National Film Award for Best Feature Film

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{{Short description|Indian film award}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2015}}{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018|65th National Film Awards=}}
{{Infobox film award
| name = National Film Award for Best Feature Film
| subheader = National award for contributions to [[Cinema of India|Indian Cinema]]
| awarded_for = Best feature film of the year
| sponsor = [[National Film Development Corporation of India]]
| firstawarded = 1953
| reward = {{ubl|Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus)|{{INR}}3,00,000}}
| former name = President's Gold Medal for Best Feature Film
| holder_label = Most recent winner
| holder = ''[[12th Fail]]'' (2023)
}}

The '''National Film Award for Best Feature Film''' is one of the categories in the [[National Film Awards]] presented annually by the [[National Film Development Corporation of India]], the organisation set up by [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Ministry of Information and Broadcasting]] in India. It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with the ''Golden Lotus'' (''Swarna Kamal''). The award is announced for films produced in a year across the country, in all Indian languages. {{As of|2024}}, the award comprises a ''Swarna Kamal'', a certificate, and a cash prize of {{INR}}3,00,000 and is presented to the [[Film producer|producer]] and the [[Film director|director]] of the film.

The National Film Awards were established in 1954 to "encourage production of the films of a high aesthetic and technical standard and educational and culture value" and also planned to include awards for regional films.<ref name="1stawardPDF"/> The awards were instituted as "State Awards for Films" but were renamed to "National Film Awards" at the [[15th National Film Awards]] in 1967.<ref name="15thawardPDF"/> {{As of|2024}}, the award is one of six ''Swarna Kamal'' awards presented for the feature films. The award-winning film is included at the annual [[International Film Festival of India]]. Only the films made in any Indian language and silent films which are either shot on 35 mm, in a wider gauge, or digital format but released on a film or Video/Digital format and certified by the [[Central Board of Film Certification]] as a feature film or featurette are made eligible for the award.<ref name="rules">{{cite web|title=Call for entries; 64th National Film Awards for 2016|url=http://www.nationalfilmawards.com/Uploads/Call_for_entries_64th_NFA.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215072936/http://www.nationalfilmawards.com/Uploads/Call_for_entries_64th_NFA.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 February 2017|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=11 May 2017|pages=6, 13}}</ref>

The inaugural award was named as "President's Gold Medal for the All India Best Feature Film" and was awarded to [[Marathi cinema|Marathi film]], ''[[Shyamchi Aai (film)|Shyamchi Aai]]'' (''Shyam's Mother''), produced and directed by [[Pralhad Keshav Atre]] and is based on [[Pandurang Sadashiv Sane]]'s Marathi [[Shyamchi Aai|novel of the same name]].<ref name="1stawardPDF"/>

== History ==
Since its inception in 1953, the producer of the film is awarded with the gold medal and a certificate.<ref name="1stawardPDF"/> A cash prize of {{INR}} 20,000 was introduced at the [[5th National Film Awards]] (1957) and was revised to {{INR}} 40,000 at the [[18th National Film Awards]] (1970),<ref name="18thawardPDF"/> to {{INR}} 50,000 at the [[28th National Film Awards]] (1980),<ref name="28thawardPDF"/> to {{INR}} 2,50,000 at the [[54th National Film Awards]] (2006).<ref name="5thawardPDF"/><ref name="54thawardPDF"/>

From 1953 till 1956,<ref name="1stawardPDF"/><ref name="4thawardPDF"/> the director of the film was awarded with the Gold medal which was later changed in 1957 to a cash prize of {{INR}} 5,000.<ref name="5thawardPDF"/> From 1967 till 1973,<ref name="15thawardPDF"/><ref name="21stawardPDF"/> a plaque was also awarded to the director and cash prize was revised to {{INR}} 10,000 in 1970.<ref name="18thawardPDF"/> At the [[22nd National Film Awards]] (1974),<ref name="22ndawardPDF"/> the award for the director was changed to ''Rajat Kamal'' (''Silver Lotus'') and a cash prize of {{INR}} 15,000 which was later revised to {{INR}} 20,000 at the [[25th National Film Awards]] (1977).<ref name="25thawardPDF"/> Since [[28th National Film Awards]] (1980),<ref name="28thawardPDF"/> the director is awarded with the ''Swarna Kamal'' and a cash prize of {{INR}} 25,000 which was later revised to {{INR}}50,000 at the 28th National Film Awards (1980),<ref name="28thawardPDF"/> {{INR}}2,50,000 at the 54th National Film Awards (2006),<ref name="54thawardPDF"/> and {{INR}}3,00,000 at the 70th National Film Awards (2022).<ref>{{cite web |author=Under Secretary to the Government of India |date=14 December 2023 |title=Report on Rationalization of Awards Conferred by the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting {{!}} Ministry of Information and Broadcasting {{!}} Government of India |url=https://mib.gov.in/filmsdocuments/report-rationalization-awards-conferred-ministry-information-broadcasting |access-date=25 August 2024 |publisher=[[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Ministry of Information and Broadcasting]]}}</ref>

In 1973 and 1974, the lead actor and actress of the film were also awarded. [[P. J. Antony]] and [[Sumithra (actress)|Sumithra]] received a souvenir for Malayalam film ''[[Nirmalyam]]'' at the [[21st National Film Awards]] (1973).<ref name="21stawardPDF"/> Antony was also awarded the [[National Film Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]], then known as the "Bharat Award for the Best Actor". [[Utpal Dutt]] and Gita Sen were awarded with a medallion for Bengali Film ''[[Chorus (1974 film)|Chorus]]'' at [[22nd National Film Awards]] (1974).<ref name="22ndawardPDF"/>

== Winners ==
As of 2023 edition, 71 feature films have been awarded: [[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali]] (22); [[Malayalam cinema|Malayalam]] (13);[[Hindi cinema|Hindi]] (12);{{efn|name=lang1|Two films: ''[[Ship of Theseus (film)|Ship of Theseus]]'' (2013) and ''[[Court (2014 film)|Court]]'' (2014) were shot simultaneously in multiple languages.}} [[Kannada cinema|Kannada]] and [[Marathi cinema|Marathi]] (each 6);{{efn|name=lang2|''[[Court (2014 film)|Court]]'' (2014) was shot simultaneously in multiple languages.}} [[Tamil cinema|Tamil]] (4); [[Assamese cinema|Assamese]], [[Gujarati cinema|Gujarati]]{{efn|name=lang2|}} and [[Sanskrit]] (each 2); [[Beary language|Beary]] and [[Telugu cinema|Telugu]] (each 1). At the [[26th National Film Awards]] (1978), no feature film was awarded with the Best Feature film award as the jury headed by filmmaker [[Chetan Anand (director)|Chetan Anand]] scrutinised eighty films but did not consider any film to be "worthy of merit" and "measured up to the standard of excellence set forth by the jury".<ref name="26thawardPDF" /> At the [[59th National Film Awards]], two feature films shared the award; Marathi film ''[[Deool]]'' (''Temple'') and Beary film ''[[Byari (film)|Byari]]''.<ref name="59thaward" /> Most recently, the award is presented to the film ''[[12th Fail]]'', directed by [[Vidhu Vinod Chopra]].

