67th National Film Awards | |
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Awarded for | Best of Indian cinema in 2019 |
Awarded by | Directorate of Film Festivals |
Presented by | M. Venkaiah Naidu (Vice President of India) |
Announced on | 22 March 2021 |
Presented on | 25 October 2021 |
Hosted by | TBA |
Official website | dff.nic.in |
Highlights | |
Best Feature Film | Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea |
Best Non-Feature Film | An Engineered Dream |
Best Book | A Gandhian Affair: India's Curious Portrayal of Love in Cinema |
Dadasaheb Phalke Award | Rajinikanth |
Most awards | Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea (3) |
The 67th National Film Awards were announced at a press meet on 22 March 2021 to honour the best Indian films certified in India between 1 January and 31 December 2019.[1] The awards ceremony, at which the Directorate of Film Festivals presents its annual National Film Awards to honour the best in Indian cinema, was originally slated to be held on 3 May 2020. It was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and was presented on 25 October 2021.[2]