National Film Award for Best Feature Film (National Film Awards)

National Film Awards

The National Award for Best Feature Film is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, India, and was constituted in the year 1954. This is one of the Golden Lotus Awards 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 Feature Film award: Bengali, Hindi, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Assamese and Beary. It was awarded in all years except in 1979.

Date Established : 1953

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

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Anand Gandhi, Recyclewala Films Pvt Ltd

Honored for : Ship of Theseus

Ronnie Screwvala, Tigmanshu Dhulia

Honored for : Paan Singh Tomar

Abhijeet Gholap, Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni

Honored for : The Temple

Nominations 2011 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Abhijeet Gholap	The Temple
Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni	The Temple
K.P. Suveeran	Byari

K.P. Suveeran, T.H. Althaf Hussain

Honored for : Byari

Nominations 2011 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Abhijeet Gholap	The Temple
Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni	The Temple
K.P. Suveeran	Byari

Salim Ahamed, Ashraf Bedi

Honored for : Abu, Son of Adam

Nominations 2010 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Ashraf Bedi	Abu, Son of Adam
Salim Ahamed	Abu, Son of Adam

Reliance Big Pictures, Shaji N. Karun

Honored for : Kutty Shranku

Nominations 2009 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Shaji N. Karun	Kutty Shranku
Reliance Big Pictures	Kutty Shranku

Screenplay Films Pvt. Ltd., Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury, Jeet Banerjee

Honored for : The Endless Wait

Percept Picture Company, Priyadarshan

Honored for : Kanchivaram

M. G. Vijay, Priyanandanan

Honored for : Pulijanmam

Jugal Sugandh, Buddhadeb Dasgupta

Honored for : Kaalpurush

Bobby Pushkarna, Madhur Bhandarkar

Honored for : Page 3

Arun Nalawade, Sandeep Sawant

Honored for : Shwaas

Arya Bhattacharya, Buddhadeb Dasgupta

Honored for : A Tale of a Naughty Girl

Girish Kasaravalli, Soundarya

Honored for : Dweepa

Jaimala, Girish Kasaravalli

Honored for : Thaayi Saheba

Chitrani Lahiri, Buddhadeb Dasgupta

Honored for : Red Door

Adoor Gopalakrishnan

Honored for : Kathapurushan

Rituparno Ghosh, Renu Roy

Honored for : Unishe April

Gita Gope, Shankar Gope, Buddhadeb Dasgupta, M/S Gope Movies Pvt. Ltd.

Honored for : Charachar

Shaji N. Karun, S. Jayachandran Nair

Honored for : Piravi

Nominations 1988 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Shaji N. Karun	Piravi
S. Jayachandran Nair	Piravi

Jahnu Barua, Sailadhar Baruah

Honored for : Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai

Nominations 1987 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Sailadhar Baruah	Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai
Jahnu Barua	Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai

Girish Kasaravalli, Sadanand Suvarna

Honored for : The Ritual

Mrinal Sen, Uday Bhaskar International

Honored for : Mrigayaa

Ashok Kumar, B. V. Karanth

Honored for : Chomana Dudi

Mrinal Sen

Honored for : Bhuvan Shome

Nepal Dutta, Asim Dutta, Satyajit Ray

Honored for : The Adventures of Goopy and Bagha

Nominations 1968 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Nepal Dutta	The Adventures of Goopy and Bagha
Asim Dutta	The Adventures of Goopy and Bagha
Satyajit Ray	The Adventures of Goopy and Bagha

Asim Dutta, Tapan Sinha

Honored for : Hatey Bazarey

Basu Bhattacharya, Shailendra

Honored for : Teesri Kasam

Babu Ismail Settu, Kanmani Films, Ramu Kariat

Honored for : Chemmeen

Satyajit Ray, R.D. Bansal

Honored for : The Lonely Wife

Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, Naya Sansar

Honored for : Shehar Aur Sapna

Nominations 1963 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Khwaja Ahmad Abbas	Shehar Aur Sapna
Naya Sansar	Shehar Aur Sapna
Sridhar Rao	Narthanasala
C. Lakshmi Rajyam	Narthanasala
Kamalakara Kameswara Rao	Narthanasala
Satyajit Ray	The Big City
R.D. Bansal	The Big City

