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National Film Award for Best Biographical Film

{{Short description|Film award in India}}

{{Use Indian English|date=April 2017}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}

{{Infobox award

| name = National Film Award for Best Biographical Film

| image =

| image_size =

| alt =

| caption =

| subheader = National award for contributions to short film

| awarded_for =

| sponsor = Directorate of Film Festivals

| firstawarded = 1984

| lastawarded = 2020

| reward = {{ubl|Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus)|{{INR|50,000}}}}

| former name =

| holder_label = Most recent winner

| holder = Pabung Syam

| award1_type = Total awarded

| award1_winner = 38

| award2_type = First winner

| award2_winner = Padmashri Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair

}}

The National Film Award for Best Biographical Film was 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 was one of several awards presented for non-feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus).

The award was instituted in 1984, at 32nd National Film Awards and awarded annually for the short films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages. At the 69th National Film Awards, the award is clubbed with National Film Award for Best Historical Reconstruction/Compilation Film, with the new category named as Best Biographical / Historical Reconstruction / Compilation Film.{{cite web |author=Under Secretary to the Government of India |date=14 December 2023 |title=Report on Rationalization of Awards Conferred by the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting {{!}} Ministry of Information and Broadcasting {{!}} Government of India |url=https://mib.gov.in/filmsdocuments/report-rationalization-awards-conferred-ministry-information-broadcasting |access-date=25 August 2024 |publisher=Ministry of Information and Broadcasting}}

Winners

Award includes 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus) and cash prize. Following are the award winners over the years:

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colspan="2" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;"| Awards legends
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| {{small|Indicates a joint award for the year}}

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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:7%;"| 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}}

align="center" | 32nd National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Padmashri Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair

| Malayalam

| James Paul

| Matthew Paul

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/85_32ndNfacatalogue.pdf|title=32nd National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=28 March 2022}}

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| align="center" rowspan="2" | 33rd National Film Awards

! scope="row" style="background-color:#E0E0D1" | Satyajit Ray

| English

| Films Division

| Shyam Benegal

| align="center" rowspan="2" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/84_33rdNfacatalogue.pdf|title=33rd National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=28 March 2022}}

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! scope="row" style="background-color:#E0E0D1" | The Seer Who Walks Alone

| English

| G. Aravindan

| G. Aravindan

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| align="center" rowspan="2" | 34th National Film Awards

! scope="row" style="background-color:#E0E0D1" | Sister Alphonsa of Bharananganam

| English

| {{•}}Dejo Kappen
{{•}}George Sebastian

| Rajiv Vijay Raghavan

| align="center" rowspan="2" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/83_34thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=34th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=28 March 2022}}

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! scope="row" style="background-color:#E0E0D1" | Kamala Nehru

| English

| Uma Shankar

| Ashish Mukherjee

align="center" | 35th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Basheer: The Man

| English

| Kannakulam Abdulla

| M. R. Rahman

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/82_35thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=35th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=28 March 2022}}

align="center" | 36th National Film Awards

| colspan="4" bgcolor="#F5A9A9" align="center" | No Award

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/81_36thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=36th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=28 March 2022}}

align="center" | 37th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | C. V. Raman: The Scientist and His Legacy

| English

| N. K. Saigal

| Nandan Kudhyadi

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/80_37thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=37th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=28 March 2022}}

align="center" | 38th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Baba

| English

| Mediart Film Pvt. Ltd

| Rajiv Mehrotra

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/79_38thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=38th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=28 March 2022}}

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| align="center" rowspan="2" | 39th National Film Awards

! scope="row" style="background-color:#E0E0D1" | Bhavantarana

| Oriya

| Bombay Cinematograph

| Kumar Shahani

| align="center" rowspan="2" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/78_39ndNfacatalogue.pdf|title=39th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=28 March 2022}}

