The first National Film Awards were handed out in the year 1954. The Indian government’s Directorate of Film Festivals administers the award ceremonies since 1973. The Government of India introduced the awards to honor and encourage films that are directed across India. A panel is appointed by the government every year to select the winning entry. The National Film Awards are held in New Delhi and the President of India presented the awards to the winners. The ‘Best Book On Cinema’ award was introduced in the year 1982 and the award winners were decided after a thoughtful judgement of the National film award jury. The inaugural award was bagged by the author Aranthai Narayanan for his book ‘Thamizh Cinemavin Kathai’. This was for the first time that a Tamil book on Cinema won the award.
The National Film Award Winners For Best Book On Cinema Are:
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Year
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Name of the Book
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Author
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Language
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2009
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Bollywood Melodies
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Ganesh Anantraman
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English
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2008
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From Raj to Swaraj: The Non-fiction Film In India
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B D Garga
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English
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2007
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Helen: The Life and Times of an HBomb
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Jerry Pinto
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English
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2005
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Stardust-Vignettes from the Fringes of Film Industry
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Roopa Swaminathan
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English
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2004
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Filmi Jagat mein Ardhashakti ka Romanch
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Ramakrishna
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Hindi
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2003
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Paroma and other Outsiders: The Cinema of Aparna Sen
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Shoma Chatterjee
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English
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2003
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Ritu Aaye Ritu Jaaye
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Sarat Dutt
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Hindi
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2001
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Sholay: The Making of a Classic
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Anupama Chopra
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Hindi
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2000
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Malayala Cinemayum Sahithyavum
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Madhu Eravankara
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Malayalam
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2001
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Marathi Chitrapat Sangeetachi Vatchal
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Aruna Anand Damle
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Marathi
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1999
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Cinema ki Bhasha aur Hindi Samvadon ka Vishleshan
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Dr. Kishore Vasvani
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Hindi
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1998
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Hindi Cinema aur Delhi
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Savith Bhakhir & Adithya Aswathi
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English
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1998
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Cinemachi Goshta
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Anil Jhankar
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Marathi
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1997
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The Eye of the Serpent
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S. Theodore Baskaran
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English
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1996
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Marathi Cinema-In Retrospect
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Sanjit Narwekar
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English
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1995
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Abhinayam Anubhavam
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Bharath Gopi
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Malayalam
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1994
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Naalo Nenu-Bhanumathi
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Ramakrishna
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Telugu
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1993
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Awaara
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Gayatri Chatterji
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English
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1992
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Athmanindayude Pookal
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Dr. Aravindan Vallchira
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Malayalam
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1991
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Hindi Cinema ki Itihaas
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Manomohan Chandha
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Hindi
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1990
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Shatranj Ke Khiladi
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Surendranath Tiwari
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Hindi
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1990
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Cinema, Kannakkum Kavithayum
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Sreekumaran Thampi
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Malayalam
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1989
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Moving Image
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Kishore Vallicha
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English
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1988
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Kazhchayude Assanthi
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Dr. V. Rajakrishnan
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Malayalam
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1987
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Rabindranath O Chalachithra
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Arun Kumar Roy
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Bengali
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1986
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Gurudutt Teen Anki Shonkat Iki
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Arun Khopkar
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Marathi
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1985
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Chalachitrer Abirbhab
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Jagannath Chathopadhyay
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Bengali
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1984
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Cinemayude Lokam
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Adoor Gopalakrishnan
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Malayalam
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1983
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Chalachitra Sameeksha
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Vijayakrishnan
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Malayalam
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1982
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Thamizh Cinemavin Kathai
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Aranthai Narayanan
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Tamil
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