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{{Short description|Indian ceremony celebrating cinema of 1957}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}
{{Infobox film awards
| number = 5
| award = National Film Awards
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| awarded_for = Best of Indian cinema in 1957
| award_org = [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Ministry of Information and Broadcasting]]
| presenting_org = [[Rajendra Prasad]]<br/>([[President of India]])
| announced_date =
| presented_date = {{Start date|df=yes|1958|04|16}}
| site = [[Vigyan Bhavan]], [[New Delhi]]
| host =
| website = [http://dff.nic.in/ dff.nic.in]
| lifetime_achievement =
| best_feature = ''[[Do Aankhen Barah Haath]]''
| best_non_feature =
| most_wins = {{*}}''Andhare Alo''<br/>{{*}}''Do Aankhen Barah Haath''<br/>{{*}}''[[Mother India]]'' (2)
| last = 4th
| next = 6th
}}

The '''5th [[National Film Awards]]''', formerly the '''State Awards for Films''', were a set of awards presented by the [[India]]n [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Ministry of Information and Broadcasting]] to recognize the best [[Cinema of India|Indian films]] of 1957.<ref name="5thaward">{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm5thNFAAward.aspx|title=5th National Film Awards|publisher=[[International Film Festival of India]]|access-date=2 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304105753/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm5thNFAAward.aspx|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="5thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/5th_nff.pdf|title=5th National Film Awards (PDF)|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|access-date=2 September 2011}}</ref> The ceremony took place at [[Vigyan Bhavan]], [[New Delhi]], on 16 April 1958. The awards were given by the then-[[President of India|Indian President]], Dr. [[Rajendra Prasad]].

It was the first National Film Awards ceremony with monetary prizes in addition to the presentation of medals and certificates.

==Awards==
Awards were divided into two categories: feature films and non-feature films.

*President's Gold Medal for the All India Best Feature Film (now known as the National Film Award for Best Feature)
*President's Gold Medal for the Best Documentary Film (now known as the [[National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film]])
*Prime Minister's Gold Medal (now known as the [[National Film Award for Best Children's Film]])
*President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film (now known as the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in a particular language)
*Certificate of Merit (discontinued)

=== Feature films ===
Feature films were awarded on a national as well as regional level. Two [[Bollywood|Hindi films]], ''[[Do Aankhen Barah Haath]]'' and ''[[Mother India]],'' in addition to the [[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali film]] ''Andhare Alo'', won the maximum number of awards.

''Do Aankhen Barah Haath'' also won the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film|President's Gold Medal for the All India Best Feature Film]].

====All India Awards====
The awards for each category follow:<ref name="5thaward"/><ref name="5thawardPDF"/>

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
|-
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:37%;"|Award
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:16%;"|Film
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:7%;"|Language
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;"|Awardee(s)
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;"|Cash Prize
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film|President's Gold Medal for the All India Best Feature Film]]
|rowspan="2"|''[[Do Aankhen Barah Haath]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[Hindi language|Hindi]]
|[[Film producer|Producer]]: [[Rajkamal Kalamandir]]
|Gold Medal and {{INR}}20,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[Film director|Director]]: [[V. Shantaram]]
|{{INR}}5,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Second Best Feature Film|All India Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature Film]]
|rowspan="2"|''Andhare Alo''
|rowspan="2"|[[Bengali language|Bengali]]
|Producer: Sreemati Pictures
|Certificate of Merit and {{INR}}10,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: [[Haridas Bhattacharya]]
|{{INR}}2,500
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[Discontinued and Intermittent National Film Awards#All India Certificate of Merit|All India Certificate of Merit]]
|rowspan="2"|''[[Mother India]]''
|rowspan="2"|Hindi
|Producer: Mehboob Productions
|rowspan="2"|Certificate of Merit only
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: [[Mehboob Khan]]
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Children's Film|Prime Minister's Gold Medal for the Best Children's Film]]
|rowspan="2"|''[[Hum Panchhi Ek Daal Ke]]''
|rowspan="2"|Hindi
|Producer: [[AVM Productions]]
|Gold Medal and {{INR}}20,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: P. L. Santoshi
|{{INR}}5,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|All India Certificate of Merit for Second Best Children's Film
|rowspan="2"|''Janmatithi''
|rowspan="2"|Bengali
|Producer: R. B. Films
|Certificate of Merit and {{INR}}10,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: Dilip Mukherjee
|{{INR}}2,500
|}

