33rd National Film Awards

The 33rd 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 1985. Ceremony took place in June 1986.

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 33rd National Film Awards, a Malayalam film, Chidambaram won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film, whereas Hindi film, New Delhi Times and Tamil film, Sindhu Bhairavi won the maximum number of awards (3). Following were the awards given in each category:

Juries
A committee headed by veteran actor Prem Nazir was appointed to evaluate the feature films awards. Following were the jury members:


 * Jury Members
 * Prem Nazir (Chairperson) • J. P. Das • Jaya Bachchan • Komal Swaminathan • V. K. Madhavan Kutty • Prema Karanth • Bapu Watve • Gautam Ghose • Kanhaiya Lal Nandan (Not attended) • Gummadi (Not attended)

All India Award
Following were the awards given:

Golden Lotus Award
Official Name: Swarna Kamal

All the awardees are awarded with 'Golden Lotus Award (Swarna Kamal)', a certificate and cash prize.

Silver Lotus Award
Official Name: Rajat Kamal

All the awardees are awarded with 'Golden Lotus Award (Swarna Kamal)', a certificate and cash prize.

Regional Awards
The award is given to best film in the regional languages in India.

Non-Feature Films
Short Films made in any Indian language and certified by the Central Board of Film Certification as a documentary/newsreel/fiction are eligible for non-feature film section.

Juries
A committee headed by M. V. Krishnaswamy was appointed to evaluate the non-feature films awards. Following were the jury members:


 * Jury Members
 * M. V. Krishnaswamy (Chairperson) • Satish Bahadur • T. M. Ramachandran • Pankaj Butalia

Golden Lotus Award
Official Name: Swarna Kamal

All the awardees are awarded with 'Golden Lotus Award (Swarna Kamal)', a certificate and cash prize.

Silver Lotus Award
Official Name: Rajat Kamal

All the awardees are awarded with 'Silver Lotus Award (Rajat Kamal)' and cash prize.

Best Writing on Cinema
The awards aim at encouraging study and appreciation of cinema as an art form and dissemination of information and critical appreciation of this art-form through publication of books, articles, reviews etc.

Juries
A committee headed by Amita Malik was appointed to evaluate the writing on Indian cinema. Following were the jury members:


 * Jury Members
 * Amita Malik (Chairperson) • N. N. Pillai • B. V. Dharap

Silver Lotus Award
Official Name: Rajat Kamal

All the awardees are awarded with 'Silver Lotus Award (Rajat Kamal)' and cash prize.

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


 * Best Feature Film with Mass Appeal, Wholesome Entertainment and Aesthetic Value
 * Best Film on Family Welfare
 * Best Film on Other Social Issues
 * Best Historical Reconstruction/Compilation Film
 * Second Best Feature Film
 * Best Feature Film in Manipuri
 * Best Feature Film in Punjabi
 * Best Promotional Film
 * Best Film Critic