45th National Film Awards
The 45th 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 1997. The awards were announced in May 1998 and presented in July by then President of India, K. R. Narayanan.
Awards
Awards were divided into feature films, non-feature films and books written on Indian cinema.Lifetime Achievement Award
| Name of Award | Awardee | Awarded As | Awards |
| Dadasaheb Phalke Award | Kavi Pradeep | Lyricist | Swarna Kamal, 1,00,000 and a Shawl |
Feature Films
Feature films were awarded at All India as well as regional level. For National Film Awards, a Kannada film, Thaayi Saheba won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film also winning the maximum number of awards. Following were the awards given in each category:Juries
A committee headed by B. Saroja Devi was appointed to evaluate the feature films awards. Following were the jury members:- Jury Members
- * B. Saroja Devi P. MadhavanMaheep SinghC. V. L. SastryAruna PurohitUma da CunhaDevender KhandelwalSandip RaySantwana BurdoloiArundathi NagPushpa BharatiK. R. MohananV. Madhusudhan Rao
All India Award
Golden Lotus Award
Official Name: Swarna KamalAll the awardees are awarded with 'Golden Lotus Award ', a certificate and cash prize.
Silver Lotus Award
Official Name: Rajat KamalAll the awardees are awarded with 'Silver Lotus Award ', a certificate and cash prize.
Regional Awards
The award is given to best film in the regional languages in India.Non-Feature Films
Short Films made in any Indian language and certified by the Central Board of Film Certification as a documentary/newsreel/fiction are eligible for non-feature film section.Juries
A committee headed by K. K. Kapil was appointed to evaluate the non-feature films awards. Following were the jury members:- Jury Members
- * K. K. Kapil Dinkar ChowdharyShashi RanjanParvathi MenonNamita Gokhale
Golden Lotus Award
All the awardees are awarded with 'Golden Lotus Award ', a certificate and cash prize.
Silver Lotus Award
Official Name: Rajat KamalAll the awardees are awarded with 'Silver Lotus Award ' and cash prize.
Best Writing on Cinema
The awards aim at encouraging study and appreciation of cinema as an art form and dissemination of information and critical appreciation of this art-form through publication of books, articles, reviews etc.Juries
A committee headed by Chidananda Dasgupta was appointed to evaluate the writing on Indian cinema. Following were the jury members:- Jury Members
- * Chidananda Dasgupta Tarun VijayChandan Mitra
Golden Lotus Award
All the awardees are awarded with 'Golden Lotus Award ' and cash prize.