National Film Award for Best Feature Film explained

National Film Award for Best Feature Film
Subheader:National award for contributions to Indian Cinema
Awarded For:Best Feature Film of the year
Sponsor:Directorate of Film Festivals
Firstawarded:1953
Lastawarded:2021
Former Name:President's Gold Medal for Best Feature Film
Holder Label:Most recent winner
Holder:Aattam
Award1 Type:Total awarded
Award1 Winner:67
Award2 Type:First winner
Award2 Winner:Shyamchi Aai

The National Film Award for Best Feature Film is one of the categories in the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by 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., the award comprises a Swarna Kamal, a certificate, and a cash prize of 2,50,000 and is presented to the producer and the 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. The awards were instituted as "State Awards for Films" but were renamed to "National Film Awards" at the 15th National Film Awards in 1967., 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.[1]

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

As of 2022 (2024), 69 feature films have been awarded the National Film Award for Best Feature Film:

Bengali 22, Malayalam 13, Hindi 12, Kannada 6, Marathi 5, Tamil 4, Assamese 2, Sanskrit 2, Gujarati 1, Beary 1 & Telugu 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 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". At the 59th National Film Awards, two feature films shared the award; Marathi film Deool (Temple) and Beary film Byari. Most recently, the award is presented to the film , directed by R. Madhavan.

Satyajit Ray is the most honoured director where six of his films (1955), Apur Sansar (1959), Charulata (1964), Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne (1968), Seemabaddha (1971), and Agantuk (1991)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 (1955),[2] Adoor Gopalakrishnan (Swayamvaram, 1972),[3] M. T. Vasudevan Nair (Nirmalyam, 1973),[4] Girish Kasaravalli (Ghatashraddha, 1977),[5] Shaji N Karun (Piravi, 1988),[6] Sandeep Sawant (Shwaas, 2003),[7] Salim Ahamed (Adaminte Makan Abu, 2010),[8] Suveeran (Byari, 2011),[9] Anand Gandhi (Ship of Theseus, 2013),[10] Chaitanya Tamhane (Court, 2015), Abhishek Shah[11] [12] (Hellaro[13] 2018). Five films awarded with the Best Feature film award were also the Indian submission for the Academy Award for the Best Foreign Language Film; Apur Sansar (1959), Shwaas (2004), Adaminte Makan Abu (2011), Court (2015) and Village Rockstars (2018) .[14] Adi Shankaracharya (1983), the first film made in Sanskrit language,[15] and Byari (2011), the first film made in Beary language,[9] won the award at the 31st National Film Awards and 59th National Film Awards, respectively.

Awards

Since its inception in 1953, the producer of the film is awarded with the gold medal and a certificate. A cash prize of 20,000 was introduced at the 5th National Film Awards (1957) and was revised to 40,000 at the 18th National Film Awards (1970), to 50,000 at the 28th National Film Awards (1980), to 2,50,000 at the 54th National Film Awards (2006).

From 1953 till 1956, the director of the film was awarded with the Gold medal which was later changed in 1957 to a cash prize of 5,000. From 1967 till 1973, a plaque was also awarded to the director and cash prize was revised to 10,000 in 1970. At the 22nd National Film Awards (1974), the award for the director was changed to Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus) and a cash prize of 15,000 which was later revised to 20,000 at the 25th National Film Awards (1977). Since 28th National Film Awards (1980), the director is awarded with the Swarna Kamal and a cash prize of 25,000 which was later revised to 50,000 at the 28th National Film Awards (1980), to 2,50,000 at the 54th National Film Awards (2006).

In 1973 and 1974, the lead actor and actress of the film were also awarded. P. J. Antony and Sumithra received a souvenir for Malayalam film Nirmalyam at the 21st National Film Awards (1973). Antony was also awarded the 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 at 22nd National Film Awards (1974).

Winners

Films in the following languages have won the Best Feature Film award:

