The National Film Awards were established in 1954 to " encourage production of the films of a high aesthetic and technical standard and educational and culture value " and also planned to include awards for regional films . The awards were instituted as the " State Awards for Films " but were renamed to " National Film Awards " at the 15th National Film Awards in 1967 and a new category of award for Best Screenplay was introduced , presented with a plaque and a cash prize . At the 57th National Film Awards in 2009 , the Screenplay award was reclassified into three different awards : Screenplay Writer ( Original ) , Screenplay Writer ( Adapted ) , and Dialogues . Although the Indian film industry produces films in around twenty languages and dialects , as of 2016 , the seventy-three unique writers have been awarded those who have worked in nine major languages : Bengali ( eleven awards ) , Hindi ( twenty awards ) , Malayalam ( twelve awards ) , Marathi ( seven awards ) , Tamil ( six awards ) , Kannada ( five awards ) , English ( two awards ) , Sanskrit and Assamese ( one award each )
57th National Film Awards
57th National Film Awards
National Film Award for Best Screenplay