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National Film Award for Best Feature Film

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{{Use Indian English|date=June 2015}}

{{Infobox film award

| name = National Film Award for Best Feature Film

| image =

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| subheader = National award for contributions to Indian Cinema

| awarded_for = Best Feature Film of the year

| sponsor = National Film Development Corporation of India

| firstawarded = 1953

| lastawarded = 2022

| reward = {{ubl|Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus)|{{INR}}3,00,000}}

| former name = President's Gold Medal for Best Feature Film

| holder_label = Most recent winner

| holder = Aattam

| award1_type = Total awarded

| award1_winner = 69

| award2_type = First winner

| award2_winner = Shyamchi Aai

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The National Film Award for Best Feature Film is one of the categories in the National Film Awards presented annually by the National Film Development Corporation of India, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in India. It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with the Golden Lotus (Swarna Kamal). The award is announced for films produced in a year across the country, in all Indian languages. {{As of|2024}}, the award comprises a Swarna Kamal, a certificate, and a cash prize of {{INR}}3,00,000 and is presented to the producer and the director of the film.

The National Film Awards were established in 1954 to "encourage production of the films of a high aesthetic and technical standard and educational and culture value" and also planned to include awards for regional films. The awards were instituted as "State Awards for Films" but were renamed to "National Film Awards" at the 15th National Film Awards in 1967. {{As of|2024}}, the award is one of six Swarna Kamal awards presented for the feature films. The award-winning film is included at the annual International Film Festival of India. Only the films made in any Indian language and silent films which are either shot on 35 mm, in a wider gauge, or digital format but released on a film or Video/Digital format and certified by the Central Board of Film Certification as a feature film or featurette are made eligible for the award.{{cite web|title=Call for entries; 64th National Film Awards for 2016|url=http://www.nationalfilmawards.com/Uploads/Call_for_entries_64th_NFA.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215072936/http://www.nationalfilmawards.com/Uploads/Call_for_entries_64th_NFA.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 February 2017|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=11 May 2017|pages=6, 13}}

The inaugural award was named as "President's Gold Medal for the All India Best Feature Film" and was awarded to Marathi film, Shyamchi Aai (Shyam's Mother), produced and directed by Pralhad Keshav Atre and is based on Pandurang Sadashiv Sane's Marathi novel of the same name.

As of 2022 edition, 69 feature films have been awarded: Bengali (22), Malayalam (13), Hindi (12), Kannada (6), Marathi (5), Tamil (3), Assamese and Sanskrit (each 2), Beary, Gujarati and Telugu (each 1). At the 26th National Film Awards (1978), no feature film was awarded with the Best Feature film award as the jury headed by filmmaker Chetan Anand scrutinised eighty films but did not consider any film to be "worthy of merit" and "measured up to the standard of excellence set forth by the jury". At the 59th National Film Awards, two feature films shared the award; Marathi film Deool (Temple) and Beary film Byari. Most recently, the award is presented to the film Aattam, directed by Anand Ekarshi.

