55th National Film Awards | |
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Awarded for | Best of Indian cinema in 2007 |
Awarded by | Directorate of Film Festivals |
Presented by | Pratibha Patil (President of India) |
Announced on | 7 September 2009 |
Presented on | 21 October 2009 |
Site | Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi |
Official website | dff.nic.in |
Highlights | |
Best Feature Film | Kanchivaram |
Best Non-Feature Film | Hope Dies Last In War |
Best Book | From Raj to Swaraj: The Non-fiction Film In India |
Best Film Critic | V. K. Joseph |
Dadasaheb Phalke Award | Manna Dey |
Most awards | • Gandhi, My Father • Taare Zameen Par (3) |
The 55th 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 2007.[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, Sai Paranjpye, for feature films and Ashoke Viswanathan along with Namita Gokhale for non-feature films and best writing on cinema sections, respectively.[2]
Each chairperson announced the award on 7 September 2009[3] 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 21 October 2009.[4][5]