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{{Infobox film awards
| number = 29
| award = National Film Awards
| image =
| alt =
| caption = 29th National Film Awards
| awarded_for = Best of Indian cinema in 1981
| award_org = [[Directorate of Film Festivals]]
| presenting_org = [[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy]] {{small|([[President of India]])}}
| announced_date =
| presented_date = {{Start date|df=yes|1982|04}}
| site =
| host =
| website = [http://dff.nic.in/ dff.nic.in]
| lifetime_achievement = [[Naushad Ali]]
| best_feature = ''[[Dakhal]]''
| best_non_feature =
| best_book = ''Thamizh Cinemavin Kathai''
| most_wins = ''[[Umrao Jaan (1981 film)|Umrao Jaan]]'' (4)
| last = 28th
| next = 30th
}}

The '''29th [[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 1981.<ref name="29thaward">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/88_29thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=29th 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/20181109234604/https://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/88_29thNfacatalogue.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> Ceremony took place in April 1982.

With 29th National Film Awards, new category for books on Indian cinema was introduced. The awards aim at the encouraging the study and appreciation of cinema as an art form and dissemination of information and critical appreciation of this art-form through publication of books, articles reviews etc.

== Juries ==

Three different committees were formed for feature films, short films and books on cinema, headed by veteran actor [[Ashok Kumar]], [[Vasant Joglekar]] and Asok Mitra respectively.<ref name="29thaward"/>

* '''Jury Members: Feature Films'''
** [[Ashok Kumar]] ([[Chairman|Chairperson]]){{•}}B. A. Arasukumar{{•}}[[Leela Chitnis]]{{•}}[[Baldev Raj Chopra|B. R. Chopra]]{{•}}[[Salil Chowdhury]]{{•}}Suresh Kathuria{{•}}[[Yamini Krishnamurthy]]{{•}}R. Lakshman{{•}}Dnyaneshwar Kulkarni{{•}}[[Bhabendra Nath Saikia]]{{•}}M. Shamim{{•}}Sundari K. Sridharani{{•}}[[S. G. Vasudev]]{{•}}[[Inturi Venkateswara Rao]]
* '''Jury Members: Short Films'''
** [[Vasant Joglekar]] ([[Chairman|Chairperson]]){{•}}Hari Sadhan Dasgupta{{•}}[[Jagat Murari]]{{•}}Ramesh Sharma
* '''Jury Members: Books on Cinema'''
** Asok Mitra ([[Chairman|Chairperson]]){{•}}[[Akilan|P. V. Akilandan]]{{•}}[[Chidananda Dasgupta]]{{•}}[[Sunil Gangopadhyay]]{{•}}[[Pritish Nandy]]{{•}}[[Padmarajan|P. Padmarajan]]{{•}}Naa. Parthasarathy{{•}}[[M. T. Vasudevan Nair]]

== Awards ==

Awards were divided into feature films, non-feature films and books written on Indian cinema.

=== 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:Naushad 2013 stamp of India.jpg|75px]]
|[[Naushad|Naushad Ali]]
|[[Music director]]
|Swarna Kamal, {{INR}}40,000 and a Shawl
|}

=== Feature films ===

Feature films were awarded at All India as well as regional level. For 29th National Film Awards, a [[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali film]], ''[[Dakhal]]'' won the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film]] whereas a [[Bollywood|Hindi film]], ''[[Umrao Jaan (1981 film)|Umrao Jaan]]'' won the maximum number of awards (four). In the honour of veteran actress [[Nargis|Nargis Dutt]] who died in 1981, award for best feature film on national integration was renamed as [[Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration]]. Following were the awards given in each category:<ref name="29thaward"/>