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! scope="row" style="background-color:#E0E0D1" | Kabitar Ananta Jatrapathe

| Bengali

| Department of Information and Cultural Affairs, Government of West Bengal

| Sanat Kumar Dasgupta

align="center" | 40th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Pandit Bhimsen Joshi

| Hindi

| Gulzar for Films Division

| Gulzar

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/77_40thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=40th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=28 March 2022}}

align="center" | 41st National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Colors of Absence

| English

| {{•}}Shanta Gokhale
{{•}}Arun Khopkar

| Arun Khopkar

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/76_41stNfacatalogue.pdf|title=41st National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=28 March 2022}}

align="center" | 42nd National Film Awards

| colspan="4" bgcolor="#F5A9A9" align="center" | No Award

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/75_42ndNfacatalogue.pdf|title=42nd National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=28 March 2022}}

align="center" | 43rd National Film Awards

! scope="row" | A Living Legend

| English

| Aurora Film Corporation

| Satadru Chaki

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/74_43rdNfacatalogue.pdf|title=43rd National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=28 March 2022}}

align="center" | 44th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Hastir Kanya

| Assamese

| Digbijay Medhi

| Prabin Hazarika

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/73_44thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=44th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=28 March 2022}}

align="center" | 45th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Mounam Sowmanasyam

| Malayalam

| T. Ravindranath

| Ravindran

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/72_45thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=45th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=28 March 2022}}

align="center" rowspan="2" | 46th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Premji: Ithihasathinte Sparsam

| rowspan="2" | Malayalam

| rowspan="2" | Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademi

| rowspan="2" | M. R. Rajan

| align="center" rowspan="2" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/71_46thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=46th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=28 March 2022}}

scope="row" | Unarvinte Kalam: M.R.B.
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| align="center" rowspan="2" | 47th National Film Awards

! scope="row" style="background-color:#E0E0D1" | Nottam

| Malayalam

| Bina Narayan

| M. R. Rajan

| align="center" rowspan="2" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/70_47thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=47th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=28 March 2022}}

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! scope="row" style="background-color:#E0E0D1" | Mallika Sarabhai

| English

| Films Division

| Aruna Raje Patil

align="center" | 48th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Devanarthakan
(The Divine Dancer)

| Malayalam

| A. V. Ali Koya for Kerala State Chalachitra Academy

| Sudish Gopalakrishnan

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/69_48thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=48th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=28 March 2022}}

align="center" | 49th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Teejan Bai

| Hindi

| Kuldeep Sinha for Films Division

| V. Packirisamy

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/68_49thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=49th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=28 March 2022}}

align="center" | 50th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Meeting Manjit

| English

| Ina Puri

| Buddhadeb Dasgupta

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/67_50thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=50th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=28 March 2022}}

align="center" | 51st National Film Awards

| colspan="4" bgcolor="#F5A9A9" align="center" | No Award

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/66_51stNfacatalogue.pdf|title=51st National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=28 March 2022}}

align="center" | 52nd National Film Awards

! scope="row" | It's Prabhat

| Marathi

| A. V. Damle

| Madhavi Vaidya

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/50_52thNfacatalogue%20-%20.pdf|title=52nd National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=28 March 2022}}

align="center" | 53rd National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Hans Akela: Kumar Gandharva{{dagger}}

| Hindi

| Films Division

| Jabbar Patel

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/49_53Nfacatalogue-%20.pdf|title=53rd National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=28 March 2022}}

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| align="center" rowspan="2" | 54th National Film Awards

! scope="row" style="background-color:#E0E0D1" | Minukku

| Malayalam

| {{•}}Devadasan Keezhpatt
{{•}}Bina Narayanan

| M. R. Rajan

| align="center" rowspan="2" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/48_54sthNfaArchives.pdf|title=54th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=28 March 2022}}

