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{{Short description|Indian ceremony celebrating cinema of 1973}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}
{{Infobox film awards
| number = 21
| award = National Film Awards
| image = 21st NFA.png
| alt =
| caption = 21st National Film Awards
| awarded_for = Best of Indian cinema in 1973
| award_org = [[Directorate of Film Festivals]]
| presenting_org = [[Indira Gandhi]]<br/>{{small|([[Prime Minister of India]])}}
| announced_date = {{Start date|df=yes|1974|07|20}}
| presented_date = {{Start date|df=yes|1974|10}}
| site = [[Vigyan Bhavan]], [[New Delhi]]
| host =
| website = [http://dff.nic.in/ dff.nic.in]
| lifetime_achievement = [[Ruby Myers]]
| best_feature = ''[[Nirmalyam]]''
| best_non_feature =
| most_wins = {{*}}''[[Ashani Sanket]]''<br/>{{*}}''[[Kaadu (1973 Kannada film)|Kaadu]]'' (3)
| last = 20th
| next = 22nd
}}

The '''21st [[National Film Awards]]''', presented by [[Directorate of Film Festivals]], the organisation set up 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 1973.<ref name="21staward">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/95_21stNfacatalogue.pdf|title=21st National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=2 September 2020|archive-date=10 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191010030543/https://www.dff.nic.in/images/Documents/95_21stNfacatalogue.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> Ceremony took place in October 1974 and awards were given by Prime Minister [[Indira Gandhi]].

== Juries ==

Prior to 21st National Film Awards, there used to be regional committees at Bombay (Mumbai), Calcutta (Kolkata) and Madras (Chennai), the recommendations of which were then considered by central committee. To avoid this long-winded process, regional committees were discarded.

Two different committees were formed for feature films and short films, headed by [[Romesh Thapar]] and S. K. Kooka respectively.<ref name="21staward"/>

* '''Jury Members: Feature Films'''
** [[Romesh Thapar]] ([[Chairman|Chairperson]]){{•}}Usha Bhagat{{•}}[[Teji Bachchan]]{{•}}[[Ismat Chughtai]]{{•}}M. Yunus Dehlvi{{•}}Ashis Burman
** Firoze Rangoonwalla{{•}}[[Dina Pathak]]{{•}}[[B. V. Karanth]]{{•}}T. S. Pillai{{•}}T. K. Mahadevan{{•}}[[Jagdish Swaminathan|J. Swaminathan]]
** Dileep Padgaonkar{{•}}[[Subodh Mukherjee]]{{•}}[[U. Visweswar Rao|U. Visweswar Raw]]{{•}}Asim Paul{{•}}[[Tarun Majumdar]]{{•}}Ananta Patnaik
** [[Illindala Saraswati Devi|Illindula Saraswathi Devi]]{{•}}M. Bhaktavatsala{{•}}[[Sai Paranjpye]]{{•}}K. R. K. Menon{{•}}[[O. V. Vijayan]]
* '''Jury Members: Short Films'''
** S. K. Kooka ([[Chairman|Chairperson]]){{•}}[[Balwant Gargi]]{{•}}Nalni Soni{{•}}[[Komal Kothari]]

== 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 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:Ruby Myers 2013 stamp of India.jpg|75px]]
|[[Ruby Myers|Ruby Myers (Sulochana)]]
|[[Actor|Actress]]
|{{INR}}20,000, a gold medal and a shawl
|}

=== Feature films ===

Feature films were awarded at All India as well as regional level. For 21st National Film Awards, a [[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam film]] ''[[Nirmalyam]]'' won the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film|President's gold medal for the All India Best Feature Film]]; whereas a [[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali film]] ''[[Ashani Sanket]]'' and a [[Cinema of Karnataka|Kannada film]] ''[[Kaadu (1973 Kannada film)|Kaadu]]'' won the maximum number of awards (three). Following were the awards given in each category:<ref name="21staward"/>

