39th 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.

39th 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	Agantuk	Bengali	Producer: NFDC	₹ 50,000/-

Director: Satyajit Ray	₹ 25,000/-

Citation: For its masterly treatment of an unusual subject investing it with humour, suspense and drama accomplishing remarkable insight into human behaviour.

Best Direction	Agantuk	Bengali	Satyajit Ray	₹ 50,000/-

Citation: For the outstanding craftsmanship and the command over the language of cinema he employed in creating a remarkable cinematic experience.

Best Debut Film of a Director	Haladhar	Assamese	Producer: Geeti Barua and Dwijen Hazorika Director: Sanjeev Hazorika	₹ 25,000/- Each

Citation: For its freshness of approach, the subtlety of its pervasive humour and the courage shown in choosing to build a film around a plough.

Best Children's Film	Abhayam	Malayalam	Producer: Children's Film Society	₹ 30,000/-

Director: Sivan	₹ 15,000/-

Citation: For its outstanding qualities as a film that entertains children and adults alike.

Sentence(s)

For the 39th National Film Awards, a Bengali film, Agantuk won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film also winning the maximum number of awards (3).

final_sentence: For the 39th National Film Awards, a Bengali film, Agantuk won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film also winning the maximum number of awards (3).