film Award for Best Lyrics|Lyric Writer of the Best Film Song on National Integration]]
* [[National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film|Best Information Film (Documentary)]]
* [[National Film Award for Best Educational/Motivational/Instructional Film|Best Educational / Instructional Film]]
* [[National Film Award for Best Promotional Film|Best Promotional Film]]
* [[Discontinued and Intermittent National Film Awards#Best Experimental Film|Best Experimental Film]]
* [[National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Animation Film|Best Animation 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 ==
* [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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