Awards & Winners

National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues

National Film Awards

The National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organization 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 award was instituted in 1984, at 32nd National Film Awards and awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages.

Check all the winners of National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues presented under National Film Awards since 1966 .


Ranjith, Antony Perumbavoor

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

Aishwarya Narkar, Ramesh Laxman More

Honored for : Champions

Shyam Benegal, Reliance Entertainment

Honored for : Well Done Abba

Shripal Morakhia, Rajeev Patil

Honored for : Jogwa

Sushil Rajpal

Honored for : Antardwand

Subhash Ghai, Nagesh Kukunoor

Honored for : Iqbal

Salim Padiyath, Kamaluddin Mohammed

Honored for : Perumazhakkalam

Rakesh Roshan

Honored for : Koi... Mil Gaya

Prakash Jha

Honored for : Gangaajal

Anwar Jamal, George Mathew

Honored for : The Little Republic

Madhur Bhandarkar, Lata Mohan

Honored for : Chandni Bar

Films Division of India, Deepak Roy

Honored for : Dhanna

Pooja Bhatt, Mahesh Bhatt

Honored for : Tamanna

G.P. Vijayakumar, Hariharan

Honored for : Parinayam

Bharathiraja, K. Jothipandian, S. Rangarajan, Janani Art Creations

Honored for : Ore Oru Gramathiley, Vedham Pudhithu

P. Bhaskaran

Honored for : Iruttinte Athmavu