[[Satyajit Ray]] is the most honoured director where six of his films{{mdash}}{{Lang|bn-latn|[[Pather Panchali]]}} (1955), ''[[The World of Apu|Apur Sansar]]'' (1959), ''[[Charulata]]'' (1964), ''[[Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne]]'' (1968), ''[[Seemabaddha]]'' (1971), and ''[[Agantuk]]'' (1991){{mdash}}won the award, followed [[Buddhadeb Dasgupta]] (five), [[Girish Kasaravalli]] and [[Mrinal Sen]] (four each), [[Shaji N. Karun]] (three), and [[Adoor Gopalakrishnan]], [[Tapan Sinha]], [[G. V. Iyer]] and [[Priyadarshan]] (two each). As of 2022, the award was presented to the films of Eleven debutant directors; [[Satyajit Ray]] ({{Lang|bn-latn|[[Pather Panchali]]}}, 1955),<ref>{{cite news |author=Hoffman, Jordan |date=5 May 2015 |title=Back on the little road: Satyajit Ray's Pather Panchali returns in all its glory |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/may/05/satyajit-ray-pather-panchali-restoration-apu-trilogy |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150809060442/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/may/05/satyajit-ray-pather-panchali-restoration-apu-trilogy |archive-date=9 August 2015 |access-date=13 May 2017 |newspaper=The Guardian |df=dmy-all}}</ref> [[Adoor Gopalakrishnan]] (''[[Swayamvaram (1972 film)|Swayamvaram]]'', 1972),<ref>{{cite news |author=Venkiteswaran, C. S. |date=22 November 2012 |title=Universal and timeless |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/universal-and-timeless/article4123362.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171217161045/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/universal-and-timeless/article4123362.ece |archive-date=17 December 2017 |access-date=11 May 2017 |newspaper=The Hindu |df=dmy-all}}</ref> [[M. T. Vasudevan Nair]] (''[[Nirmalyam]]'', 1973),<ref>{{cite news |author=Vijayakymar, B. |date=25 September 2011 |title=Nirmalyam 1973 |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/nirmalyam-1973/article2482063.ece |access-date=11 May 2017 |newspaper=The Hindu}}</ref> [[Girish Kasaravalli]] (''[[Ghatashraddha]]'', 1977),<ref>{{cite news |date=4 December 2009 |title=Ghatashraddha, one of the 20 best movies |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/Ghatashraddha-one-of-the-20-best-movies/articleshow/5297716.cms |access-date=12 May 2017 |newspaper=The Times of India |location=Bengaluru}}</ref> Shaji N Karun (''[[Piravi]]'', 1988),<ref>{{cite web |title=Shaji N. Karun profile @ International Film Festival Rotterdam |url=https://iffr.com/en/persons/shaji-n-karun |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171117002753/https://iffr.com/en/persons/shaji-n-karun |archive-date=17 November 2017 |access-date=12 May 2017 |publisher=International Film Festival Rotterdam |df=dmy-all}}</ref> [[Sandeep Sawant]] (''[[Shwaas]]'', 2003),<ref>{{cite magazine |author=Unnithan, Sandeep |date=22 November 2004 |title=Waiting to exhale |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-and-the-arts/story/20041122-shwaas-first-marathi-film-to-win-national-award-in-nearly-five-decades-789163-2004-11-21 |access-date=12 May 2017 |magazine=India Today}}</ref> [[Salim Ahamed]] (''[[Adaminte Makan Abu]]'', 2010),<ref>{{cite magazine |author=Ittyipe, Minu |date=5 December 2011 |title=Kodak Moment: Is Oscar glory for Abu a gossamer dream? |url=http://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/kodak-moment/279074 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170403180435/http://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/kodak-moment/279074 |archive-date=3 April 2017 |access-date=12 May 2017 |magazine=Outlook India |df=dmy-all}}</ref> [[Suveeran]] (''[[Byari (film)|Byari]]'', 2011),<ref name="byari">{{cite news |author=Ramavarman, T |date=8 March 2012 |title=Theatre experience fuels Suveeran's film journey |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/Theatre-experience-fuels-Suveerans-film-journey/articleshow/12179747.cms |access-date=12 May 2017 |newspaper=The Times of India |location=Kochi}}</ref> [[Anand Gandhi]] (''[[Ship of Theseus (film)|Ship of Theseus]]'', 2013),<ref>{{cite news |date=2 April 2010 |title=Anand Gandhi turns filmmaker with "Theseus's Ship" |url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Anand-Gandhi-turns-filmmaker-with-ldquoTheseusrsquos-Shiprdquo/article16345021.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180528152518/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Anand-Gandhi-turns-filmmaker-with-ldquoTheseusrsquos-Shiprdquo/article16345021.ece |archive-date=28 May 2018 |access-date=11 May 2017 |newspaper=The Hindu |df=dmy-all}}</ref> [[Chaitanya Tamhane]] (''[[Court (2014 film)|Court]]'', 2015), Abhishek Shah<ref>{{Cite news |title=I am happy that Gujarati cinema will now be recognised nationwide: Abhishek Shah - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/gujarati/movies/news/i-am-happy-that-gujarati-cinema-will-now-be-recognised-nationwide-abhishek-shah/articleshow/70627317.cms |access-date=2022-04-28 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Abhishek Shah |url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm6390316/ |access-date=2022-04-28 |website=IMDb}}</ref> ( [[Hellaro]]<ref>{{Cite news |title=National Film Awards 2019: Team 'Hellaro' bag Best Feature Film Award honour - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/gujarati/movies/news/national-film-awards-2019-team-hellaro-bag-best-feature-film-award-honour/articleshow/72940859.cms |access-date=2022-04-28 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref> 2018). Five films awarded with the Best Feature film award were also the [[List of Indian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Indian submission]] for the [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] for the [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]]; ''[[Apur Sansar]]'' (1959), ''[[Shwaas]]'' (2004), ''[[Adaminte Makan Abu]]'' (2011), ''[[Court (2014 film)|Court]]'' (2015) and ''[[Village Rockstars]]'' (2018) .<ref>{{cite web |title=List of Indian Submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film |url=http://www.filmfed.org/indian-submission.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170516054357/http://www.filmfed.org/indian-submission.html |archive-date=16 May 2017 |access-date=11 May 2017 |publisher=Film Federation of India |df=dmy-all}}</ref> ''[[Adi Shankaracharya (film)|Adi Shankaracharya]]'' (1983), the first film made in [[Sanskrit]] language,<ref>{{cite book |author=Somaaya, Bhawana |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V4PZDQAAQBAJ&pg=RA2-PT90 |title=Once Upon a Time in India: A Century of Indian Cinema |date=8 December 2016 |publisher=Random House Publishers India Pvt. Limited |isbn=978-93-85990-40-3 |pages=232}}</ref> and ''[[Byari (film)|Byari]]'' (2011), the first film made in [[Beary language]],<ref name="byari" /> won the award at the [[31st National Film Awards]] and [[59th National Film Awards]], respectively.

=== List of winners ===
Films in the following languages have won the Best Feature Film award:

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|bgcolor="#EBEBE0" width=30| ||Indicates a joint award for that year
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"
! colspan="6" | List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), language(s), producer(s) and director(s)
|-
! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:5%;"| Year
! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:25%;"| Film(s)
! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:6%;"| Language(s)
! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:30%;"| Producer(s)
! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:30%;"| Director(s)
! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:4%;" class="unsortable" |{{Tooltip|Refs.|Reference}}
|-
| align="center" | [[1st National Film Awards|1953 {{small|(1st)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Shyamchi Aai (1953 film)|Shyamchi Aai]]''
| [[Marathi language|Marathi]]
| [[Pralhad Keshav Atre]]
| Pralhad Keshav Atre
| align="center" |<ref name="1stawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/1st_nff_1954.pdf|title=1st National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=21 August 2011|page=12|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004085504/http://dff.nic.in/2011/1st_nff_1954.pdf |archive-date=4 October 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[2nd National Film Awards|1954 {{small|(2nd)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Mirza Ghalib (film)|Mirza Ghalib]]''
| [[Hindi]]
| [[Sohrab Modi]]
| Sohrab Modi
| align="center" | <ref name="2ndawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/2nd_nff_1955.pdf|title=2nd National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=23 August 2011|page=15|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316222437/http://dff.nic.in/2011/2nd_nff_1955.pdf|archive-date=16 March 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[3rd National Film Awards|1955 {{small|(3rd)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Pather Panchali]]''
| [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
| [[Government of West Bengal]]
| [[Satyajit Ray]]
| align="center" | <ref name="3rdawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/3rd_nff_1956.pdf|title=3rd National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=1 September 2011|page=6|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160802150604/http://dff.nic.in/2011/3rd_nff_1956.pdf|archive-date=2 August 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[4th National Film Awards|1956 {{small|(4th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Kabuliwala (1957 film)|Kabuliwala]]''
| Bengali
| Charuchitra
| [[Tapan Sinha]]
| align="center" | <ref name="4thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/4th_Nff.pdf|title=4th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=2 September 2011|page=2|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322023133/http://dff.nic.in/2011/4th_Nff.pdf |archive-date=22 March 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[5th National Film Awards|1957 {{small|(5th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Do Aankhen Barah Haath]]''
| Hindi
| [[V. Shantaram]]
| V. Shantaram
| align="center" | <ref name="5thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/5th_nff.pdf|title=5th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=2 September 2011|page=2,4|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103222703/http://dff.nic.in/2011/5th_nff.pdf|archive-date=3 November 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[6th National Film Awards|1958 {{small|(6th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Sagar Sangamey]]''
| Bengali
| De Luxe Film Distributors
| [[Debaki Bose]]
| align="center" | <ref name="6thaward">{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm6thNFAAward.aspx|title=6th National Film Awards|publisher=[[International Film Festival of India]]|access-date=3 September 2011|page=2,4|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020054317/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm6thNFAAward.aspx|archive-date=20 October 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[7th National Film Awards|1959 {{small|(7th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[The World of Apu|Apur Sansar]]''
| Bengali
| Satyajit Ray Productions
| [[Satyajit Ray]]
| align="center" | <ref name="7thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/7th_nff.pdf|title=7th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=4 September 2011|page=2,4|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150326125140/http://dff.nic.in/2011/7th_nff.pdf|archive-date=26 March 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[8th National Film Awards|1960 {{small|(8th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Anuradha (1960 film)|Anuradha]]''
| Hindi
|[[Hrishikesh Mukherjee]] and L. B. Thakur
| Hrishikesh Mukherjee
| align="center" | <ref name="8thaward">{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm8thNFAAward.aspx|title=8th National Film Awards|publisher=[[International Film Festival of India]]|access-date=7 September 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012062918/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm8thNFAAward.aspx|archive-date=12 October 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[9th National Film Awards|1961 {{small|(9th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Bhagini Nivedita (film)|Bhagini Nivedita]]''
| Bengali
| [[Aurora Film Corporation]]
| Bijoy Bose
| align="center" | <ref name="9thaward">{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm9thNFAAward.aspx|title=9th National Film Awards|publisher=[[International Film Festival of India]]|access-date=8 September 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202115652/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm9thNFAAward.aspx|archive-date=2 December 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[10th National Film Awards|1962 {{small|(10th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Dada Thakur (1962 film)|Dada Thakur]]''
| Bengali
| Shyamlal Jalan
| Sudhir Mukherjee
| align="center" | <ref name="10thaward">{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm10thNFAAward.aspx|title=10th National Film Awards|publisher=[[International Film Festival of India]]|access-date=9 September 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929062243/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm10thNFAAward.aspx|archive-date=29 September 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[11th National Film Awards|1963 {{small|(11th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Shehar Aur Sapna]]''
| Hindi
| Naya Sansar
| [[Khwaja Ahmad Abbas]]
| align="center" | <ref name="11thaward">{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm11thNFAAward.aspx|title=11th National Film Awards|publisher=[[International Film Festival of India]]|access-date=13 September 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170502124428/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm11thNFAAward.aspx|archive-date=2 May 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[12th National Film Awards|1964 {{small|(12th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Charulata]]''
| Bengali
| R. D. Bansal
| [[Satyajit Ray]]
| align="center" | <ref name="12thaward">{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm12thNFAAward.aspx|title=12th National Film Awards|publisher=[[International Film Festival of India]]|access-date=14 September 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225220334/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm12thNFAAward.aspx|archive-date=25 February 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[13th National Film Awards|1965 {{small|(13th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Chemmeen]]''
| [[Malayalam]]
| Babu Ismail Settu
| [[Ramu Kariat]]
| align="center" | <ref name="13thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/13th_NFA.pdf|title=13th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=15 September 2011|page=1,6|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151008121223/http://dff.nic.in/2011/13th_NFA.pdf|archive-date=8 October 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[14th National Film Awards|1966 {{small|(14th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Teesri Kasam]]''
| Hindi
| [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]]
| [[Basu Bhattacharya]]
| align="center" | <ref>{{cite book | title=Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema | publisher=Popular Prakashan | author=Gulzar, Govind Nihalani, Saibal Chatterjee | year=2003 | page=532 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8y8vN9A14nkC&q=teesri+kasam+national+award&pg=PT556 | isbn=9788179910665 | access-date=29 June 2012 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171106212617/https://books.google.com/books?id=8y8vN9A14nkC&pg=PT556&dq=teesri+kasam+national+award&hl=en&sa=X&ei=5rXtT_j4O4_EtAbd4aWPDw&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=teesri%20kasam%20national%20award&f=false | archive-date=6 November 2017 | df=dmy-all }}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[15th National Film Awards|1967 {{small|(15th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Hatey Bazarey]]''
| Bengali
| Asim Dutta
| [[Tapan Sinha]]
| align="center" | <ref name="15thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/15th_nff_1967.pdf|title=15th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=21 September 2011|page=2,9|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225231524/http://dff.nic.in/2011/15th_nff_1967.pdf|archive-date=25 February 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[16th National Film Awards|1968 {{small|(16th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne]]''
| Bengali
| Nepal Dutta and Asim Dutta
| [[Satyajit Ray]]
| align="center" | <ref name="16thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/16th_nff_1970.pdf|title=16th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=22 September 2011|page=2|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150517061411/http://dff.nic.in/2011/16th_nff_1970.pdf|archive-date=17 May 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[17th National Film Awards|1969 {{small|(17th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Bhuvan Shome]]''
| Hindi
| Mrinal Sen Productions
| [[Mrinal Sen]]
| align="center" | <ref name="17thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/17th_NFF_1971.pdf|title=17th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=26 September 2011|page=2,6|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226002621/http://dff.nic.in/2011/17th_NFF_1971.pdf|archive-date=26 February 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[18th National Film Awards|1970 {{small|(18th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Samskara (film)|Samskara]]''
| [[Kannada]]
| [[Tikkavarapu Pattabhirama Reddy]]
| Tikkavarapu Pattabhirama Reddy
| align="center" | <ref name="18thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/17th_NFF_1971.pdf|title=18th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=26 September 2011|page=2|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226002621/http://dff.nic.in/2011/17th_NFF_1971.pdf|archive-date=26 February 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[19th National Film Awards|1971 {{small|(19th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Seemabaddha]]''
| Bengali
|Bharat Shamsher and Jang Bahadur Rana
| [[Satyajit Ray]]
| align="center" | <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.satyajitray.org/films/seemabaddha.htm|title=Seemabaddha @ SatyajitRay.org|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927092825/http://www.satyajitray.org/films/seemabaddha.htm|archive-date=27 September 2011|df=dmy-all|access-date=2 October 2010}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[20th National Film Awards|1972 {{small|(20th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Swayamvaram (1972 film)|Swayamvaram]]''
| Malayalam
| [[Adoor Gopalakrishnan]]
| Adoor Gopalakrishnan
| align="center" | <ref name="20thaward">{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm20thNFAAward.aspx|title=20th National Film Awards|publisher=[[International Film Festival of India]]|access-date=26 September 2011|page=2|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105220349/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm20thNFAAward.aspx|archive-date=5 November 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[21st National Film Awards|1973 {{small|(21st)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Nirmalyam]]''{{efn|name=21st|[[P. J. Antony]] (Leading Actor) and [[Sumithra (actress)|Sumithra]] (Leading Actress) were awarded with [[Medal]]lion.}}
| Malayalam
| [[M. T. Vasudevan Nair]]
| M. T. Vasudevan Nair
| align="center" | <ref name="21stawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/21st_nff_1973.pdf|title=21st National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=29 September 2011|page=2,32|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404122553/http://dff.nic.in/2011/21st_nff_1973.pdf|archive-date=4 April 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[22nd National Film Awards|1974 {{small|(22nd)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Chorus (1974 film)|Chorus]]''{{efn|name=22nd|[[Utpal Dutt]] (Leading Actor) and Gita Sen (Leading Actress) were awarded with [[Medal]]lion.}}
| Bengali
| Mrinal Sen Productions
| [[Mrinal Sen]]
| align="center" | <ref name="22ndawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/22nd_nff_1974.pdf|title=22nd National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=1 October 2011|page=2,33|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404122730/http://dff.nic.in/2011/22nd_nff_1974.pdf|archive-date=4 April 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[23rd National Film Awards|1975 {{small|(23rd)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Chomana Dudi]]''
| Kannada
| Praja Films
| [[B. V. Karanth]]
