Discontinued and intermittent National Film Awards#Best Khasi Feature Film

The National Film Awards are presented every year by the National Film Development Corporation of India. Following is the list of discontinued and intermittent National Film Awards. Throughout the year various awards have been discontinued and given intermittently. The awards, instituted 1953, on the 40th anniversary of Indian Cinema, are given for feature films, non-feature films and best writing on cinema, and were once officially known as the State Awards for Films. In addition to the regular National Film Awards, several discontinued and Intermittent National Film Awards have been presented throughout the years.

Discontinued Feature film award categories

Following are the discontinued National Film Awards from feature films category:

= All India Certificate of Merit =

It was instituted in 1954 and awarded at 1st National Film Awards{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/1st_nff_1954.pdf|title=1st National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=August 21, 2011|format=PDF}} and was lastly awarded in 1957 at 4th National Film Awards.{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/110_4thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=4th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date= 27 March 2022|format=PDF}} It was given along with National Film Award for Best Feature Film and two films per year were awarded with this award.

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! colspan="6" | List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), language(s), producer(s) and director(s)

scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:15%" | Year

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;"| Film(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:10%;"| Language(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:25%;"| Producer(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:25%;"| Director(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable" |{{Tooltip|Refs.|Reference}}

style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2" | 1st National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Do Bigha Zamin

| Hindi

| Bimal Roy

| Bimal Roy

| align="center" rowspan="2" |

scope="row" | Bhagavan Sri Krishna Chaitanya

| Bengali

| Debaki Bose

| Debaki Bose

style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2" | 2nd National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Neelakuyil

| Malayalam

| Chandrathara Productions

| {{•}}P. Bhaskaran
{{•}}Ramu Kariat

| align="center" rowspan="2" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/112_2ndNfacatalogue.pdf|title=2nd National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date= 27 March 2022|format=PDF}}

scope="row" | Biraj Bahu

| Hindi

| Hiten Chaudhary Productions

| Bimal Roy

style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2" | 3rd National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje

| Hindi

| Rajkamal Kalamandir

| V. Shantaram

| align="center" rowspan="2" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/111_3rdNfacatalogue.pdf|title=3rd National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date= 27 March 2022|format=PDF}}

scope="row" | Shirdi Che Sai Baba

| Marathi

| Nandadeep Chitra

| Kumarsen Samarth

style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2" | 4th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Bandhan

| Hindi

| Sircar Productions

| Hem Chunder

| align="center" rowspan="2" |

scope="row" | Tenali Ramakrishna

| Telugu

| Vikram Productions

| B. S. Ranga

style="text-align:center;" | 5th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Mother India

| Hindi

| Mehboob Productions

| Mehboob Khan

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/109_5thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=5th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date= 27 March 2022|format=PDF}}

= Second Best Feature Film =

{{main|National Film Award for Second Best Feature Film}}

= Third Best Feature Film =

It was instituted in 1958 and awarded at 6th National Film Awards and lastly awarded in 1965 at 13th National Film Awards and discontinued after that.{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm6thNFAAward.aspx|title=6th National Film Awards|publisher=International Film Festival of India|access-date=September 3, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020054317/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm6thNFAAward.aspx|archive-date=October 20, 2012|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/13th_NFA.pdf|title=13th National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=September 15, 2011}}

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! colspan="6" | List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), language(s), producer(s) and director(s)

scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:12%" | Year

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:25%;"| Film(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:10%;"| Language(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:25%;"| Producer(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:25%;"| Director(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable" |{{Tooltip|Refs.|Reference}}

style="text-align:center;" | 6th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | School Master

| Kannada

| B. R. Panthulu

| B. R. Panthulu

| align="center" |

style="text-align:center;" | 7th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Sujata

| Hindi

| Bimal Roy

| Bimal Roy

| align="center" | {{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/7th_nff.pdf|title=7th National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=September 4, 2011}}

style="text-align:center;" | 8th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Deivapiravi

| Tamil

| Kamal Brothers Pvt Ltd

| {{•}}R. Krishnan
{{•}}S. Panju

| align="center" | {{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm8thNFAAward.aspx|title=8th National Film Awards|publisher=International Film Festival of India|access-date=September 7, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012062918/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm8thNFAAward.aspx|archive-date=October 12, 2013|url-status=dead}}

style="text-align:center;" | 9th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Prapanch

| Marathi

| Indian National Pictures

| Madhukar Pathak

| align="center" | {{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm9thNFAAward.aspx|title=9th National Film Awards|publisher=International Film Festival of India|access-date=September 8, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202115652/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm9thNFAAward.aspx|archive-date=December 2, 2016|url-status=dead}}

style="text-align:center;" | 10th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Sautela Bhai

| Hindi

| Alok Bharati

| Mahesh Kaul

| align="center" | {{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm10thNFAAward.aspx|title=10th National Film Awards|publisher=International Film Festival of India|access-date=September 9, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929062243/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm10thNFAAward.aspx|archive-date=September 29, 2015|url-status=dead}}

style="text-align:center;" | 11th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Mahanagar

| Bengali

| R. D. Bansal

| Satyajit Ray

| align="center" | {{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm11thNFAAward.aspx|title=11th National Film Awards|publisher=International Film Festival of India|access-date=September 13, 2011|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170502124428/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm11thNFAAward.aspx|archive-date=May 2, 2017|url-status=dead}}

style="text-align:center;" | 12th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Unnaipol Oruvan

| Tamil

| Aasiya Jyothi films

| D. Jayakanthan

| align="center" |{{cite book|author=Times of India (Firm)|title=The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lEEjAQAAMAAJ|access-date=31 July 2013|year=1965|publisher=Bennett, Coleman.|page=279}}{{cite book|title=Hindustan Year-book and Who's who|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KXhDAAAAYAAJ|access-date=31 July 2013|year=1966|publisher=M. C. Sarkar.|page=332}}

style="text-align:center;" | 13th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Chhoti Chhoti Baten

| Hindi

| Rajvanshi Productions

| Motilal Rajvansh

| align="center" |

= Best Feature Film on National Integration =

{{main|Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration}}

= Best Film on Environment Conservation / Preservation =

{{main|National Film Award for Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation}}

= Best Film on Other Social Issues =

{{main|National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues}}

= Best Film on Family Welfare =

{{main|National Film Award for Best Film on Family Welfare}}

= Best Animated Film =

{{main|National Film Award for Best Animated Film}}

= Best Special Effects =

{{main|National Film Award for Best Special Effects}}

= Special Jury Award =

{{Main|National Film Award – Special Jury Award (feature film)}}

= Best Story =

It was instituted in 1962 and awarded at 10th National Film Awards and lastly awarded in 1975 at 23rd National Film Awards{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/23rd_nff_1975.pdf|title=23rd National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=October 4, 2011}} and discontinued after that. In the first year, for the 10th National Film Awards, award winners were awarded only with Certificate of Merit. Later on, all the award winners were awarded with Silver Lotus and cash prize of {{INR}}10,000.

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! colspan="5" | List of award recipients, showing the year (award ceremony), film(s) and language(s)

scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:10%;"| Year

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:27%;"| Recipient(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;"| Film(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:10%;"| Language(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable" |{{Tooltip|Refs.|Reference}}

align="center" | 10th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Not Available

| Four Centuries Ago

| English

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://www.gomolo.com/9/national-film-awards-1962|title=National Film Awards (1962)|work=gomolo.com}}

align="center" | 12th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Balai Chand Mukhopadhyay

| Aarohi

| Bengali

| align="center" |

align="center" rowspan="3" | 13th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Motilal

| Chhoti Chhoti Baten

| Hindi

| align="center" rowspan="3" |

scope="row" | B. K. Dutt

| rowspan="2" | Shaheed

| rowspan="2" | Hindi

scope="row" |Din Dayal Sharma
align="center" rowspan="2" | 21st National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Ismat Chughtai

| rowspan="2" |Garm Hava

| rowspan="2" | Hindi

| align="center" rowspan="2" |

scope="row" | Kaifi Azmi
align="center" | 22nd National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Ritwik Ghatak

| Jukti Takko Aar Gappo

| Bengali

| align="center" |

align="center" | 23rd National Film Awards

! scope="row" | K. Shivaram Karanth

| Chomana Dudi

| Kannada

| align="center" |

= Best Film Based On High Literary Work =

It was instituted in 1966 and awarded only at 14th National Film Awards.{{cite web|url=http://www.gomolo.com/9/national-film-awards-1966|title=National Film Awards (1966)|work=gomolo.com|access-date=2014-10-22|archive-date=2017-12-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171227140304/http://www.gomolo.com/9/national-film-awards-1966|url-status=dead}}

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! colspan="6" | List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), language(s), producer(s) and director(s)

scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:15%" | Year

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;"| Film(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:10%;"| Language(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:25%;"| Producer(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:25%;"| Director(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable" |{{Tooltip|Refs.|Reference}}

style="text-align:center;" | 14th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Chutti

| Bengali

| Arundhati Devi

| Arundhati Devi

| align="center" |

Discontinued Non-feature film award categories

Following are the discontinued National Film Awards from non-feature films category:

= Best Agriculture Film =

{{Main|National Film Award for Best Agriculture Film}}

= Best Anthropological/Ethnographic Film =

{{Main|National Film Award for Best Anthropological/Ethnographic Film}}

= Best Biographical Film =

{{Main|National Film Award for Best Biographical Film}}

= Best Educational/Motivational/Instructional Film =

{{Main|National Film Award for Best Educational/Motivational/Instructional Film}}

= Best Environment/Conservation/Preservation Film =

{{Main|National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Environment/Conservation/Preservation Film}}

= Best Exploration/Adventure Film =

{{Main|National Film Award for Best Exploration/Adventure Film}}

= Best Family Welfare Film =

{{Main|National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film on Family Welfare}}

= Best Historical Reconstruction/Compilation Film =

{{Main|National Film Award for Best Historical Reconstruction/Compilation Film}}

= Best Investigative Film =

{{Main|National Film Award for Best Investigative Film}}

= Best Promotional Film =

{{Main|National Film Award for Best Promotional Film}}

= Best Scientific Film =

{{Main|National Film Award for Best Scientific Film}}

= Best Film on Social Issues =

{{Main|National Film Award for Best Film on Social Issues}}

= Special Jury Award =

{{Main|National Film Award – Special Jury Award (non-feature film)}}

= Best Experimental Film =

It was instituted in 1966 and awarded at 14th National Film Awards and lastly awarded in 1983 at 31st National Film Awards{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/31st_nff_1984.pdf|title=31st National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=December 9, 2011|format=PDF}} and discontinued after that.

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! colspan="6" | List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), language(s), producer(s) and director(s)

scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:7%" | Year

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;"| Film(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:10%;"| Language(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;"| Producer(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;"| Director(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable" |{{Tooltip|Refs.|Reference}}

style="text-align:center;" | 14th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Homosaps

| English

| {{dash}}

| {{dash}}

| align="center" |

style="text-align:center;" | 15th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Through the Eyes of a Painter

| English

| J. S. Bhownagary {{small|for}} Films Division

| M. F. Husain (as a Creator)

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/15th_nff_1967.pdf|title=15th National Film Awards (PDF)|publisher=International Film Festival of India|access-date=September 21, 2011}}

style="text-align:center;" | 16th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | And I Make Short Films

| English

| K. L. Khandpur {{small|for}} Films Division

| S. N. S. Sastry

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/16th_nff_1970.pdf|title=16th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=September 22, 2011|format=PDF}}

style="text-align:center;" | 17th National Film Awards

| colspan="4" style="background-color:#F5A9A9;text-align:center;" | No Award

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/17th_NFF_1971.pdf|title=17th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=September 26, 2011|format=PDF}}

style="text-align:center;" | 18th National Film Awards

| colspan="4" style="background-color:#F5A9A9;text-align:center;" | No Award

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/17th_NFF_1971.pdf|title=18th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=September 26, 2011|format=PDF}}

style="text-align:center;" | 19th National Film Awards

| colspan="4" style="background-color:#F5A9A9;text-align:center;" | No Award

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://www.gomolo.com/9/national-film-awards-1971|title=National Film Awards (1971)|work=gomolo.com|access-date=2014-10-22|archive-date=2015-09-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924023137/http://www.gomolo.com/9/national-film-awards-1971|url-status=dead}}

style="text-align:center;" | 20th National Film Awards

| colspan="4" style="background-color:#F5A9A9;text-align:center;" | No Award

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm20thNFAAward.aspx|title=20th National Film Awards|publisher=International Film Festival of India|access-date=September 26, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105220349/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm20thNFAAward.aspx|archive-date=November 5, 2013|url-status=dead}}

style="text-align:center;" | 21st National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Homi Bhabha — A Scientist in Action

| English

| Jagat Murari

| Viswanathan K

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/21st_nff_1973.pdf|title=21st National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=September 29, 2011|format=PDF}}

style="text-align:center;" | 22nd National Film Awards

| colspan="4" style="background-color:#F5A9A9;text-align:center;" | No Award

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/22nd_nff_1974.pdf|title=22nd National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=October 1, 2011|format=PDF}}

style="text-align:center;" | 23rd National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Awashesh

| Hindi

| FTII

| K. G. Girish

| align="center" |

style="text-align:center;" | 24th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Murder at Monkey Hill

| Hindi

| FTII

| Vidhu Vinod Chopra

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://www.gomolo.com/9/national-film-awards-1976|title=National Film Awards (1976)|work=gomolo.com|access-date=2014-10-22|archive-date=2014-03-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316201442/http://www.gomolo.com/9/national-film-awards-1976|url-status=dead}}

style="text-align:center;" | 25th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Samadhi

| Music only

| FTII

| John Sankaramangalam

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/25th_nff_1977.pdf|title=25th National Film Award|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=October 4, 2011|page=29|format=PDF}}

style="text-align:center;" | 26th National Film Awards

| colspan="4" style="background-color:#F5A9A9;text-align:center;" | No Award

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/26th_NFA.pdf|title=26th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=October 4, 2011|format=PDF}}

style="text-align:center;" | 27th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Child On a Chess Board

| Music only

| Films Division

| Vijay B Chandra

| align="center" |

style="text-align:center;" | 28th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Arrival

| English

| Films Division

| Mani Kaul

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/28th_nff_1981.pdf|title=28th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=October 4, 2011|format=PDF}}

style="text-align:center;" | 29th National Film Awards

| colspan="4" style="background-color:#F5A9A9;text-align:center;" | No Award

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/29th_nff_1982.pdf|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|title=29th National Film Awards|access-date=October 4, 2011|format=PDF}}

style="text-align:center;" | 30th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Chakkar Chandu Ka Chameliwala

| Hindi

| FTII

| N. C. Thade

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/30th_nff_1983.pdf|title=30th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=October 4, 2011|format=PDF}}

style="text-align:center;" | 31st National Film Awards

! scope="row" | The Clown and The Dog

| English

| FTII

| Sunny Joseph

| align="center" |

= Best Filmstrip =

It was instituted in 1963 and awarded only at 11th National Film Awards.

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! colspan="6" | List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), language(s), producer(s) and director(s)

scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:12%" | Year

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:25%;"| Film(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:10%;"| Language(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:25%;"| Producer(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:25%;"| Director(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable" |{{Tooltip|Refs.|Reference}}

style="text-align:center;" | 11th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Historical Monuments of Delhi

| Hindi

| G. K. Athalye

| G. K. Athalye

| align="center" |

= Best Industrial Film =

It was instituted in 1984 and awarded at 32nd National Film Awards{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/32nd_nff_1985.pdf|title=32nd National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=January 6, 2012|format=PDF}} and lastly awarded in 1988 at 36th National Film Awards{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/36nfa.pdf|title=36th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=January 9, 2012|format=PDF}} and discontinued after that.

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"

! colspan="6" | List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), language(s), producer(s) and director(s)

scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:7%" | Year

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;"| Film(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:10%;"| Language(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;"| Producer(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;"| Director(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable" |{{Tooltip|Refs.|Reference}}

style="text-align:center;" | 32nd National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Krishi Jantrapati

| Hindi

| Ghanashyam Mahapatra

| Ghanashyam Mahapatra

| align="center" |

style="text-align:center;" | 33rd National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Safety Measures in Handling Agriculture Machinery

| English

| D. Gautaman

| Gurbir Singh Grewal

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/33nfa.pdf|title=33rd National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=January 7, 2012|format=PDF}}

style="text-align:center;" | 34th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | The Story of Glass

| English

| S. Kumar

| Buddhadeb Dasgupta

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/34th_NFF.pdf|title=34th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=January 7, 2012|format=PDF}}

style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2" | 35th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Golden Muga Silk - The Cultural Heritage of Assam

| English

| Director (NE), Central Silk Board, Assam

| Siba Prasad Thakur

| align="center" rowspan="2" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/35th_nff_1988.pdf|title=35th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=January 9, 2012|format=PDF}}

scope="row" | Looking Back

| English

| Drishtikon Productions {{small|for}} Films Division

| Prakash Jha

style="text-align:center;" | 36th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | The Duo

| English

| Sanat Kumar Dasgupta

| Sanat Kumar Dasgupta

| align="center" |

= Best News Review =

It was instituted in 1975 and awarded at 23rd National Film Awards and lastly awarded in 1988 at 36th National Film Awards and discontinued after that.

