67th National Film Awards
The 67th National Film Awards were announced at a press meet on 22 March 2021 to honour the best Indian films certified in India between 1 January and 31 December 2019. The awards ceremony, at which the Directorate of Film Festivals presents its annual National Film Awards to honour the best in Indian cinema, was originally slated to be held on 3 May 2020. It was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and was presented on 25 October 2021.
Selection process
The Directorate of Film Festivals invited online entries and the acceptable last date for entries was until 17 February 2020. Feature and Non-Feature Films certified by Central Board of Film Certification between 1 January 2019, and 31 December 2019, were eligible for the film award categories. Books, critical studies, reviews or articles on cinema published in Indian newspapers, magazines, and journals between 1 January 2019, and 31 December 2019, were eligible for the best writing on cinema section. Entries of dubbed, revised or copied versions of a film or translation, abridgements, edited or annotated works and reprints were ineligible for the awards.For the Feature and Non-Feature Films sections, films in any Indian language, shot on 16 mm, 35 mm, a wider film gauge or a digital format, and released in cinemas, on video or digital formats for home viewing were eligible. Films were required to be certified as a feature film, a featurette or a Documentary/Newsreel/Non-Fiction by the Central Board of Film Certification.
Dadasaheb Phalke Award
Introduced in 1969, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award is the highest award given to recognise the contributions of film personalities towards the development of Indian cinema and for distinguished contributions to the medium, its growth and promotion."A committee consisting five eminent personalities from Indian film industry was appointed to evaluate the lifetime achievement award, Dadasaheb Phalke Award. Following were the jury members:Jury Members
| Name of Award | Image | Awardee | Awarded as | Awards |
| Dadasaheb Phalke Award | Rajinikanth | Actor | Swarna Kamal, and a shawl |
Best Film Friendly State
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 a State Government Policy.;Jury
| Award | Name of State | Citation |
| Best Film Friendly State | State of Sikkim |
Feature films
Golden Lotus Awards
Official Name: Swarna KamalAll the awardees are awarded with 'Golden Lotus Award ', a certificate and cash prize.
| Award | Film | Language | Awardee | Cash prize |
| Best Feature Film | Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea | Malayalam | Producer: Antony Perumbavoor Director: Priyadarshan | ₹250,000 each |
| Best Direction | Bahattar Hoorain | Hindi | Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan | ₹250,000 each |
| Best Debut Film of a Director | Helen | Malayalam | Producer: Vineeth Sreenivasan Director: Mathukutty Xavier | ₹125,000 each |
| Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment | Maharshi | Telugu | Producer: Director: Vamshi Paidipally | ₹200,000 each |
| Best Children's Film | Kastoori | Hindi | Producer : Insight Films Director: Vinod Uttreshwar Kamble | ₹150,000 each |
Silver Lotus Award
Official Name: Rajat KamalAll the awardees are awarded with 'Silver Lotus Award ', a certificate and cash prize.
Regional awards
National Film Awards are also given to the best films in the regional languages of India. Awards for the regional languages are categorised as per their mention in the Eighth schedule of the Constitution of India. Awardees included producers and directors of the film. No films in languages other than those specified in the Schedule VIII of the Constitution were eligible.;Best Feature Film in Each of the Language Other Than Those Specified In the Schedule VIII of the Constitution
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.Golden Lotus Award
Official Name: Swarna KamalAll the awardees are awarded with 'Golden Lotus Award ', a certificate and cash prize.
| Award | Film | Language | Awardee | Cash prize |
| Best Non-Feature Film | An Engineered Dream | Hindi | Hemant Gaba | ₹1,50,000 each |
| Best Director in Non-Feature Film | Knock Knock Knock | English Bengali | Sudhanshu Saria | ₹1,50,000 |
Silver Lotus Award
Official Name: Rajat KamalAll the Awardees are awarded with 'Silver Lotus Award ' and cash prize.
| Award | Film | Language | Awardee | Cash prize |
| Best Debut Non-Feature Film of A Director | Khisa | Marathi | Producer : Santosh Maithani Director: Raj Pritam More | 75,000/- each |
| Best Biographical Film | Elephants Do Remember | English | Producer: Films Division Director:
| 50,000/- each |
| Best Arts / Cultural Film | Shrikshetra Ru Sahijata | Odia | Director and Producer: Ashutosh Pattnaik | 50,000/- each |
| Best Environment Film | The Stork Saviours | Hindi | Producer:
| 50,000/- each |
| Best Promotional Film | The Shower | Hindi | Producer: Little Lamb Films Pvt. Ltd.Director: Bauddhayan Mukherji | 50,000/- each |
| Best Film on Social Issues | Holy Rights | Hindi | Producer: Priyanka Pradeep More Director: Farha Khatun Producer & Director: Sudipta Kundu | 50,000/- each |
| Best Educational Film | Apples and Oranges | English | Producer: LXL Ideas Private Limited Director: Rukshana Tabassum | 50,000/- each |
| Best Ethnographic Film | Charan - Atva the Essene of Being A Nomad | Gujarati | Producer: Films Division Director: Dinaz Kalwachwala | 50,000/- each |
| Best Exploration Film | Wild Karnataka | English | Producer: Amoghavarsha J. S. Director:
| 50,000/- each |
| Best Investigative Film | Jakkal | Marathi | Producer: Neon Reel CreationDirector: Vivek Wagh | 50,000/- each |
| Best Animation Film | Radha | Producer: Fairy Cows Director: Bimal Poddar Animator: Nitin Kharkar | 50,000/- each | |
| Best Short Fiction Film | Custody | English Hindi | Producer & Director: Ambiecka Pandit | 50,000/- each |
| Best Film on Family Values | Oru Paathiraa Swapnam Pole | Malayalam | Producer: Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute Director: Sharan Venugopal | 50,000/- each |
| Best Cinematography | Sonsi | Hindi | Savita Singh | 50,000/- each |
| Best Audiography | Radha | Re-recordist :
| 50,000/- | |
| Best On-Location Sound Recordist | Rahas | Hindi | Saptarshi Sarkar | 50,000/- |
| Best Editing | Shut Up Sona | HindiEnglish | Arjun Gourisaria | 50,000/- |
| Best Music Direction | Kranti Darshi Guruji - Ahead of Times | Hindi | Bishakh jyoti | 50,000/- |
| Best Narration / Voice Over | Wild Karnataka | English | David Attenborough | 50,000/- |
| Special Jury Award | Small Scale Societies | English | Vipin Vijay | 1,00,000/- |
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.Jury
A committee of three, headed by Utpal Borpujari was appointed to evaluate the nominations for the best writing on Indian cinema. The jury members were as follows:Golden Lotus Award
Official Name: Swarna KamalAll the awardees are awarded with the Golden Lotus Award accompanied with a cash prize.
| Award | Book | Language | Awardee | Cash prize |
| Best Book on Cinema | A Gandhian Affair: India's Curios Portrayal of Love in Cinema | Malayalam | Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers India Author: Sanjay Suri | 75,000/- each |
| Best Film Critic | English | Sohini Chattopadhyay | 75,000/- |
Special Mention
All the awardees are awarded with a certificate.| Award | Book | Language | Awardee | Cash prize |
| Book on Cinema | Cinema Pahanara Manus | Marathi | Ashok Rane | Certificate Only |
| Book on Cinema | Kannada Cinema:Jagathika Cinema Vikasa Prerane Prabhava | Kannada | P. R. Ramadasa Naidu | Certificate Only |