40th National Film Awards

The 40th 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 1992. Ceremony took place in 1993.

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 40th National Film Awards, a Sanskrit film, Bhagavad Gita won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film and a Tamil film, Thevar Magan won the maximum number of awards (5). Following were the awards given in each category:

Juries
A committee headed by Balu Mahendra was appointed to evaluate the feature films awards. Following were the jury members:


 * Jury Members
 * Balu Mahendra (Chairperson) • Sai Paranjpye • Swapan Kumar Ghosh • K. D. Shorey • Hema Mehta • T. S. Mohana • Bijaya Jena • V. K. Pavithran • Basu Chatterjee • Surinder Singh • Anil Saari • Sabyasachi Mohapatra • T. S. Nagabharana • Surjya Hazarika

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 'Silver Lotus Award (Rajat Kamal)', a certificate and cash prize.

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

Best Feature Film in Each of the Language Other Than Those Specified in the Schedule VIII of the Constitution

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 Ghanashyam Mohapatra was appointed to evaluate the non-feature films awards. Following were the jury members:


 * Jury Members
 * Ghanashyam Mohapatra (Chairperson) • Serbjeet Singh • P. B. Pendharkar • Lenin Rajendran

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 Mrinal Pande was appointed to evaluate the writing on Indian cinema. Following were the jury members:


 * Jury Members
 * Mrinal Pande (Chairperson) • Gautaman Bhaskaran • Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay

Golden Lotus Award
Official Name: Swarna Kamal

All the awardees are awarded with 'Golden Lotus Award (Swarna 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 in Manipuri
 * Best Feature Film in Punjabi
 * Best Historical Reconstruction / Compilation Film