30th National Film Awards

The 30th 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 1982. Ceremony took place in May 1983 and awards were given by then President of India, Giani Zail Singh.

With 30th National Film Awards, new category for Best Non-Feature Film on Family Welfare was introduced.

Juries
Three different committees were formed for feature films, short films and books on cinema, headed by veteran director Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Durga Khote and K. K. Nair respectively.


 * Jury Members: Feature Films
 * Hrishikesh Mukherjee (Chairperson) • N. B. Kamath • Amita Malik • Komala Varadan • V. Shivaraman • K. V. Subbanna • Girish Kasaravalli • Valampuri Somanathan • Kanchana • Manzoor • Anil Varshney • Nabendu Ghosh • Subodh Roy • Kamal Bose
 * Jury Members: Short Films
 * Durga Khote (Chairperson) • S. Krishnaswamy • Siddharth Kak
 * Jury Members: Books on Cinema
 * K. K. Nair (Chairperson) • Swapan Mullick • Samik Bandyopadhyay • Bikram Singh • Suresh Kohli • Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai • Omcheri N. N. Pillai • K. S. Srinivasan • Kaa. Naa. Subramaniam

Awards
Awards were divided into feature films, non-feature films and books written on Indian cinema.

Feature films
Feature films were awarded at All India as well as regional level. For 30th National Film Awards, a Bengali film, Chokh won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film whereas a Telugu film, Meghasandesam won the maximum number of awards (four). 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 Gujarati, Kashmiri and Punjabi language, award for Best Feature Film was not given.

Non-Feature films
Following were the awards given:

Best Writing on Cinema
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 Cinematography (Black and White)
 * Best Children's Film
 * Best Lyrics
 * Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment
 * Best Film on Social Documentation
 * Best Promotional Film
 * Best Newsreel Cameraman
 * Best Feature Film in English
 * Best Feature Film in Manipuri
 * Best Feature Film in Oriya
 * Best Feature Film in Punjabi