Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director
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The Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organization set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Golden Lotus (Swarna Kamal).
Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director | |
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National award for contributions to Indian Cinema | |
Awarded for | Best debutant directorial work of a year |
Sponsored by | Directorate of Film Festivals |
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Reward(s) |
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First awarded | 1980 |
Last awarded | 2021 |
Most recent winner | Meppadiyan |
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Total awarded | 45 |
First winner | Maina Tadanta |
Website | http://dff.gov.in/ |
The award was instituted in 1980, at 28th National Film Awards[1] and has been awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages; Hindi (11 Awards), Bengali and Malayalam (9 Awards each), Tamil (5 Awards), Marathi (3 Awards), Assamese, English and Telugu (2 each), Haryanvi, Jasari, Karbi and Ladakhi (1 Each).
The award includes 'Golden Lotus Award' (Swarna Kamal) and cash prize. Award, sometimes, also be given as Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of A Director. Following are the award winners over the years: