35th 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.

35th 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	Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai	Assamese	Producer: Sailadhar Baruah and Jahnu Barua	₹ 50,000/-

Director: Jahnu Barua	₹ 25,000/-

Citation: For its mastery of cinematic form and the totality of its film craft and for its authentic depiction of the Indian rural problem and for the life affirmating human dignity it portrays in the face of the most trying social circumstances.

Best Debut Film of a Director	Ekti Jiban	Bengali	Producer: Chalchitra Director: Raja Mitra	₹ 25,000/- Each

Citation: For a very courageous first attempt of a director in tackling the subject of an individual unwavering in his conviction in the cultural value of his language and single handly making available its enriching value to the generation of his people who will come after him.

Best Feature Film Providing Popular and Wholesome Entertainment	Pushpaka Vimana	Silent film	Producer:Singeetam Srinivasa Rao and Shringar Nagaraj	₹ 50,000/-

Director: Singeetam Srinivasa Rao	₹ 25,000/-

Citation: For its innovative approach to entertainment.

Best Children's Film	Swamy	Hindi	Producer: T. S. Narasimhan	₹ 30,000/-

Director: Shankar Nag	₹ 15,000/-

Citation: For the delightful recreation of childhood and growing up in an Indian village during the freedom movement.

Best Direction	Anantaram	Malayalam	Adoor Gopalakrishnan	₹ 25,000/-

Citation: For the exceptional mastery of the craft in dealing with a very complex and unusual subject for the cinema.

Sentence(s)

For 35th National Film Awards, a Malayalam film, Anantaram won the National Film Award and an Assamese film, Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai for Best Feature Film.

final_sentence: For 35th National Film Awards, a Malayalam film, Anantaram won the National Film Award and an Assamese film, Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai for Best Feature Film.