Awards & Winners

National Film Award for Best Children's Film

National Film Awards

The National Film Award for Best Children's Film 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 Golden Lotus. The award was instituted in 1954, at 1st National Film Awards and awarded annually for children's films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages.
Date Established : 1954

Check all the winners of National Film Award for Best Children's Film presented under National Film Awards since 1953 .


Batul Mukhtiar, Children's Film Society, India

Honored for : Wild Berries

Mahaveer Jain, Mangesh Hadawale

Honored for : Watch Indian Circus

Nominations 2011 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Salman Khan Chillar Party
UTV Software Communications Chillar Party
Nitesh Tiwari Chillar Party
Vikas Bahl Chillar Party

Basantkumar Patil, P. R. Ramadas Naidu

Honored for : Hejjegalu

Nominations 2010 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Basantkumar Patil Hejjegalu
P. R. Ramadas Naidu Hejjegalu

Media House Studio, Abhaya Simha

Honored for : Gubbachigalu

Shylaja Shrikanth, Kishan Shrikanth

Honored for : Care of Footpath

UTV Motion Pictures, Vishal Bharadwaj

Honored for : The Blue Umbrella

Children's Film Society, India, Sankalp Meshram

Honored for : Chutkan Ki Mahabharat
(It was not given as no film was found to be suitable for the award.)

M. S. Reddy, Gunasekhar

Honored for : Ramayanam

Raja Sen, Art Films

Honored for : Damu

Bushura Shahudeen, Satheesh Venganoor

Honored for : Kochaniyan

Children's Film Society, India, Annu Kapoor

Honored for : Abhay (The Fearless)

Dennis Joseph, Joy Thomas

Honored for : Manu Uncle

Nominations 1988 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Dennis Joseph Manu Uncle
Joy Thomas Manu Uncle

Shankar Nag, T.S. Narasimhan

Honored for : Swami

R.D. Bansal, Satyajit Ray

Honored for : Joi Baba Felunath

R.A. Jalan, Pratap Agarwal, Tapan Sinha

Honored for : White Elephant

Children's Film Society, India, Santi P. Choudhury

Honored for : Heerer Prajapati

Nominations 1968 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Santi P. Choudhury Heerer Prajapati
Children's Film Society, India Heerer Prajapati

M. V. Kunte

Honored for : Jaise Ko Taise

Kantilal Rathod, Children's Film Society, India

Honored for : The Adventure of A Sugar Doll

Children's Film Society, India, S. Shankar

Honored for : As You Like It

Children's Film Society, India, Amit Bose

Honored for : Panch Puthliyan

Nominations 1963 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Children's Film Society, India Panch Puthliyan
Amit Bose Panch Puthliyan

Children's Film Society, India, Ezra Mir

Honored for : Raju Aur Gangaram

Nominations 1962 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Children's Film Society, India Raju Aur Gangaram
Ezra Mir Raju Aur Gangaram

Nominations 1961 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Raghunath Goswami Hattogol Vijay
Buju Das Gupta Hattogol Vijay
Hari S. Dasgupta Productions Hattogol Vijay
Phani Majumdar Savitri
Children's Film Society, India Savitri
Ajay Kumar Chakravarty Nanhe Munne Sitare

Ram Gabale, Rajkamal Kalamandir

Honored for : Phool Aur Kaliyan

Nominations 1960 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Ram Gabale Phool Aur Kaliyan
Rajkamal Kalamandir Phool Aur Kaliyan
Children's Film Society, India Eid Mubarak
Khwaja Ahmad Abbas Eid Mubarak
Children's Film Society, India Delhi Ki Kahani
Rajendra Kumar Delhi Ki Kahani

Nominations 1959 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Films Division of India Banyan Deer
Ahmed Lateef Banyan Deer
Shanti Verma Banyan Deer
G. G. Saraiya Banyan Deer

Little Cinema Pvt Ltd., Santi P. Choudhury

Honored for : Virsa and the Magic Doll

Nominations 1958 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Little Cinema Pvt Ltd. Virsa and the Magic Doll
Santi P. Choudhury Virsa and the Magic Doll

AVM Productions, P.L. Santoshi

Honored for : Hum Panchhi Ek Dal Ke

Nominations 1957 »

Nominee Nominated Work
AVM Productions Hum Panchhi Ek Dal Ke
P.L. Santoshi Hum Panchhi Ek Dal Ke
Dilip Mukherjee Janmatithi
B.R. Films Janmatithi

Nominations 1956 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Children's Film Society, India Jaldeep
Kidar Sharma Jaldeep

Aurora Films

Honored for : Khela Ghar

Nominations 1953 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Aurora Films Khela Ghar