The 54th National Film Awards, presented by Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India to felicitate the best of Indian Cinema released in the year 2006.
Award was given to veteran actors, Dilip Kumar and B. Saroja Devi along with Lata Mangeshkar.
A committee headed by K. Bikram Singh was appointed to evaluate the non-feature films awards.
The awards aim at encouraging study and appreciation of cinema as an art form and dissemination of information and critical appreciation of this art-form through publication of books, articles, reviews etc.
A committee headed by Madhu Jain was appointed to evaluate the writing on Indian cinema.