National Film Award For Best Non-Feature Film - Winners

For an objective account of the national struggle for Independence as reflected in the personal life of India first President. The film is an excellent example of historical documentation, while it portrays with much sensitivity Rajendra Prasad as a human being.

For an outstanding film in which all the elements are so perfectly blended to create an evocative and informative picture of the continuity of life at this beautiful monastery.

For powerful indictment of a social malaise-bonded labor-very sensitively handled and well researched.

For a hard-hitting comment on a social problem capturing the anguish and horror of communal violence, made without compromise but with humanism and sincerity.

For an outstanding investigate report into a subject of national concern and for its moving, graphic and sensitive treatment of a controversial subject.

For portraying the innocence of the Indian villager and making a political comment, with telling images of evocative sensitivity that needs no words.

For its deep concern for the problem of urban slums and the courageous presentation of the theme in an objective manner.

For the sensitivity and feel for the subject expressed in its effective cinematic style.

For its sincere, conscientious study of a very important socio-technological issue of recent times, which explores its subject with a multi-faceted and humanistic approach.

For communicating, through the lives of Kanakadas and Purandaradas, the many facets of Bhakti, transcending all barriers of caste and creed, encompassing the love of man for man for God, using an unique fusion of different elements of cinema of the documentary genre.

For a brilliant cinematic exposition of deep anguish and helplessness at the fate of large section of the children of our country.

For combining the intimate portrayal of a sculptor in terms of biographical detail, bringing in the nuances of his art, summing up to an excellent portrait of a person, an artist, a period, and achieing this with high cinematic values.

For effectively portraying the life of tribe which lives on the banks of river Bramhaputra and its struggle to survive. The film is marked by its lyrical quality, serenity, sculpted sound and imaginative music.

For a deep and sensitive insight into comtemporary Indian theatre.

For presenting a candid and spontaneous portrayal of the decay of our heritage, as it is being engulfed by clouds of heartless commercialism.

For its sensitive and imaginative transposition of music, into a dignified cinematic expression.

For its excellent cinematic interpretation of a traditional, mystic music form.

For its moving portrayal of an artist's rich inner vision which lights his outer world of darkness.

For its moving portrayal of a landless peasant's empowerment and his ultimate betrayal.

For the excellent cinematic documentation of the triumph of the collective spirit of human endeavor.

For its in-depth portrayal of an environmental disaster in North Bihar, of lives uprooted and rendered ‘amphibian’ due to the blind imposition of the development model of embankment of rivers.

For its sensitive treatment of Hindustani art music, tracing its evolution and cultural confluence to the present times, rendered with an exceptional collage of visuals and sounds.

For its excellent use of the cinematic medium to give an insight into one of the greatest dancers of India.

For the innovative telling of the story of the life of the great Marathi poet juxtaposed with the evocative visualization of his poems. The film makes brilliant use of image and metaphor as it evolves a complex and powerful narrative.

For setting out to search for the roots of violence manifest in many forms in the current times- from communal forces to nuclear race, Shot in India, Pakistan, Japan and USA, the film achieves a multi-layered understanding of these deep rooted tensions- at the same time recording the aspirations for peace, harmony and secularism, in the backdrop of Gandhian thought.

For a probing, thoughtful, intense, yet a non-judgmental record of the myriad faces of humanity floating around the Howrah Station that lies by the side of the river Ganga. The director with just his keen eye and an unpredictable symmetry of images, gains an inner eye into the mystery called people. It is as though an entire civilization is reconstructed through images of floating faces, people and sounds.

For projecting the impact of noise over a child's mind with excellent visualization and fine cinematic dramatization.

Made in the best tradition of Cinema verity, personal, vivid and natural. The film leads the viewer from revelation to revelation giving us an opportunity to come to love and know the "Changpas" and their unique lifestyle.

For courageously treating a sensitive subject in a poetic form. It demolishes the myth that the practice of Islam is monolithic and not multifaceted.

For its sensitive albeit searching exploration of those in prisons in alien countries; a complex polyphony of variegated voices, the film is an endeavour to find hope in the midst of a struggle against despair.

For a courageous depiction of the non-violent resistance of the people of Manipur to protest against a legislation, which undermines the values of self respect and the fundamentals of democracy. The documentation process by various crews and the way it is chronicled offers multiple perspectives.

For a charming and heartwarming tale of a village postman caught in the web of changing times brought in by technology.

For showing effectively that disability is not an impedance to overcome the trials and tribulations of life.

Through abstract visualization and endearing black and white tones, the film depicts the human existence, afflicted by cancer, in a very sublime and somber tone. Along with the perception and growth, from child to youth and by the curious collection of thrown passport photographs, the film maker presents the changing perspective of the vision of the modern growing world in a very engaging manner.

For creating a moving and compelling narrative of life and loss of a celebrated Olympian from a dedicated sports family. With simple yet emotive cinematic idiom, the film transcends the game of hockey and captures the aspirations of youth in small town India.