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{{Short description|Indian ceremony celebrating cinema of 1958}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}
{{Infobox film awards
| number = 6
| award = National Film Awards
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| awarded_for = Best of Indian cinema in 1958
| 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|1959|04|28}}
| site = [[Vigyan Bhavan]], [[New Delhi]]
| host =
| website = [http://dff.nic.in/ dff.nic.in]
| lifetime_achievement =
| best_feature = ''[[The Holy Island|Sagar Sangamey]]''
| best_non_feature =
| most_wins = {{*}}''[[Jalsaghar]]''<br/>{{*}}''Sagar Sangamey''<br/>{{*}}''[[School Master (1958 film)|School Master]]'' (2)
| last = 5th
| next = 7th
}}

The '''6th [[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 1958.<ref name="6thaward">{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm6thNFAAward.aspx|title=6th National Film Awards|publisher=[[International Film Festival of India]]|access-date=3 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020054317/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm6thNFAAward.aspx|archive-date=20 October 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> Ceremony took place at [[Vigyan Bhavan]], [[New Delhi]] on 28 April 1959 and awards were given by then [[President of India]], Dr. [[Rajendra Prasad]].

== 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 6th National Film Awards, in this category, two [[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali films]] ''[[The Holy Island|Sagar Sangamey]]'' and ''[[Jalsaghar]]'' along with a [[Cinema of Karnataka|Kannada film]] ''[[School Master (1958 film)|School Master]]'' won maximum number of awards (two), with ''[[The Holy Island|Sagar Sangamey]]'' 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="6thaward"/>

==== All India Award ====

Following were the awards given in each category:<ref name="6thaward"/>

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
|-
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:36%;"|Award
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:16%;"|Film
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:7%;"|Language
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;"|Awardee(s)
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:19%;"|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"|''[[Sagar Sangamey]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[Bengali language|Bengali]]
|[[Film producer|Producer]]: De Luxe Film Distributors
|Gold Medal and {{INR}}20,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[Film director|Director]]: [[Debaki Bose]]
|{{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"|''[[Jalsaghar]]''
|rowspan="2"|Bengali
|Producer: [[Satyajit Ray]]
|Certificate of Merit and {{INR}}10,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: Satyajit Ray
|{{INR}}2,500
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[Discontinued and Intermittent National Film Awards#Third Best Feature Film|All India Certificate of Merit for Third Best Feature film]]
|rowspan="2"|''[[School Master (1958 film)|School Master]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[Kannada language|Kannada]]
|Producer: [[B. R. Panthulu]]
|rowspan="2"|Certificate of Merit only
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: B. R. Panthulu
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Children's Film|All India Certificate of Merit for Best Children's Film]]
|rowspan="2"|''Virsa and the Magic Doll''
|rowspan="2"|[[English language|English]]
|Producer: Little Cinema Pvt Ltd.
|rowspan="2"|Certificate of Merit only
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: Santi P. Chowdhury
|}

==== Regional Award ====

The awards were given to the best films made in the [[Languages of India|regional languages of India]]. For 6th National Film Awards, President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film was not given in [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]], [[Marathi language|Marathi]] and [[Tamil language]]; instead Certificate of Merit was awarded in each particular language.<ref name="6thaward"/>

{|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="43"|'''''[[Cinema of Assam|Feature Films in Assamese]]'''''
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Assamese|President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film]]
|''Ronga Police''
|Kanak Ch. Sharma
|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 in Bengali]]
|''[[Sagar Sangamey]]''
|De Luxe Film Distributors Ltd.
|[[Debaki Bose]]
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|rowspan="2"|Certificate of Merit
|''[[Jalsaghar]]''
|[[Satyajit Ray]]
|Satyajit Ray
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|''Daak Harkara''
|Agragami Productions
|Agragami
|- 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]]
|''[[Madhumati]]''
|[[Bimal Roy]]
|Bimal Roy
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|rowspan="2"|Certificate of Merit
|''[[Lajwanti]]''
|Mohan Segal
|[[Narendra Suri]]
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|''Karigar''
|[[Vasant Joglekar]]
|Vasant Joglekar
|- 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]]
|''[[School Master (1958 film)|School Master]]''
|[[B. R. Panthulu|B. R. Panthalu]]
|B. R. Panthalu
|- 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|Certificate of Merit]]
|''[[Nairu Pidicha Pulivalu]]''
|[[T. E. Vasudevan]]
|[[P. Bhaskaran]]
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|''[[Randidangazhi (film)|Randidangazhi]]''
|[[Merryland Studio|Neela Productions]]
|[[P. Subramaniam]]
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|colspan="4"|'''''[[Marathi cinema|Feature Films in Marathi]]'''''
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi|Certificate of Merit]]
|rowspan="2"|''Dhakti Jaoo''
|Sarvashri Wamanrao Kulkarni
|rowspan="2"|[[Anant Mane]]
|-
|Vishnupant Chavan
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|colspan="4"|'''''[[Tamil cinema|Feature Films in Tamil]]'''''
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil|Certificate of Merit]]
|''[[Thanga Padhumai]]''
|Jupitor Pictures Pvt Ltd.
|[[A. S. A. Samy]]
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|''[[Annaiyin Aanai]]''
|A. M. M. Ismayil
|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]]
|''[[Pelli Naati Pramanalu]]''
|Jayanthi Pictures Pvt Ltd.
|[[K. V. Reddy]]
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|Certificate of Merit
|''[[Mangalya Balam]]''
|[[D. Madhusudhana Rao|Annapoorna Pictures]]
|[[Adurthi Subba Rao]]
|}

=== Non-Feature films ===

Non-feature film awards were given for the documentaries made in the country. Following were the awards given:<ref name="6thaward"/>

==== Documentaries ====

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
|-
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:40%;"|Award
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:14%;"|Film
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:7%;"|Language
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;"|Awardee(s)
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:19%;"|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"|''Radha Krishna''
|rowspan="2"|[[English language|English]]
|Producer: [[Films Division of India|Films Division]]
|Gold Medal and {{INR}}4,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: J. S. Bhownagary
|{{INR}}1,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="3"|All India Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Documentary Film
|rowspan="3"|''The Story of Dr. Karve''
|rowspan="3"|English
|Producer: Films Division
|Certificate of Merit and {{INR}}2,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: Neil Gokhale
|rowspan="2"|{{INR}}500
|-
|Director: Ram Gabale
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|All India Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Documentary Film
|''Call of the Mountains''
|[[Hindi language|Hindi]]
|Producer: Films Division<br/>Director: A. K. Chaudhuri
|Certificate of Merit only
|}

=== Awards not given ===

Following awards were not given as no film was found to be suitable for the award:<ref name="6thaward"/>

{{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 Marathi|President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Marathi]]
* [[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 ==
* [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}}

[[Category:National Film Awards (India) ceremonies]]
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[[Category:1959 film awards|National Film Awards]]

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RobbyAyres at 21:01, 20 January 2026