11th National Film Awards


The 11th National Film Awards, then known as State Awards for Films, presented by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India to felicitate the best of Indian Cinema released in 1963. Ceremony took place at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi on 25 April 1964 and awards were given by then President of India, Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan.
Starting with 11th National Film Awards, new category of awards for Filmstrips, in the non-feature films section, was introduced. This category includes Prime Minister's Gold Medal and Certificate of Merit for second and third best educational film. Though gold medal for this category was not given. This award is discontinued over the years.

Awards

Awards were divided into feature films and non-feature films.
President's Gold Medal for the All India Best Feature Film is now better known as National Film Award for Best Feature Film, whereas President's Gold Medal for the Best Documentary Film is analogous to today's National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film. For children's films, Prime Minister's Gold Medal is now given as National Film Award for Best Children's Film. At the regional level, President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film is now given as National Film Award for Best Feature Film in a particular language. Certificate of Merit in all the categories is discontinued over the years.

Feature films

Feature films were awarded at All India as well as regional level. For the 11th National Film Awards, a Hindi film Shehar Aur Sapna won the President's Gold Medal for the All India Best Feature Film. Following were the awards given:

All India Award

For 11th National Film Awards, none of the films were awarded from Children's Films category as no film was found to be suitable. Only Certificate of Merit for Children's films was given. Following were the awards given in each category:
AwardFilmLanguageAwardeeCash Prize
President's Gold Medal for the All India Best Feature FilmShehar Aur SapnaHindiProducer: Naya SansarGold Medal and 20,000
President's Gold Medal for the All India Best Feature FilmShehar Aur SapnaHindiProducer: Naya SansarGold Medal and 20,000
President's Gold Medal for the All India Best Feature FilmShehar Aur SapnaHindiDirector: Khwaja Ahmad Abbas5,000
All India Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature FilmNartanasalaTeluguProducer: Sridhar RaoCertificate of Merit and 10,000
All India Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature FilmNartanasalaTeluguProducer: C. Lakshmi RajyamCertificate of Merit and 10,000
All India Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature FilmNartanasalaTeluguDirector: K. Kameshwara Rao2,500
All India Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Feature FilmMahanagarBengaliProducer: R. D. Bansal
Director: Satyajit Ray		Certificate of Merit only
All India Certificate of Merit for Best Children's FilmPanch PuthliyanHindiProducer: Children's Film Society
Director: Amit Bose		Certificate of Merit only

Regional Award

The awards were given to the best films made in the regional languages of India. For feature films in Gujarati, President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film was not given, instead Certificate of Merit for Best Feature Film was awarded; whereas no award was given in Punjabi language.

Non-Feature films

Non-feature film awards were given for the documentaries, educational films and film strips made in the country. Following were the awards given:

Documentaries

AwardFilmLanguageAwardeeCash Prize
President's Gold Medal for the Best Documentary FilmSong of the SnowEnglishProducer: Films DivisionGold Medal and 4,000
President's Gold Medal for the Best Documentary FilmSong of the SnowEnglishDirector: N. S. Thapa1,000
All India Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Documentary FilmMalwaEnglishProducer: Films DivisionCertificate of Merit and 2,000
All India Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Documentary FilmMalwaEnglishDirector: S. N. S. Sastry500
All India Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Documentary FilmJain Temples of IndiaEnglishProducer: Films DivisionCertificate of Merit only
All India Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Documentary FilmJain Temples of IndiaEnglishDirector: Arun ChaudhariCertificate of Merit only

Educational films

AwardFilmLanguageAwardeeCash Prize
All India Certificate of Merit for the Best Educational FilmIndian Ocean ExpeditionHindiProducer: Children's Film SocietyCertificate of Merit only
All India Certificate of Merit for the Best Educational FilmIndian Ocean ExpeditionHindiDirector: Shanti S. VermaCertificate of Merit only

Filmstrip

AwardFilmLanguageAwardeeCash Prize
All India Certificate of Merit for the Best FilmstripHistorical Monuments of DelhiHindiDirector: G. K. AthalyeCertificate of Merit only
All India Certificate of Merit for the Best FilmstripHistorical Monuments of DelhiHindiDirector: G. K. AthalyeCertificate of Merit only

Awards not given

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