“India is the
largest film producing country in the World, we would love to remain on the top
and must improve on the quality and also shift to meaningful cinema. I
congratulate jury for selecting best out of the lot to honor them today” said
H.E. Pranab Mukerjee the honorable President of India at a glittering function
on the occasion of 61st National Film Awards at Vigyan Bhawan, New
Delhi.
“We are
pleased to say that Indian Film Industry is flourishing” said Manish Tewari
Minister of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India. Bimal Julka
Secretary Ministry of Information And Broadcasting, Manju Bohra Chairman of the
Jury for Feature film, Ashoke Viswanathan Chairman for jury for non feature
film & Sharad Dutt Chairperson for Writing for Cinema, Ravi Kottarakara
President of FFI- Film Federation of India and Shanker Mohan Director of DFF-
Directorate of Film Festival were also present there.
“There were
169 films in non feature film category and 310 films in feature film category
which were screened by the jury to come to the conclusion of different awards”
said Sandeep Marwah President of Marwah Studios and Asian Academy of Film And television
also the member of the jury for 61st National Film Awards.