Indicates a joint award for that year
List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), language(s), producer(s), director(s) and citation
YearFilm(s)Language(s)Producer(s)Director(s)Citation
1953
Shyamchi AaiMarathiPralhad Keshav AtrePralhad Keshav Atre[16]
1954
Mirza GhalibHindiSohrab ModiSohrab Modi[17]
1955
BengaliGovernment of West BengalSatyajit Ray[18]
1956
KabuliwalaBengaliCharuchitraTapan Sinha[19]
1957
Do Aankhen Barah HaathHindiV. ShantaramV. Shantaram[20]
1958
Sagar SangameyBengaliDe Luxe Film DistributorsDebaki Bose[21]
1959
Apur SansarBengaliSatyajit Ray ProductionsSatyajit Ray[22]
1960
AnuradhaHindiHrishikesh Mukherjee
L. B. Thakur
Hrishikesh Mukherjee[23]
1961
Bhagini NiveditaBengaliAurora Film CorporationBijoy Bose[24]
1962
Dada ThakurBengaliShyamlal JalanSudhir Mukherjee[25]
1963
Shehar Aur SapnaHindiNaya SansarKhwaja Ahmad Abbas[26]
1964
CharulataBengaliR. D. BansalSatyajit Ray[27]
1965
ChemmeenMalayalamBabu Ismail SettuRamu Kariat[28]
1966
Teesri KasamHindiShailendraBasu Bhattacharya[29]
1967
Hatey BazareyBengaliAsim DuttaTapan Sinha[30]
1968
Goopy Gyne Bagha ByneBengaliNepal Dutta
Asim Dutta
Satyajit Ray[31]
1969
Bhuvan ShomeHindiMrinal Sen ProductionsMrinal Sen[32]
1970
SamskaraKannadaPattabhirama ReddyPattabhirama Reddy[33]
1971
SeemabaddhaBengaliBharat Shamsher
Jang Bahadur Rana
Satyajit Ray[34]
1972
SwayamvaramMalayalamAdoor GopalakrishnanAdoor Gopalakrishnan[35]
1973
NirmalyamMalayalamM. T. Vasudevan NairM. T. Vasudevan Nair[36]
1974
ChorusBengaliMrinal Sen ProductionsMrinal Sen[37]
1975
Chomana DudiKannadaPraja FilmsB. V. Karanth[38]
1976
MrigayaaHindiUday Bhaskar InternationalMrinal Sen[39]
1977
GhatashraddhaKannadaSadanand SuvarnaGirish Kasaravalli[40]
1978
No Award[41]
1979
ShodhHindiSitakant MisraBiplab Roy Choudhary[42]
1980
Akaler ShandhaneyBengaliD. K. FilmsMrinal Sen[43]
1981
DakhalBengaliWest Bengal Film IndustryGautam Ghose[44]
1982
ChokhBengaliDepartment of Information, Cultural Affairs India
Government of West Bengal
Utpalendu Chakrabarty[45]
1983
Adi ShankaracharyaSanskritNFDCG. V. Iyer[46]
1984
DamulHindiPrakash Jha ProductionsPrakash Jha[47]
1985
ChidambaramMalayalamG. AravindanG. Aravindan[48]
1986
Tabarana KatheKannadaGirish KasaravalliGirish Kasaravalli[49]
1987
Halodhia Choraye Baodhan KhaiAssameseSailadhar Baruah
Jahnu Barua
Jahnu Barua[50]
1988
PiraviMalayalamFilm FolksShaji N. Karun[51]
1989
Bagh BahadurBengaliBuddhadeb DasguptaBuddhadeb Dasgupta[52]
1990
MarupakkamTamilNFDCK. S. Sethumadhavan[53]
1991
AgantukBengaliNFDCSatyajit Ray[54]
1992
Bhagwat GitaSanskritT. Subbarami ReddyG. V. Iyer[55]
1993
CharacharBengaliGita Gope
Shankar Gope
Buddhadeb Dasgupta[56]
1994
Unishe AprilBengaliRenu RoyRituparno Ghosh[57]
1995
KathapurushanMalayalamAdoor GopalakrishnanAdoor Gopalakrishnan[58]
1996
Lal DarjaBengaliChitrani Lahiri
Dulal Roy
Buddhadeb Dasgupta[59]
1997
Thaayi SahebaKannadaJayamalaGirish Kasaravalli[60]
1998
SamarHindiShyam Benegal
Sahyadri Films
NFDC
Shyam Benegal[61]
1999
VanaprasthamMalayalamPranavam ArtsShaji N. Karun[62]
2000
ShanthamMalayalamP. V. GangadharanJayaraj[63]
2001
DweepaKannadaSoundaryaGirish Kasaravalli[64]
2002
Mondo Meyer UpakhyanBengaliArya BhattacharyaBuddhadeb Dasgupta[65]
2003
ShwaasMarathiArun NalawadeSandeep Sawant[66]
2004
Page 3HindiBobby PushkarnaMadhur Bhandarkar[67]
2005
KaalpurushBengaliJhamu SughandBuddhadeb Dasgupta[68]
2006
PulijanmamMalayalamM. G. VijayPriyanandanan[69]
2007
KanchivaramTamilPercept Picture CompanyPriyadarshan[70]
2008
AntaheenBengaliScreenplay FilmsAniruddha Roy Chowdhury[71]
2009
Kutty SrankMalayalamReliance Big PicturesShaji N. Karun[72]
2010
Adaminte Makan AbuMalayalamSalim Ahamed
Ashraf Bedi
Salim Ahamed[73]
2011
DeoolMarathiAUmesh Vinayak Kulkarni[74]
ByariBearyAltaaf HussainSuveeran
2012
Paan Singh TomarHindiUTV Software CommunicationsTigmanshu Dhulia[75]
2013
Ship of TheseusEnglish
Hindi
Recyclewala Films Pvt. Ltd.Anand Gandhi[76]
2014
CourtMarathi
Hindi
Gujarati
English
Zoo Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.Chaitanya Tamhane[77]
2015
TeluguShobu Yarlagadda
Arka Media Works (P) LTD.
S. S. Rajamouli[78]
2016
KaasavMarathiSumitra Bhave
Sunil Sukthankar
Mohan Agashe
Sumitra Bhave
Sunil Sukthankar
[79]
2017
Village RockstarsAssameseRima DasRima Das
2018
HellaroGujaratiSaarthi Productions LLPAbhishek Shah[80]
2019
MalayalamAntony PerumbavoorPriyadarshan[81]
2020
Soorarai PottruTamil Suriya
Jyothika
Rajsekar Pandian
Guneet Monga
[82]
2021
Tamil
Hindi
English
Rocketry Entertainment LLP[83]
2022
AattamMalayalamJoy Movie Productions[84]

External links

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