The 55th 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 2007.
Lifetime achievement award is given to the prominent personality from the Indian film industry for the significant contributions given.
Following were the jury members:[6] Feature films were awarded at All India as well as regional level.
A committee headed by Ashoke Viswanathan was appointed to evaluate the non-feature films awards.
A committee headed by Namita Gokhale was appointed to evaluate the writing on Indian cinema.