58th National Film Awards 2010 On Way!

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The Directorate of Film Festivals, a media unit under the Ministry set in motion the process for inviting entries for the awards.

The awards (Swarna Kamal and Rajat Kamal) will be presented in three sections -- feature films , non-feature films and best writing on cinema.

The notification to this effect along with the detailed regulations has been put on the Directorate’s website www.dff.nic.in.

The awards aim at encouraging the production of films of aesthetic and technical excellence and social relevance contributing to the understanding and appreciation of cultures of different regions of the country in cinematic form, thereby also promoting integration and unity of the nation.

In case of feature films, there are 30 different awards which include those for Best Feature Film, Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director, Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment, Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration and awards for films in regional languages.

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