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! scope="row" style="background-color:#E0E0D1" | Guru Laimayum Thambalngoubi Devi

| Manipuri

| Aribam Syam Sharma

| Aribam Syam Sharma

align="center" | 55th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Antardhwani{{dagger}}

| Hindi

| Films Division

| Jabbar Patel

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/47_55Nfacatalogue-%20.pdf|title=55th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=28 March 2022}}

align="center" | 56th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | The Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi: A Reconstruction

| English

| Films Division

| R. Krishna Mohan

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/46_56thNfacatalogue%20-%20.pdf|title=56th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=28 March 2022}}

align="center" | 57th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Pancham Unmixed

| {{•}}Bengali
{{•}}Hindi
{{•}}English

| Brahmanand S Siingh

| Brahmanand S Siingh

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/45_57thNfacatalogue%20-%20.pdf|title=57th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=28 March 2022}}

align="center" | 58th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Nilamadhaba

| English

| Films Division

| Dilip Patnaik

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/44_58thNfacatalogue%20-%20.pdf|title=58th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=28 March 2022}}

align="center" | 59th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Vishnupant Damle: Bolpatancha Mook Nayak{{dagger}}

| Marathi

| Anil Anant Damle

| Virendra Valsangkar

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/release/rel_print_page.asp?relid=80734|title=59th National Film Awards for the Year 2011 Announced|publisher=Press Information Bureau (PIB), India|access-date=7 March 2012}}

align="center"| 60th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Celluloid Man{{dagger}}

| {{•}}English
{{•}}Hindi
{{•}}Kannada
{{•}}Bengali

| Shivendra Singh Dungarpur

| Shivendra Singh Dungarpur

| align="center" |{{cite press_release|title=60th National Film Awards Announced|url=http://pib.nic.in/archieve/others/2013/mar/d2013031801.pdf|publisher=Press Information Bureau (PIB), India|access-date=17 April 2014}}

align="center"| 61st National Film Awards

! scope="row" | The Last Adieu{{dagger}}

| English

| Films Division

| Shabnam Sukhdev

| align="center" |{{cite web|title=61st National Film Awards|url=http://www.dff.nic.in/List%20of%20Awards.pdf|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|date=16 April 2014|access-date=16 April 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416181218/http://www.dff.nic.in/List%20of%20Awards.pdf|archive-date=16 April 2014}}

align="center"| 62nd National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Amar Katha: Story of Binodini{{dagger}}

| Bengali

| Films Division

| Tuhinabha Majumder

| align="center" |{{cite web|title=62nd National Film Awards|url=http://dff.nic.in/writereaddata/62nd%20National%20Film%20Awards%202014%20-%20Press%20Release.pdf|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|date=30 March 2015|access-date=14 May 2015}}

align="center"| 63rd National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Life in Metaphors: A Portrait of Girish Kasaravalli{{dagger}}

| {{•}}English
{{•}}Kannada

| Reelism Film

| O. P. Shrivastava

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

align="center"| 64th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Zikr Us Parivaksha: Begum Akhtar{{dagger}}

| English

| Sangeet Natak Akademi

| Nirmal Chander

| align="center" |{{cite press_release|title=64th National Film Awards|url=http://www.dff.nic.in/writereaddata/NFA64PressNote2016.pdf|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|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}}

style="background-color:#EBEBE0"

| align="center" rowspan="2" | 65th National Film Awards

! scope="row" style="background-color:#E0E0D1" | Naachi se Baanchi{{dagger}}

|

| Films Division of India

| Biju Toppo

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

style="background-color:#EBEBE0"

! scope="row" style="background-color:#E0E0D1" | Sword of Liberty{{dagger}}

|

| R. C. Suresh

| Shiny Benjamin

align="center" | 66th National Film Awards

| colspan="4" bgcolor="#F5A9A9" align="center" | No Award

| align="center" |{{Cite web|url=https://pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=192564|title=66th National Film Awards for 2018 announced |accessdate=5 October 2024|website=pib.gov.in}}

align="center"| 67th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Elephants Do Remember{{dagger}}

| English

| Films Division of India

| Swati Pandey, Viplove Rai Bhatia & Manohar Singh Bisht

| 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}}

align="center"| 68th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Pabung Syam{{dagger}}

| Manipuri

| Films Division of India

| Haobam Paban Kumar

| 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}}

References

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External links

  • [http://dff.nic.in Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India]
  • [http://dff.nic.in/NFA_archive.asp National Film Awards Archives]

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