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{{Short description|Indian ceremony celebrating cinema of 1954}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}
{{Infobox film awards
| number = 2
| award = National Film Awards
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| awarded_for = Best of Indian cinema in 1954
| award_org = [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Ministry of Information and Broadcasting]]
| presenting_org = [[Rajendra Prasad]]<br/>{{small|([[President of India]])}}
| announced_date =
| presented_date = {{Start date|df=yes|1955|12|21}}
| site = [[Vigyan Bhavan]], [[New Delhi]]
| host =
| website = [http://dff.nic.in/ dff.nic.in]
| lifetime_achievement =
| best_feature = ''[[Mirza Ghalib (film)|Mirza Ghalib]]''
| best_non_feature =
| most_wins = {{*}}''Mirza Ghalib''<br>{{*}}''[[Neelakuyil]]'' (2)
| last = 1st
| next = 3rd
}}

The '''2nd [[National Film Awards]]''', then known as '''State Awards for Films''', 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 1954.<ref name="2ndaward">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/112_2ndNfacatalogue.pdf|title=2nd National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=2 September 2020|archive-date=25 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725173439/http://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/112_2ndNfacatalogue.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> Ceremony took place at [[Vigyan Bhavan]], [[New Delhi]] on 21 December 1955 and awards were given by then [[President of India]], Dr. [[Rajendra Prasad]].

With the increasing number of films made in India, couple of new awards were introduced. Starting with 2nd National Film Awards, awards were divided into feature film and non-feature film awards. Feature films were, again, awarded at All India and Regional level. Awards were given to seven regional language films which are in [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Hindi language|Hindi]], [[Kannada language|Kannada]], [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]], [[Marathi language|Marathi]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]] and [[Telugu language|Telugu]].

At All India level, Children's films were awarded with its own category where awards were categorised as Prime Minister's Gold Medal and Certificate of Merit. For all other categories, awards were given as President's Gold Medal and Certificate of Merit. Regional films were awarded with President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film and Certificate of Merit. Non-feature film awards were awarded for documentaries made in the country.

== Juries ==

Three different committees were formed based on the film making sectors in India, mainly based in [[Mumbai|Bombay]], [[Kolkata|Calcutta]] and [[Chennai|Madras]]. Another committee for all India level was also formed which included some of the members from regional committee. For 2nd National Film Awards, central committee was headed by [[R. R. Diwakar]].<ref name="2ndaward"/>

* '''Jury Members: Central'''
** [[R. R. Diwakar]] ([[Chairman|Chairperson]]){{•}}N. K. Siddhanta{{•}}T. M. Narayanaswami Pillai{{•}}M. D. Bhat{{•}}[[Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay]]{{•}}Satyavati Mallik{{•}}Syed Nurullah{{•}}[[S. S. Vasan]]{{•}}[[V. Shantaram]]{{•}}[[Rayaprolu Subba Rao|R. Subbarao]]{{•}}Ardhendu Mukerjee
* '''Jury Regional: Bombay'''
** M. D. Bhat ([[Chairman|Chairperson]]){{•}}[[Kusumavati Deshpande]]{{•}}M. R. Palande{{•}}Motichandra{{•}}[[Bhagwati Charan Verma]]{{•}}[[V. K. Gokak]]{{•}}[[Vijay Bhatt]]{{•}}[[Kishore Sahu]]{{•}}[[Jagdish Sethi]]
* '''Jury Regional: Calcutta'''
** N. K. Siddhanta ([[Chairman|Chairperson]]){{•}}[[Sabita Devi]]{{•}}[[Kalidas Nag]]{{•}}O. C. Ganguly{{•}}[[Dada Mukerjee|Sudhir Mukerjee]]{{•}}K. L. Chattarjee
* '''Jury Regional: Madras'''
** T. M. Narayanaswami Pillai ([[Chairman|Chairperson]]){{•}}Manjubhashini{{•}}[[Mu. Varadarajan]]{{•}}[[Rayaprolu Subba Rao|R. Subbarao]]{{•}}B. Ramakrishna Raju{{•}}Aiyapan{{•}}A. Ramaiah{{•}}[[K. Ramnath]]

== 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 the 2nd National Film Awards, in this category, ''[[Mirza Ghalib (film)|Mirza Ghalib]]'', a biographical [[Bollywood|Hindi / Urdu film]], based on the life of well-known poet [[Mirza Ghalib]], along with a [[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam film]], ''[[Neelakuyil]]'' won the maximum number of awards (two), with former also winning the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film|President's Gold Medal for the All India Best Feature Film]]. Following were the awards given:<ref name="2ndaward"/>

==== All India Award ====

For 2nd National Film Awards, none of the films were awarded from Children's films category as no film was found to be suitable.