| align="center" | <ref name="23rdawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/23rd_nff_1975.pdf|title=23rd National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=4 October 2011|page=1|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724234749/http://dff.nic.in/2011/23rd_nff_1975.pdf|archive-date=24 July 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[24th National Film Awards|1976 {{small|(24th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Mrigayaa]]''
| Hindi
| Uday Bhaskar International
| [[Mrinal Sen]]
| align="center" | <ref>{{cite web|url=http://mrinalsen.org/mrigaya.htm|title=Mrigayaa @ MrinalSen.org|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110907032827/http://mrinalsen.org/mrigaya.htm |archive-date=7 September 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[25th National Film Awards|1977 {{small|(25th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Ghatashraddha]]''
| Kannada
| Sadanand Suvarna
| [[Girish Kasaravalli]]
| align="center" | <ref name="25thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/25th_nff_1977.pdf|title=25th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=4 October 2011|page=2,44|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170119143000/http://dff.nic.in/2011/25th_nff_1977.pdf|archive-date=19 January 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[26th National Film Awards|1978 {{small|(26th)}}]]
| colspan="4" bgcolor="#F5A9A9" align="center" | No Award
| align="center" | <ref name="26thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/26th_NFA.pdf|title=26th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=4 October 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424114857/http://dff.nic.in/2011/26th_NFA.pdf|archive-date=24 April 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[27th National Film Awards|1979 {{small|(27th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Shodh]]''
| Hindi
| Sitakant Misra
| [[Biplab Roy Chowdhury]]
| align="center" | <ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m5ZtAAAAMAAJ&q=shodh+national+award |title=Asian recorder, Volume 26 |publisher=K. K. Thomas at Recorder Press |year=1980 |access-date=29 June 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20120630140324/https://books.google.com/books?id=m5ZtAAAAMAAJ&q=shodh+national+award&dq=shodh+national+award&hl=en&sa=X&ei=yr_tT7ORPMTOsgb6hZGPDw&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAA |archive-date=30 June 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[28th National Film Awards|1980 {{small|(28th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Akaler Shandhaney]]''
| Bengali
| D. K. Films
| [[Mrinal Sen]]
| align="center" | <ref name="28thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/28th_nff_1981.pdf|title=28th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=4 October 2011|page=6|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021181343/http://dff.nic.in/2011/28th_nff_1981.pdf|archive-date=21 October 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[29th National Film Awards|1981 {{small|(29th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Dakhal]]''
| Bengali
| Government of West Bengal
| [[Goutam Ghose]]
| align="center" | <ref name="29thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/29th_nff_1982.pdf|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|title=29th National Film Awards|access-date=4 October 2011|page=4|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004082256/http://dff.nic.in/2011/29th_nff_1982.pdf|archive-date=4 October 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[30th National Film Awards|1982 {{small|(30th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Chokh]]''
| Bengali
| Department of Information, Cultural Affairs India and the Government of West Bengal
| [[Utpalendu Chakrabarty]]
| align="center" | <ref name="30thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/30th_nff_1983.pdf|title=30th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=4 October 2011|page=6|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424114806/http://dff.nic.in/2011/30th_nff_1983.pdf|archive-date=24 April 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[31st National Film Awards|1983 {{small|(31st)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Adi Shankaracharya (film)|Adi Shankaracharya]]''
| [[Sanskrit]]
| [[National Film Development Corporation of India|NFDC]]
| [[G. V. Iyer]]
| align="center" | <ref name="31stawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/31st_nff_1984.pdf|title=31st National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=9 December 2011|page=6|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424114953/http://dff.nic.in/2011/31st_nff_1984.pdf|archive-date=24 April 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[32nd National Film Awards|1984 {{small|(32nd)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Damul]]''
| Hindi
| Prakash Jha Productions
| [[Prakash Jha]]
| align="center" | <ref name="32ndawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/32nd_nff_1985.pdf|title=32nd National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=6 January 2012|page=7|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029203732/http://dff.nic.in/2011/32nd_nff_1985.pdf|archive-date=29 October 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[33rd National Film Awards|1985 {{small|(33rd)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Chidambaram (film)|Chidambaram]]''
| Malayalam
| [[G. Aravindan]]
| G. Aravindan
| align="center" | <ref name="33rdawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/33nfa.pdf|title=33rd National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=7 January 2012|pages=8–9|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053550/http://dff.nic.in/2011/33nfa.pdf|archive-date=21 September 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[34th National Film Awards|1986 {{small|(34th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Tabarana Kathe]]''
| Kannada
| [[Girish Kasaravalli]]
| Girish Kasaravalli
| align="center" | <ref name="34thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/34th_NFF.pdf|title=34th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=7 January 2012|pages=10–11|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029200134/http://dff.nic.in/2011/34th_NFF.pdf|archive-date=29 October 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[35th National Film Awards|1987 {{small|(35th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai]]''
| [[Assamese language|Assamese]]
|[[Sailadhar Baruah]] and [[Jahnu Barua]]
| Jahnu Barua
| align="center" | <ref name="35thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/35th_nff_1988.pdf|title=35th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=9 January 2012|pages=12–13|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322020437/http://dff.nic.in/2011/35th_nff_1988.pdf|archive-date=22 March 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[36th National Film Awards|1988 {{small|(36th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Piravi]]''
| Malayalam
| Film Folks
| [[Shaji N. Karun]]