==== All India Award ====

Following were the awards given:<ref name="29thaward"/>

{|class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;"|Name of Award
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:18%;"|Name of Film
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:10%;"|Language
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:28%;"|Awardee(s)
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;"|Cash Prize
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="3"|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film|Best Feature Film]]
|rowspan="2"|''[[Dakhal]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[Bengali language|Bengali]]
|[[Film producer|Producer]]: [[Government of West Bengal]]
|Swarna Kamal and {{INR}}50,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[Film director|Director]]: [[Gautam Ghose]]
|Swarna Kamal and {{INR}}25,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="4"|'''Citation:''' ''For the visual eloquence with which it portrays the travails of a daughter of a soil courageously fighting for a social justice in the face of all odds and for the remarkable ability of its young director who writes the screenplay, handles the camera, scores the music and directs the film in a poetic manner.''
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="3"|[[National Film Award for Second Best Feature Film|Second Best Feature Film]]
|rowspan="2"|''[[Pokkuveyil]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[Malayalam language|Malayalam]]
|Producer: [[K. Ravindran Nair]]
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}}30,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: [[G. Aravindan]]
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}}15,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="4"|'''Citation:''' ''For visualising in a sustained, poetic manner the gnawing agony of the human mind dangerously hovering on the edge of insanity; for marrying the images superbly with haunting classical music on the sound track and creating an unorthodox, sensitive, deeply moving work of exquisite beauty.''
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="3"|[[Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration|Best Feature Film on National Integration]]
|rowspan="2"|''[[Sapthapadi (film)|Sapthapadhi]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[Telugu language|Telugu]]
|Producer: Bheemavarapu Buchhireddy
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}}30,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: [[K. Viswanath]]
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}}15,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="4"|'''Citation:''' ''For focusing on the problems of the society whose orthodoxy inflicts grave injustice on the under-privileged, for the dilemma faced by a Brahmin disciplinarian in confronting his grand-daughter's love for Harijan, for resolving the problem in a rational manner, worthy of the country's best secular traditions.''
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director|Best Debut Film of a Director]]
|''[[Aadharshila]]''
|[[Hindi language|Hindi]]
|Producer and Director: Ashok Ahuja
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}}10,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="4"|'''Citation:''' ''For making a bold statement on the aspirations and frustrations of the young generation of film-makers he himself represents and for a very sensitive treatment of the relationship between an idealist director and an inscrutable story-write.''
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Direction|Best Direction]]
|''[[36 Chowringhee Lane]]''
|[[English language|English]]
|[[Aparna Sen]]
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}}20,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="4"|'''Citation:''' ''For effectively orchestrating the creative and technical elements in her first film, for a poignant portrayal of loneliness in old age and for bringing to the screen a true-to-life situation in post-independence India.''
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
|''[[Thanneer Thanneer]]''
|[[Tamil language|Tamil]]
|[[K. Balachander]]
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}}10,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="4"|'''Citation:''' ''For translating the suffering of the people in drought-affected areas into a gripping visual narrative.''
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]]
|''[[Arohan (film)|Arohan]]''
|Hindi
|[[Om Puri]]
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}}10,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="4"|'''Citation:''' ''For a very convincing portrayal of a harassed farmer courageously fighting vested interests who seek to block the implementation of land reforms.''
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
|''[[Umrao Jaan (1981 film)|Umrao Jaan]]''
|Hindi
|[[Rekha]]
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}}10,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="4"|'''Citation:''' ''For appealing portrayal of Umrao Jaan, a real life courtesan and poetess of the 19th century.''
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Child Artist|Best Child Artist]]
|''[[Imagi Ningthem]]''
|[[Meitei language|Meitei]]
|Leikhendra Singh
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}}5,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="4"|'''Citation:''' ''For an endearing portrayal of a child and his yearning for a mother's love.''
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]] ([[Color motion picture film|Color]])
|''[[36 Chowringhee Lane]]''
|English
|[[Ashok Mehta]]
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}}10,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="4"|'''Citation:''' ''For the technical excellence, for highlighting the tonality, texture and nuances of the story and for an outstanding work as a cameraman.''
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]] ([[Black-and-white|Black and White]])
|''Mooru Darigalu''
|[[Kannada]]
|Shripati R. Bhat
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}}10,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="4"|'''Citation:''' ''For projecting the mood of the film in a vivid manner.''
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Audiography|Best Audiography]]
|''[[Elippathayam]]''
|Malayalam
|P. Devadas
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}}10,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="4"|'''Citation:''' ''For a brilliantly mixed soundtrack and impressive use of silences to underline the dramatic moments of the film.''
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Editing|Best Editing]]
|''[[Arohan (film)|Arohan]]''
|Hindi
|Bhanudas Divakar
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}}10,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="4"|'''Citation:''' ''For precision in timing, for excellent juxtaposition of images, for sustained tempo and rhythm and a masterful creation of the deluge sequence.''
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Art Direction|Best Art Direction]]
|''[[Umrao Jaan (1981 film)|Umrao Jaan]]''
|Hindi
|Manzoor
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}}7,500/-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="4"|'''Citation:''' ''For re-creating the sets of the Lucknow Kothas and aristocratic homes with an unerring sense of the historical period portrayed.''
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Music Direction|Best Music Direction]]
|''[[Umrao Jaan (1981 film)|Umrao Jaan]]''
|Hindi
|[[Mohammed Zahur Khayyam|Khayyam]]
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}}10,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="4"|'''Citation:''' ''For a finely turned score which invokes the spirit of the period and for a felicitous use of music to enrich the central character of the film.''
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer|Best Male Playback Singer]]
|''[[Ek Duuje Ke Liye]]''
|Hindi
|[[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]]
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}}10,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="4"|'''Citation:''' ''For great feeling and sense of rhythm which he brings to his vocal rendering.''
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer|Best Female Playback Singer]]
|''[[Umrao Jaan (1981 film)|Umrao Jaan]]''
|Hindi
|[[Asha Bhosle]]
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}}10,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="4"|'''Citation:''' ''For the style with which she invests the rendering of the ghazals that form a part of the texture of the film.''
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award – Special Jury Award (Feature Film)|Special Jury Award]]
|''[[Sadgati]]''
|Hindi
|[[Satyajit Ray]]
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}}5,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="4"|'''Citation:''' ''For making the strongest of comments in the simplest of languages on the caste system and for probing the complex relationship between a downtrodden tanner and a callous Brahmin priest in a village.''
|}

==== 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]], [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]] and [[Punjabi language]], award for Best Feature Film was not given.<ref name="29thaward"/>

{|class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:23.5%;"|Name of Award
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:21%;"|Name of Film
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:34%;"|Awardee(s)
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:21.5%;"|Awards
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="3"|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali|Best Feature Film in Bengali]]
|rowspan="2"|''[[Adalat o Ekti Meye]]''
|Producer: Dhiresh Kumar Chakraborty
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}}15,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: [[Tapan Sinha]]
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}}7,500/-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="3"|'''Citation:''' ''For its powerful presentation of the problems of rape and its shattering after-effects in the life of a woman.''
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="3"|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in English|Best Feature Film in English]]
|rowspan="2"|''[[36 Chowringhee Lane]]''
|Producer: [[Shashi Kapoor]]
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}}15,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: [[Aparna Sen]]
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}}7,500/-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="3"|'''Citation:''' ''For eloquently portraying the tragedy of a lonely woman belonging to the Anglo-Indian community in contemporary India.''
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="3"|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi|Best Feature Film in Hindi]]
|rowspan="2"|''[[Arohan (film)|Arohan]]''
|Producer: [[Government of West Bengal]]
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}}15,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: [[Shyam Benegal]]
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}}7,500/-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="3"|'''Citation:''' ''For hard-hitting treatment of contemporary reality, especially as it is reflected in the continuing predicament of the West Bengal peasantry.''
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="3"|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada|Best Feature Film in Kannada]]
|rowspan="2"|''[[Bara (film)|Bara]]''
|Producer: [[M. S. Sathyu]]
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}}15,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: [[M. S. Sathyu]]
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}}7,500/-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="3"|'''Citation:''' ''For an incisive analysis of the socio-political situation in a drought affected district.''
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="3"|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam|Best Feature Film in Malayalam]]
|rowspan="2"|''[[Elippathayam]]''
|Producer: [[K. Ravindran Nair]]
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}}15,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: [[Adoor Gopalakrishnan]]
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}}7,500/-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="3"|'''Citation:''' ''For presenting the total decadence of the feudal system with unusual sensitivity and realism and for perceptively portraying the personal tragedy of those caught up in it.''
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="3"|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Manipuri|Best Feature Film in Manipuri]]
|rowspan="2"|''[[Imagi Ningthem]]''
|Producer: K. Ibohal Sharma
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}}15,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: [[Aribam Syam Sharma]]
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}}7,500/-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="3"|'''Citation:''' ''For its charm, simplicity and freshness of approach.''
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="3"|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi|Best Feature Film in Marathi]]
|rowspan="2"|''[[Umbartha]]''
|Producer: D. V. Rao and [[Jabbar Patel]]
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}}15,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: [[Jabbar Patel]]
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}}7,500/-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="3"|'''Citation:''' ''For a sincere cinematic statement on the theme of a woman seeking to establish her identity by pursuing a career, even at the risk of alienation from her family.''
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="3"|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Oriya|Best Feature Film in Oriya]]
|rowspan="2"|''Seeta Raati''
|Producer: Balram Misra
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}}15,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: [[Manmohan Mahapatra]]
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}}7,500/-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="3"|'''Citation:''' ''For a commendable work on the theme of a woman who faces life courageously despite the orthodox forces aligned against her.''
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="3"|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil|Best Feature Film in Tamil]]
|rowspan="2"|''[[Thanneer Thanneer]]''
|Producer: P. R. Govindarajan
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}}15,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: [[K. Balachander]]
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}}7,500/-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="3"|'''Citation:''' ''For powerfully projecting the helplessness of a village community living in a drought-affected area and its valiant efforts to solve its problem through self-help being thwarted by an insensitive administrative system.''
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="3"|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu|Best Feature Film in Telugu]]
|rowspan="2"|''[[Seethakoka Chiluka (1981 film)|Seethakoka Chiluka]]''
|Producer: [[Edida Nageshwara Rao]]
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}}15,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: [[Bharathiraja]]
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}}7,500/-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="3"|'''Citation:''' ''For skilfully handling the theme of inter-communal marriage and making an impassioned stand against bigotry.''
|}

=== Non-Feature films ===

Following were the awards given:<ref name="29thaward"/>

{|class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:27%;"|Name of Award
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:18%;"|Name of Film
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:7%;"|Language
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:24%;"|Awardee(s)
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:24%;"|Cash Prize
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film|Best Information Film]]
|''Faces After The Storm''
|[[Hindi language|Hindi]]
|Producer: Yash Chaudhary {{small|for}} [[Films Division of India|Films Division]] Director: [[Prakash Jha]]
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}}5,000/- Each
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="4"|'''Citation:''' ''For a hard-hitting comment on a social problem capturing the anguish and horror of communal violence, made without compromise but with humanism and sincerity.''
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Educational/Motivational/Instructional Film|Best Educational / Instructional Film]]
|''The Four Minutes''
|[[English language|English]]
|Producer: Vijay B. Chandra {{small|for}} Films Division Director: B. G. Devare
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}}5,000/- Each
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="4"|'''Citation:''' ''For an effective and purposeful film made with imagination and skill which may save precious lives.''
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Promotional Film|Best Promotional Film]]
|''Hydrum''
|English
|Producer: Omprakash Sharma {{small|for}} Films Division Director: Mahmood Quereshi
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}}5,000/- Each
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="4"|'''Citation:''' ''For putting across innovative techniques of lifting water which will revolutionise the concept and practice of agriculture in hilly areas.''
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Animation Film|Best Animation Film]]
|''The Thinker?''
|English
|Producer: B. R. Shendge {{small|for}} Films Division Director: A. R. Sen [[Animator]]: M. Paralkar
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}}5,000/- Each
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="4"|'''Citation:''' ''For well done animation and for focusing on the problems of man and his environment.''
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[Discontinued and Intermittent National Film Awards#Best News Review|Best News Review]]
|''News Magazine No. 12''
|English
|Vijay B. Chandra {{small|for}} Films Division
|Rajat Kamal and {{INR}}5,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="4"|'''Citation:''' ''For its overall technical competence.''
|}

=== Best Writing on Cinema ===

With 29th National Film Awards, new category for books on Indian cinema was introduced. The awards aim at the encouraging the study and appreciation of cinema as an art form and dissemination of information and critical appreciation of this art-form through publication of books, articles reviews etc. Following were the awards given:<ref name="29thaward"/>

{|class="wikitable" style="width:100%;"
|-
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:24%;"|Name of Award
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;"|Name of Book
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:10%;"|Language
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:30%;"|Awardee(s)
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:16%;"|Cash Prize
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Book on Cinema|Best Book on Cinema]]
|''Thamizh Cinemavin Kathai''
|[[Tamil language|Tamil]]
|[[Author]]: Aranthai Narayanan
|{{INR}}5,000/-
|- style="background-color:#F9F9F9"
|colspan="4"|'''Citation:''' ''For being the first systematic full length account of the Tamil cinema from its inception, with pertinent observation on the art of film making, for the likelihood of it enduring as a standard reference work, for lucid, systematic writing with appropriate illustrations, for being based more on original and personal perceptions than on derived or second-hand sources.''
|}

=== Awards not given ===

Following were the awards not given as no film was found to be suitable for the award:<ref name="29thaward"/>

{{col start}} {{col 2}}
* [[National Film Award for Best Children's Film|Best Children's Film]]
* [[National Film Award for Best Film on Family Welfare|Best Film on Family Welfare]]
* [[National Film Award for Best Lyrics|Best Lyrics]]
* [[National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment|Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment]]
* [[National Film Award for Best Film on Social Issues|Best Film on Social Documentation]]
* [[Discontinued and Intermittent National Film Awards#Best Experimental Film|Best Experimental Film]]
{{col 2}}
* [[Discontinued and Intermittent National Film Awards#Best Newsreel Cameraman|Best Newsreel Cameraman]]
* [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Assamese|Best Feature Film in Assamese]]
* [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Punjabi|Best Feature Film in Punjabi]]
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== References ==
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== 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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29th National Film Awards - Revision history

>Kailash29792 at 03:06, 8 October 2021