National Film Award For Best Feature Film in Oriya - Winners

For showing how, brutally oppressed by vested socio-economical interests, but now inspired by a new sense of freedom the fisher folk of Chilka lake cast off the shackles of the past and achieve their liberation for presenting with understanding and compassion the conflict between individual needs and the welfare of the community, for portraying with vigor and intensity the role of Chilka lake as a mother of the people, sharing with them their joys and sorrows.

For a commendable work on the theme of a woman who faces life courageously despite the orthodox forces aligned against her.

For sensitive narration of the looming tragedy of an uprooted rural community.

For a film which makes a powerful comment on the bureaucratic system which renders even an idealistic officer helpless and unable to realise his own objectives.

For a faithful portrayal of a range of individuals in today's urban milieu.

For its uncompromising technique in objectively observing in life of a family in an Oriya village defining the attitudes, motivations, hopes and disillusionment of each one in the context of social change of which they are all a part.

For the cinematic depiction of the past, present and future of the psyche of a representative village.

For its unemotional description of the increasing misery of a peasant who discovers his inadequacy in fighting his economic servitude and his own bourgeois attitude towards his wife's past.

Marked by its sincerity in truthfully portraying woman's search for her identity in a male dominated society.

For its competent treatment of the corruption of modern youth in search of illusive wealth.

For its very sensitive and cinematic handling of an urban journalist's quest to understand the complexities of tribal life, seen through the eyes of an orphaned boy.

For depicting the life of two people in a rural set up who suffer an entire life of loneliness and unfulfilment, because of the rigid traditional values of society.

For a beautifully photographed film depicting the conflicts of a layman floundering in the world of sanyasias.

For the film's exploration of a suffering mother who undergoes the trauma created by her own sons and rediscovers her creative talent and rehabilitates herself.

For its simple story and realistic milieu. Nandan portrays the aspiration of a poor child and the constraints of his parents in fulfilling them. The triumph of family values and love over material gloss has universal appeal.

For depicting the story of a young man in search of his identify and direction in life. The beautifully photo-graphed film depicts the lack of opportunities in a small town.

For showing the agony of a man trapped within tradition and unable to accept the changes that impact life around him.

For a passionate call for reforms in the present education system.

For seeking to re-establish Indian family values in the modern day situation.

For an emotional portrayal of the bonding and generosity of children.