National Film Award for Best Hindi Feature Film explained

National Film Award for Best Hindi Feature Film
Subheader:	National award for contributions to Indian Cinema
Awarded For:	Best Hindi feature film of the year
Sponsor:	National Film Development Corporation of India
Firstawarded:	1954
Lastawarded:	2022
Former Name:	President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Hindi (1954–1968) National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi (1969–2021)
Holder Label:	Most recent winner
Holder:	Gulmohar
Award1 Type:	Total awarded
Award1 Winner:	85
Award2 Type:	First winner
Award2 Winner:	Mirza Ghalib

The National Film Award for Best Hindi Feature Film is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the National Film Development Corporation of 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.^[1] 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). Shyam Benegal won the award seven times (most by any director) followed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee who won six times. Since the 70th National Film Awards, the name was changed to "Best Hindi Feature Film".^[2]

Directed by Sohrab Modi, the 1954 film Mirza Ghalib was honoured with the first president's silver medal for Best Feature Film in Hindi. The most recent recipient is Gulmohar

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	Mirza Ghalib	Minerva Moviestone	Sohrab Modi
	Jagriti	Filmistan Ltd.	Satyen Bose
1955	Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje	Rajkamal Kalamandir	V. Shantaram		^[3]
	Shree 420	R. K. Films	Raj Kapoor
	Devdas	Bimal Roy Productions	Bimal Roy
1956	Basant Bahar	Shri Vishwa Bharati Films	R. Chandra		^[4]
1957	Do Aankhen Barah Haath	Rajkamal Kalamandir	V. Shantaram		^[5]
	Mother India	Mehboob Productions	Mehboob Khan
	Musafir	Hrishikesh Mukherjee	Hrishikesh Mukherjee
1958	Madhumati	Bimal Roy	Bimal Roy		^[6]
	Lajwanti	Mohan Segal	Narendra Suri
	Karigar	Vasant Joglekar	Vasant Joglekar
1959	Anari	Lachman B. Lulla	Hrishikesh Mukherjee		^[7]
1960	Mughal-e-Azam	K. Asif	K. Asif		^[8]
	Jis Desh Men Ganga Behti Hai	Raj Kapoor	Radhu Karmakar
	Kanoon	B. R. Chopra	B. R. Chopra
1961	Dharmputra	B. R. Chopra	Yash Chopra		^[9]
	Gunga Jumna	Dilip Kumar	Nitin Bose
	Pyaar Ki Pyaas	Anupam Chitra	Mahesh Kaul
1962	Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam	Guru Dutt	Abrar Alvi		^[10]
1963	Bandini	Bimal Roy Productions	Bimal Roy		^[11]
	Mere Mehboob	Harnam Singh Rawail	Harnam Singh Rawail
	Gumrah	B. R. Films	B. R. Chopra
1964	Dosti	Tarachand Barjatya	Satyen Bose		^[12]
	Yaadein	Sunil Dutt	Sunil Dutt
	Geet Gaya Patharon Ne	V. Shantaram Productions	V. Shantaram
1965	Shaheed	Kewal Kashyap	S. Ram Sharma		^[13]
	Oonche Log	M/S Chitrakala	Phani Majumdar
	Guide	Dev Anand	Vijay Anand
1966	Anupama	L. B. Lachman	Hrishikesh Mukherjee
1967	Hamraaz	B. R. Chopra	B. R. Chopra		^[14]
1968	Aashirwad	N. C. Sippy Hrishikesh Mukherjee	Hrishikesh Mukherjee		^[15]
1969	Satyakam	Sher Jeng Singh Punchee	Hrishikesh Mukherjee		^[16]
1970	Anand	Hrishikesh Mukherjee N.C. Sippy	Hrishikesh Mukherjee		^[17]
1971	Phir Bhi	Shivendra Shah	Shivendra Shah		^[18]
1972	Maya Darpan	Kumar Shahani	Kumar Shahani		^[19]
