National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil explained

Indian Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil
Subheader:	Indian award for contributions to Indian Cinema
Awarded For:	Best Tamil Feature Film(s) of the year
Sponsor:	Directorate of Film Festivals
Firstawarded:	1955
Lastawarded:	2022
Former Name:	President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Tamil (1954–1968)
Holder Label:	Most recent winner
Holder:
Award1 Type:	Total awarded
Award1 Winner:	81
Award2 Type:	First winner
Award2 Winner:	Malaikkallan

The Indian Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus).

The National Film Awards, established in 1954, are the most prominent film awards in India that merit the best of the Indian cinema. The ceremony also presents awards for films in various regional languages.

Awards for films in seven regional language (Bengali, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil and Telugu) started from 2nd National Film Awards which were presented on 21 December 1955. Three awards of "President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film", "Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature Film" and "Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Feature Film" were instituted. The later two certificate awards were discontinued from 15th National Film Awards (1967).

The 1954 film, directed by S. M. Sriramulu Naidu, Malaikkallan was honoured with the first president's silver medal for Best Feature Film in Tamil. Certificate of Merit for Second and Third Best Feature Films in Tamil were received by Andha Naal and Edhir Paradhathu respectively.

Winners

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

List of award films, showing the year (award ceremony), producer(s), director(s) and citation
Year	Film(s)	Producer(s)	Director(s)	Citation
1954	Malaikkallan	Pakshiraja Studios	S. M. Sriramulu Naidu		^[1]
	Andha Naal	AVM Productions	S. Balachander
	Edhir Paradhathu	Saravanabhava Unity Pictures	Ch. Narayanamoorthy
1955	Mangaiyar Thilakam	Vaidya Films	L. V. Prasad		^[2]
1956	Kuladeivam	S. K. Pictures	Krishnan–Panju		^[3]
1957	Mudhalali	M. A. V. Pictures	Muktha V. Srinivasan		^[4]
1958	Thanga Padhumai	Jupitor Pictures Pvt Ltd.	A. S. A. Samy		^[5]
	Annaiyin Aanai	A. M. M. Ismayil	Ch. Narayanamoorthy
1959	Bhaaga Pirivinai	G. N. Velumani	A. Bhimsingh		^[6]
	Veerapandiya Kattabomman	B. R. Panthulu	B. R. Panthulu
	Kalyana Parisu	Sarvashri S. Krishnamurthy T. Govindarajan C. V. Sridhar	C. V. Sridhar
1960	Parthiban Kanavu	Jubilee Films Pvt Ltd.	D. Yoganand		^[7]
	Paadhai Theriyudhu Paar	Kumari Films Pvt Ltd.	Nemai Ghosh
	Kalathur Kannamma	AVM Productions	A. Bhimsingh
1961	Kappalottiya Thamizhan	Padmini Pictures	B. R. Panthulu		^[8]
	Pasamalar	Rajamani Pictures	A. Bhimsingh
	Kumudham	Modern Theatres	Adurthi Subba Rao
1962	Nenjil Oor Alayam	Chithralaya	C. V. Sridhar		^[9]
	Annai	AVM Productions	Krishnan–Panju
	Sarada	Al. Srinivasan	K. S. Gopalakrishnan
1963	Naanum Oru Penn	Murugan Brothers	A. C. Tirulokchandar		^[10]
	Karpagam	K. S. Sabarinathan	K. S. Gopalakrishnan
	Karnan	B. R. Panthulu	B. R. Panthulu
1964	Kai Koduttha Dheivam	M. S. Velappan	K. S. Gopalakrishnan
	Pazhani	A. P. Chinnappa	A. Bhimsingh
	Server Sundaram	AVM Productions	Krishnan–Panju
1965	Kuzhandaiyum Deivamum	AVM Productions	Krishnan–Panju		^[11]
	Thiruvilayadal	Shri Vijayalakshmi Pictures	A. P. Nagarajan