Satyajit Ray is the most honoured director where six of his films{{mdash}}{{Lang|bn-latn|Pather Panchali}} (1955), Apur Sansar (1959), Charulata (1964), Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne (1968), Seemabaddha (1971), and Agantuk (1991){{mdash}}won the award, followed Buddhadeb Dasgupta (five), Girish Kasaravalli and Mrinal Sen (four each), Shaji N. Karun (three), and Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Tapan Sinha, G. V. Iyer and Priyadarshan (two each). As of 2022, the award was presented to the films of Eleven debutant directors; Satyajit Ray ({{Lang|bn-latn|Pather Panchali}}, 1955),{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/may/05/satyajit-ray-pather-panchali-restoration-apu-trilogy|title=Back on the little road: Satyajit Ray's Pather Panchali returns in all its glory|newspaper=The Guardian|author=Hoffman, Jordan|date=5 May 2015|access-date=13 May 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150809060442/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/may/05/satyajit-ray-pather-panchali-restoration-apu-trilogy|archive-date=9 August 2015|df=dmy-all}} Adoor Gopalakrishnan (Swayamvaram, 1972),{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/universal-and-timeless/article4123362.ece|title=Universal and timeless|newspaper=The Hindu|author=Venkiteswaran, C. S.|date=22 November 2012|access-date=11 May 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171217161045/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/universal-and-timeless/article4123362.ece|archive-date=17 December 2017|df=dmy-all}} M. T. Vasudevan Nair (Nirmalyam, 1973),{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/nirmalyam-1973/article2482063.ece|title=Nirmalyam 1973|newspaper=The Hindu|author=Vijayakymar, B.|date=25 September 2011|access-date=11 May 2017}} Girish Kasaravalli (Ghatashraddha, 1977),{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/Ghatashraddha-one-of-the-20-best-movies/articleshow/5297716.cms|title=Ghatashraddha, one of the 20 best movies|newspaper=The Times of India|location=Bengaluru|date=4 December 2009|access-date=12 May 2017}} Shaji N Karun (Piravi, 1988),{{cite web|url=https://iffr.com/en/persons/shaji-n-karun|title=Shaji N. Karun profile @ International Film Festival Rotterdam|publisher=International Film Festival Rotterdam|access-date=12 May 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171117002753/https://iffr.com/en/persons/shaji-n-karun|archive-date=17 November 2017|df=dmy-all}} Sandeep Sawant (Shwaas, 2003),{{cite magazine|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/shwaas-first-marathi-film-to-win-national-award-in-nearly-five-decades/1/195197.html|title=Waiting to exhale|magazine=India Today|date=22 November 2004|access-date=12 May 2017|author=Unnithan, Sandeep}} Salim Ahamed (Adaminte Makan Abu, 2010),{{cite magazine|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/kodak-moment/279074|title=Kodak Moment: Is Oscar glory for Abu a gossamer dream?|magazine=Outlook India|date=5 December 2011|access-date=12 May 2017|author=Ittyipe, Minu|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170403180435/http://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/kodak-moment/279074|archive-date=3 April 2017|df=dmy-all}} Suveeran (Byari, 2011),{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/Theatre-experience-fuels-Suveerans-film-journey/articleshow/12179747.cms|title=Theatre experience fuels Suveeran's film journey|newspaper=The Times of India|author=Ramavarman, T|location=Kochi|date=8 March 2012|access-date=12 May 2017}} Anand Gandhi (Ship of Theseus, 2013),{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Anand-Gandhi-turns-filmmaker-with-ldquoTheseusrsquos-Shiprdquo/article16345021.ece|title=Anand Gandhi turns filmmaker with "Theseus's Ship"|newspaper=The Hindu|date=2 April 2010|access-date=11 May 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180528152518/http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Anand-Gandhi-turns-filmmaker-with-ldquoTheseusrsquos-Shiprdquo/article16345021.ece|archive-date=28 May 2018|df=dmy-all}} Chaitanya Tamhane (Court, 2015), Abhishek Shah{{Cite news |title=I am happy that Gujarati cinema will now be recognised nationwide: Abhishek Shah - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/gujarati/movies/news/i-am-happy-that-gujarati-cinema-will-now-be-recognised-nationwide-abhishek-shah/articleshow/70627317.cms |access-date=2022-04-28 |website=The Times of India |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Abhishek Shah |url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm6390316/ |access-date=2022-04-28 |website=IMDb}} ( Hellaro{{Cite news |title=National Film Awards 2019: Team 'Hellaro' bag Best Feature Film Award honour - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/gujarati/movies/news/national-film-awards-2019-team-hellaro-bag-best-feature-film-award-honour/articleshow/72940859.cms |access-date=2022-04-28 |website=The Times of India |language=en}} 2018). Five films awarded with the Best Feature film award were also the Indian submission for the Academy Award for the Best Foreign Language Film; Apur Sansar (1959), Shwaas (2004), Adaminte Makan Abu (2011), Court (2015) and Village Rockstars (2018) .{{cite web|title=List of Indian Submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|url=http://www.filmfed.org/indian-submission.html|publisher=Film Federation of India|access-date=11 May 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170516054357/http://www.filmfed.org/indian-submission.html|archive-date=16 May 2017|df=dmy-all}} Adi Shankaracharya (1983), the first film made in Sanskrit language,{{cite book|author=Somaaya, Bhawana|title=Once Upon a Time in India: A Century of Indian Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V4PZDQAAQBAJ&pg=RA2-PT90|date=8 December 2016|publisher=Random House Publishers India Pvt. Limited|isbn=978-93-85990-40-3|pages=232}} and Byari (2011), the first film made in Beary language, won the award at the 31st National Film Awards and 59th National Film Awards, respectively.

Awards

Since its inception in 1953, the producer of the film is awarded with the gold medal and a certificate. A cash prize of {{INR}} 20,000 was introduced at the 5th National Film Awards (1957) and was revised to {{INR}} 40,000 at the 18th National Film Awards (1970), to {{INR}} 50,000 at the 28th National Film Awards (1980), to {{INR}} 2,50,000 at the 54th National Film Awards (2006).

From 1953 till 1956, the director of the film was awarded with the Gold medal which was later changed in 1957 to a cash prize of {{INR}} 5,000. From 1967 till 1973, a plaque was also awarded to the director and cash prize was revised to {{INR}} 10,000 in 1970. At the 22nd National Film Awards (1974), the award for the director was changed to Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus) and a cash prize of {{INR}} 15,000 which was later revised to {{INR}} 20,000 at the 25th National Film Awards (1977). Since 28th National Film Awards (1980), the director is awarded with the Swarna Kamal and a cash prize of {{INR}} 25,000 which was later revised to {{INR}}50,000 at the 28th National Film Awards (1980), {{INR}}2,50,000 at the 54th National Film Awards (2006), and {{INR}}3,00,000 at the 70th National Film Awards (2022).{{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}}

In 1973 and 1974, the lead actor and actress of the film were also awarded. P. J. Antony and Sumithra received a souvenir for Malayalam film Nirmalyam at the 21st National Film Awards (1973). Antony was also awarded the Best Actor, then known as the "Bharat Award for the Best Actor". Utpal Dutt and Gita Sen were awarded with a medallion for Bengali Film Chorus at 22nd National Film Awards (1974).

Winners

Films in the following languages have won the Best Feature Film 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: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}}

align="center" |1st National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Shyamchi Aai

| Marathi

| Pralhad Keshav Atre

| Pralhad Keshav Atre

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/1st_nff_1954.pdf|title=1st National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=21 August 2011|page=12|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004085504/http://dff.nic.in/2011/1st_nff_1954.pdf |archive-date=4 October 2011|df=dmy-all}}

align="center"|2nd National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Mirza Ghalib

| Hindi

| Sohrab Modi

| Sohrab Modi

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/2nd_nff_1955.pdf|title=2nd National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=23 August 2011|page=15|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120316222437/http://dff.nic.in/2011/2nd_nff_1955.pdf|archive-date=16 March 2012|df=dmy-all}}

align="center"|3rd National Film Awards

! scope="row" | {{Lang|bn-latn|Pather Panchali}}

| Bengali

| Government of West Bengal

| Satyajit Ray

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/3rd_nff_1956.pdf|title=3rd National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=1 September 2011|page=6|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160802150604/http://dff.nic.in/2011/3rd_nff_1956.pdf|archive-date=2 August 2016|df=dmy-all}}

align="center"| 4th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Kabuliwala

| Bengali

| Charuchitra

| Tapan Sinha

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/4th_Nff.pdf|title=4th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=2 September 2011|page=2|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322023133/http://dff.nic.in/2011/4th_Nff.pdf |archive-date=22 March 2012|df=dmy-all}}

align="center"| 5th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Do Aankhen Barah Haath

| Hindi

| V. Shantaram

| V. Shantaram

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/5th_nff.pdf|title=5th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=2 September 2011|page=2,4|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103222703/http://dff.nic.in/2011/5th_nff.pdf|archive-date=3 November 2013|df=dmy-all}}

align="center"| 6th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Sagar Sangamey

| Bengali

| De Luxe Film Distributors

| Debaki Bose

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm6thNFAAward.aspx|title=6th National Film Awards|publisher=International Film Festival of India|access-date=3 September 2011|page=2,4|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020054317/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm6thNFAAward.aspx|archive-date=20 October 2012|df=dmy-all}}

align="center"| 7th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Apur Sansar

| Bengali

| Satyajit Ray Productions

| Satyajit Ray

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/7th_nff.pdf|title=7th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=4 September 2011|page=2,4|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150326125140/http://dff.nic.in/2011/7th_nff.pdf|archive-date=26 March 2015|df=dmy-all}}

align="center"| 8th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Anuradha

| Hindi

| {{•}}Hrishikesh Mukherjee
{{•}}L. B. Thakur

| Hrishikesh Mukherjee

| 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=7 September 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012062918/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm8thNFAAward.aspx|archive-date=12 October 2013|df=dmy-all}}

align="center"| 9th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Bhagini Nivedita

| Bengali

| Aurora Film Corporation

| Bijoy Bose

| 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=8 September 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202115652/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm9thNFAAward.aspx|archive-date=2 December 2016|df=dmy-all}}

align="center"| 10th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Dada Thakur

| Bengali

| Shyamlal Jalan

| Sudhir Mukherjee

| 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=9 September 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150929062243/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm10thNFAAward.aspx|archive-date=29 September 2015|df=dmy-all}}

align="center"| 11th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Shehar Aur Sapna

| Hindi

| Naya Sansar

| Khwaja Ahmad Abbas

| 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=13 September 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170502124428/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm11thNFAAward.aspx|archive-date=2 May 2017|df=dmy-all}}

align="center"| 12th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Charulata

| Bengali

| R. D. Bansal

| Satyajit Ray

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm12thNFAAward.aspx|title=12th National Film Awards|publisher=International Film Festival of India|access-date=14 September 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225220334/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm12thNFAAward.aspx|archive-date=25 February 2012|df=dmy-all}}

align="center"| 13th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Chemmeen

| Malayalam

| Babu Ismail Settu

| Ramu Kariat

| 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|page=1,6|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151008121223/http://dff.nic.in/2011/13th_NFA.pdf|archive-date=8 October 2015|df=dmy-all}}

align="center"| 14th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Teesri Kasam

| Hindi

| Shailendra

| Basu Bhattacharya

| align="center" |{{cite book | title=Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema | publisher=Popular Prakashan | author=Gulzar, Govind Nihalani, Saibal Chatterjee | year=2003 | page=532 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8y8vN9A14nkC&q=teesri+kasam+national+award&pg=PT556 | isbn=9788179910665 | access-date=29 June 2012 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171106212617/https://books.google.com/books?id=8y8vN9A14nkC&pg=PT556&dq=teesri+kasam+national+award&hl=en&sa=X&ei=5rXtT_j4O4_EtAbd4aWPDw&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=teesri%20kasam%20national%20award&f=false | archive-date=6 November 2017 | df=dmy-all }}

align="center"| 15th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Hatey Bazarey

| Bengali

| Asim Dutta

| Tapan Sinha

| 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|page=2,9|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225231524/http://dff.nic.in/2011/15th_nff_1967.pdf|archive-date=25 February 2012|df=dmy-all}}

align="center"| 16th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne

| Bengali

| {{•}}Nepal Dutta
{{•}}Asim Dutta

| Satyajit Ray

| 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|page=2|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150517061411/http://dff.nic.in/2011/16th_nff_1970.pdf|archive-date=17 May 2015|df=dmy-all}}

align="center"| 17th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Bhuvan Shome

| Hindi

| Mrinal Sen Productions

| Mrinal Sen

| 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|page=2,6|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226002621/http://dff.nic.in/2011/17th_NFF_1971.pdf|archive-date=26 February 2012|df=dmy-all}}

align="center"| 18th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Samskara

| Kannada

| Pattabhirama Reddy

| Pattabhirama Reddy

| 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|page=2|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120226002621/http://dff.nic.in/2011/17th_NFF_1971.pdf|archive-date=26 February 2012|df=dmy-all}}

align="center"| 19th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Seemabaddha

| Bengali

| {{•}}Bharat Shamsher
{{•}}Jang Bahadur Rana

| Satyajit Ray

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://www.satyajitray.org/films/seemabaddha.htm|title=Seemabaddha @ SatyajitRay.org|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927092825/http://www.satyajitray.org/films/seemabaddha.htm|archive-date=27 September 2011|df=dmy-all|access-date=2 October 2010}}

align="center"| 20th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Swayamvaram

| Malayalam

| Adoor Gopalakrishnan

| Adoor Gopalakrishnan

| 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=26 September 2011|page=2|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105220349/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm20thNFAAward.aspx|archive-date=5 November 2013|df=dmy-all}}

align="center"| 21st National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Nirmalyam{{efn|name=21st|P. J. Antony (Leading Actor) and Sumithra (Leading Actress) were awarded with Medallion.}}

| Malayalam

| M. T. Vasudevan Nair

| M. T. Vasudevan Nair

| 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|page=2,32|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404122553/http://dff.nic.in/2011/21st_nff_1973.pdf|archive-date=4 April 2012|df=dmy-all}}

align="center"| 22nd National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Chorus{{efn|name=22nd|Utpal Dutt (Leading Actor) and Gita Sen (Leading Actress) were awarded with Medallion.}}

| Bengali

| Mrinal Sen Productions

| Mrinal Sen

| 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|page=2,33|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404122730/http://dff.nic.in/2011/22nd_nff_1974.pdf|archive-date=4 April 2012|df=dmy-all}}

align="center"| 23rd National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Chomana Dudi

| Kannada

| Praja Films

| B. V. Karanth

| 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|page=1|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724234749/http://dff.nic.in/2011/23rd_nff_1975.pdf|archive-date=24 July 2011|df=dmy-all}}

align="center"| 24th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Mrigayaa

| Hindi

| Uday Bhaskar International

| Mrinal Sen

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://mrinalsen.org/mrigaya.htm|title=Mrigayaa @ MrinalSen.org|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110907032827/http://mrinalsen.org/mrigaya.htm |archive-date=7 September 2011|df=dmy-all}}

align="center"| 25th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Ghatashraddha

| Kannada

| Sadanand Suvarna

| Girish Kasaravalli

| 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|page=2,44|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170119143000/http://dff.nic.in/2011/25th_nff_1977.pdf|archive-date=19 January 2017|df=dmy-all}}

align="center"| 26th National Film Awards

| colspan="4" bgcolor="#F5A9A9" 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=4 October 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424114857/http://dff.nic.in/2011/26th_NFA.pdf|archive-date=24 April 2012|df=dmy-all}}

align="center"| 27th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Shodh

| Hindi

| Sitakant Misra

| Biplab Roy Choudhary

| align="center" |{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m5ZtAAAAMAAJ&q=shodh+national+award |title=Asian recorder, Volume 26 |publisher=K. K. Thomas at Recorder Press |year=1980 |access-date=29 June 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20120630140324/https://books.google.com/books?id=m5ZtAAAAMAAJ&q=shodh+national+award&dq=shodh+national+award&hl=en&sa=X&ei=yr_tT7ORPMTOsgb6hZGPDw&ved=0CDYQ6AEwAA |archive-date=30 June 2012 |df=dmy-all }}

align="center"| 28th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Akaler Shandhaney

| Bengali

| D. K. Films

| Mrinal Sen

| 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|page=6|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021181343/http://dff.nic.in/2011/28th_nff_1981.pdf|archive-date=21 October 2013|df=dmy-all}}

align="center"| 29th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Dakhal

| Bengali

| West Bengal Film Industry

| Gautam Ghose

| 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=4 October 2011|page=4|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111004082256/http://dff.nic.in/2011/29th_nff_1982.pdf|archive-date=4 October 2011|df=dmy-all}}

align="center"| 30th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Chokh

| Bengali

| {{•}}Department of Information, Cultural Affairs India
{{•}}Government of West Bengal

| Utpalendu Chakrabarty

| 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|page=6|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424114806/http://dff.nic.in/2011/30th_nff_1983.pdf|archive-date=24 April 2012|df=dmy-all}}

align="center"| 31st National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Adi Shankaracharya

| Sanskrit

| NFDC

| G. V. Iyer

| 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|page=6|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424114953/http://dff.nic.in/2011/31st_nff_1984.pdf|archive-date=24 April 2012|df=dmy-all}}

align="center"| 32nd National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Damul

| Hindi

| Prakash Jha Productions

| Prakash Jha

| 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|page=7|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029203732/http://dff.nic.in/2011/32nd_nff_1985.pdf|archive-date=29 October 2013|df=dmy-all}}

