42nd National Film Awards
Golden Lotus Award
Official Name: Swarna Kamal All the awardees are awarded with 'Golden Lotus Award (Swarna Kamal)', a certificate and cash prize.

42nd National Film Awards

Section Title: Golden Lotus Award
Table Section Text: Official Name: Swarna Kamal All the awardees are awarded with 'Golden Lotus Award (Swarna Kamal)', a certificate and cash prize.

Name of Award	Name of Film	Language	Awardee(s)	Cash Prize

Best Feature Film	Unishe April	Bengali	Producer: Renu Roy	₹ 50,000/-

Director: Rituparno Ghosh	₹ 25,000/-

Citation: For a complex and impeccable rendition of fragmenting family relationships in urban India. The bond between a mother and daughter is extended to a defined space and time, and a drama immaculately constructed.

Best Debut Film of A Director	Mogha Mull	Tamil	Producer: J. Dharmambal Director: Gnana Rajasekaran	₹ 25,000/- Each

Citation: For an able translation of a literary work of art, for integrating music with melodramatic narrative and for a cinematic simplicity matched with remarkable directorial control.

Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment	Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!	Hindi	Producer: Rajshri Productions	₹ 40,000/-

Director: Sooraj R. Barjatya	₹ 20,000/-

Citation: For revolutionising mass entertainment in India with a family entertainer and a fantasy film that succeeds without recourse to familiar narrative idioms of violence.

Best Children's Film	Kochaniyan	Malayalam	Producer: Bushura Shahudeen	₹ 30,000/-

Director: Sathieesh Vengannoor	₹ 15,000/-

Citation: For a simple but effective tale of a middle class Kerala family told through the experiences and dreams of a young boy.

Abhay	Hindi	Producer: National Center of Films for Children and Young People	₹ 30,000/-

Director: Annu Kapoor	₹ 15,000/-

Citation: For an entertaining film advocating humane love between a child and a ghost advocating a rational outlook to life.

Best Direction	Xagoroloi Bohudoor	Assamese	Jahnu Barua	₹ 50,000/-

Citation: For capturing Assamese life and reality in an original format uniquely associated with the director, and for enriching the spectrum of Indian Cinema thereby.

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