66th National Film Awards winners to be declared after Lok Sabha elections 2019

The winners of the 66th National Film Awards will be declared after the general elections come to an end. The National Film Awards winners are usually named in the month of April every year, but with the 17th Lok Sabha polls this year, it has been pushed to after the elections are over.

A press release on Wednesday said that this year, the elections to the 17th Lok Sabha and the Legislative Assemblies of four states are underway. The National Film Awards also include an honour for the most film friendly state.

Since the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) is in force, which facilitates level playing field to all political parties and the candidates and inter alia seeks to ensure that the power of media is not used in such a manner which affects the general conduct and level playing field during the election process, it has been decided to declare the awards after the election process is over and the MCC concludes.