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:95%"
|-
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:33%;"|Award
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;"|Film
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:10%;"|Language
! scope="col" colspan="2" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:32%;"|Awardee(s)
|-
!scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;" | Producer
!scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;" | Director
|-
|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film|President's Gold Medal for the All India Best Feature Film]]
|''[[Mirza Ghalib (film)|Mirza Ghalib]]''
|[[Hindi language|Hindi]]
|Minerva Moviestone
|[[Sohrab Modi]]
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[Discontinued and Intermittent National Film Awards#All India Certificate of Merit|All India Certificate of Merit]]
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Neelakuyil]]''
| rowspan="2" | [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]]
| rowspan="2" | Chandrathara Productions
|[[P. Bhaskaran]]
|-
|[[Ramu Kariat]]
|-
|''[[Biraj Bahu]]''
|[[Hindi language|Hindi]]
|Hiten Chaudhary Productions
|[[Bimal Roy]]
|}

==== Regional Award ====

The awards were given to the best films made in the [[Languages of India|regional languages of India]]. For 2nd National Film Awards, awards were given in seven regional language films which are in [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Hindi language|Hindi]], [[Kannada language|Kannada]], [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]], [[Marathi language|Marathi]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]] and [[Telugu language|Telugu]].<ref name="2ndaward"/>

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:90%"
|-
!scope="col" rowspan="2" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;"|Award
!scope="col" rowspan="2" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;"|of Film
!scope="col" colspan="2" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;"|Awardee(s)
|-
!scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;" | Producer
!scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;" | Director
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|colspan="4"|'''''[[Cinema of West Bengal|Feature Films in Bengali]]'''''
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali|President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film]]
|''[[Chheley Kaar]]''
|Charan Chitra
|[[Chitta Basu (director)|Chitta Bose]]
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|rowspan="2"|Certificate of Merit
|''Jadu Bhatta''
|Sunrise Film Distributors
|[[Niren Lahiri]]
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|''[[Annapurnar Mandir]]''
|Chitra Mandir
|Naresh Mitra
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|colspan="4"|'''''[[Bollywood|Feature Films in Hindi]]'''''
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi|President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film]]
|''[[Mirza Ghalib (film)|Mirza Ghalib]]''
|Minerva Moviestone
|[[Sohrab Modi]]
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|Certificate of Merit
|''[[Jagriti]]''
|[[Filmistan]] Ltd.
|[[Satyen Bose]]
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|colspan="4"|'''''[[Cinema of Karnataka|Feature Films in Kannada]]'''''
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada|Certificate of Merit]]
|''[[Bedara Kannappa (film)|Bedara Kannappa]]''
|Gubbi Karnataka Productions
|H. L. N. Simha
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|colspan="4"|'''''[[Malayalam cinema|Feature Films in Malayalam]]'''''
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
| rowspan="2" | [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam|President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film]]
| rowspan="2" | ''[[Neelakuyil]]''
| rowspan="2" | Chandrathara Productions
|[[P. Bhaskaran]]
|-
|[[Ramu Kariat]]
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|Certificate of Merit
|''[[Snehaseema]]''
|Associate Pictures
|Dakshina Murthy
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|colspan="4"|'''''[[Marathi cinema|Feature Films in Marathi]]'''''
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi|President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film]]
|''[[Mahatma Phule (film)|Mahatma Phule]]''
|Atre Pictures
|[[Pralhad Keshav Atre]]
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|colspan="4"|'''''[[Tamil cinema|Feature Films in Tamil]]'''''
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil|President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film]]
|''[[Malaikkallan]]''
|[[Pakshiraja Studios]]
|[[S. M. Sriramulu Naidu]]
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|rowspan="2"|Certificate of Merit
|''[[Andha Naal]]''
|[[AVM Productions]]
|[[Sundaram Balachander]]
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|''[[Edhir Paradhathu]]''
|Saravanabhava and Unity Pictures
|C. H. Narayana Moorthy
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|colspan="4"|'''''[[Cinema of Andhra Pradesh|Feature Films in Telugu]]'''''
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu|President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film]]
|''[[Peddamanushulu]]''
|[[Vauhini Studios|Vauhini Productions]]
|[[K. V. Reddy]]
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|rowspan="2"|Certificate of Merit
|''[[Thodu Dongalu (1954 film)|Thodu Dongalu]]''
|National Art Theatres
|[[D. Yoganand]]
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|''[[Vipra Narayana]]''
|[[Bharani Pictures]]
|[[P. S. Ramakrishna Rao]]
|}

=== Non-Feature films ===

Non-feature film awards were given for the documentaries made in the country. Following were the awards given:<ref name="2ndaward"/>

==== Documentaries ====

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:95%"
|-
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:33%;"|Award
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;"|Film
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:10%;"|Language
! scope="col" colspan="2" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:32%;"|Awardee(s)
|-
!scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;" | Producer
!scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;" | Director
|-
|[[National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film|President's Gold Medal for the Best Documentary Film]]
|''Spirit of the Loom''
|English
|[[Films Division of India|Films Division]]
|V. R. Sarma
|-
|rowspan="2"|Certificate of Merit
|''Darjeeling''
|English
|Films Division
|K. L. Khandpur
|-
|''Golden River''
|English
|Films Division
|P. V. Pathy
|}

=== Awards not given ===

Following awards were not given as no film was found to be suitable for the award:<ref name="2ndaward"/>

{{colbegin}}
* [[National Film Award for Best Children's Film|Prime Minister's Gold Medal for the Best Children's Film]]
* [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada|President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Kannada]]
{{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]

{{National Film Awards}}

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[[Category:1955 film awards]]

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