31st National Film Awards  The 31st 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 1983. Ceremony took place in June 1984 and awards were given by then Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi. Three different committees were formed for feature films, short films and books on cinema, headed by veteran director K. Balachander, S. Krishnaswamy and Justice G. D. Khosla respectively. Awards were divided into feature films, non-feature films and books written on Indian cinema. Feature films were awarded at All India as well as regional level. For 31st National Film Awards, a Sanskrit film, "Adi Shankaracharya" won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film also winning the maximum number of awards (four). Following were the awards given in each category:  Following were the awards given:  The awards were given to the best films made in the regional languages of India. For feature films in English, Gujarati, Kashmiri and Punjabi language, award for Best Feature Film was not given. Following were the awards given:  Following were the awards given:  Following were the awards not given as no film was found to be suitable for the award: