54th National Film Awards

54th National Film Awards
Awarded forBest of Indian cinema in 2006
Awarded byDirectorate of Film Festivals
Presented byPratibha Patil
(President of India)
Announced on10 June 2008 (2008-06-10)
Presented on2 September 2008 (2008-09-02)
SiteVigyan Bhawan, New Delhi
Official websitedff.nic.in
Highlights
Best Feature FilmPulijanmam
Best Non-Feature FilmBishar Blues
Best BookHelen: The Life and Times of an H-Bomb
Best Film Critic • G. P. Ramachandran
 • Rafique A. R. Baghdadi
Dadasaheb Phalke AwardTapan Sinha
Most awards • Antarnad
 • Lage Raho Munna Bhai
 • Waris Shah: Ishq Daa Waaris (4)

The 54th National Film Awards, presented by Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India to felicitate the best of Indian Cinema released in the year 2006.[1]

Three different committees were instituted in order to judge the various entries for feature film, non-feature film and best writing on cinema sections; headed by National award winner director, Buddhadeb Dasgupta, for feature films and K. Bikram Singh along with Madhu Jain for Non-feature films and best writing on cinema sections, respectively.

Each chairperson announced the award on 10 June 2008 for their respective sections and award ceremony took place at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi with President of India, Pratibha Patil giving away the awards on 2 September 2008.[2][3]

  1. ^ "54th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 October 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  2. ^ "President to give away 54th national film awards on tuesday". Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
  3. ^ "54th National Film Awards presented". Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2012.