====Regional Awards====
Regional Awards were given to the best films made in the [[Languages of India|regional languages of India]]. However, the President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film was not given to [[Assamese language|Assamese]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]] and [[Telugu language]] films; Certificates of Merit were awarded in those languages.<ref name="5thaward"/><ref name="5thawardPDF"/>

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:90%"
|-
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:37%"|Award
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:19%"|Film
! scope="col" colspan="2" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:34%"|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 for Second Best Feature Film]]
|''Maak Aru Morom''
|Brajen Barua
|Nip Barua
|- 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]]
|''Andhare Alo''
|Sreemati Pictures
|[[Haridas Bhattacharya]]
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|Certificate of Merit for Second Best Feature Film
|''Louha-Kapat''
|L. B. Films International
|[[Tapan Sinha]]
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|Certificate of Merit for Third Best Feature Film
|''[[Harano Sur]]''
|Alochaya Productions
|[[Ajoy Kar]]
|- 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]]
|''[[Do Aankhen Barah Haath]]''
|[[Rajkamal Kalamandir]]
|[[V. Shantaram]]
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|Certificate of Merit for Second Best Feature Film
|''[[Mother India]]''
|Mehboob Productions
|[[Mehboob Khan]]
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|Certificate of Merit for Third Best Feature Film
|''[[Musafir (1957 film)|Musafir]]''
|[[Hrishikesh Mukherjee]]
|Hrishikesh Mukherjee
|- 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|President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film]]
|''[[Premada Puthri]]''
|R. N. R. Pictures
|[[R. Nagendra Rao]]
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|colspan="4"|'''''[[Malayalam cinema|Feature Films in Malayalam]]'''''
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Malayalam|President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film]]
|''[[Padatha Painkili]]''
|[[Merryland Studio|Neela Productions]]
|[[P. Subramaniam]]
|- 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]]
|''Grihadevata''
|Surel Chitra, Kolhapur
|[[Madhav Shinde]]
|- 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 for Second Best Feature Film]]
|''[[Mudhalali]]''
|M. A. V. Pictures
|[[V. Srinivasan]]
|- 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|Certificate of Merit for Best Feature Film]]
|''[[Bhagya Rekha]]''
|Ponnaluri Brothers
|[[B. N. Reddy]]
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|Certificate of Merit for Second Best Feature Film
|''[[Thodi Kodallu]]''
|[[D. Madhusudhana Rao|Annapoorna Pictures]]
|[[Adurthi Subba Rao]]
|}

===Non-Feature films===
Non-feature film awards were given for the [[documentary film|documentaries]] produced in the country.<ref name="5thaward"/><ref name="5thawardPDF"/>

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
|-
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:37%;"|Award
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:18%;"|Film
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:7%;"|Language
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;"|Awardee(s)
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:18%;"|Cash Prize
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film|President's Gold Medal for the Best Documentary Film]]
|rowspan="2"|''A Himalayan Tapestry''
|rowspan="2"|[[English language|English]]
|Producer: Burmah Shell
|Gold Medal and {{INR}}4,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: Mohan Bhavnani
|{{INR}}1,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|All India Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Documentary
|rowspan="2"|''Mandu''
|rowspan="2"|English
|Producer: [[Films Division of India|Films Division]]
|Certificate of Merit and {{INR}}2,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: Neil Gokhale
|{{INR}}500
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|All India Certificate of Merit
|''Dharti Ki Jhankar''
|[[Hindi language|Hindi]]
|Producer: Films Division<br/>Director: Bhaskar Rao
|Certificate of Merit only
|}

=== Awards not given ===
Awards not presented (due to a lack of eligible nominees):<ref name="5thaward"/><ref name="5thawardPDF"/>

{{colbegin}}
* [[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 Tamil|President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Tamil]]
* [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu|President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Telugu]]
{{colend}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304105753/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm5thNFAAward.aspx 5th National Film Awards]
* [http://dff.nic.in/2011/5th_nff.pdf 5th National Film Awards (PDF)]
* [http://dff.nic.in/NFA_archive.asp National Film Awards Archives]
* [http://dff.nic.in Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India]

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