48th National Film Awards

The 48th National Film Awards, which was presented by Directorate of Film Festivals, was set up in by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India to acknowledge the achievements of Indian Cinema released in the year of 2000. The ceremony took place on 12th December 2001 and the awards were given by the then-President of India, K. R. Narayanan.

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

Feature films
Feature films were awarded at an all-India as well as regional level. For the 48th National Film Awards, a Malayalam film, Shantham won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film; a Tamil film, Bharathi won the maximum number of awards (4). Following were the awards given in each category:

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


 * Jury Members
 * Vyjayanthimala (Chairperson) • Chitra Desai • Dhritiman Chatterjee • Hariharan • Keyaar • R. Lakshman • Madhumita Raut • Mac Mohan • Nibedita Pradhan • Parvathi Indusekhar • Pawan Kumar • Sonali Kotnis • Shashi Ranjan • Sushant Mishra • Tarun Vijay

All India Award
Following awards were 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 John Matthew Matthan was appointed to evaluate the non-feature films awards. Following were the jury members:


 * Jury Members
 * John Matthew Matthan (Chairperson) • Deepa Kapur • Sudhir Nandgaonkar • Kona Venkat • Kiran Ghai

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 stated mission of awards is to encourage the 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 Bharathi Pradhan was appointed to evaluate the writing on Indian cinema. Following were the jury members:


 * Jury Members
 * Bharathi Pradhan (Chairperson) • Prakash Dubey • Jayant Ghosal

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 Special Effects
 * Best Feature Film in Assamese
 * Best Feature Film in Oriya
 * Best Feature Film in Punjabi
 * Best Exploration / Adventure Film