National Film Award for Best Gujarati Feature Film explained

National Film Award for Best Gujarati Feature Film
Description:	Best feature film of the year in Gujarati
Sponsor:	National Film Development Corporation of India
Firstawarded:	1960
Lastawarded:	2021
Former Name:	National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Gujarati (1960–2021)
Holder Label:	Most recent winner
Award1 Type:	Total awarded
Award1 Winner:	13
Award2 Type:	First winner
Award2 Winner:	Mendi Rang Lagyo
Award3 Type:	Last winner
Award3 Winner:	Chhello Show

The National Film Award for Best Gujarati Feature Film is one of the National Film Awards given by the National Film Development Corporation of India. It was instituted in 1960 and first awarded at 8th National Film Awards.^[1] Per the Constitution of India, Gujarati language is among the languages specified in the Schedule VIII of the Constitution. Since the 70th National Film Awards, the name was changed to "Best Gujarati Feature Film".^[2]

Winners

Award includes 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus) and cash prize. Following are the award winners over the years:

List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), producer(s), director(s) and citation
Year	Film(s)	Producer(s)	Director(s)	Citation
1960	Mendi Rang Lagyo	Bipin Gajjar	Manhar Raskapur		^[3]
1961	Nandanvan	Shrikumar V. Gaglani	Ganpatrao Brahmbhatt		^[4]
1963	Jevi Chhun Tevi	Bholanath D. Trivedi	Gajanan Mehta		^[5]
1965	Kasumbi No Rang	Manoobhai N. Gadhvi	G. K. Mehta		^[6]
1969	Kanku	Kantilal Rathod	Kantilal Rathod		^[7]
1972	Gun Sundari No Ghar Sansar	Ramesh H. Saraiya Jayant Malaviya Chandulal Gnadhi	Govind Saraiya		^[8]
1989	Percy	NFDC	Pervez Merwanji		^[9]
1993	Manvini Bhavai		Upendra Trivedi
2012	The Good Road	NFDC	Gyan Correa		^[10]
2016	Wrong Side Raju	CineMan Productions Phantom Films	Mikhil Musale		^[11]
2017	Dhh	Amruta Parande et al.	Manish Saini		^[12]
2018	Reva	Paresh Vora			^[13]
2021	Chhello Show		Pan Nalin		^[14]

External links

Notes and References

Web site: 41st National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. March 3, 2012. PDF.
Web site: Under Secretary to the Government of India . 14 December 2023 . Report on Rationalization of Awards Conferred by the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Government of India . 28 August 2024 . Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
Web site: 8th National Film Awards. International Film Festival of India. September 7, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20131012062918/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm8thNFAAward.aspx. October 12, 2013. dead.
Web site: 9th National Film Awards. International Film Festival of India. September 8, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20161202115652/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm9thNFAAward.aspx. December 2, 2016. dead.
Web site: 11th National Film Awards. International Film Festival of India. September 13, 2011. https://archive.today/20170502124428/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm11thNFAAward.aspx. May 2, 2017. dead.
Web site: 13th National Film Awards. PDF. Directorate of Film Festivals. September 15, 2011.
Web site: 17th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. September 26, 2011. PDF.
Web site: 20th National Film Awards. International Film Festival of India. September 26, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20131105220349/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm20thNFAAward.aspx. November 5, 2013. dead.
Web site: 37th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. January 29, 2012. PDF.
60th National Film Awards Announced. PDF. Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. 18 March 2013.
64th National Film Awards. PDF. Directorate of Film Festivals. 7 April 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170606051143/http://dff.nic.in/writereaddata/NFA64PressNote2016.pdf. 6 June 2017. dead.
Manish Saini’s Dhh wins National Award for Best Gujarati film. 13 April 2018.
66th National Film Awards. PDF. Directorate of Film Festivals. 11 August 2019. dmy-all. 9 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190809152118/https://dff.gov.in/images/News/66th_NFA_Results.pdf. dead.
Web site: 69th National Films Awards 2021 . PIB.