31st National Film Awards


The 31st National Film Awards, presented by Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India to felicitate the best of Indian Cinema released in the year 1983. Ceremony took place in June 1984 and awards were given by then Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi.

Juries

Three different committees were formed for feature films, short films and books on cinema, headed by veteran director K. Balachander, S. Krishnaswamy and Justice G. D. Khosla respectively.
Awards were divided into feature films, non-feature films and books written on Indian cinema.

Lifetime Achievement Award

Name of AwardAwardeeAwarded AsAwards
Dadasaheb Phalke AwardDurga KhoteActor and Film producerSwarna Kamal, 40,000 and a Shawl

Feature films

Feature films were awarded at All India as well as regional level. For 31st National Film Awards, a Sanskrit film, Adi Shankaracharya won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film also winning the maximum number of awards. Following were the awards given in each category:

All India Award

Following were the awards given:

Regional Award

The awards were given to the best films made in the regional languages of India. For feature films in English, Gujarati, Kashmiri and Punjabi language, award for Best Feature Film was not given.

Non-Feature films

Following were the awards given:

Best Writing on Cinema

Following were the awards given:
Name of AwardName of BookLanguageAwardeeCash Prize
Best Book on CinemaCinemayude LokamMalayalamAuthor: Adoor GopalakrishnanRajat Kamal and 5,000/-

Awards not given

Following were the awards not given as no film was found to be suitable for the award: