National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment explained

National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment
Subheader:	National award for contributions to Indian Cinema
Sponsor:	Directorate of Film Festivals
Firstawarded:	1974
Lastawarded:	2021
Former Name:	Best Feature Film with Mass Appeal, Wholesome Entertainment and Aesthetic Value (1974–1985) Best Film Providing Popular and Wholesome Entertainment (1986–1988)
Holder Label:	Most recent winner
Holder:	RRR
Award1 Type:	Total awarded
Award1 Winner:	44
Award2 Type:	First winner
Award2 Winner:	Kora Kagaz

The National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, India, and was constituted in the year 1975. This is one of the Golden Lotus Awards (Swarna Kamal) given among National Film Awards. It is announced for films produced in a year across the country, in all Indian languages.

Films in the following languages have won the Best Popular Feature Film award: Hindi (29 awards), Telugu (6 awards), Tamil (4 awards), Malayalam (3 awards), Bengali (2 awards), and Kannada (1 award).

With 6 wins, Yash Raj Films is the production house with the most wins. With 5 wins, Yash Chopra is the producer with the most wins, producing most of the company's winning films. He has also directed 4 winning films, the most for any director. Shah Rukh Khan has starred in 7 winning films, the most for any actor in a leading role. Madhuri Dixit and Kajol have each starred in 3 winning films, the most for any actress in a leading role.

Winners

Indicates a joint award for that year

List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), language(s), producer(s), director(s) and citation
Year	Film(s)	Language(s)	Producer(s)	Director(s)	Citation
1974	Kora Kagaz	Hindi	Sanat Kothari Shreeji Films	Anil Ganguly		^[1]
1975	Tapasya	Hindi	Rajshri Productions	Anil Ganguly		^[2]
1976	No Award					^[3]
1977	Swami	Hindi	Jaya Charavarthy	Basu Chatterjee		^[4]
1978	Ganadevata	Bengali	Department of Information and Cultural Affairs Government of West Bengal	Tarun Majumdar		^[5]
1979	Sankarabharanam	Telugu	Edida Nageswara Rao	K. Viswanath		^[6]
1980	No Award					^[7]
1981	No Award					^[8]
1982	No Award					^[9]
1983	No Award					^[10]
1984	Koni	Bengali	Government of West Bengal	Saroj Dey		^[11]
1985	No Award					^[12]
1986	Samsaram Adhu Minsaram	Tamil	AVM Productions	Visu		^[13]
1987	Pushpaka Vimana	Kannada	Singeetam Srinivasa Rao Shringar Nagaraj	Singeetam Srinivasa Rao		^[14]
1988	Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak	Hindi	Nasir Hussain Films	Mansoor Khan		^[15]
1989	Chandni	Hindi	Yash Raj Films	Yash Chopra		^[16]
	Geethanjali	Telugu	Bhagyalakshmi Enterprises	Mani Ratnam
1990	Ghayal	Hindi	Dharmendra	Rajkumar Santoshi		^[17]
1991	No Award					^[18]
1992	Sargam	Malayalam	Bhavani	Hariharan		^[19]
1993	Manichitrathazhu	Malayalam	Appachan	Fazil		^[20]
	Darr	Hindi	Yash Chopra	Yash Chopra
1994	Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!	Hindi	Rajshri Productions	Sooraj R. Barjatya		^[21]
1995	Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge	Hindi	Yash Chopra	Aditya Chopra		^[22]
1996	Maachis	Hindi	R. V. Pandit	Gulzar		^[23]
1997	Dil To Pagal Hai	Hindi	Yash Chopra	Yash Chopra		^[24]
1998	Kuch Kuch Hota Hai	Hindi	Yash Johar	Karan Johar		^[25]
1999	Sarfarosh	Hindi	John Matthew Matthan	John Matthew Matthan		^[26]
2000	Vaanathaippola	Tamil	V. Ravichandran	Vikraman		^[27]
2001	Lagaan	Hindi	Aamir Khan	Ashutosh Gowariker		^[28]
2002	Devdas	Hindi	Bharat Shah	Sanjay Leela Bhansali		^[29]
2003	Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.	Hindi	Vidhu Vinod Chopra	Rajkumar Hirani		^[30]
2004	Veer-Zaara	Hindi	Yash Raj Films	Yash Chopra		^[31]
	Autograph	Tamil	Cheran	Cheran
2005	Rang De Basanti	Hindi	UTV Motion Pictures Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Pictures	Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra		^[32]
2006	Lage Raho Munna Bhai	Hindi	Vidhu Vinod Chopra	Rajkumar Hirani		^[33]
2007	Chak De! India	Hindi	Aditya Chopra	Shimit Amin		^[34]
2008	Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!	Hindi	UTV Motion Pictures	Dibakar Banerjee		^[35]
2009	3 Idiots	Hindi	Vidhu Vinod Chopra	Rajkumar Hirani		^[36]
2010	Dabangg	Hindi	Arbaaz Khan Malaika Arora Khan Dhillin Mehta	Abhinav Kashyap		^[37]
2011	Azhagarsamiyin Kuthirai	Tamil	P. Madhan	Suseenthiran		^[38]
2012	Vicky Donor	Hindi	Sunil Lulla John Abraham Ronnie Lahiri Ram Mirchandani	Shoojit Sircar		^[39]
	Ustad Hotel	Malayalam	Listin Stephen	Anwar Rasheed
2013	Bhaag Milkha Bhaag	Hindi	Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra	Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra		^[40]
2014	Mary Kom	Hindi	Sanjay Leela Bhansali	Omung Kumar		^[41]
2015	Bajrangi Bhaijaan	Hindi	Salman Khan Rockline Venkatesh	Kabir Khan		^[42]
2016	Sathamanam Bhavati	Telugu	V. Venkata Ramana Reddy	Satish Vegesna		^[43]
2017		Telugu	Shobu Yarlagadda Prasad Devineni	S. S. Rajamouli		^[44]
2018	Badhaai Ho	Hindi	Junglee Pictures Limited	Amit Sharma		^[45]
2019	Maharshi	Telugu	Sri Venkateswara Creations	Vamshi Paidipally		^[46]
2020	Tanhaji : The Unsung Warrior	Hindi	Ajay Devgn	Om Raut		^[47]
2021	RRR	Telugu	D. V. V. Danayya	S. S. Rajamouli		^[48]
2021	Kantara	Kannada	Hombale Films	Rishab Shetty		^[49]

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: 22nd National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
2. Web site: 23rd National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
3. http://www.gomolo.com/9/national-film-awards-1976 National Film Awards (1976)
4. Web site: 25th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
5. Web site: 26th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
6. Web site: 27th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
7. Web site: 28th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
8. Web site: 29th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022. 36.
9. Web site: 30th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
10. Web site: 31st National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
11. Web site: 32nd National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
12. Web site: 33rd National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
13. Web site: 34th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
14. Web site: 35th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
15. Web site: 36th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
16. Web site: 37th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
17. Web site: 38th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
18. Web site: 39th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
19. Web site: 40th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
20. Web site: 41st National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
21. Web site: 42nd National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
22. Web site: 43rd National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
23. Web site: 44th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
24. Web site: 45th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
25. Web site: 46th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
26. Web site: 47th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
27. Web site: 48th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
28. Web site: 49th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
29. Web site: 50th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
30. Web site: 51st National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
31. Web site: 52nd National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
32. Web site: 53rd National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
33. Web site: 54th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
34. Web site: 55th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
35. Web site: 56th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
36. Web site: 57th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
37. Web site: 58th National Film Awards, 2010. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
38. Web site: 59th National Film Awards for 2011. Directorate of Film Festivals. 2 April 2012.
39. 60th National Film Awards Announced. Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. 18 March 2013.
40. 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.
41. 62nd National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 24 March 2015. 24 March 2015.
42. 63rd National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 28 March 2016. 28 March 2016.
43. 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.
44. Web site: 65th NATIONAL FILM AWARDS FOR 2017 . . 11 June 2022.
45. https://dff.gov.in/images/News/66th_NFA_Results.pdf
46. Web site: 67th National Film Awards announced; Sikkim wins award for Most Film Friendly State .
47. Web site: 2022-07-22 . Om Raut on Tanhaji's Big Win at National Awards: 'Awards and Rewards Are Truly Heartening' Exclusive . 2022-07-23 . News18 . en.
48. Web site: 69th National Film Awards 2023 complete winners list: Rocketry, Alia Bhatt, Kriti Sanon, Allu Arjun, RRR, Gangubai Kathiawadi win big. 24 August 2023.
49. Web site: Desk . DH Web . National Film Awards Live: Kannada cinema shines bright as KGF 2, Kantara bag wins, Rishab Shetty gets best actor prize . 2024-08-16 . Deccan Herald . en.