National Film Awards - 2001
Also Known As- 48th National Film Awards 2001Location- New Delhi, India
| National Film Awards 2001 - Golden Lotus Award (Swarna Kamal) | ||
| Category | Winner | Film |
|---|---|---|
| Best Film | Jayaraaj | Shantam (Malayalam) |
| Best Children's Film | Saleem Padiyath | Karaaksharangal (Malayalam) |
| Best Direction | Rituparno Ghosh | Utsab (Bengali) |
| Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment | Vikraman | Vanathai Pola (Tamil) |
| National Film Awards 2001 - Silver Lotus Award (Rajat Kamal) | ||
| Category | Winner | Film |
| Best Actor | Anil Kapoor | Pukar (Hindi) |
| Best Actress | Raveena Tandon | Daman: A Victim of Marital Violence (Hindi) |
| Best Supporting Actor | H.G. Dattatreya | Munnudi (Kannada) |
| Best Supporting Actress | K.P.A.C. Lalitha | Shantam (Malayalam) |
| Best Music Direction | Anu Malik | Refugee (Hindi) |
| Best Lyrics | Yusuf Ali Kechery Javed Akhtar | Mazha (Malayalam) Refugee (Hindi) |
| Best Playback Singer (Male) | Shankar Mahadevan | for song 'Yenna Solla Pogirai' from film 'Kandukondain Kandukondain (Tamil)' |
| Best Playback Singer (Female) | Bhavatharini | for song 'Mayil Pola Ponnu Onnu' from film 'Bharati (Tamil)' |
| Best Art Direction | P. Krishnamoorthy | Bharati (Tamil) |
| Best Cinematography | Ashok Mehta | Moksha (Hindi) |
| Best Editing | Suresh Pai, Apurva Asrani | Snip! (English) |
| Best Screenplay | Bharathiraja | Kadal Pookkal (Tamil) |
| Best Costume Design | P. Krishnamoorthy | Bharati (Tamil) |
| Best Audiography | Anup Dev | Moksha (Hindi) |
| Best Child Artist | Udaya Raj | Nilakalam (Tamil) |
| Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film) | Soumitra Chatterjee (Actor) | Dekha (Bengali) |
| National Film Awards 2001 - Best Regional Film | ||
| Category | Winner | Film |
| For languages specified in schedule VIII of the constitution | ||
| Best Regional Film (Hindi) | Shyam Benegal | Zubeidaa |
| Best Regional Film (Marathi) | Mahesh Manjrekar | Astitva |
| Best Regional Film (Bengali) | Gautam Ghose | Dekha |
| Best Regional Film (Kannada) | T.N. Seetharam | Mathadana |
| Best Regional Film (Malayalam) | M.P. Sukumaran Sathyan Anthikkadu | Sayanam Kochu Kochu Santhoshangal |
| Best Regional Film (Telugu) | Neelakanta | Show |
| Best Regional Film (Tamil) | Jhanarajasekharan | Bharati |
| For languages those are not specified in schedule VIII of the constitution | ||
| Best Feature Film in Manipuri | Makhonmani Mongsaba | Chatledo Eidee |
| Best Feature Film in English | Usha Ganesarajah | Pandavas |
| National Film Awards 2001 - Other Feature Film Awards | ||
| Category | Winner | Film |
| Best Film on Other Social Issues | Cheran P. Sheshadri | Vetri Kodi Kattu (Tamil) Munnudi (Kannada) |
| Best Film on Family Welfare | Amol Palekar | Kal Ka Aadmi (Hindi) |
| Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation | M.T. Vasudevan Nair | Oru Cheru Punchiri (Malayalam) |
| National Film Awards 2001 - Non-Feature Film Awards | ||
| Category | Winner | Film |
| Best Non-Feature Film | Arun Vasant Khopkar | Rasikpriya |
| Best First Non-Feature Film | Anjalika Sharma | Meena Jha (Bengali) |
| Best Non-Feature Film Direction | Arun Vasant Khopkar | Rasikpriya |
| Best Biographical Film | Sudish Gopalakrishnan | Devanarthakan |
| Best Arts/Cultural Film | Brij Bhushan | Tribal Women Artist (English) |
| Best Film on Social Issues | Urmi Chakraborty | Infiltrators (English) |
| Best Non-Feature Film on Family Welfare | T.Sunil Kumar, Susmitham, Pallimalakunnu Manik Das | Akkareninnu Mahananda |
| Best Educational/Motivational/Instructional Film | Rajgopal Rao | Tulsi |
| Best Environment/Conservation/Preservation Film | - | The Nest (English) |
| Best Short Fiction Film | Ritubarna Chudgar | Bhor (Bengali) |
| Best Scientific Film | K. Jagjivan Ram | Vedic Mathematics (English) |
| Best Animated Film | Ravi Jadhav | The Landscape (English) |
| Best Promotional Film | Bappa Ray | Pashmina Royale (English) |
| Best Investigative Film | Joshy Joseph | Wearing the Face (English) |
| Best Anthropological/Ethnographic Film | Madhusree Dutta | Scribbles on Akka |
| Best Non-Feature Film Editing | Sankalp Meshram | Lokpriya (Hindi) |
| Best Non-Feature Film Cinematography | Prasann Jain | Rasikpriya |
| Best Non-Feature Film Audiography | Hari Kumar | A Memory of the Sea (English) |
| Best Non-Feature Film Music Direction | Usha Khanna | Ajeeb Gha (Hindi) |
| National Film Awards 2001 - Indira Gandhi Award | ||
| Winner | Film | |
| R. Sarath | Sayahnam (Malayalam) | |
| National Film Awards 2001 - Nargis Dutt Award | ||
| Winner | Film | |
| Rajkumar Santoshi | Pukar (Hindi) | |
| National Film Awards 2001 - Dadasaheb Phalke Lifetime Achievement Award | ||
| Winner | State | |
| Yash Chopra (Director, Producer) | Punjab | |
| National Film Awards 2001 - Best Book on Cinema | ||
| Winner | Book | |
| Anupama Chopra | Sholay: The Making of a Classic (Hindi) | |