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{{Short description|Indian ceremony celebrating cinema of 1971}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}
{{More citations needed|date=May 2013}}
{{Infobox film awards
| number = 19
| award = National Film Awards
| image =
| alt =
| caption = 19th National Film Awards
| awarded_for = Best of Indian cinema in 1971
| award_org = [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Ministry of Information and Broadcasting]]
| presenting_org = [[Indira Gandhi]]<br/>{{small|([[Prime Minister of India]])}}
| announced_date = {{Start date|df=yes|1972|05|01}}
| presented_date =
| site =
| host =
| website = [http://dff.nic.in/ dff.nic.in]
| lifetime_achievement = [[Prithviraj Kapoor]]
| best_feature = ''[[Seemabaddha]]''
| best_non_feature =
| most_wins = ''[[Reshma Aur Shera]]'' (3)
| last = 18th
| next = 20th
}}

The '''19th [[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 the year 1971.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000467/1972 National Film Awards, India (1972)]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hindilyrics.net/awards/national-film-awards-1972.html |title=National Film Awards - 1972 |access-date=4 May 2013 |archive-date=4 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180504010756/http://www.hindilyrics.net/awards/national-film-awards-1972.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Juries ==
Four different committees were formed based on the film making sectors in India, mainly based in Bombay, Calcutta and Madras along with the central committee for all India level. For 19th National Film Awards.

* '''Jury Members: Central'''
* '''Jury Regional: Bombay'''
* '''Jury Regional: Calcutta'''
* '''Jury Regional: Madras'''

== 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.

=== Lifetime Achievement Award ===

{|class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;"|Name of Award
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;"|Image
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;"|Awardee(s)
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;"|Awarded As
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;"|Awards
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[Dadasaheb Phalke Award]]
|[[File:Prithviraj Kapoor 2013 stamp of India.jpg|75px]]
|[[Prithviraj Kapoor]]<br>{{small|(Posthumously)}}<br>
|Actor
|{{INR}}11,000, a shawl and a plaque
|}

=== Feature films ===

Feature films were awarded at All India as well as regional level. For 19th National Film Awards, a [[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali film]] ''Seemabadha'' won the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film|President's Gold Medal for the All India Best Feature Film]].

==== All India Award ====

Following were the awards given:<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gomolo.com/9/national-film-awards-1971 |title=National Film Awards (1971) |access-date=4 May 2013 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924023137/http://www.gomolo.com/9/national-film-awards-1971 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;"
|-
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:30%;"|Name of Award
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;"|Name of Film
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:7%;"|Language
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:24.5%;"|Awardee(s)
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:18.5%;"|Awards
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film|Best Feature Film]]
|''[[Seemabaddha]]''
|[[Bengali language|Bengali]]
|Producer and director:[[Satyajit Ray]]
|Gold Medal and {{INR}}40,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Second Best Feature Film|Second Best Feature Film]]
|rowspan="2"|''[[Anubhav (1971 film)|Anubhav]]''
|rowspan="2"|Hindi
|Producer:
|{{INR}}15,000 and a medal
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: [[Basu Bhattacharya]]
|{{INR}}5,000 and a plaque
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Children's Film|Best Children's Film]]
|rowspan="2"|''Wings of Fire''
|rowspan="2"| English
|Producer:
|{{INR}}30,000 and a medal
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director:
|{{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"|''[[Do Boond Pani]]''
|rowspan="2"| Hindi
|Producer: [[K. A. Abbas]]
|{{INR}}30,000 and a medal
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: [[K. A. Abbas]]
|{{INR}}10,000 and a plaque
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[National Film Award for Best Actor|Best Actor (Bharat Award)]]
|''[[Rickshawkaran|Rikshakaran]]''
|[[Tamil language|Tamil]]
|[[M. G. Ramachandran]]
|A figurine
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[National Film Award for Best Actress|Best Actress (Urvashi Award)]]
|''[[Reshma Aur Shera]]''
|Hindi
|[[Waheeda Rahman]]
|A figurine
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[National Film Award for Best Child Artist|Best Child Artist]]
|''Ajab Tujhe Sarkar''
|Marathi
|[[Sachin (actor)|Master Sachin]]
|A plaque
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[National Film Award for Best Direction|Best Direction]]
|''[[Vamsha Vriksha]]''
|Kannada
|{{*}}[[B. V. Karanth]]<br>{{*}}[[Girish Karnad]]
|{{INR}} 5,000 and a plaque
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[National Film Award for Best Music Direction|Best Music Direction]]
|''[[Reshma Aur Shera]]''
|Hindi
|[[Jaidev]]
|{{INR}} 5,000 and a plaque
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer|Best Male Playback Singer]]
|''[[Nimantran]]''
|Bengali
|[[Hemanta Mukherjee]]
|A plaque
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer|Best Female Playback Singer]]
|''[[Savaale Samali|Savale Samali]]''
|Tamil
|[[P. Susheela]]
|A plaque
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[National Film Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
|''Ekoni''
|Bengali
|[[Tapan Sinha]]
|{{INR}}5,000 and a plaque
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[National Film Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]] ([[Black-and-white|Black and White]])
|''[[Anubhav (1971 film)|Anubhav]]''
|Bengali
|Nandu Battacharya
|{{INR}}5,000 and a plaque
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[National Film Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]] ([[Color motion picture film|Color]])
|''[[Reshma Aur Shera]]''
|Hindi
|Ramachandra
|{{INR}}5,000 and a plaque
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[National Film Award for Best Lyrics|Best Lyrics]]
|''Nanak Dhukhia Sab Sansar''
|Punjabi
|[[Prem Dhawan|Prem Dhavan]]
|{{INR}}10,000 and a certificate
|}

==== Regional Award ====

The awards were given to the best films made in the [[Languages of India|regional languages of India]]. For feature films in English, [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]], [[Oriya language|Oriya]] and [[Punjabi language]], President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film was not given.

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;"
|-
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:26%;"|Name of Award
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;"|Name of Film
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:35%;"|Awardee(s)
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:19%;"|Awards
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Assamese|Best Feature Film in Assamese]]
|rowspan="2"|''Aranya''
|Producer:
|{{INR}}5,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director:
|Silver Medal
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali|Best Feature Film in Bengali]]
|rowspan="2"|''[[Nimantran]]''
|Producer:
|{{INR}}5,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: [[Tarun Majumdar]]
|Silver Medal
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi|Best Feature Film in Hindi]]
|rowspan="2"|''[[Phir Bhi]]''
|Producer:
|{{INR}}5,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: Shivendra Sinha
|Silver Medal
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada|Best Feature Film in Kannada]]
|rowspan="2"|''[[Vamsha Vriksha]]''
|Producer: [[G. V. Iyer]]
|{{INR}}5,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: [[B. V. Karanth]] and [[Girish Karnad]]
|Silver Medal
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam|Best Feature Film in Malayalam]]
|rowspan="2"|''Karakana Kadhal''
|Producer:
|{{INR}}5,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director:
|Silver Medal
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi|Best Feature Film in Marathi]]
|rowspan="2"|''[[Shantata! Court Chalu Aahe]]''
|Producer:
|{{INR}}5,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: [[Arvind Deshpande]]
|Silver Medal
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil|Best Feature Film in Tamil]]
|rowspan="2"|''[[Veguli Penn|Veguli Pen]]''
|Producer: Abdul Kabar
|{{INR}}5,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: S. S. Devadass
|Silver Medal
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu|Best Feature Film in Telugu]]
|rowspan="2"|''[[Mattilo Manikyam]]''
|Producer: [[Chalam (actor)|Chalam]]
|{{INR}}5,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: [[B. V. Prasad]]
|Silver Medal
|}

=== Non-Feature films ===

Following were the awards given:

==== 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"|''A Village Smiles''
|rowspan="2"|English
|Producer:
|{{INR}}5,000 and a medal
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director:
|{{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

{{div col|colwidth=28em}}
* [[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]]
* [[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 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]]
{{div col end}}

== 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:1971 film awards|National Film Awards]]
[[Category:1971 in Indian cinema]]

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