| align="center" | <ref name="36thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/36nfa.pdf|title=36th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=9 January 2012|pages=12–13|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104103209/http://dff.nic.in/2011/36nfa.pdf|archive-date=4 November 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[37th National Film Awards|1989 {{small|(37th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Bagh Bahadur]]''
| Bengali
| [[Buddhadeb Dasgupta]]
| Buddhadeb Dasgupta
| align="center" | <ref name="37thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/37nfa.pdf|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|title=37th National Film Awards|access-date=29 January 2012|pages=12–13|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002235001/http://dff.nic.in/2011/37nfa.pdf|archive-date=2 October 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[38th National Film Awards|1990 {{small|(38th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Marupakkam]]''
| [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| [[National Film Development Corporation of India|NFDC]]
| [[K. S. Sethumadhavan]]
| align="center" | <ref name="38thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/38th_nff_1991.pdf|title=38th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=9 January 2012|pages=14–15|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215163809/http://dff.nic.in/2011/38th_nff_1991.pdf|archive-date=15 December 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[39th National Film Awards|1991 {{small|(39th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Agantuk]]''
| Bengali
| [[National Film Development Corporation of India|NFDC]]
| [[Satyajit Ray]]
| align="center" | <ref name="39thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/39nd_nff_1985.pdf|title=39th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=27 February 2012|pages=14–15|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215070453/http://dff.nic.in/2011/39nd_nff_1985.pdf|archive-date=15 December 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[40th National Film Awards|1992 {{small|(40th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Bhagavad Gita (film)|Bhagavad Gita]]''
| Sanskrit
| [[T. Subbarami Reddy]]
| [[G. V. Iyer]]
| align="center" | <ref name="40thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/40th_nff_1993.pdf|title=40th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=2 March 2012|pages=14–15|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309053748/http://dff.nic.in/2011/40th_nff_1993.pdf|archive-date=9 March 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[41st National Film Awards|1993 {{small|(41st)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Charachar]]''
| Bengali
|Gita Gope and Shankar Gope
| [[Buddhadeb Dasgupta]]
| align="center" | <ref name="41stawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/41st_nff_1994.pdf|title=41st National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=3 March 2012|pages=12–13|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107012936/http://dff.nic.in/2011/41st_nff_1994.pdf|archive-date=7 November 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[42nd National Film Awards|1994 {{small|(42nd)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Unishe April]]''
| Bengali
| Renu Roy
| [[Rituparno Ghosh]]
| align="center" | <ref name="42ndawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/42nd_nff_1995.pdf|title=42nd National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=5 March 2012|pages=6–7|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107015003/http://dff.nic.in/2011/42nd_nff_1995.pdf|archive-date=7 November 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[43rd National Film Awards|1995 {{small|(43rd)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Kathapurushan]]''
| Malayalam
| [[Adoor Gopalakrishnan]]
| Adoor Gopalakrishnan
| align="center" | <ref name="43rdawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/43rd_nff_1996.pdf|title=43rd National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=6 March 2012|pages=6–7|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424114315/http://dff.nic.in/2011/43rd_nff_1996.pdf|archive-date=24 April 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[44th National Film Awards|1996 {{small|(44th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Lal Darja]]''
| Bengali
|Chitrani Lahiri and Dulal Roy
| [[Buddhadeb Dasgupta]]
| align="center" | <ref name="44thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/44th_nff_1997.pdf|title=44th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=9 January 2012|pages=6–7|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107013544/http://dff.nic.in/2011/44th_nff_1997.pdf|archive-date=7 November 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[45th National Film Awards|1997 {{small|(45th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Thaayi Saheba]]''
| Kannada
| [[Jayamala]]
| [[Girish Kasaravalli]]
| align="center" | <ref name="45thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/45th_NFA.pdf|title=45th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=11 March 2012|pages=6–7|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107004458/http://dff.nic.in/2011/45th_NFA.pdf|archive-date=7 November 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[46th National Film Awards|1998 {{small|(46th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Samar (1999 film)|Samar]]''
| Hindi
|[[Shyam Benegal]], Sahyadri Films, and [[National Film Development Corporation of India|NFDC]]
| Shyam Benegal
| align="center" | <ref name="46thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/46_nff_1999.pdf|title=46th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=12 March 2012|pages=6–7|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107003914/http://dff.nic.in/2011/46_nff_1999.pdf|archive-date=7 November 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[47th National Film Awards|1999 {{small|(47th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Vanaprastham]]''
| Malayalam
| [[Mohanlal]]
| [[Shaji N. Karun]]
| align="center" | <ref name="47thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/47th_nff_2000.pdf|title=47th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=13 March 2012|pages=6–7}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[49th National Film Awards|2000 {{small|(48th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Shantham]]''
| Malayalam
| [[P. V. Gangadharan]]
| [[Jayaraj]]
| align="center" | <ref name="48thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/48th_nff_2001.pdf|title=48th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=13 March 2012|pages=22–23|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029195537/http://dff.nic.in/2011/48th_nff_2001.pdf|archive-date=29 October 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[49th National Film Awards|2001 {{small|(49th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Dweepa]]''
| Kannada
| [[Soundarya]]
| [[Girish Kasaravalli]]