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! colspan="6" | List of films, showing the year, language(s), producer(s) and director(s)

scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:10%" | Year

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;"| Film(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:10%;"| Language(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;"| Producer(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;"| Director(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable" |{{Tooltip|Refs.|Reference}}

style="text-align:center;" | 23rd National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Indian News Review No. 1399

| {{dash}}

| N. V. K. Murthy

| {{dash}}

| align="center" |

style="text-align:center;" | 24th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Indian News Review No. 1559

| {{dash}}

| {{dash}}

| {{dash}}

| align="center" |

style="text-align:center;" | 25th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Unprecedented Havoc
(Indian News Review No. 1520)

| English

| Films Division

| {{dash}}

| align="center" |

style="text-align:center;" | 26th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Uttar Pradesh Samachar 24

| Hindi

| Director of Information and Public Relations, U.P.

| {{dash}}

| align="center" |

style="text-align:center;" | 27th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Indian News Review No. 1592

| English

| {{dash}}

| {{dash}}

| align="center" |

style="text-align:center;" | 28th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Day of the Dark Sun
(News Magazine 3)

| {{dash}}

| Films Division

| {{dash}}

| align="center" |

style="text-align:center;" | 29th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | News Magazine 12

| {{dash}}

| Vijay B. Chandra {{small|for}} Films Division

| {{dash}}

| align="center" |

style="text-align:center;" | 30th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Asiad 82 - News 1

| {{dash}}

| N. S. Thapa {{small|for}} Films Division

| {{dash}}

| align="center" |

style="text-align:center;" | 31st National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Shelter

| English

| FTII

| {{dash}}

| align="center" |

style="text-align:center;" | 32nd National Film Awards

! scope="row" | The Rickshaw Drivers of Madhya Pradesh

| English

| Madhya Pradesh Media

| Naren Kondra

| align="center" |

style="text-align:center;" | 33rd National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Taranath Shenoy
(News Magazine 59)

| English

| {{•}}P. B. Pendharkar
{{•}}Pritam S. Arshi

| {{•}}M. S. Gangadhar
{{•}}Ashok Patil

| align="center" |

style="text-align:center;" | 34th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | The Pope Meets India
(News Magazine 70)

| English

| {{•}}P. B. Pendharkar
{{•}}P. S. Arshi {{small|for}} Films Division

| Camera Team {{small|for}} Films Division

| align="center" |

style="text-align:center;" | 35th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Colours of Life
(News Magazine 100)

| English

| Pritam S. Arshi {{small|for}} Films Division

| {{•}}Mahesh P. Sinha
{{•}}Sant Lal Prasad (Cameraman)

| align="center" |

style="text-align:center;" | 36th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | More Than a Success Story
(News Magazine 129)

| English

| Biren Das {{small|for}} Films Division

| K. B. Nair

| align="center" |

= Best Newsreel Cameraman =

It was instituted in 1975 and awarded at 23rd National Film Awards and lastly awarded in 1983 at 31st National Film Awards and discontinued after that.

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"

! colspan="5" | List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), language(s) and producer(s)

scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:10%" | Year

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;"| Film(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:10%;"| Language(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;"| Producer(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable" |{{Tooltip|Refs.|Reference}}

style="text-align:center;" | 23rd National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Flood Havocs
(Indian News Review No. 1399)

| English

| {{•}}A. S. Agnihotri
{{•}}Abinashi Ram
{{•}}A. R. Saroef

| align="center" |

style="text-align:center;" | 24th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Indian News Review No. 1462

| English

| {{dash}}

| align="center" |

style="text-align:center;" | 25th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Indian News Review No. 1508

| English

| C. L. Kaul

| align="center" |

style="text-align:center;" | 26th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Dawn Over Gurais
(Indian News Review No. 1568)

| English

| C. L. Kaul

| align="center" |

style="text-align:center;" | 27th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Mission To China (INR NO - 1585)

| {{dash}}

| {{dash}}

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://www.gomolo.com/9/national-film-awards-1979|title=National Film Awards (1979)|work=gomolo.com|access-date=2014-10-22|archive-date=2016-01-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160122145408/http://www.gomolo.com/9/national-film-awards-1979|url-status=dead}}

style="text-align:center;" | 28th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Tragedy of Gendi
(Indian News Review No. 1657)

| English

| {{•}}Mahesh Pratap Sinha
{{•}}Rajgopal Rao

| align="center" |

style="text-align:center;" | 29th National Film Awards

| colspan="3" style="background-color:#F5A9A9;text-align:center;" | No Award

| align="center" |

style="text-align:center;" | 30th National Film Awards

| colspan="3" style="background-color:#F5A9A9;text-align:center;" | No Award

| align="center" |

style="text-align:center;" | 31st National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Tragedy of Gendi
(Indian News Review No. 1799)

| English

| {{•}}C. Ramani
{{•}}Uday Shankar
{{•}}S. L. Prasad

| align="center" |

Intermittent Feature film award categories

= Best Feature Film in the languages of Schedule VIII =

== Best Bodo Feature Film ==

It is only awarded twice: once at 33rd National Film Awards in 1985, and lately at 63rd National Film Awards in 2015. Per Constitution of India, Bodo language is among the languages other than those specified in the Schedule VIII of the Constitution.

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"

! colspan="5" | List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), producer(s) and director(s)

scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:9%;" | Year

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Film(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Producer(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Director(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable" |{{Tooltip|Refs.|Reference}}

style="text-align:center;" | 33rd National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Alayaron

| Bodosa Film Productions

| Jwngdao Bodosa

| align="center" |

style="text-align:center;" | 63rd National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Dau Huduni Methai

| Shankarlal Goenka

| Manju Borah

| align="center" | {{cite press_release|title=63rd National Film Awards|url=http://dff.nic.in/writereaddata/Winners_of_63rd_NFA_2015.pdf|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|date=28 March 2016|access-date=28 March 2016}}

== Best Dogri Feature Film ==

The National Film Award for Best Dogri Feature Film is for Dogri cinema. Till now, it is only awarded at 59th National Film Awards in 2011.{{cite web|title=59th National Film Awards for 2011 - Feature Films|url=http://dff.nic.in/Pagesfrom59thNFAPressRelease-featured.pdf|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=April 2, 2012|format=PDF}} Per Constitution of India, Dogri language is among the languages specified in the Schedule VIII of the Constitution.

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"

! colspan="5" | List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), producer(s) and director(s)

scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:9%;" | Year

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Film(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Producer(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Director(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable" |{{Tooltip|Refs.|Reference}}

style="text-align:center;" | 59th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Dille Ch Vasya Koi

| Sanjeev Rattan

| Sanjeev Rattan

| align="center" |

== Best English Feature Film ==

{{Main|National Film Award for Best English Feature Film}}

== Best Kashmiri Feature Film ==

It is only awarded at 12th National Film Awards in 1964.{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm12thNFAAward.aspx|title=12th National Film Awards|publisher=International Film Festival of India|access-date=September 14, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225220334/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm12thNFAAward.aspx|archive-date=February 25, 2012|url-status=dead}} Per Constitution of India, Kashmiri language is among the languages specified in the Schedule VIII of the Constitution.

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"

! colspan="5" | List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), producer(s) and director(s)

scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%" | Year

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:25%;"| Film(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:25%;"| Producer(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:25%;"| Director(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable" |{{Tooltip|Refs.|Reference}}

style="text-align:center;" | 12th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Mainz-Raat

| M. R. Seth

| {{•}}Shyam
{{•}}Jagiram Paul

| align="center" |

== Best Maithili Feature Film ==

The National Film Award for Best Maithili Feature Film is for Maithili cinema. Till now, it is only awarded at 63rd National Film Awards in 2015. Per Constitution of India, Sanskrit language is among the languages specified in the Schedule VIII of the Constitution.

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"

! colspan="5" | List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), producer(s) and director(s)

scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:9%;" | Year

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Film(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Producer(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Director(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable" |{{Tooltip|Refs.|Reference}}

style="text-align:center;" | 63rd National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Mithila Makhaan

| {{•}}Neetu Chandra
{{•}}Samir Kumar

| Nitin Chandra

| align="center" |

style="text-align:center;" | 69th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Samanantar

| {{•}} Niraj Kumar Mishra
{{•}} Atul Pandey

| Niraj Kumar Mishra

| align="center" |

== Best Sanskrit Feature Film ==

The National Film Award for Best Sanskrit Feature Film is for Sanskrit cinema. Till now, it is only awarded at 63rd National Film Awards in 2015. Per Constitution of India, Sanskrit language is among the languages specified in the Schedule VIII of the Constitution.

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"

! colspan="5" | List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), producer(s) and director(s)

scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:9%;" | Year

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Film(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Producer(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Director(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable" |{{Tooltip|Refs.|Reference}}

style="text-align:center;" | 63rd National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Priyamanasam

| Baby Mathew Somatheeram

| Vinod Mankara

| align="center" |

== Best Urdu Feature Film ==

It is only awarded thrice at 41st National Film Awards in 1993,{{cite web |title=41st National Film Awards |url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/41st_nff_1994.pdf |access-date=March 3, 2012 |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals |format=PDF}} and 66th National Film Awards in 2018. at 44th National Film Awards in 1996,{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/44th_nff_1997.pdf|title=44th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=January 9, 2012|format=PDF}} and lately at 60th National Film Awards in 2012.{{cite press_release |title=60th National Film Awards Announced |publisher=Press Information Bureau (PIB), India |url=http://pib.nic.in/archieve/others/2013/mar/d2013031801.pdf |access-date=18 March 2013 |format=PDF}} Per Constitution of India, Urdu language is among the languages specified in the Schedule VIII of the Constitution.

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"

! colspan="5" | List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), producer(s) and director(s)

scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:9%;" | Year

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Film(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Producer(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Director(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable" |{{Tooltip|Refs.|Reference}}

style="text-align:center;" | 41st National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Muhafiz

| Wahid Chowhan

| Ismail Merchant

| align="center" |

style="text-align:center;" | 44th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Sardari Begum

| {{•}}Amit Khanna
{{•}}Mahesh Bhatt

| Shyam Benegal

| align="center" |

style="text-align:center;" | 60th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Harud

| {{•}}Aamir Bashir
{{•}}Shankar Raman

| Aamir Bashir

| align="center" |

style="text-align:center;" | 66th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Hamid

| Saregama India Limited

| Aijaz Khan

| align="center" | {{cite press release |title=66th National Film Awards |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals |df=dmy-all |url=https://dff.gov.in/images/News/66th_NFA_Results.pdf |access-date=11 August 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809152118/https://dff.gov.in/images/News/66th_NFA_Results.pdf |archive-date=9 August 2019 |format=PDF}}

= Best Feature Film in the languages not of Schedule VIII =

== Best Bhojpuri Feature Film ==

It is only awarded at 53rd National Film Awards in 2005.{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/53rd_nff_2006.pdf|title=53rd National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=March 19, 2012|format=PDF}} Per Constitution of India, Bhojpuri language is among the languages other than those specified in the Schedule VIII of the Constitution.

