In his address, the President Pranab Mukherjee said, “We live in a rapidly changing world to which the film industry will have to adjust and adapt. Technology has brought down the costs of production and expanded the mechanisms of dissemination. Still cameras and cell phones that record video can be now edited on a home computer and uploaded on the net. Promotion and marketing of films have now taken on a new avatar with substantial marketing happening on social media – news of a good film now spreads quicker on twitter than by word of mouth. I also understand 2014 saw the launch of four film and entertainment focused investment funds. 

Speaking on the occasion, Minister for Finance and Information & Broadcasting Arun Jaitley, said that Indian Cinema has come a long way since its birth over a century ago. It has forayed into new avenues and innovated both in form as well as content. The production of Cinema in various languages and dialects has taken this art form into new areas-geographically as well as socially. 

The highlight of the function was the live musical performance of Sukhwinder Singh and Uttara Unnikrishnan. 

A total of 21 Awards were given by the President in the Non-Feature film category while the number of awards in Feature Film category being 45. Three awards were given to Best Writing on Cinema. In the Feature Film category, the Award for the Best Feature Film was given to Court (Marathi, Hindi, Gujarati & English) produced by Zoo Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. and directed by Chaitanya Tamhane. Asha Jaoar Majhe (Bengali) directed by Aditya Vikram Sengupta and producer: F.O.R Films Pvt. Ltd. received the Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Director. The Award for the Best Popular Film providing Wholesome Entertainment was given to Mary Kom (Hindi) produced by Viacom 18 Motion Pictures and directed by Omung Kumar. 

The Award for the Best Film on Social Issues has been given to Chotoder Chobi (Bengali) produced by Shree Venkatesh Films Pvt. Ltd. and directed by Kaushik Ganguly. The Award for the Best Director has been conferred on Srijit Mukherji for the Film Chotushkone (Bengali). The Award for the Best Actor was conferred on Vijay for the film Nanu Avanalla Avalu (Kannada) and the Award for the Best Actress was conferred on Kangana Ranaut for the film, Queen (Hindi). The award for the Best Children's Film was shared by Kaakkaa Muttai (Tamil) and Elizabeth Ekadashi (Marathi). Master J. Vignesh & master Ramesh shared the Award for Best Child Artist for Kaakkaa Muttai (Tamil). 

The Award for the Best Music direction (songs) has been conferred on Vishal Bhardwaj for Haider (Hindi) and the award for the best music direction (Background Score) was given to Gopi Sunder for Nineteen Eighty Three (Malayalam). The award for the best lyrics has been conferred on NA. Muthukumar for the song Azhagu from the film Saivam (Tamil). A special jury award has been conferred on Bhaurao Karhade for the film Khwada (Marathi). The award for the best choreography has been conferred on Sudesh Adhana for the film Haider (Hindi). 

In the Non-Feature Film category, ‘Tender is the Sight’ produced by Films Division and directed by Torsha Banerjee got the award for best non feature film. The Award for the Best Debut Film of a Director has been conferred to Mit Jani, Prateek Gupta & Vivek Chaudhary for the film Goonga Pahalwan. I Cannot Give You My Forest has been awarded as the Best film in the Environmental category and Documentation of Clay Image Makers of Kumartuli has been conferred the award for the Best Promotional film.