==== All India Award ====

Following were the awards given:<ref name="21staward"/>

{|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="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film|Best Feature Film]]
|rowspan="2"|''[[Nirmalyam]]''{{efn|[[P. J. Antony]] (Leading Actor) and [[Sumithra (actress)|Sumithra]] (Leading Actress) were awarded with the [[souvenir]].}}
|rowspan="2"|[[Malayalam]]
|[[Film producer|Producer]]: [[M. T. Vasudevan Nair]]
|rowspan="2"|Gold Medal and {{INR}}40,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[Film director|Director]]: M. T. Vasudevan Nair
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="3"|[[National Film Award for Second Best Feature Film|Second Best Feature Film]]
|rowspan="3"|''[[Kaadu (1973 Kannada film)|Kaadu]]''{{efn|[[Amrish Puri]] (Leading Actor) and [[Nandini Bhaktavatsala]] (Leading Actress) were awarded with the souvenir.}}
|rowspan="3"|[[Kannada]]
|Producer: K. N. Narayan
|rowspan="2"|Silver Medal and {{INR}}15,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Producer: [[G. N. Lakshmipathy]]
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: [[Girish Karnad]]
|Silver Medal and {{INR}}10,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration|Best Feature Film on National Integration]]
|rowspan="2"|''[[Garm Hava]]''{{efn|[[Geeta Siddharth]] (Leading Actress) was awarded with the souvenir.}}
|rowspan="2"|[[Hindi language|Hindi]]
|Producer: M/s Unit 3 MM
|A Medal and {{INR}}30,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: [[M. S. Sathyu]]
|A Medal and {{INR}}20,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[National Film Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]] ([[Black-and-white|Black and White]])
|''[[27 Down]]''
|Hindi
|[[Apurba Kishore Bir]]
|Silver Medal and {{INR}}5,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[National Film Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]] ([[Color motion picture film|Color]])
|''[[Ashani Sanket]]''
|[[Bengali language|Bengali]]
|[[Soumendu Roy]]
|Silver Medal and {{INR}}5,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[National Film Award for Best Direction|Best Direction]]
|''[[Duvidha]]''
|Hindi
|[[Mani Kaul]]
|Silver Medal and {{INR}}20,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[National Film Award for Best Actor|Best Actor (Bharat Award)]]
|''[[Nirmalyam]]''
|Malayalam
|[[P. J. Antony]]
|A figurine
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[National Film Award for Best Actress|Best Actress (Urvashi Award)]]
|''[[Kaadu (1973 Kannada film)|Kaadu]]''
|Kannada
|[[Nandini Bhaktavatsala]]
|A figurine
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[National Film Award for Best Child Artist|Best Child Artist]]
|''[[Kaadu (1973 Kannada film)|Kaadu]]''
|Kannada
|G. S. Nataraj
|Silver Medal
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer|Best Male Playback Singer]]
|''[[Gayathri (1973 film)|Gayathri]]''
|Malayalam
|[[K. J. Yesudas]]
|Silver Medal
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[National Film Award for Best Music Direction|Best Music Direction]]
|''[[Ashani Sanket]]''
|Bengali
|[[Satyajit Ray]]
|Silver Medal and {{INR}}10,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
|rowspan="2"|''[[Padatik (1973 film)|Padatik]]''
|rowspan="2"|Bengali
|[[Mrinal Sen]]
|rowspan="2"|Silver Medal and {{INR}}10,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Ashish Burman
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[Discontinued and Intermittent National Film Awards#Best Story|Best Story]]
|rowspan="2"|''[[Garm Hava]]''
|rowspan="2"|Hindi
|[[Ismat Chughtai]]
|rowspan="2"|Silver Medal and {{INR}}10,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[Kaifi Azmi]]
|}

==== 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 language|English]], [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]], [[Meitei language|Meitei]], [[Marathi language|Marathi]], [[Oriya language|Oriya]], [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] and [[Telugu language]], President's silver medal for Best Feature Film was not given. The producer of the film was awarded with a silver medal and {{INR}}10,000, the director of the film was awarded with a silver medal and {{INR}}5,000, and leading actors were awarded with a souvenir.<ref name="21staward"/>

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
|-
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:27%"|Award
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:19%"|Film
! scope="col" colspan="4" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:54%"|Awardee(s)
|-
!scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;" | Producer
!scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;" | Director
!scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;" | Actor
!scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;" | Actress
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="3"|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Assamese|Best Feature Film in Assamese]]
|rowspan="3"|''Mamta''
|Nalin Dowerah
|rowspan="3"|Eva Achow
|rowspan="3"|[[Rudra Baruah]]
|rowspan="3"|Nalin Dowerah
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Prafulla Dutta
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Shiba Thakur
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali|Best Feature Film in Bengali]]
|''[[Ashani Sanket]]''
|Sarbeni Bhattacharya
|[[Satyajit Ray]]
|[[Soumitra Chatterjee]]
|[[Bobita]]
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi|Best Feature Film in Hindi]]
|''[[27 Down]]''
|Awatar Krishna Kaul
|Awatar Krishna Kaul
|[[M. K. Raina]]
|[[Raakhee]]
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada|Best Feature Film in Kannada]]
|''[[Abachurina Post Office]]''
|Patre C. Vinayak
|N. Lakshminarayan
|B. N. Narayan
|[[Girija Lokesh|Girija]]
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam|Best Feature Film in Malayalam]]
|rowspan="2"|''[[Gayathri (1973 film)|Gayathri]]''
|A. R. Shreedharan Elayidom
|rowspan="2"|[[P. N. Menon (director)|P. N. Menon]]
|rowspan="2"|V. Raghavan
|rowspan="2"|[[Jayabharathi]]
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|P. B. Ashram
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil|Best Feature Film in Tamil]]
|''[[Dikkatra Parvathi]]''
|M/s Navatarang
|[[Singeetam Srinivasa Rao]]
|[[Srikanth (actor, born 1940)|Srikanth]]
|[[Lakshmi (actress)|Lakshmi]]
|}

=== Non-Feature films ===

Following were the awards given:<ref name="21staward"/>

==== Short films and Documentaries ====

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;"
|-
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:25%;"|Award
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;"|Film
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:7%;"|Language
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:31%;"|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"|''The Flame Burns Bright''
|rowspan="2"|[[English language|English]]
|Producer: Ashish Mukherjee
|rowspan="2"|Silver Medal and {{INR}}5,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: Ashish Mukherjee
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Educational/Motivational/Instructional Film|Best Educational / Instructional Film]]
|rowspan="2"|''Sath Kutch Na Jayega''
|rowspan="2"|[[Hindi language|Hindi]]
|Producer: Dhiru Mistry
|rowspan="2"|Silver Medal and {{INR}}5,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: Sureshwar Singh
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Film on Social Issues|Best Film on Social Documentation]]
|rowspan="2"|''Land of Krishna''
|rowspan="2"|English
|Producer: G. L. Bhardwaj
|rowspan="2"|Silver Medal and {{INR}}5,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: G. L. Bhardwaj
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Promotional Film|Best Promotional Film (Commercial)]]
|rowspan="2"|''Delhi the City Beautiful''
|rowspan="2"|English
|Producer: Jagdish Banerjee
|rowspan="2"|Silver Medal
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: Jagdish Banerjee
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Promotional Film|Best Promotional Film (Non-Commercial)]]
|rowspan="2"|''Fibre The Fabric of Life''
|rowspan="2"|English
|Producer: Khadi and Village Industries Commission
|rowspan="2"|Silver Medal
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: G. L. Bhardwaj
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[Discontinued and Intermittent National Film Awards#Best Experimental Film|Best Experimental Film]]
|rowspan="2"|''Homi Bhabha - A Scientist in Action''
|rowspan="2"|English
|Producer: Jagat Murari
|Silver Medal and {{INR}}5,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: K. Vishwanath
|Silver Medal and {{INR}}4,000
|}

=== Awards not given ===

Following were the awards not given as no film was found to be suitable for the award:<ref name="21staward"/>

{{div col|colwidth=28em}}
* [[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 Female Playback Singer|Best Female Playback Singer]]
* [[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 Manipuri|President's silver medal for Best Feature Film in Manipuri]]
* [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi|President's silver medal for Best Feature Film in Marathi]]
* [[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]]
* [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu|President's silver medal for Best Feature Film in Telugu]]
{{div col end}}

== Explanatory notes ==
{{notelist}}

== 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}}

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