>Rjensen at 05:32, 13 October 2021

2021-10-13T05:32:49Z

New page

{{Short description|Indian ceremony celebrating cinema of 1955}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}
{{Infobox film awards
| number = 3
| award = National Film Awards
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| awarded_for = Best of Indian cinema in 1955
| award_org = [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Ministry of Information and Broadcasting]]
| presenting_org = [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]<br/>{{small|([[Prime Minister of India]])}}
| announced_date =
| presented_date = {{Start date|df=yes|1956|09}}
| site = [[Vigyan Bhavan]], [[New Delhi]]
| host =
| website = [http://dff.nic.in/ dff.nic.in]
| lifetime_achievement =
| best_feature = ''[[Pather Panchali]]''
| best_non_feature =
| most_wins = {{*}}''[[Pather Panchali]]''<br>{{*}}''[[Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje]]'' (2)
| last = 2nd
| next = 4th
}}

The '''3rd [[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 1955.<ref name="3rdaward">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/images/Documents/111_3rdNfacatalogue.pdf|title=3rd National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=2 September 2020|archive-date=2 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191002035740/https://www.dff.nic.in/images/Documents/111_3rdNfacatalogue.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> Ceremony took place at [[Vigyan Bhavan]], [[New Delhi]] on September 1956 and awards were given by [[Prime Minister of India]], [[Jawaharlal Nehru]].

== 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 3rd National Film Awards, central committee was headed by [[C. D. Deshmukh]].<ref name="3rdaward"/>

* '''Jury Members: Central'''
** [[C. D. Deshmukh]] ([[Chairman|Chairperson]]){{•}}M. D. Bhat{{•}}N. K. Siddhanta{{•}}W. S. Krishnaswami Nayudu{{•}}[[Ammu Swaminathan]]{{•}}[[Sucheta Kriplani]]{{•}}[[Ramdhari Singh Dinkar]]{{•}}Syed Nurullah{{•}}Ardhendu Mukerjee{{•}}D. Ramanujam{{•}}[[Dada Mukerjee|Sudhir Mukerjee]]
* '''Jury Regional: Bombay'''
** M. D. Bhat ([[Chairman|Chairperson]]){{•}}[[Pandit Narendra Sharma]]{{•}}P. N. Arora{{•}}[[Jayant Desai]]{{•}}M. R. Palande{{•}}[[Jagdish Sethi]]
* '''Jury Regional: Calcutta'''
** N. K. Siddhanta ([[Chairman|Chairperson]]){{•}}[[Sabita Devi]]{{•}}S. K. Mukerjee{{•}}[[Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay]]{{•}}[[Kalidas Nag]]{{•}}[[Dada Mukerjee|Sudhir Mukerjee]]
* '''Jury Regional: Madras'''
** W. S. Krishnaswami Nayudu ([[Chairman|Chairperson]]){{•}}Manjubhashini{{•}}[[Mu. Varadarajan]]{{•}}[[Rayaprolu Subba Rao|R. Subbarao]]{{•}}A. Ramaiah{{•}}A. Aiyapan{{•}}[[V. K. Gokak]]{{•}}S. M. Naidu

== 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 3rd National Film Awards, ''[[Pather Panchali]]'', a [[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali film]] by a debutant director [[Satyajit Ray]] won 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="3rdaward"/>

==== All India Award ====

For 3rd 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]]
|''[[Pather Panchali]]''
|[[Bengali language|Bengali]]
|[[Government of West Bengal]]
|[[Satyajit Ray]]
|-
|rowspan="2" | [[Discontinued and Intermittent National Film Awards#All India Certificate of Merit|All India Certificate of Merit]]
|''[[Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje]]''
|[[Hindi language|Hindi]]
|[[Rajkamal Kalamandir]]
|[[V. Shantaram]]
|-
|''Shirdi Che Sai Baba''
|[[Marathi language|Marathi]]
|Nandadeep chitra
|[[Kumarsen Samarth]]
|}

==== Regional Award ====

With 3rd National Film Awards, new award category was introduced for the feature films made in [[Assamese language]]. This newly introduced category includes [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Assamese|President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Assamese]] and Certificate of Merit for second and third best film, although former was not given as no film was found suitable for the award.<ref name="3rdaward"/>

The awards were given to the best films made in the [[Languages of India|regional languages of India]]. For 3rd National Film Awards, President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film was not given in [[Assamese language|Assamese]], [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Hindi language|Hindi]], [[Kannada language|Kannada]] and [[Tamil language|Tamil]] language; instead Certificate of Merit was awarded in each particular language.<ref name="3rdaward"/>

{|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:30%;"|Film
! 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
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|colspan="4"|'''''[[Cinema of Assam|Feature Films in Assamese]]'''''
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Assamese|Certificate of Merit]]
|''Piyali Phukan''
|Rupajyoti Productions
|[[Phani Sarma]]
|- 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]]
|''[[Pather Panchali]]''
|[[Government of West Bengal]]
|[[Satyajit Ray]]
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|rowspan="2"|Certificate of Merit
|''[[Rani Rashmoni]]''
|Chalachitra Pratishthan
|Kali Prasad Ghosh
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|''Rai Kamal''
|Aurora Films Corporation
|[[Subodh 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]]
|''[[Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje]]''
|[[Rajkamal Kalamandir]]
|[[V. Shantaram]]
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|rowspan="2"|Certificate of Merit
|''[[Shree 420]]''
|[[R. K. Films]]
|[[Raj Kapoor]]
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|''[[Devdas (1955 film)|Devdas]]''
|Bimal Roy Productions
|[[Bimal Roy]]
|- 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]]
|''[[Mahakavi Kalidasa]]''
|Lalitakala Film Private Ltd.
|[[Honnappa Bhagavatar]]
|- 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]]
|''Me Tulas Tujhya Angani''
|Nav Chitra
|[[Raja Thakur]]
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|Certificate of Merit
|''[[Shevagyachya Shenga]]''
|Sadashiv Row J. Kavi
|[[Shantaram Athavale]]
|- 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|Certificate of Merit]]
|''[[Mangaiyar Thilakam]]''
|Vaidya Films
|[[L. V. Prasad]]
|- 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]]
|''[[Bangaru Papa]]''
|[[Vijaya Vauhini Studios|Vauhini Productions]]
|[[B. N. Reddy]]
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|Certificate of Merit
|''[[Ardhangi]]''
|Ragini Films
|[[P. Pullaiah]]
|}

=== Non-Feature films ===

Non-feature film awards were given for the documentaries made in the country. Following were the awards given:<ref name="3rdaward"/>

==== 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]]
|''Magic of Mountains''
|English
|[[Films Division of India|Films Division]]
| Mushir Ahmed
|-
|rowspan="2"|Certificate of Merit
|''Wonder of Work''
|English
|Films Division
|
|-
|''Education for Life''
|English
|Ama Ltd.
|
|}

=== Awards not given ===

Following were the awards not given as no film was found to be suitable for the award:<ref name="3rdaward"/>

{{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 Assamese|President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Assamese]]
* [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali|President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Bengali]]
* [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi|President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Hindi]]
* [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Kannada|President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Kannada]]
* [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam|President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Malayalam]]
* [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil|President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Tamil]]
{{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}}

[[Category:National Film Awards (India) ceremonies]]
[[Category:1956 in Indian cinema]]
[[Category:1956 film awards]]

3rd National Film Awards - Revision history

>Rjensen at 05:32, 13 October 2021