National Film Award For Second Best Feature Film - Winners

For boldly presenting a woman's love for her illegitimate child, for sensitive handling of complex situations, and for offering social acceptability to the mother and child, thereby giving a new perspective to the values prevalent body.

For visualising in a sustained, poetic manner the gnawing agony of the human mind dangerously hovering on the edge of insanity; for marrying the images superbly with haunting classical music on the sound track and creating an unorthodox, sensitive, deeply moving work of exquisite beauty.

For the subtlety and simplicity with which it analyses the dehumanisation creeping into our society, with cinematic elegance and economy of expression.

For the sensitivity and compassion with which it depicts an aspect of middle class reality and its restrained and intelligent observation of people.

For the moving fashion in which it elaborates the political and social hypocrisy of a town's middle class and its exploitation of a woman who is both the object of desire and the prey.

For making a relevant social comment, presented in a tremendously communicative yet emotional manner.

For its artistic excellence and for the effective use of the medium for portraying a theme of immense social relevance.

For depicting the plight of boat people of the river Padma in an unforgettable experience.