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{{Short description|Indian ceremony celebrating cinema of 1959}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2016}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}
{{Infobox film awards
| number = 7
| award = National Film Awards
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| awarded_for = Best of Indian cinema in 1959
| award_org = [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Ministry of Information and Broadcasting]]
| presenting_org = [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]]<br/>{{small|([[Vice President of India]])}}
| announced_date =
| presented_date = {{Start date|df=yes|1960|05|01}}
| site = [[Vigyan Bhavan]], [[New Delhi]]
| host =
| website = [http://dff.nic.in/ dff.nic.in]
| lifetime_achievement =
| best_feature = ''[[The World of Apu|Apur Sansar]]''
| best_non_feature =
| most_wins =
| last = 6th
| next = 8th
}}

The '''7th [[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 1959.<ref name="7thaward">{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm7thNFAAward.aspx|title=7th National Film Awards|publisher=[[International Film Festival of India]]|access-date=4 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020054202/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm7thNFAAward.aspx|archive-date=20 October 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="7thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/7th_nff.pdf|title=7th National Film Awards (PDF)|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|access-date=4 September 2011}}</ref> Ceremony took place at [[Vigyan Bhavan]], [[New Delhi]] on 1 May 1960 and awards were given by then [[Vice-President of India]], Dr. [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]].

== 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 7th National Film Awards, a [[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali film]] ''[[The World of Apu|Apur Sansar]]'' 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="7thaward"/><ref name="7thawardPDF"/>

==== All India Award ====

For 7th National Film awards, none of the films were awarded from Documentary and Children's Films category as no film was found to be suitable, instead only Certificate of Merit was given. Following were the awards given in each category:<ref name="7thaward"/><ref name="7thawardPDF"/>

{|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"|''[[The World of Apu|Apur Sansar]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[Bengali language|Bengali]]
|[[Film producer|Producer]]: Satyajit Ray Pvt Ltd.
|Gold Medal and {{INR}}20,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|[[Film director|Director]]: [[Satyajit Ray]]
|{{INR}}5,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Second Best Feature Film|All India Certificate of Merit for Second Best Feature Film]]
|rowspan="2"|''Heera Moti''
|rowspan="2"|[[Hindi language|Hindi]]
|Producer: Pravin Desai
|Certificate of Merit and {{INR}}10,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: Krishnan Chopra
|{{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 the Third Best Feature Film]]
|rowspan="2"|''[[Sujata (1959 film)|Sujata]]''
|rowspan="2"|Hindi
|Producer: [[Bimal Roy]]
|rowspan="2"|Certificate of Merit only
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: Bimal Roy
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="4"|[[National Film Award for Best Children's Film|All India Certificate of Merit for Best Children's Film]]
|rowspan="4"|''Banyan Deer''
|rowspan="4"|[[English language|English]]
|Producer: Films Division
|rowspan="4"|Certificate of Merit only
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: Ahmed Lateef
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: Shanti Verma
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: G. G. Saraiya
|}

==== Regional Award ====

The awards were given to the best films made in the [[Languages of India|regional languages of India]]. For 7th National Film Awards, President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film was not given in [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Kannada language|Kannada]] and [[Malayalam language]]; instead Certificate of Merit was awarded in each particular language.<ref name="7thaward"/><ref name="7thawardPDF"/>

{|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"
|rowspan="2"|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Assamese|President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film]]
|rowspan="2"|''[[Puberun]]''
|K. C. Roy
|rowspan="2"|Prabhat Mukherjee
|-
|Paji Doss
|- 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|Certificate of Merit]]
|''[[Bicharak]]''
|Arundhati Mukherjee
|Prabhat Mukherjee
|- 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]]
|''[[Anari (1959 film)|Anari]]''
|Lachman B. Lulla
|[[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|Certificate of Merit]]
|''[[Jagajyothi Basveshwara|Jagat jyothi Basaweswara]]''
|G. S. S. Murthy
|T. V. Singh Thakore
|- 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]]
|rowspan="2"|''[[Chathurangam (1959 film)|Chathurangam]]''
|rowspan="2"|Capt. (Dr.) G. T. Joshua
|[[J. D. Thottan]]
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|D. V. Swamy
|- 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]]
|''[[Bhaaga Pirivinai]]''
|G. N. Velumani
|[[A. Bhimsingh]]
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|rowspan="4"|Certificate of Merit
|''[[Veerapandiya Kattabomman (film)|Veerapandiya Kattabomman]]''
|[[B. R. Panthulu|B. R. Panthalu]]
|B. R. Panthalu
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|rowspan="3"|''[[Kalyana Parisu]]''
|Sarvashri S. Krishnamurthy
|rowspan="3"|[[C. V. Sridhar]]
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
| T. Govindarajan
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|[[C. V. Sridhar]]
|- 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]]
|''[[Nammina Bantu]]''
|Sambhu Films
|[[Adurthi Subba Rao]]
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|rowspan="2"|Certificate of Merit
|''[[Maa Inti Mahalakshmi]]''
|Navashakthi Films Pvt Ltd.
|[[Gutha Ramineedu]]
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|''[[Jayabheri]]''
|Vasireddy Narayana Rao
|[[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="7thaward"/><ref name="7thawardPDF"/>

==== Documentaries ====

{|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="4"|[[National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film|All India Certificate of Merit for the Best Documentary Film]]
|rowspan="2"|''Kathakali''
|rowspan="2"|[[English language|English]]
|Producer: [[Films Division of India|Films Division]]
|Certificate of Merit and {{INR}}2,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: Mohan Wadhwani
|{{INR}}500
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|''Mayurakshi Dam''
|rowspan="2"|[[Hindi language|Hindi]]
|Producer: Films Division
|rowspan="2"|Certificate of Merit only
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: N. K. Issar
|}

=== Awards not given ===

Following were the awards not given as no film was found to be suitable for the award:<ref name="7thaward"/><ref name="7thawardPDF"/>

{{colbegin}}
* [[National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film|President's Gold Medal for the Best Documentary Film]]
* [[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 Bengali|President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Bengali]]
* [[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 Marathi|President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Marathi]]
{{colend}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121020054202/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm7thNFAAward.aspx 7th National Film Awards]
* [http://dff.nic.in/2011/7th_nff.pdf 7th 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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