National Film Award for Best Educational/Motivational/Instructional Film
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox award
| name = National Film Award for Best Educational/Motivational/Instructional Film
| image =
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| subheader = National award for contributions to short film
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| sponsor = Directorate of Film Festivals
| firstawarded = 1960
| lastawarded = 2021
| reward = {{ubl|Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus)|{{INR|50,000}}}}
| former name = {{ubl|Best Educational Film (1960–1967)|Best Educational/Instructional Film (1968–1985)|Best Educational/Motivational Film (1986–1988)}}
| holder_label = Most recent winner
| holder = Sirpigalin Sirpangal
| award1_type = Total awarded
| award1_winner = 55
| award2_type = First winner
| award2_winner = Pond Culture
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The National Film Award for Best Educational/Motivational/Instructional 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 1960, at 8th National Film Awards and awarded annually for the short films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages. At the 70th National Film Awards, the award is discontinued and clubbed with National Film Award for Best Promotional Film, National Film Award for Best Scientific Film, National Film Award for Best Investigative Film, National Film Award for Best Exploration/Adventure Film, National Film Award for Best Anthropological/Ethnographic Film, National Film Award for Best Agriculture Film, National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Environment/Conservation/Preservation Film and National Film Award for Best Film on Social Issues, and two new categories were created; Best Documentary and Best Non Feature Film Promoting Social and Environmental Values.{{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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| {{small|President's Silver Medal for Best Educational/Motivational/Instructional Film}} |
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| {{small|Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Educational/Motivational/Instructional Film}} |
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| {{small|Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Educational/Motivational/Instructional Film}} |
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| {{small|Certificate of Merit for the Best Educational/Motivational/Instructional Film}} |
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| {{small|Indicates a joint award for that year}} |
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! colspan="6" | List of award recipients, showing the year, film(s), language(s), producer(s) and director(s) |
scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:5%;"| Year
! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;"| Film ! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:7%;"| Language ! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;"| Producer ! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;"| Director ! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable" |{{Tooltip|Refs.|Reference}} |
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align="center" rowspan="3" | 8th National Film Awards
! scope="row" | Pond Culture | English | N. K. Issar |
scope="row" style="background-color:#EFECD1" | Cotton
| English | Films Division | Krishna Kapil |
scope="row" style="background-color:#D6E0CC" | Wheat
| English | Films Division | Krishna Kapil |
align="center" rowspan="3" | 9th National Film Awards
! scope="row" | Citrus Cultivation | English | Films Division | Krishna Kapil |
scope="row" style="background-color:#EFECD1" | Coir Worker
| English | F. R. Bilimoria | F. R. Bilimoria |
scope="row" style="background-color:#D6E0CC" | Ahvan
| Hindi | Dhruva Kumar Pandya | Dhruva Kumar Pandya |
align="center" rowspan="2" | 10th National Film Awards
! scope="row" style="background-color:#E0EAEA" | Virginia Tobacco | English | Films Division | P. R. S. Pillay |
scope="row" style="background-color:#EFECD1" | The Evolution and Races of Man
| English | National Education and Information Film Ltd. | S. Sukhdev |
align="center" | 11th National Film Awards
! scope="row" style="background-color:#EDF3F3" | Indian Ocean Expedition | Hindi | Shanti S. Verma |
align="center" | 12th National Film Awards
! scope="row" style="background-color:#EDF3F3" | Sterilisation of the Female | Hindi | Films Division | G. H. Saraiya |
align="center" | 13th National Film Awards
! scope="row" style="background-color:#EDF3F3" | Play Better Hockey | English | Children's Film Society | Shanti S. Verma | align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/13th_NFA.pdf|title=13th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=15 September 2011}} |
align="center" | 14th National Film Awards
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align="center" | 15th National Film Awards
! scope="row" | Akbar | English | J. S. Bhownagary for Films Division | Shanti S. Varma | align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/15th_nff_1967.pdf|title=15th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=21 September 2011}} |
align="center" | 16th National Film Awards
! scope="row" | Forest and The Man | English | K. L. Khandpur for Films Division | {{•}}Neil Gokhale | 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=22 September 2011}} |
align="center" | 17th National Film Awards
! scope="row" | Life | English | K. L. Khandpur for Films Division | S. Gangooii | 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=26 September 2011}} |
align="center" | 18th National Film Awards
| colspan="4" bgcolor="#F5A9A9" 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=26 September 2011}} |
align="center" | 19th National Film Awards
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align="center" | 20th National Film Awards
| colspan="4" bgcolor="#F5A9A9" align="center" | No Award |
align="center" | 21st National Film Awards
! scope="row" | Sath Kutch Na Jayega | Hindi | {{•}}Dhiru Mistry | {{•}}Dhiru Mistry | 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=29 September 2011}} |
align="center" | 22nd National Film Awards
! scope="row" | Atoms | English | (Late) Pramod Pati for Films Division | M. M. Chaudhuri of I. I. T., Kanpur | 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=1 October 2011}} |
align="center" | 23rd National Film Awards
! scope="row" | Induced Breeding | English | K. K. Kapil | Suraj Joshi | align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/23rd_nff_1975.pdf|title=23rd National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=4 October 2011}} |
align="center" | 24th National Film Awards
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align="center" | 25th National Film Awards
! scope="row" | Tobacco Habits and Oral Cancer | English | A. V. Films | align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/25th_nff_1977.pdf|title=25th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=4 October 2011}} |
align="center" | 26th National Film Awards
! scope="row" | The Magic Hands | English | M/s Little Cinema | Santi P. Chowdhury | 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=4 October 2011}} |
align="center" | 27th National Film Awards
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align="center" | 28th National Film Awards
! scope="row" | Mariculture | English | Films Division | C. J. Paulose | 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=4 October 2011}} |
align="center" | 29th National Film Awards
! scope="row" | The Four Minutes | English | Vijay B. Chandra for Films Division | B. G. Devare | align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/29th_nff_1982.pdf|title=29th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=4 October 2011}} |
align="center" | 30th National Film Awards
! scope="row" | Kooduthal Paal Venamenkil | Kerala State Film Development Corporation | V. R. Gopinath | 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=4 October 2011}} |
align="center" | 31st National Film Awards
! scope="row" | Oval Crop | English | Radha Narayanan | Mohi-ud-Din Mirza | align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/31st_nff_1984.pdf|title=31st National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=9 December 2011}} |
align="center" | 32nd National Film Awards
| colspan="4" bgcolor="#F5A9A9" align="center" | No Award | align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/32nd_nff_1985.pdf|title=32nd National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=6 January 2012}} |
align="center" | 33rd National Film Awards
| colspan="4" bgcolor="#F5A9A9" align="center" | No Award | align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/33nfa.pdf|title=33rd National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=7 January 2012}} |
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| align="center" rowspan="2" | 34th National Film Awards ! scope="row" style="background-color:#E0E0D1" | Mitraniketan Vellanad | English | Cinemart Foundation | Jagannath Guha | align="center" rowspan="2" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/34th_NFF.pdf|title=34th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=7 January 2012}} |
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! scope="row" style="background-color:#E0E0D1" | For Better Living | English | {{•}}Padmalaya Mohapatra | Ghanashyam Mohapatra |
align="center" | 35th National Film Awards
! scope="row" | Paani | Marathi | align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/35th_nff_1988.pdf|title=35th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=9 January 2012}} |
align="center" | 36th National Film Awards
! scope="row" | Chitthi | Hindi | Cinemart Foundation | align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/36nfa.pdf|title=36th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=9 January 2012}} |
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| align="center" rowspan="2" | 37th National Film Awards ! scope="row" style="background-color:#E0E0D1" | Ser Alang | Karbi | Horticulturist, Karbi Anglong | Indrajit Narayan Deb | align="center" rowspan="2" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/37nfa.pdf|title=37th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=29 January 2012}} |
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! scope="row" style="background-color:#E0E0D1" | Yun Sikhlayen Akhar | Hindi | Ramesh Asher Films | Ramesh Asher |
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| align="center" rowspan="2" | 38th National Film Awards ! scope="row" style="background-color:#E0E0D1" | Ducks Out of Water | English | D. Gautaman | Raj Gopal Rao | align="center" rowspan="2" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/38th_nff_1991.pdf|title=38th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=9 January 2012}} |
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! scope="row" style="background-color:#E0E0D1" | Natun Asha | Assamese | Beauty Sabhapandit | Arup Borthakur |
align="center" | 39th National Film Awards
! scope="row" | A Story of Triumph | English | Poona District Leprosy Committee | Vishram Revankar | align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/39nd_nff_1985.pdf|title=39th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=27 February 2012}} |
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| align="center" rowspan="2" | 40th National Film Awards ! scope="row" style="background-color:#E0E0D1" | Kalarippayat | English | P. Ashok Kumar | P. Ashok Kumar | align="center" rowspan="2" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/40th_nff_1993.pdf|title=40th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=2 March 2012}} |
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! scope="row" style="background-color:#E0E0D1" | Towards Joy and Freedom | English | Haimanti Banerjee | Haimanti Banerjee |
align="center" | 41st National Film Awards
! scope="row" | AIDS | Malayalam | {{•}}Nooranad Ramachandran | Nooranad Ramachandran | align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/41st_nff_1994.pdf|title=41st National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=3 March 2012}} |
align="center" | 42nd National Film Awards
! scope="row" | News Magazine No. 268 (A) | Hindi | R. Krishna Mohan | Mahesh P. Sinha | align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/42nd_nff_1995.pdf|title=42nd National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=5 March 2012}} |
align="center" | 43rd National Film Awards
! scope="row" | Home Away From Home | English | V. B. Joshi | Late Vishram Revankar | align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/43rd_nff_1996.pdf|title=43rd National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=6 March 2012}} |
align="center" | 44th National Film Awards
! scope="row" | Rabia Chalikkunnu | Malayalam | Abraham Benhur | Ali Akbar | align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/44th_nff_1997.pdf|title=44th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=9 January 2012}} |
align="center" | 45th National Film Awards
! scope="row" | Nirankush | Hindi | Venu Arora | Venu Arora | align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/45th_NFA.pdf|title=45th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=11 March 2012}} |
align="center" | 46th National Film Awards
! scope="row" | Silent Scream | English | Vivek K. Kumar | align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/46_nff_1999.pdf|title=46th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=12 March 2012}} |
align="center" | 47th National Film Awards
| colspan="4" bgcolor="#F5A9A9" align="center" | No Award | align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/47th_nff_2000.pdf|title=47th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=13 March 2012}} |
align="center" | 48th National Film Awards
! scope="row" | Tulasi | English | Bhanumurthy Alur for Films Division | Rajgopal Rao for Films Division | align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/48th_nff_2001.pdf|title=48th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=13 March 2012}} |
align="center" | 49th National Film Awards
! scope="row" | Kanavu Malayilekku | Malayalam | Tomy Mathew | align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/49th_nff_2002.pdf|title=49th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=14 March 2012}} |
align="center" | 50th National Film Awards
| colspan="4" bgcolor="#F5A9A9" align="center" | No Award | align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/50nfa.pdf|title=50th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=14 March 2012}} |
align="center" | 51st National Film Awards
! scope="row" | Fiddlers on the Thatch | English | Trisha Das | align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/51st_nff_2004.pdf|title=51st National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=15 March 2012}} |
align="center" | 52nd National Film Awards
| colspan="4" bgcolor="#F5A9A9" align="center" | No Award | align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/52nd_nff_2005.pdf|title=52nd National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=28 January 2012}} |
align="center" | 53rd National Film Awards
| colspan="4" bgcolor="#F5A9A9" align="center" | No Award | align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/53rd_nff_2006.pdf|title=53rd National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=19 March 2012}} |
align="center" | 54th National Film Awards
! scope="row" | Filariasis | English | A. S. Nagaraju | M. Elango | align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/54th_nff_2006.pdf|title=54th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=24 March 2012}} |
align="center" | 55th National Film Awards
! scope="row" | Prarambha | Kannada | align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/55th_nff_2007.pdf|title=55th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=26 March 2012}} |
align="center" | 56th National Film Awards
! scope="row" | Polio Vs. Polio Victims | {{•}}English | Gulshan Sachdeva | Aman Sachdeva | align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/56th_nff_2008.pdf|title=56th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=27 March 2012}} |
align="center" | 57th National Film Awards
| colspan="4" bgcolor="#F5A9A9" align="center" | No Award | align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/57thNFA.pdf|title=57th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=28 March 2012}} |
align="center" | 58th National Film Awards
! scope="row" | Advaitham | Telugu | K. Vijaypal Reddy | Pradeep Maadugula | align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/58_NFA.pdf|title=58th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=29 March 2012}} |
align="center" | 59th National Film Awards
! scope="row" | A Drop of Sunshine | English | Public Service Broadcasting Trust |
align="center" | 60th National Film Awards
| colspan="4" bgcolor="#F5A9A9" align="center" | No Award |
align="center" | 61st National Film Awards
! scope="row" | The Quantum Indians | English | Public Service Broadcasting Trust |
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| align="center" rowspan="2" | 62nd National Film Awards ! scope="row" style="background-color:#E0E0D1" | Komal | English | Climb Media India Pvt. Ltd. | Prashant Shikare | align="center" rowspan="2" |{{cite press_release|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=24 March 2015|access-date=24 March 2015}} |
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! scope="row" style="background-color:#E0E0D1" | Behind the Glass Wall | English | Gaahimedia |
align="center"| 63rd National Film Awards
! scope="row" | Paywat | Marathi | Mithunchandra Chaudhari | {{•}}Nayana Dolas |
align="center"| 64th National Film Awards
! scope="row" | The Water Fall | English | Syed Sultan Ahmed | Lipika Singh Darai |
align="center" | 65th National Film Awards
! scope="row" | The Little Girl We Were and the Women We Are | | Rahi Foundation | Vaishali Sood | align="center" | |
align="center" | 66th National Film Awards
! scope="row" | Sarala Virala | Kannada | H. R. Sujatha | Eregowda | align="center" | |
align="center" | 67th National Film Awards
! scope="row" | Apples and Oranges | English | LXL Ideas | align="center" | |
align="center" | 68th National Film Awards
! scope="row" | Dreaming of Words | {{•}} Malayalam | Nandan | Nandan | align="center" | |
align="center" | 69th National Film Awards
! scope="row" | Sirpigalin Sirpangal | Tamil | KKV Media Venture | B. Lenin | align="center" | |
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]
- [https://alldatmatterz.com/article/91051/from-dreams-to-destiny-must-watch-motivational-movies-bollywood-offer Motivational Movies Bollywood]
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