Awards & Winners

National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi

National Film Awards

The National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi 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 Rajat Kamal. 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 started from 2nd National Film Awards which were presented on 21 December 1955. 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. 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 film was a bio-pic on the life of legendary Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib.
Date Established : 1954

Check all the winners of National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi presented under National Film Awards since 1954 .


Subhash Kapoor, Fox Star Studios

Honored for : Jolly LLB

Nitin Kakkar, Satellite Picture Private

Honored for : Filmistaan

Onir, Sanjay Suri

Honored for : I Am

Arindam Chaudhuri, Habib Faisal

Honored for : Do Dooni Chaar

Nominations 2010 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Arindam Chaudhuri Do Dooni Chaar
Habib Faisal Do Dooni Chaar

Nominations 2009 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Amitabh Bachchan Corporation Paa
Sunil Manchanda Paa
R. Balki Paa

Excel Entertainment, Abhishek Kapoor

Honored for : Rock On!!

Amrit Sagar, Sagar Films

Honored for : 1971

Savita Raj Hiremath, Dibakar Banerjee

Honored for : Khosla's Nest

Shree Venkatesh Films, Rituparno Ghosh

Honored for : Raincoat

Rajkumar Santoshi, Tips Industries Limited

Honored for : The Legend of Bhagat Singh

Ritesh Sidhwani, Farhan Akhtar

Honored for : Dil Chahta Hai

Govind Nihalani

Honored for : Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa

Amit Khanna, Mahesh Bhatt, Goutam Ghose

Honored for : Gudia

Bobby Bedi, Shekhar Kapur

Honored for : Bandit Queen

Nominations 1988 »

Nominee Nominated Work
National Film Development Corporation of India Salaam Bombay!
Mirabai Films Salaam Bombay!
Mira Nair Salaam Bombay!

Bimal Dutta

Honored for : Kasturi

Shashi Kapoor, Shyam Benegal

Honored for : Junoon

Suresh Jindal, Satyajit Ray

Honored for : The Chess Players

N.C. Sippy, Hrishikesh Mukherjee

Honored for : Aashirwad

Nominations 1968 »

Nominee Nominated Work
N.C. Sippy Aashirwad
Hrishikesh Mukherjee Aashirwad

Baldev Raj Chopra

Honored for : Hamraaz

Hrishikesh Mukherjee, L.B. Lachman

Honored for : Anupama

Kewal Kashyap, S. Ram Sharma

Honored for : Shaheed
(President's Silver Medal)

Vijay Anand, Dev Anand

Honored for : Guide
(Certificate of Merit)

M/S Chitrakala, Phani Majumdar

Honored for : Oonche Log
(Certificate of Merit)

Tarachand Barjatya, Satyen Bose

Honored for : Dosti
(President's Silver Medal)

Sunil Dutt

Honored for : Yaadein
(Certificate of Merit)

V. Shantaram, V. Shantaram Productions

Honored for : Geet Gaaya Pattharonne
(Certificate of Merit)

Bimal Roy Productions, Bimal Roy

Honored for : Bandini

Nominations 1963 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Bimal Roy Productions Bandini
Bimal Roy Bandini
Harnam Singh Rawail Mere Mehboob
Baldev Raj Chopra Gumrah
B.R. Films Gumrah

Guru Dutt, Abrar Alvi

Honored for : Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam

Baldev Raj Chopra, Yash Chopra

Honored for : Dharmputra

Nominations 1961 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Baldev Raj Chopra Dharmputra
Yash Chopra Dharmputra
Dilip Kumar Gunga Jumna
Nitin Bose Gunga Jumna
Anupam Chitra Pyaar Ki Pyaas
Mahesh Kaul Pyaar Ki Pyaas

K. Asif

Honored for : Mughal-e-Azam

Nominations 1960 »

Nominee Nominated Work
K. Asif Mughal-e-Azam
Baldev Raj Chopra Kanoon

Radhu Karmakar, Raj Kapoor

Honored for : Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai

Nominations 1960 »

Nominee Nominated Work
K. Asif Mughal-e-Azam
Baldev Raj Chopra Kanoon

Lachman B. Lulla, Hrishikesh Mukherjee

Honored for : Anari

Nominations 1959 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Lachman B. Lulla Anari
Hrishikesh Mukherjee Anari

Bimal Roy

Honored for : Madhumati

Nominations 1958 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Bimal Roy Madhumati
Mohan Segal Lajwanti
Narendra Suri Lajwanti
Vasant Joglekar Karigar

Rajkamal Kalamandir, V. Shantaram

Honored for : Do Ankhen Barah Haath

Nominations 1957 »

Nominee Nominated Work
V. Shantaram Do Ankhen Barah Haath
Rajkamal Kalamandir Do Ankhen Barah Haath
Mehboob Productions Mother India
Mehboob Khan Mother India
Hrishikesh Mukherjee Musafir

R.Chandra, Shri Vishwa Bharati Films

Honored for : Basant Bahar

Nominations 1956 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Shri Vishwa Bharati Films Basant Bahar
R.Chandra Basant Bahar

V. Shantaram, Rajkamal Kalamandir

Honored for : Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje

Nominations 1955 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Rajkamal Kalamandir Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje
V. Shantaram Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje
Bimal Roy Productions Devdas
Bimal Roy Devdas

R. K. Films, Raj Kapoor

Honored for : Shree 420

Nominations 1955 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Rajkamal Kalamandir Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje
V. Shantaram Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje
Bimal Roy Productions Devdas
Bimal Roy Devdas

Sohrab Modi, Minerva Moviestone

Honored for : Mirza Ghalib

Nominations 1954 »

Nominee Nominated Work
Minerva Moviestone Mirza Ghalib
Sohrab Modi Mirza Ghalib
Filmistan Ltd. Jagriti
Satyen Bose Jagriti