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"

! colspan="5" | List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), producer(s) and director(s)

scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:12%;" | Year

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Film(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Producer(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Director(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable" |{{Tooltip|Refs.|Reference}}

style="text-align:center;" | 53rd National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Kab Hoi Gawna Hamar

| {{•}}Deepa Narayan

| Anand D. Ghatraj

| align="center" |

== Best Chhattisgarhi Feature Film ==

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"

! colspan="5" | List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), producer(s) and director(s)

scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:12%;" | Year

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Film(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Producer(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Director(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable" |{{Tooltip|Refs.|Reference}}

style="text-align:center;" | 67th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Bhulan the Maze

| Swapnil Film Productions

| Manoj Verma

| align="center" |{{Cite web |date=22 March 2021 |title=67th National Film Awards announced |url=https://pib.gov.in/Pressreleaseshare.aspx?PRID=1706663 |access-date=9 October 2024 |website=Press Information Bureau}}

== Best Dimasa Feature Film ==

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"

! colspan="5" | List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), producer(s) and director(s)

scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:12%;" | Year

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Film(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Producer(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Director(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable" |{{Tooltip|Refs.|Reference}}

style="text-align:center;" | 68th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Semkhor

| Aimee Baruah Production Society

| Aimee Baruah

| align="center" |{{Cite web |date=22 July 2022 |title=68th National Film Awards announced |url=https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1843932 |access-date=7 February 2025 |website=Press Information Bureau}}

== Best Garo Feature Film ==

It is only awarded at 66th National Film Awards in 2018. Per Constitution of India, Garo language is among the languages other than those specified in the Schedule VIII of the Constitution.

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"

! colspan="5" | List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), producer(s) and director(s)

scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:12%;" | Year

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Film(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Producer(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Director(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable" |{{Tooltip|Refs.|Reference}}

style="text-align:center;" | 66th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Ma.ama

| Anna Films

| Dominic Sangma

| align="center" |

== Best Haryanvi Feature Film ==

It is only awarded thrice at 62nd (2014) and 63rd National Film Awards (2015) and 67th National Film Awards (2019).{{cite press_release |title=62nd National Film Awards |date=24 March 2015 |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals |url=http://dff.nic.in/writereaddata/62nd%20National%20Film%20Awards%202014%20-%20Press%20Release.pdf |access-date=24 March 2015 |format=PDF}} Per Constitution of India, Haryanvi language is among the languages other than those specified in the Schedule VIII of the Constitution.

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"

! colspan="5" | List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), producer(s) and director(s)

scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:12%;" | Year

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Film(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Producer(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Director(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable" |{{Tooltip|Refs.|Reference}}

style="text-align:center;" | 62nd National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Pagdi The Honour

| V R Entertainers

| Rajeev Bhatia

| align="center" |

style="text-align:center;" | 63rd National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Satrangi

| Punam Deswal Sharma

| Sundeep Sharma

| align="center" |

style="text-align:center;" | 67th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Chhoriyan Chhoron Se Kam Nahi Hoti

| {{•}}Essel Vision Productions Limited
{{•}}Satish Kaushik Entertainment

| Rajesh Amar Lal Babbar

| align="center" |{{cite press release |title=67th National Film Awards, 2019 |date=22 March 2021 |publisher=Press Information Bureau |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1706663 |access-date=23 March 2021 |df=dmy-all}}

style="text-align:center;" | 68th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Dada Lakhmi

| Anhad Studio Pvt.Ltd

| Yashpal Sharma

| align="center" |{{Cite web |date=22 July 2022 |title=68th National Film Awards announced |url=https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1843932 |access-date=7 February 2025 |website=Press Information Bureau}}

== Best Jasari Feature Film ==

It is only awarded at 65th National Film Awards in 2017. Per Constitution of India, Jasari language is among the languages other than those specified in the Schedule VIII of the Constitution.

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"

! colspan="5" | List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), producer(s) and director(s)

scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:12%;" | Year

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Film(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Producer(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Director(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable" |{{Tooltip|Refs.|Reference}}

style="text-align:center;" | 65th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Sinjar

| Shibu G. Suseelan

| Pampally

| align="center" |

== Best Khasi Feature Film ==

It is only awarded four times at 32nd National Film Awards in 1984, at 61st National Film Awards in 2013, 63rd National Film Awards in 2015 and lately at 67th National Film Awards in 2019. Per Constitution of India, Khasi language is among the languages other than those specified in the Schedule VIII of the Constitution.

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"

! colspan="5" | List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), producer(s) and director(s)

scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:9%;" | Year

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Film(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Producer(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Director(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable" |{{Tooltip|Refs.|Reference}}

style="text-align:center;" | 32nd National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Manik Raitong

| Rishan Rapsang

| Ardhendu Bhattacharya

| align="center" |

style="text-align:center;" | 61st National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Ri: Homeland of Uncertainty

| Kurbah Films

| Pradip Kurbah

| align="center" |

style="text-align:center;" | 63rd National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Onaatah

| {{•}}Pomu Das
{{•}}Marjina Kurbah

| Pradip Kurbah

| align="center" |

style="text-align:center;" | 67th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Iewduh

| Shiven Arts

| Pradip Kurbah

| align="center" |

== Best Kodava Feature Film ==

It is only awarded at 41st National Film Awards in 1993. Per Constitution of India, Kodava language is among the languages other than those specified in the Schedule VIII of the Constitution.

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"

! colspan="5" | List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), producer(s) and director(s)

scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:9%;" | Year

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Film(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Producer(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Director(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable" |{{Tooltip|Refs.|Reference}}

style="text-align:center;" | 41st National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Mandhara Phu

| B. N. Ravi

| S. R. Rajan

| align="center" |

== Best Kokborok Feature Film ==

It is only awarded at 56th National Film Awards in 2008. Per Constitution of India, Kokborok language is among the languages other than those specified in the Schedule VIII of the Constitution.

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"

! colspan="5" | List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), producer(s) and director(s)

scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:12%;" | Year

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Film(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Producer(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Director(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable" |{{Tooltip|Refs.|Reference}}

style="text-align:center;" | 56th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Yarwng

| Joseph Kizhakechennadu

| Joseph Pulinthanath

| align="center" |

== Best Ladakhi Feature Film ==

It is only awarded at 65th National Film Awards in 2017. Per Constitution of India, Ladakhi language is among the languages other than those specified in the Schedule VIII of the Constitution.

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"

! colspan="5" | List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), producer(s) and director(s)

scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:12%;" | Year

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Film(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Producer(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Director(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable" |{{Tooltip|Refs.|Reference}}

style="text-align:center;" | 65th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Walking With The Wind

| Mahesh Mohan

| Praveen Morchhale

| align="center" |

== Best Mising Feature Film ==

It is awarded at 60th and 67th National Film Awards in 2012 and 2019 respectively. Per Constitution of India, Mising language is among the languages other than those specified in the Schedule VIII of the Constitution.

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"

! colspan="5" | List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), producer(s) and director(s)

scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:12%;" | Year

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Film(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Producer(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Director(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable" |{{Tooltip|Refs.|Reference}}

style="text-align:center;" | 60th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Ko Yad

| Manju Borah

| Manju Borah

| align="center" |

style="text-align:center;" | 67th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Anu Ruwad

| Obonori Pictures

| Dilip Kumar Doley

| align="center" |

style="text-align:center;" | 69th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Boomba Ride

| Quarter Moon Productions

| Biswajeet Bora

| align="center" |{{Cite web |date=24 August 2023 |title=69th National Film Awards for the year 2021 announced |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1951758 |access-date=9 October 2024 |website=Press Information Bureau}}

== Best Mizo Feature Film ==

It is only awarded at 63rd National Film Awards in 2015. Per Constitution of India, Mizo language is among the languages other than those specified in the Schedule VIII of the Constitution.

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"

! colspan="5" | List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), producer(s) and director(s)

scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:9%;" | Year

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Film(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Producer(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Director(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable" |{{Tooltip|Refs.|Reference}}

style="text-align:center;" | 63rd National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Kima’s Lode Beyond the Class

| Children's Film Society

| Zualaa Chhangte

| align="center" |

== Best Monpa Feature Film ==

It is only awarded at 53rd National Film Awards in 2005. Per Constitution of India, Monpa language is among the languages other than those specified in the Schedule VIII of the Constitution.

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"

! colspan="5" | List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), producer(s) and director(s)

scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:12%;" | Year

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Film(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Producer(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Director(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable" |{{Tooltip|Refs.|Reference}}

style="text-align:center;" | 53rd National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Sonam

| Garima Films

| Ahsan Muzid

| align="center" |

== Best Moran Feature Film ==

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"

! colspan="5" | List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), producer(s) and director(s)

scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:12%;" | Year

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Film(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Producer(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Director(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable" |{{Tooltip|Refs.|Reference}}

style="text-align:center;" | 64th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Haanduk

| Mayamara Production

| Jaicheng Jai Dohutia

| align="center" |

== Best Pangchenpa Feature Film ==

It is only awarded at 66th National Film Awards in 2018. Per Constitution of India, Pangchenpa language is among the languages other than those specified in the Schedule VIII of the Constitution.

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"

! colspan="5" | List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), producer(s) and director(s)

scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:12%;" | Year

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Film(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Producer(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Director(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable" |{{Tooltip|Refs.|Reference}}

style="text-align:center;" | 66th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | In the Land of Poison Women

| Aaas Productions

| Manju Borah

| align="center" |

== Best Paniya Feature Film ==

It is only awarded at 66th National Film Awards in 2018. Per Constitution of India, Pangchenpa language is among the languages other than those specified in the Schedule VIII of the Constitution.

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"

! colspan="5" | List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), producer(s) and director(s)

scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:12%;" | Year

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Film(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Producer(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Director(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable" |{{Tooltip|Refs.|Reference}}

style="text-align:center;" | 67th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Kenjira

| Aaas Productions

| Neru Films

| align="center" |

== Best Rabha Feature Film ==

It is only awarded at 62nd National Film Awards in 2014. Per Constitution of India, Rabha language is among the languages other than those specified in the Schedule VIII of the Constitution.

