40th 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.

40th 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	Bhagavad Gita	Sanskrit	Producer: T. Subbarami Reddy	₹ 50,000/-

Director: G. V. Iyer	₹ 25,000/-

Citation: For successfully translating immortal philosophy of the Bhagavad Gita into a cinematic idiom.

Best Direction	Padma Nadir Majhi	Bengali	Gautam Ghose	₹ 50,000/-

Citation: For his stunningly convincing realisation of Manik Bandopadhyay's novel into a breathtaking cinematic experience.

Best Debut Film of a Director	Miss Beatty's Children	English	Producer: NFDC, Doordarshan and Rooks AV Director: Pamela Rooks	₹ 25,000/- Each

Citation: For an elegantly simple and sensitive depiction of a British missionary woman who fights the devdasi system in pre-independent India.

Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment	Sargam	Malayalam	Producer: Bhavani	₹ 40,000/-

Director: Hariharan	₹ 20,000/-

Citation: For its delightful rendering of a family saga into a heartwarming musical film.

Best Children's Film	Mujhse Dosti Karoge	Hindi	Producer: National Center of Films for Children and Young People	₹ 30,000/-

Director: Gopi Desai	₹ 15,000/-

Citation: For its gentle handling of a child who has exciting adventures in his own social dream world.

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For 40th National Film Awards, a Sanskrit film, Bhagavad Gita won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film.

final_sentence: For 40th National Film Awards, a Sanskrit film, Bhagavad Gita won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film.