37th National Film Awards

37th National Film Awards
Awarded forBest of Indian cinema in 1989
Awarded byDirectorate of Film Festivals
Presented byR. Venkataraman
(President of India)
Announced on4 April 1990 (1990-04-04)
Presented onMay 1990 (1990-05)
Official websitedff.nic.in
Highlights
Best Feature FilmBagh Bahadur
Best Non-Feature FilmAar Koto Din
Best Book • Shataranj Ke Khiladi
 • Cinema, Kannakkum Kavithayum
Best Film CriticK. N. T. Sastry
Dadasaheb Phalke AwardLata Mangeshkar
Most awards • Mathilukal
 • Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha (4)

The 37th National Film Awards were presented by Directorate of Film Festivals, an organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India to felicitate the best of Indian Cinema released in the year 1989.[1] Ceremony took place in May 1990 and awards were presented by then President of India, R. Venkataraman.

Starting with 37th National Film Awards, a new award in the feature films section was introduced for Environment Conservation/Preservation as National Film Award for Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus) for producer and director of the film. Another new award was introduced for National Film Award for Best First Non-Feature Film of a Director, but not given for 37th National Film Awards.

Also, National Film Award for Best Book on Cinema has been promoted to Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus) Award.

  1. ^ "37th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 July 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2020.