47th 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.

47th 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	Vanaprastham	Malayalam	Producer: Mohanlal Director: Shaji N. Karun	₹ 50,000/- Each

Citation: For its multi layered treatment of issues like caste system, patronage to the arts, Guru Shishya Parampara, and the identity crisis of a performing artiste.

Best Debut Film of a Director	Dollar Dreams	English	Producer: Sekhar Kammula Director: Sekhar Kammula	₹ 12,500/- Each

Citation: For tacking in a very natural manner the burning problem of brain drain to the techno-logically developed world.

Laado	Haryanvi	Producer: Kumud Chaudhary Director: Ashwini Chaudhary

Citation: For taking a bold stand over women's rights in the traditionally orthodox agricultural community of Haryana.

Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment	Sarfarosh	Hindi	Producer: John Matthew Matthan Director: John Matthew Matthan	₹ 40,000/- Each

Citation: For its engrossing projection of an honest officer, who fights engineered subversion which fuels suspicion and sours relationship between two communities.

Best Children's Film	Goal	Hindi	Producer: Children's Film Society Director: Gul Bahar Singh	₹ 30,000/- Each

Citation: For stressing the sportsmanship of a small town coach who supports, without any bias, the raw talent of an underprivileged aspirant with no education and with a social stigma.

Best Direction	Uttara	Bengali	Buddhadeb Dasgupta	₹ 50,000/-

Citation: For his skilful weaving together of different strands of life through metaphors, symbols and folk icons, to question the definition of humanity in our scoundrel times.

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A Malayalam film, Vanaprastham won the 47th National Film Award for Best Feature Film.

final_sentence: A Malayalam film, Vanaprastham won the 47th National Film Award for Best Feature Film.