47th National Film Awards

The 47th 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 1999. Ceremony took place on 18 September 2000 and awards were given by then President of India, K. R. Narayanan.

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 47th National Film Awards, a Malayalam film, Vanaprastham won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film; whereas a Hindi film, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam won the maximum number of awards (4). Following were the awards given in each category:

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


 * Jury Members
 * Gautam Ghose (Chairperson) • Kalpana Agarwal • Saeed Akhtar Mirza • Mohan Sharma • G. V. G. Raju • Gautami
 * K. Ravindranathan Nair • Sreelekha Mukherji • T. S. Nagabharana • K. Janaki Ram • Leslie Carvalho • Moloya Goswami
 * Arun Kaul • Ratnottama Sengupta • Sanjeev Bhargava • Ram Gopal Bajaj

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.

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


 * Jury Members
 * Jabbar Patel (Chairperson) • Malay Bhattacharya • O. K. Johny • Meera Dewan • Rashmi Doraiswamy

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 K. Satchidanandan was appointed to evaluate the writing on Indian cinema. Following were the jury members:


 * Jury Members
 * K. Satchidanandan (Chairperson) • Deepa Gahlot • Siladitya Sen

Golden Lotus Award
Official Name: Swarna Kamal

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

Special Mention
All the award winners are awarded with Certificate of Merit.

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


 * Best Feature Film in English
 * Best Non-Feature Film Direction
 * Best Agricultural Film
 * Best Exploration / Adventure Film
 * Best Film on Family Welfare
 * Best Feature Film in Manipuri
 * Best Scientific Film
 * Best Historical Reconstruction / Compilation Film
 * Best Investigative Film
 * Best Music Direction
 * Best Feature Film in Punjabi
 * Best Promotional Film
 * Best Educational / Motivational / Instructional Film
 * Best Animation Film