[1][2] The Directorate of Film Festivals invited nominations for the awards by late December 2014 and the acceptable last date for entries was until 20 January 2015.
Entries of dubbed, revised or copied versions of a film or translation, abridgements, edited or annotated works and reprints were ineligible for the awards.
[5] Following were the jury members: For the year 2014, the award was announced on 23 March 2015 to be presented to actor, film-maker Shashi Kapoor.
He has won two National Film Awards including Best Actor for New Delhi Times in 1985 and is also Padma Bhushan recipient of 2011.
For the Feature Film section, six committees were formed based on the different geographic regions in India.