1973	27 Down	(Late) Awatar Krishna Kaul	(Late) Awatar Krishna Kaul		^[20]
1974	No Award				^[21]
1975	Nishant	Freni M. Variava Mohan J. Bijlani	Shyam Benegal		^[22]
1976	Manthan	Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd.	Shyam Benegal
1977	Shatranj Ke Khiladi	Suresh Jindal	Satyajit Ray		^[23]
1978	Kasturi	Bimal Dutt	Bimal Dutt		^[24]
	Junoon	Shashi Kapoor	Shyam Benegal
1979	Sparsh	Basu Bhattacharya	Sai Paranjpye		^[25]
1980	Aakrosh	NFDC	Govind Nihalani		^[26]
1981	Arohan	Government of West Bengal	Shyam Benegal		^[27]
1982	Katha	Suresh Jindal	Sai Paranjpye		^[28]
1983	Ardh Satya	Manmohan Shetty Pradeep Uppoor	Govind Nihalani		^[29]
1984	Paar	Swapan Sarkar	Gautam Ghose		^[30]
1985	Anantyatra	Nachiket Patwardhan	Nachiket Patwardhan Jayu Patwardhan		^[31]
1986	Mirch Masala	NFDC	Ketan Mehta		^[32]
1987	Pestonjee	NFDC	Vijaya Mehta		^[33]
1988	Salaam Bombay!	NFDC Mirabai Films Doordarshan	Mira Nair		^[34]
1989	Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro	NFDC	Saeed Akhtar Mirza		^[35]
1990	Drishti	Govind Nihalani	Govind Nihalani		^[36]
1991	Diksha	NFDC Doordarshan	Arun Kaul		^[37]
	Dharavi	NFDC Doordarshan	Sudhir Mishra
1992	Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda	NFDC	Shyam Benegal		^[38]
1993	Patang	Sanjay Sahay Durba Sahay	Gautam Ghose		^[39]
1994	Mammo	NFDC Doordarshan	Shyam Benegal		^[40]
1995	Bandit Queen	Sundeep Singh Bedi	Shekhar Kapur		^[41]
1996	Gudia	Amit Khanna Mahesh Bhatt	Gautam Ghose		^[42]
1997	Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa	Govind Nihalani	Govind Nihalani		^[43]
1998	Godmother	Gramco Films	Vinay Shukla		^[44]
1999	Shool	Ram Gopal Varma Nitin Manmohan	E. Nivas		^[45]
2000	Zubeidaa	Farouq Rattonsey	Shyam Benegal		^[46]
2001	Dil Chahta Hai	Ritesh Sidhwani	Farhan Akhtar		^[47]
2002	The Legend of Bhagat Singh	Tips Industries	Rajkumar Santoshi		^[48]
2003	Raghu Romeo	NFDC	Rajat Kapoor		^[49]
2004	Raincoat	Shree Venkatesh Films	Rituparno Ghosh		^[50]
2005	Black	Anshuman Swami Sanjay Leela Bhansali	Sanjay Leela Bhansali		^[51]
2006	Khosla Ka Ghosla	Savita Raj Hiremath	Dibakar Banerjee		^[52]
2007	1971	Sagar Films	Amrit Sagar		^[53]
2008	Rock On	Excel Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.	Abhishek Kapoor		^[54]
2009	Paa	Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Sunil Manchanda	R. Balki		^[55]
2010	Do Dooni Chaar	Arindam Chaudhuri	Habib Faisal		^[56]
2011	I Am	Onir Sanjay Suri	Onir		^[57]
2012	Filmistaan	Satellite Picture Pvt. Ltd.	Nitin Kakkar		^[58]
2013	Jolly LLB	Fox Star Studios	Subhash Kapoor		^[59]
2014	Queen	Phantom Films Viacom 18 Motion Pictures	Vikas Bahl		^[60]
2015	Dum Laga Ke Haisha	Maneesh Sharma Yash Raj Films	Sharat Katariya		^[61]
2016	Neerja	Fox Star Studios India Pvt. Ltd.	Ram Madhvani		^[62]
2017	Newton	Drishyam Films	Amit V Masurkar
2018	Andhadhun	Viacom18 Motion Pictures	Sriram Raghavan		^[63]
2019	Chhichhore	Fox Star Studios India Pvt. Ltd. Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.	Nitesh Tiwari		^[64]
2020	Toolsidas Junior	T-Series Films Ashutosh Gowariker Productions	Mridul Mahendra		^[65]
2021	Sardar Udham	Ronnie Lahiri, Sheel Kumar	Shoojit Sircar		^[66]
2022	Gulmohar	Star India	Rahul V. Chittella		^[67]

External links

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

Notes and References

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3. Web site: 3rd National Film Awards. 11 March 2011.
4. Web site: 4th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 2 September 2011.
5. Web site: 5th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 2 September 2011.
6. Web site: 6th National Film Awards. International Film Festival of India. 3 September 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20121020054317/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm6thNFAAward.aspx. 20 October 2012. dead.
7. Web site: 7th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 4 September 2011.
8. Web site: 8th National Film Awards. International Film Festival of India. 7 September 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20131012062918/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm8thNFAAward.aspx. 12 October 2013. dead.
9. Web site: 9th National Film Awards. International Film Festival of India. 8 September 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20161202115652/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm9thNFAAward.aspx. 2 December 2016. dead.
10. Web site: 10th National Film Awards. International Film Festival of India. 9 September 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20150929062243/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm10thNFAAward.aspx. 29 September 2015. dead.
11. Web site: 11th National Film Awards. International Film Festival of India. 13 September 2011. https://archive.today/20170502124428/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm11thNFAAward.aspx. 2 May 2017. dead.
12. Web site: 12th National Film Awards. International Film Festival of India. 14 September 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120225220334/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm12thNFAAward.aspx. 25 February 2012. dead.
13. Web site: 13th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 15 September 2011.
14. Web site: 15th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 21 September 2011.
15. Web site: 16th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 22 September 2011. 2.
16. Web site: 17th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 26 September 2011.
17. Web site: 18th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 26 September 2011.
18. http://www.gomolo.com/phir-bhi-movie/4249 Phir Bhi (1971) – Movie Review, Story, Trailers, Videos, Photos, Wallpapers, Songs, Trivia, Movie Tickets
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20. Web site: 21st National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 29 September 2011.
21. Web site: 22nd National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 1 October 2011.
22. Web site: 23rd National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 4 October 2011.
23. Web site: 25th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 4 October 2011.
24. Web site: 26th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 4 October 2011.
25. http://www.gomolo.com/9/national-film-awards-1979 National Film Awards (1979)
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28. Web site: 30th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 4 October 2011.
29. Web site: 31st National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 9 December 2011.
30. Web site: 32nd National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 6 January 2012.
31. Web site: 33rd National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 7 January 2012.
32. Web site: 34th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 7 January 2012.
33. Web site: 35th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 9 January 2012.
34. Web site: 36th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 9 January 2012.
35. Web site: 37th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 29 January 2012.
36. Web site: 38th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 9 January 2012.
37. Web site: 39th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 February 2012.
38. Web site: 40th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 2 March 2012.
39. Web site: 41st National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 3 March 2012.
40. Web site: 42nd National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 5 March 2012.
41. Web site: 43rd National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 6 March 2012.
42. Web site: 44th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 9 January 2012.
43. Web site: 45th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 11 March 2012.
44. Web site: 46th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 12 March 2012.
45. Web site: 47th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 13 March 2012.
46. Web site: 48th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 13 March 2012.
47. Web site: 49th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 14 March 2012.
48. Web site: 50th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 14 March 2012.
49. Web site: 51st National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 15 March 2012.
50. Web site: 52nd National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 28 January 2012.
51. Web site: 53rd National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 19 March 2012.
52. Web site: 54th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 24 March 2012.
53. Web site: 55th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 26 March 2012.
54. Web site: 56th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2012.
55. Web site: 57th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 28 March 2012.
56. Web site: 58th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 29 March 2012.
57. Web site: 59th National Film Awards for the Year 2011 Announced. Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. 7 March 2012.
58. 60th National Film Awards Announced. Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. 18 March 2013.
59. Web site: 61st National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 16 April 2014. 16 April 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140416181218/http://www.dff.nic.in/List%20of%20Awards.pdf. 16 April 2014.
60. 62nd National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 24 March 2015. 24 March 2015.
61. 63rd National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 28 March 2016. 28 March 2016.
62. 64th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 7 April 2017. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170606051143/http://dff.nic.in/writereaddata/NFA64PressNote2016.pdf. 6 June 2017.
63. 66th National Film Awards . https://web.archive.org/web/20190809152118/https://dff.gov.in/images/News/66th_NFA_Results.pdf . 2019-08-09 . Directorate of Film Festivals . 23 March 2021.
64. Web site: 67th National Film Awards. 25 May 2022. Directorate of Film Festivals.
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66. Web site: 25 August 2023 . 69th National Film Awards 2023 complete winners list: Rocketry, Alia Bhatt, Kriti Sanon, Allu Arjun win big . 2022-07-23 . Indian Express . en.
67. Web site: 16 August 2024 . 70th National Film Awards full winners list: Aattam wins Best Film, Rishab Shetty is Best Actor, KGF 2 and Kantara bag top honours .