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{{Short description|Indian ceremony celebrating cinema of 1960}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2016}}
{{Infobox film awards
| number = 8
| award = National Film Awards
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| awarded_for = Best of Indian cinema in 1960
| 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|1961|03|31}}
| site = [[Vigyan Bhavan]], New Delhi
| host =
| website = [http://dff.nic.in/ dff.nic.in]
| lifetime_achievement =
| best_feature = ''[[Anuradha (1960 film)|Anuradha]]''
| best_non_feature =
| most_wins =
| last = 7th
| next = 9th
}}

The '''8th [[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 1960.<ref name="8thaward">{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm8thNFAAward.aspx |title=8th National Film Awards |publisher=[[International Film Festival of India]] |access-date=7 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161123052231/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm8thNFAAward.aspx |archive-date=23 November 2016 }}</ref> Ceremony took place at [[Vigyan Bhavan]], New Delhi on 31 March 1961 and awards were given by then [[Vice-President of India]], Dr. [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]].

Starting with 8th National Film Awards, new category of awards for Educational Films was introduced. This category includes Prime Minister's gold medal and Certificate of Merit for second and third best educational film.<ref name="8thaward"/>

== 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 8th National Film Awards, a [[Bollywood|Hindi film]] ''[[Anuradha (1960 film)|Anuradha]]'' 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="8thaward"/>

==== All India Award ====

Following were the awards given in each category:<ref name="8thaward"/>

{|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"|''[[Anuradha (1960 film)|Anuradha]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[Hindi language|Hindi]]
|Producer: [[Hrishikesh Mukherjee]]
|Gold Medal and {{INR}}20,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: [[Hrishikesh Mukherjee]]
|{{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"|''[[Kshudhita Pashan]]''
|rowspan="2"|[[Bengali language|Bengali]]
|Producer: Hemen Ganguly
|Certificate of Merit and {{INR}}10,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: [[Tapan Sinha]]
|{{INR}}2,500
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="3"|[[Discontinued and Intermittent National Film Awards#Third Best Feature Film|All India Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Feature Film]]
|rowspan="3"|''[[Deivapiravi]]''
|rowspan="3"|[[Tamil language|Tamil]]
|Producer: Kamal Brothers Pvt Ltd
|rowspan="3"|Certificate of Merit only
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: [[Krishnan–Panju|R. Krishnan]]
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: [[Krishnan–Panju|S. Panju]]
|- 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"|''Phool Aur Kaliyan''
|rowspan="2"|Hindi
|Producer: [[Rajkamal Kalamandir]]
|Gold Medal and {{INR}}20,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: [[Ram Gabale]]
|{{INR}}5,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|All India Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Children's Film
|rowspan="2"|''Idd Mubarak''
|rowspan="2"|Hindi
|Producer: [[Children's Film Society, India|Children's Film Society]]
|Certificate of Merit and {{INR}}10,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: [[Khwaja Ahmad Abbas]]
|{{INR}}2,500
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|All India Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Children's Film
|rowspan="2"|''Delhi Ki Kahani''
|rowspan="2"|Hindi
|Producer: [[Children's Film Society, India|Children's Film Society]]
|rowspan="2"|Certificate of Merit only
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: Rajendra Kumar
|}

==== Regional Award ====

The awards were given to the best films made in the [[Languages of India|regional languages of India]]. With 8th National Film Awards, new award category was introduced for the feature films made in [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] and [[Odia language]]. These newly introduced categories includes President's silver medal for Best Feature Film and Certificate of Merit for second and third best film in both the languages, although former was not given for Gujarati language as no film was found suitable for the award. Along with Gujarati, President's silver medal for Best Feature Film was also not given in [[Kannada language]], instead Certificate of Merit was awarded. No awards were given in [[Assamese language|Assamese]] and [[Malayalam language]] as no film was found to be suitable.<ref name="8thaward"/>

{|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 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]]
|''[[Devi (1960 film)|Devi]]''
|[[Satyajit Ray]]
|Satyajit Ray
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|Certificate of Merit
|''Ganga''
|Cine Art Production Pvt Ltd.
|[[Rajen Tarafdar]]
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|colspan="4"|'''''[[Gujarati cinema|Feature Films in Gujarati]]'''''
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|[[Discontinued and Intermittent National Film Awards#Best Feature Film in Gujarati|Certificate of Merit]]
|''[[Mehndi Rang Lagyo|Mendi Rang Lagyo]]''
|Bipin Gajjar
|Manhar Raskapur
|- 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]]
|''[[Mughal-e-Azam]]''
|[[K. Asif]]
|K. Asif
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|rowspan="2"|Certificate of Merit
|''[[Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai]]''
|[[Raj Kapoor|Ranbir Raj Kapoor]]
|[[Radhu Karmakar]]
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|''[[Kanoon]]''
|[[Baldev Raj Chopra|B. R. Chopra]]
|B. R. Chopra
|- 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]]
|''[[Bhakta Kanakadasa]]''
|D. R. Naidu
|[[Y. R. Swamy|Y. R. Swami]]
|- 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]]
|''Kanyadan''
|Surel Chitra
|Madhav Shinde
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|Certificate of Merit
|''Umaj Padel Tar''
|Narayan Baburao Kamat
|[[Dinkar D. Patil]]
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|colspan="4"|'''''[[Cinema of Odisha|Feature Films in Odia]]'''''
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|[[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Odia|President's silver medal for Best Feature Film]]
|''[[Sri Lokenath]]''
|Rupa Raga Pvt Ltd.
|Prafulla Kumar Sengupta
|- 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]]
|''[[Parthiban Kanavu (1960 film)|Parthiban Kanavu]]''
|Jubilee Films Pvt Ltd.
|[[D. Yoganand]]
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|rowspan="2"|Certificate of Merit
|''[[Paadhai Theriyudhu Paar|Paathai Theriyuthu Paar]]''
|Kumari Films Pvt Ltd.
|[[Nemai Ghosh (director)|Nemai Ghosh]]
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|''[[Kalathur Kannamma]]''
|[[AVM Productions]]
|[[A. Bhimsingh]]
|- 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]]
|''[[Mahakavi Kalidasu]]''
|Sarani Productions
|[[Kamalakara Kameshwara Rao|K. Kameshwara Rao]]
|- style="background-color:#FCFCFC"
|Certificate of Merit
|''[[Sri Seetha Rama Kalyanam]]''
|N. A. T. Pvt Ltd.
|[[N. Trivikrama Rao]]
|}

=== Non-Feature films ===

Non-feature film awards were given for the documentaries and educational films made in the country. Following were the awards given:<ref name="8thaward"/>

==== Documentaries ====

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
|-
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:40%;"|Award
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:15%;"|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"|''Kangra and Kulu''
|rowspan="2"|English
|Producer: [[Films Division of India|Films Division]]
|Gold Medal and {{INR}}4,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: N. S. Thapu
|{{INR}}1,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|All India Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Documentary Film
|rowspan="2"|''Saga of Service''
|rowspan="2"|English
|Producer: Films Division
|Certificate of Merit and {{INR}}2,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: Dilip Jamdar
|{{INR}}500
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|All India Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Documentary Film
|rowspan="2"|''The Weavers''
|rowspan="2"|English
|Director: F. R. Bilimoria
|rowspan="2"|Certificate of Merit only
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Producer: Films Division
|}

==== Educational films ====

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
|-
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:40%;"|Award
!style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:15%;"|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 Educational/Motivational/Instructional Film|Prime Minister's gold medal for the Best Educational Film]]
|rowspan="2"|''Pond Culture''
|rowspan="2"|English
|Producer: Films Division
|Gold Medal and {{INR}}4,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: N. K. Issar
|{{INR}}1,000
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|All India Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Educational Film
|rowspan="2"|''Cotton''
|rowspan="2"|English
|Producer: Films Division
|rowspan="2"|Certificate of Merit only
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: Krishna Kapil
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|rowspan="2"|All India Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Educational Film
|rowspan="2"|''Wheat''
|rowspan="2"|English
|Producer: Films Division
|rowspan="2"|Certificate of Merit only
|- style="background-color:#F4F4F4"
|Director: Krishna Kapil
|}

=== Awards not given ===

Following were the awards not given as no film was found to be suitable for the award:<ref name="8thaward"/>

* [[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 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]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20161123052231/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm8thNFAAward.aspx 8th National Film Awards]
* [http://dff.nic.in/NFA_archive.asp National Film Awards Archives]
* [http://dff.nic.in Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India]

{{National Film Awards}}

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[[Category:1961 in Indian cinema]]

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