1966	Ramu	AVM Productions	A. C. Tirulokchandar
1967	Aalayam	M/s. Sunbeam	Thirumalai Mahalingam		^[12]
1968	Thillana Mohanambal	Shri Vijayalakshmi Pictures	A. P. Nagarajan		^[13]
1969	Iru Kodugal	N. Selvaraj B. Doraisamy N. Krishan V. Govindarajan	K. Balachander		^[14]
1970	Raman Ethanai Ramanadi	P. Madhavan	P. Madhavan		^[15]
1971	Veguli Penn	Abdul Kabar	S. S. Devadass
1972	Pattikada Pattanama	P. Madhavan	P. Madhavan		^[16]
1973	Dikkatra Parvathi	M. Lakshmikantha Reddy H. M. Sanjeeva Reddy	Singeetham Srinivasa Rao		^[17]
1974	No Award				^[18]
1975	Apoorva Raagangal	P. R. Govindarajan J. Duraisamy	K. Balachander		^[19]
1976	No Award
1977	Agraharathil Kazhuthai		John Abraham		^[20]
1978	No Award				^[21]
1979	Pasi	G. Lalitha	Durai		^[22]
1980	Nenjathai Killathe	K. Rajgopal Chetty	Mahendran		^[23]
1981	Thaneer Thaneer	P. R. Govindarajan J. Duraisamy	K. Balachander		^[24]
1982	Ezhavathu Manithan	Palai N. Shanmugam	K. Hariharan		^[25]
1983	Oru Indhiya Kanavu	T. P. Varadarajan Vijayalakshmi Desikan	Komal Swaminathan		^[26]
1984	Achamillai Achamillai	Rajam Balachander V. Natarajan	K. Balachander		^[27]
1985	Muthal Mariyathai	Bharathiraja	Bharathiraja		^[28]
1986	Mouna Ragam	G. Venkateswaran	Mani Ratnam		^[29]
1987	Veedu	Kaladas	Balu Mahendra		^[30]
1988	No Award				^[31]
1989	Pudhea Paadhai	A. Sundaram	R. Parthiban		^[32]
1990	Anjali	M/S Sujatha Productions (P) Ltd	Mani Ratnam		^[33]
1991	Vanna Vanna Pookkal	Kalaipuli S. Dhanu	Balu Mahendra		^[34]
1992	Thevar Magan	Kamal Haasan	Bharathan		^[35]
1993	Mahanadi	S. A. Rajakannu	Santhana Bharathi		^[36]
1994	Nammavar	B. Venkatarama Reddy	K. S. Sethumadhavan		^[37]
1995	Anthimanthaarai	Tilaka Ganesh (Mega Movie Makers)	Bharathiraja		^[38]
1996	Kadhal Kottai	Sivashakthi Pandian	Agaththian		^[39]
1997	The Terrorist	A. Sriram	Santosh Sivan		^[40]
1998	Housefull	R. Parthiban	R. Parthiban		^[41]
1999	Sethu	A. Kandasamy	Bala		^[42]
2000	Bharati	Messers Media Dreams (P) Ltd	Gnana Rajasekaran		^[43]
2001	Ooruku Nooruper	L. Suresh	B. Lenin		^[44]
2002	Kannathil Muthamittal	Mani Ratnam G. Srinivasan	Mani Ratnam		^[45]
2003	Iyarkai	V. R. Kumar	S. P. Jananathan		^[46]
2004	Navarasa	Sunil Doshi	Santosh Sivan		^[47]
2005	Aadum Koothu	Light and Shadow Movie Makers	T. V. Chandran		^[48]
2006	Veyil	S. Shankar	Vasanthabalan		^[49]
2007	Periyar	M/s Liberty Creations Ltd.	Gnana Rajasekaran		^[50]
2008	Vaaranam Aayiram	V. Ravichandran	Gautham Vasudev Menon		^[51]
2009	Pasanga	M. Sasikumar	Pandiraj		^[52]
2010	Thenmerku Paruvakaatru	Shibu Issac	Seenu Ramasamy		^[53]
2011	Vaagai Sooda Vaa	S. Muruganandham N. Puranna	A. Sarkunam		^[54]
2012	Vazhakku Enn 18/9	N. Subhash Chandra Bose	Balaji Sakthivel		^[55]
2013	Thanga Meengal	JSK Film Corporation	Ram		^[56]
2014	Kuttram Kadithal	Chris Pictures JSK Film Corporation	G. Bramma		^[57]
2015	Visaranai	Wunderbar Films	Vetrimaaran		^[58]
2016	Joker	Dream Warrior Pictures	Raju Murugan		^[59]
2017	To Let	Prema Chezhian	Chezhiyan		^[60]
2018	Baaram	Priya Krishnaswamy Ardra Swaroop	Priya Krishnaswamy		^[61]
2019	Asuran	Kalaipuli S. Thanu	Vetrimaaran		^[62]
2020	Sivaranjiniyum Innum Sila Pengalum	Hamsa Productions	Vasanth		^[63]
2021	Kadaisi Vivasayi	Tribal arts	M. Manikandan		^[64]
2022		Madras Talkies Lyca Productions	Mani Ratnam		^[65]

External links

• Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India
• National Film Awards Archives

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