13th National Film Awards


The 13th 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 1965.
Starting with 13th National Film Awards, a new award was introduced at All India level, Best Feature Film on National Unity and Emotional Integration whose winner received a cash prize.

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 13th National Film Awards, a Hindi film Shaheed won the maximum number of awards. Following were the awards given:

All India Award

For 13th National Film Awards, none of the films were awarded from Children's Films category as no film was found to be suitable; instead Certificate of Merit is awarded. Following were the awards given in each category:
AwardFilmLanguageAwardeeCash Prize
President's Gold Medal for the All India Best Feature FilmChemmeenMalayalamProducer: Babu Ismail SettuGold Medal and 20,000
President's Gold Medal for the All India Best Feature FilmChemmeenMalayalamProducer: Kanmani FilmsGold Medal and 20,000
President's Gold Medal for the All India Best Feature FilmChemmeenMalayalamDirector: Ramu Kariat5,000
All India Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature FilmAtithiBengaliProducer: New Theaters Pvt Ltd.Certificate of Merit and 10,000
All India Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature FilmAtithiBengaliDirector: Tapan Sinha2,500
All India Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Feature FilmChhoti Chhoti BatenHindiProducer: Rajvanshi ProductionsCertificate of Merit only
All India Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Feature FilmChhoti Chhoti BatenHindiDirector: Motilal RajvanshCertificate of Merit only
All India Certificate of Merit for the Best Story WriterChhoti Chhoti BatenHindiMotilal RajvanshCertificate of Merit only
All India Certificate of Merit for the Best Story WriterShaheedHindiB. K. DuttCertificate of Merit only
All India Certificate of Merit for the Best Story WriterShaheedHindiDin Dayal SharmaCertificate of Merit only
Best Feature Film on National Unity and Emotional IntegrationShaheedHindiProducer: Kewal Kashyap20,000
Best Feature Film on National Unity and Emotional IntegrationShaheedHindiDirector: S. Ram Sharma20,000
All India Certificate of Merit for the Best Children's FilmThe Adventure of A Sugar DollEnglishProducer: Children's Film SocietyCertificate of Merit and 2,000
All India Certificate of Merit for the Best Children's FilmThe Adventure of A Sugar DollEnglishDirector: Kantilal Rathod500
All India Certificate of Merit for the Best Children's FilmAs You Like ItEnglishProducer: Children's Film SocietyCertificate of Merit only
All India Certificate of Merit for the Best Children's FilmAs You Like ItEnglishDirector: S. ShankarCertificate 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 and Punjabi, President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film was not given, instead Certificate of Merit for Best Feature Film was given.

Non-feature films

Non-feature film awards were given for the documentaries, educational films and film strips made in the country. For the 13th National Film Awards, no award was given in the filmstrip category and only Certificate of Merit was awarded for Educational Films. Following were the awards given for the non-feature films category:

Documentaries

AwardFilmLanguageAwardeeCash Prize
All India Certificate of Merit for the Best Documentary FilmCloven HorizonEnglishProducer: Kantilal RathodCertificate of Merit and 2,000
All India Certificate of Merit for the Best Documentary FilmCloven HorizonEnglishDirector: Kantilal Rathod500
All India Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Documentary FilmAcross IndiaEnglishProducer: Films DivisionCertificate of Merit only
All India Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Documentary FilmAcross IndiaEnglishDirector: Gopal DattCertificate of Merit only

Educational films

AwardFilmLanguageAwardeeCash Prize
All India Certificate of Merit for the Best Educational FilmPlay Better HockeyEnglishProducer: Children's Film SocietyCertificate of Merit only
All India Certificate of Merit for the Best Educational FilmPlay Better HockeyEnglishDirector: Shanti S. VermaCertificate of Merit only

Awards not given

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