22nd National Film Awards

The 22nd National Film Awards, presented by Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India to celebrate the best of Indian Cinema released in 1974.

On the occasion of 25th Anniversary of India's Independence, two special awards were given for Best Feature Film and Best Short Film. Starting with 22nd National Film Awards, President's Gold and Silver Medal awards were renamed to Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus) and Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus) respectively.

Juries
Two different committees were formed for feature films and short films, headed by Bhagwan Sahay and Prasanta Sanyal respectively.


 * Jury Members: Feature Films
 * Bhagwan Sahay (Chairperson) • Adoor Gopalakrishnan • Amala Shankar • Ananta Patnaik • Arjun Jairamdas • Balwant Gargi
 * Elangbam Nilakanta Singh • Emani Sankara Sastry • H. Venkat Subbiah • Karuna Banerjee • Keshav Rao • Kiranmoy Raha
 * M. Bilgrami • O. V. Vijayan • Arun Ramavtar Poddar • Rajendra Avasthy • Ranu Barua • Reoti Sharan Sharna
 * Sai Paranjpye • Satish Bahadur • Shanta Gandhi • T. K. Mahadevan • Vijay Tendulkar • M. Yunus Dehlvi
 * Jury Members: Short Films
 * Prasanta Sanyal (Chairperson) • Bishamber Khanna • Gargi Dutt • Inder Lal Dass • Jag Mohan • S. Mohinder

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.

Special Awards
On the occasion of 25th Anniversary of India's Independence, two special awards were given for Best Feature Film and Best Short-Film.

Feature films
Feature films were awarded at All India as well as regional level. For 22nd National Film Awards, a Bengali film Chorus won the President's Gold Medal for the All India Best Feature Film; whereas another Bengali film, Sonar Kella won the maximum number of awards (five). Following were the awards given in each category:

All India Award
Following were the awards given:

Regional Award
The awards were given to the best films made in the regional languages of India. For feature films in Assamese, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kashmiri, Meitei, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil and Telugu language, President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film was not given.

Non-Feature films
Following were the awards given:

Awards not given
Following were the awards not given as no film was found to be suitable for the award:


 * Best Film on Family Welfare
 * Best Children's Film
 * Best Experimental Film
 * President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Assamese
 * President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in English
 * President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Hindi
 * President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Manipuri
 * President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Marathi
 * President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Oriya
 * President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Punjabi
 * President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Tamil
 * President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Telugu