| align="center" | <ref name="49thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/49th_nff_2002.pdf|title=49th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=14 March 2012|pages=18–19|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029185814/http://dff.nic.in/2011/49th_nff_2002.pdf|archive-date=29 October 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[50th National Film Awards|2002 {{small|(50th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Mondo Meyer Upakhyan]]''
| Bengali
| Arya Bhattacharya
| [[Buddhadeb Dasgupta]]
| align="center" | <ref name="50thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/50nfa.pdf|title=50th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=14 March 2012|pages=18–19|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303224027/http://dff.nic.in/2011/50nfa.pdf|archive-date=3 March 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[51st National Film Awards|2003 {{small|(51st)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Shwaas]]''
| Marathi
| [[Arun Nalawade]]
| [[Sandeep Sawant]]
| align="center" | <ref name="51stawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/51st_nff_2004.pdf|title=51st National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=15 March 2012|pages=10–11|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180107120817/http://dff.nic.in/2011/51st_nff_2004.pdf|archive-date=7 January 2018|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[52nd National Film Awards|2004 {{small|(52nd)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Page 3 (film)|Page 3]]''
| Hindi
| Bobby Pushkarna
| [[Madhur Bhandarkar]]
| align="center" | <ref name="52ndawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/52nd_nff_2005.pdf|title=52nd National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=28 January 2012|pages=10–11|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029193535/http://dff.nic.in/2011/52nd_nff_2005.pdf|archive-date=29 October 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[53rd National Film Awards|2005 {{small|(53rd)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Kaalpurush (2005 film)|Kaalpurush]]''
| Bengali
| [[Jhamu Sughand]]
| [[Buddhadeb Dasgupta]]
| align="center" | <ref name="53rdawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/53rd_nff_2006.pdf|title=53rd National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=19 March 2012|pages=10–11|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029195640/http://dff.nic.in/2011/53rd_nff_2006.pdf|archive-date=29 October 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| align="center" | [[54th National Film Awards|2006 {{small|(54th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Pulijanmam]]''
| Malayalam
| M. G. Vijay
| [[Priyanandanan]]
| align="center" | <ref name="54thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/54th_nff_2006.pdf|title=54th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=24 March 2012|pages=8–9|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029193647/http://dff.nic.in/2011/54th_nff_2006.pdf|archive-date=29 October 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[55th National Film Awards|2007 {{small|(55th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Kanchivaram]]''
| Tamil
| [[Percept Picture Company]]
| [[Priyadarshan]]
| align="center" | <ref name="55thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/55th_nff_2007.pdf|title=55th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=26 March 2012|pages=14–15|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029192455/http://dff.nic.in/2011/55th_nff_2007.pdf|archive-date=29 October 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[56th National Film Awards|2008 {{small|(56th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Antaheen]]''
| Bengali
| Screenplay Films
| [[Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury]]
| align="center" | <ref name="56thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/56th_nff_2008.pdf|title=56th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=27 March 2012|pages=14–15}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[57th National Film Awards|2009 {{small|(57th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Kutty Srank]]''
| Malayalam
| [[Reliance Entertainment|Reliance Big Pictures]]
| [[Shaji N. Karun]]
| align="center" | <ref name="57thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/57thNFA.pdf|title=57th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=28 March 2012|pages=48–49|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235404/http://dff.nic.in/2011/57thNFA.pdf|archive-date=3 March 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[58th National Film Awards|2010 {{small|(58th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Adaminte Makan Abu]]''
| Malayalam
|[[Salim Ahamed]] and Ashraf Bedi
| Salim Ahamed
| align="center" | <ref name="58thawarddff">{{cite web|title=58th National Film Awards, 2010|url=http://dff.nic.in/Press%20Release%20-%2058th%20National%20Film%20Awards%20Winners%202010.pdf|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=29 March 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708120534/http://dff.nic.in/Press%20Release%20-%2058th%20National%20Film%20Awards%20Winners%202010.pdf|archive-date=8 July 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|- style="background-color:#EBEBE0"
| align="center" rowspan="2" | [[59th National Film Awards|2011 {{small|(59th)}}]]
! scope="row" style="background-color:#E0E0D1" | ''[[Deool]]''
| Marathi
| Abhijeet Gholap
| [[Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni]]
| align="center" rowspan="2" | <ref name="59thaward">{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/release/rel_print_page.asp?relid=80734|title=59th National Film Awards for the Year 2011 Announced|publisher=Press Information Bureau (PIB), India|access-date=7 March 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031200819/http://pib.nic.in/release/rel_print_page.asp?relid=80734|archive-date=31 October 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|- style="background-color:#EBEBE0"
! scope="row" style="background-color:#E0E0D1" | ''[[Byari (film)|Byari]]''
| [[Byari dialect|Beary]]
| Altaaf Hussain
| [[K. P. Suveeran]]
|-
| align="center"| [[60th National Film Awards|2012 {{small|(60th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Paan Singh Tomar (film)|Paan Singh Tomar]]''
| Hindi
| [[UTV Software Communications]]
| [[Tigmanshu Dhulia]]
| align="center" | <ref name="60thaward">{{cite press release|title=60th National Film Awards Announced|url=http://pib.nic.in/archieve/others/2013/mar/d2013031801.pdf|publisher=Press Information Bureau (PIB), India|access-date=18 March 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140611113348/http://pib.nic.in/archieve/others/2013/mar/d2013031801.pdf|archive-date=11 June 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[61st National Film Awards|2013 {{small|(61st)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Ship of Theseus (film)|Ship of Theseus]]''
|
{{ubl|
* [[English language|English]]
}}
|Recyclewala Films Pvt. Ltd.
|[[Anand Gandhi]]
| align="center" | <ref name="61staward">{{cite web|title=61st National Film Awards|url=http://www.dff.nic.in/List%20of%20Awards.pdf|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|date=16 April 2014|access-date=16 April 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416181218/http://www.dff.nic.in/List%20of%20Awards.pdf|archive-date=16 April 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[62nd National Film Awards|2014 {{small|(62nd)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Court (2014 film)|Court]]''
|
{{ubl|
* Marathi
}}
| Zoo Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
| [[Chaitanya Tamhane]]
| align="center" | <ref name="62ndaward">{{cite press release|title=62nd National Film Awards|url=http://dff.nic.in/writereaddata/62nd%20National%20Film%20Awards%202014%20-%20Press%20Release.pdf|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|date=24 March 2015|access-date=24 March 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402123148/http://dff.nic.in/writereaddata/62nd%20National%20Film%20Awards%202014%20-%20Press%20Release.pdf|archive-date=2 April 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[63rd National Film Awards|2015 {{small|(63rd)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Baahubali: The Beginning]]''
| [[Telugu language|Telugu]]
| [[Shobu Yarlagadda and Prasad Devineni|Shobu Yarlagadda]] and [[Arka Media Works]]
| [[S. S. Rajamouli]]
| align="center" | <ref name="63rdaward">{{cite press release|title=63rd National Film Awards|url=http://dff.nic.in/writereaddata/Winners_of_63rd_NFA_2015.pdf|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|date=28 March 2016|access-date=28 March 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007194418/http://dff.nic.in/writereaddata/Winners_of_63rd_NFA_2015.pdf|archive-date=7 October 2016|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[64th National Film Awards|2016 {{small|(64th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Kaasav]]''
| Marathi
| [[Sumitra Bhave–Sunil Sukthankar|Sumitra Bhave]], [[Sumitra Bhave–Sunil Sukthankar|Sunil Sukthankar]], and [[Mohan Agashe]]
| Sumitra Bhave and Sunil Sukthankar
| align="center" | <ref name="64thaward">{{cite press release|title=64th National Film Awards|url=http://www.dff.nic.in/writereaddata/NFA64PressNote2016.pdf|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=7 April 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606051143/http://dff.nic.in/writereaddata/NFA64PressNote2016.pdf|archive-date=6 June 2017|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[65th National Film Awards|2017 {{small|(65th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Village Rockstars]]''
| Assamese
| [[Rima Das]]
| Rima Das
| align="center" |
|-
|align="center"| [[66th National Film Awards|2018 {{small|(66th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Hellaro]]''
| Gujarati
| Saarthi Productions LLP
| [[Abhishek Shah]]
| align="center" | <ref>{{Cite web| title=66th National film awards for 2018 | url=https://dff.gov.in/images/News/66th_NFA_Results.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809152118/https://dff.gov.in/images/News/66th_NFA_Results.pdf | archive-date=2019-08-09}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[67th National Film Awards|2019 {{small|(67th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea]]''
| Malayalam
| [[Antony Perumbavoor]]
| [[Priyadarshan]]
| align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 March 2021 |title=67th National Film Awards: Complete list (updating) |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/67th-national-film-awards-complete-list-updating/article34131921.ece |website=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[68th National Film Awards|2020 {{small|(68th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Soorarai Pottru]]''
| Tamil
| [[2D Entertainment]]
| [[Sudha Kongara]]
| align="center" | <ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-07-22 |title=68th National Film Awards {{!}} Soorarai Pottru wins Best Film award |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/soorarai-pottru-dominates-68th-national-film-awards/article65671204.ece |access-date=2022-07-23 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[69th National Film Awards|2021 {{small|(69th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Rocketry: The Nambi Effect]]''
| Tamil
| Rocketry Entertainment LLP
| [[R. Madhavan]]
| align="center" | <ref>{{cite news|title=69th National Film Awards: Allu Arjun, Alia Bhatt, Kriti Sanon, and 'Rocketry: The Nambi Effect' bag the honours|url=https://thesouthfirst.com/entertainment/69th-national-film-awards-allu-arjun-alia-bhatt-kriti-sanon-and-rocketry-the-nambi-efffect-bag-the-honours/ |access-date=10 October 2023 }}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[70th National Film Awards|2022 {{small|(70th)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[Aattam]]''
| Malayalam
| Joy Movie Productions
| [[Anand Ekarshi]]
| align="center" | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/70th-national-film-awards-full-winners-list-aattam-bags-best-film-rishab-shetty-wins-best-actor-for-kantara-13805258.html |title=70th National Film Awards full winners list: Aattam bags Best Film, Rishab Shetty wins Best Actor for Kantara |date=16 August 2024 }}</ref>
|-
| align="center"| [[71st National Film Awards|2023 {{small|(71st)}}]]
! scope="row" | ''[[12th Fail]]''
| Hindi
| [[Vinod Chopra Films]]
| [[Vidhu Vinod Chopra]]
| align="center" | <ref>{{Cite web |date=1 August 2025 |title=71st National Film Awards for the year 2023 announced |url=https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2151537 |access-date=3 August 2025 |website=[[Press Information Bureau]]}}</ref>
|}

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== References ==
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