Shyamlal Jalan, Sudhir Mukherjee

Honored for : Dada Thakur

Nominations 1962 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Shyamlal Jalan	Dada Thakur
Sudhir Mukherjee	Dada Thakur
Satyajit Ray	The Expedition
Abhijatrik	The Expedition
Alok Bharati	Sautela Bhai
Mahesh Kaul	Sautela Bhai

Aurora Films Corporation, Bijoy Bose

Honored for : Bhagini Nivedita

Nominations 1961 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Aurora Films Corporation	Bhagini Nivedita
Bijoy Bose	Bhagini Nivedita
Buddha Pictures	Pava Mannippu
A. Bhimsingh	Pava Mannippu
Indian National Pictures	Prapanch
Madhukar Pathak	Prapanch

Hrishikesh Mukherjee

Honored for : Anuradha

Nominations 1960 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Hrishikesh Mukherjee	Anuradha
Hemen Ganguly	Kshudhita Pashan
Tapan Sinha	Kshudhita Pashan
Kamal Brothers Pvt Ltd	Deivapiravi
R. Krishnan	Deivapiravi
S. Panju	Deivapiravi

Satyajit Ray

Honored for : The World of Apu

Nominations 1959 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Satyajit Ray	The World of Apu
Pravin Desai	Heera Moti
Krishan Chopra	Heera Moti
Bimal Roy	Sujata

De Luxe Film Distributors, Debaki Bose

Honored for : Sagar Sangamey

Nominations 1958 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Debaki Bose	Sagar Sangamey
De Luxe Film Distributors	Sagar Sangamey
Satyajit Ray	The Music Room
B. Ramakrishnaiah Panthulu	School Master

Rajkamal Kalamandir, V. Shantaram

Honored for : Do Ankhen Barah Haath

Nominations 1957 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Rajkamal Kalamandir	Do Ankhen Barah Haath
V. Shantaram	Do Ankhen Barah Haath
Sreemati Pictures	Andhare Alo
Haridas Bhattacharya	Andhare Alo
Mehboob Productions	Mother India
Mehboob Khan	Mother India

Tapan Sinha, Charu Chitra

Honored for : Kabuliwala

Nominations 1956 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Tapan Sinha	Kabuliwala
Charu Chitra	Kabuliwala
Sircar Productions	Bandhan
Hemchandra Chunder	Bandhan
Vikram Productions	Tenali Ramakrishna
B. S. Ranga	Tenali Ramakrishna

Government of West Bengal, Satyajit Ray

Honored for : Pather Panchali

Nominations 1955 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Government of West Bengal	Pather Panchali
Satyajit Ray	Pather Panchali
Rajkamal Kalamandir	Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje
V. Shantaram	Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje
Kumarsen Samarth	Shirdi Che Sai Baba
Nandadeep chitra	Shirdi Che Sai Baba

Minerva Moviestone, Sohrab Modi

Honored for : Mirza Ghalib

Nominations 1954 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Minerva Moviestone	Mirza Ghalib
Sohrab Modi	Mirza Ghalib
Chandrathara Productions	Neelakuyil
Ramu Kariat	Neelakuyil
P. Bhaskaran	Neelakuyil
Hiten Chaudhary Productions	Biraj Bahu
Bimal Roy	Biraj Bahu

Pralhad Keshav Atre

Honored for : Shyamchi Aai

Nominations 1953 »

Nominee	Nominated Work
Bimal Roy	Do Bigha Zamin
Debaki Bose	Bhagavan Sri Krishna Chaitanya
Pralhad Keshav Atre	Shyamchi Aai