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"

! colspan="5" | List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), producer(s) and director(s)

scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:12%;" | Year

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Film(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Producer(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Director(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable" |{{Tooltip|Refs.|Reference}}

style="text-align:center;" | 62nd National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Orong

| {{•}}Suraj Kr. Duwarah
{{•}}Aucto Creation

| Suraj Kr. Duwarah

| align="center" |

== Best Rajasthani Feature Film ==

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"

! colspan="5" | List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), producer(s) and director(s)

scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:12%;" | Year

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Film(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Producer(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Director(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable" |{{Tooltip|Refs.|Reference}}

style="text-align:center;" | 66th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Turtle

| Shivazza Films & Entertainment

| Dinesh S Yadav

| align="center" |

== Best Sherdukpen Feature Film ==

It is awarded twice at 61st National Film Awards in 2013{{cite press_release|title=61st National Film Awards For 2013|url=http://www.dff.nic.in/List%20of%20Awards.pdf|format=PDF|publisher=Press Information Bureau (PIB), India|access-date=16 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416181218/http://www.dff.nic.in/List%20of%20Awards.pdf|archive-date=16 April 2014|url-status=dead}} and 66th National Film Awards in 2018. Per Constitution of India, Sherdukpen language is among the languages other than those specified in the Schedule VIII of the Constitution.

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"

! colspan="5" | List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), producer(s) and director(s)

scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:12%;" | Year

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Film(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Producer(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Director(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable" |{{Tooltip|Refs.|Reference}}

style="text-align:center;" | 61st National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Crossing Bridges

| TNT Films Production

| Sange Dorjee Thongdok

| align="center" |

style="text-align:center;" |66th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Mishing

| BB Entertainment Trade Private Limited

| Bobby Sarma Baruah

| align="center" |

== Best Tiwa Feature Film ==

The National Film Award for Best Tiwa Feature Film is for the films made in Tiwa language. Till now, it is awarded once at the 70th National Film Awards.

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"

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! colspan="5" |List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), producer(s) and director(s)

scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:5%;" | Year

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:12%;" | Film(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:12%;" | Producer(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:12%;" | Director(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable" | {{Tooltip|Refs.|Reference}}

style="text-align:center;" | 70th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Sikaisal

| Imaging Media

| Bobby Sarma Baruah

| style="text-align:center;" | {{Cite web |date=16 August 2024 |title=70th National Film Awards for the year 2022 announced |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2045960 |access-date=8 October 2024 |website=Press Information Bureau}}

== Best Tulu Feature Film ==

It is awarded six times.{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/56th_nff_2008.pdf|title=56th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=March 27, 2012|format=PDF}} Per Constitution of India, Tulu language is among the languages other than those specified in the Schedule VIII of the Constitution.

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"

! colspan="5" | List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), producer(s) and director(s)

scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:12%;" | Year

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Film(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Producer(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Director(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable" |{{Tooltip|Refs.|Reference}}

style="text-align:center;" | 41st National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Bangar Patler

| Richard Castellano

| Richard Castellano

| align="center" |

style="text-align:center;" | 54th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Kotti Channaya

| R. Dhanaraj

| Anand P. Raj

| align="center" |{{cite web |title=54th National Film Awards |url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/54th_nff_2006.pdf |access-date=March 24, 2012 |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals |format=PDF}}

style="text-align:center;" | 56th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Gaggara

| M. Durganand

| Shivadhwaj Shetty

| align="center" |

style="text-align:center;" | 64th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Madipu

| Aastha Production

| Chetan Mundadi

| align="center" |{{cite press_release |title=64th National Film Awards |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals |url=http://www.dff.nic.in/writereaddata/NFA64PressNote2016.pdf |access-date=7 April 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606051143/http://dff.nic.in/writereaddata/NFA64PressNote2016.pdf |archive-date=6 June 2017 |format=PDF}}

style="text-align:center;" | 65th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Paddayi

| Nithyananda Pai

| Abhaya Simha

| align="center" |{{cite press_release |title=Manish Saini’s Dhh wins National Award for Best Gujarati film |date=13 April 2018 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/gujarati/movies/news/manish-sainis-dhh-wins-national-award-for-best-gujarati-film/articleshow/63746278.cms}}

style="text-align:center;" | 67th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Pingara

| DMR Productions

| R. Preetham Shetty

| align="center" |

align="center"| 68th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Jeetige

| AR Productions

| Santhosh Mada

| align="center"| {{Cite web |date=22 July 2022 |title=68th National Film Awards announced |url=https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1843932 |access-date=7 February 2025 |website=Press Information Bureau}}

== Best Wancho Feature Film ==

It is only awarded at 63rd National Film Awards in 2015. Per Constitution of India, Wancho language is among the languages other than those specified in the Schedule VIII of the Constitution.

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"

! colspan="5" | List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), producer(s) and director(s)

scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:9%;" | Year

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Film(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Producer(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" | Director(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable" |{{Tooltip|Refs.|Reference}}

style="text-align:center;" | 63rd National Film Awards

! scope="row" | The Head Hunter

| Splash Films Private Limited

| Nilanjan Datta

| align="center" |

Intermittent Writing on cinema award categories

= Special Mention (Book on Cinema) =

{{Main|National Film Award – Special Mention (Book on Cinema)}}

= Special Mention (Film Critic) =

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"

! colspan="4" | List of recipients, showing the year (award ceremony) and language(s)

scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:5%;"| Year

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;"| Recipient(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:10%;"| Language(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable" |{{Tooltip|Refs.|Reference}}

align="center" | 48th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Ratnottama Sengupta

| English

| align="center" |

align="center" | 49th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | C. S. Venkiteswaran

| Malayalam

| align="center" |

align="center" | 50th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Ashok Rane

| Marathi

| align="center" |

align="center" | 54th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Utpal Datta

| Assamese

| align="center" |

align="center" | 60th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Piyush Roy

| English

| align="center" |

align="center" | 65th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Sunil Mishra

| Hindi

| align="center" |

align="center" | 69th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | B. N. Subramanya

| Kannada

| align="center" | {{Cite web |date=24 August 2023 |title=69th National Film Awards for the year 2021 announced |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1951758 |access-date=9 October 2024 |website=Press Information Bureau}}

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