align="center"| 33rd National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Chidambaram

| Malayalam

| G. Aravindan

| G. Aravindan

| 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|pages=8–9|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053550/http://dff.nic.in/2011/33nfa.pdf|archive-date=21 September 2013|df=dmy-all}}

align="center"| 34th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Tabarana Kathe

| Kannada

| Girish Kasaravalli

| Girish Kasaravalli

| 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=7 January 2012|pages=10–11|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029200134/http://dff.nic.in/2011/34th_NFF.pdf|archive-date=29 October 2013|df=dmy-all}}

align="center"| 35th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai

| Assamese

| {{•}}Sailadhar Baruah
{{•}}Jahnu Barua

| Jahnu Barua

| 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|pages=12–13|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120322020437/http://dff.nic.in/2011/35th_nff_1988.pdf|archive-date=22 March 2012|df=dmy-all}}

align="center"| 36th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Piravi

| Malayalam

| Film Folks

| Shaji N. Karun

| 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|pages=12–13|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104103209/http://dff.nic.in/2011/36nfa.pdf|archive-date=4 November 2016|df=dmy-all}}

align="center"| 37th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Bagh Bahadur

| Bengali

| Buddhadeb Dasgupta

| Buddhadeb Dasgupta

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/37nfa.pdf|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|title=37th National Film Awards|access-date=29 January 2012|pages=12–13|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002235001/http://dff.nic.in/2011/37nfa.pdf|archive-date=2 October 2013|df=dmy-all}}

align="center"| 38th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Marupakkam

| Tamil

| NFDC

| K. S. Sethumadhavan

| align="center" |{{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|pages=14–15|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215163809/http://dff.nic.in/2011/38th_nff_1991.pdf|archive-date=15 December 2017|df=dmy-all}}

align="center"| 39th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Agantuk

| Bengali

| NFDC

| Satyajit Ray

| 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|pages=14–15|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215070453/http://dff.nic.in/2011/39nd_nff_1985.pdf|archive-date=15 December 2017|df=dmy-all}}

align="center"| 40th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Bhagwat Gita

| Sanskrit

| T. Subbarami Reddy

| G. V. Iyer

| align="center" |{{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|pages=14–15|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309053748/http://dff.nic.in/2011/40th_nff_1993.pdf|archive-date=9 March 2016|df=dmy-all}}

align="center"| 41st National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Charachar

| Bengali

| {{•}}Gita Gope
{{•}}Shankar Gope

| Buddhadeb Dasgupta

| 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|pages=12–13|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107012936/http://dff.nic.in/2011/41st_nff_1994.pdf|archive-date=7 November 2017|df=dmy-all}}

align="center"| 42nd National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Unishe April

| Bengali

| Renu Roy

| Rituparno Ghosh

| 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|pages=6–7|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107015003/http://dff.nic.in/2011/42nd_nff_1995.pdf|archive-date=7 November 2017|df=dmy-all}}

align="center"| 43rd National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Kathapurushan

| Malayalam

| Adoor Gopalakrishnan

| Adoor Gopalakrishnan

| 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|pages=6–7|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424114315/http://dff.nic.in/2011/43rd_nff_1996.pdf|archive-date=24 April 2012|df=dmy-all}}

align="center"| 44th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Lal Darja

| Bengali

| {{•}}Chitrani Lahiri
{{•}}Dulal Roy

| Buddhadeb Dasgupta

| 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|pages=6–7|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107013544/http://dff.nic.in/2011/44th_nff_1997.pdf|archive-date=7 November 2017|df=dmy-all}}

align="center"| 45th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Thaayi Saheba

| Kannada

| Jayamala

| Girish Kasaravalli

| 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|pages=6–7|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107004458/http://dff.nic.in/2011/45th_NFA.pdf|archive-date=7 November 2017|df=dmy-all}}

align="center"| 46th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Samar

| Hindi

| {{•}}Shyam Benegal
{{•}}Sahyadri Films
{{•}}NFDC

| Shyam Benegal

| 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|pages=6–7|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107003914/http://dff.nic.in/2011/46_nff_1999.pdf|archive-date=7 November 2017|df=dmy-all}}

align="center"| 47th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Vanaprastham

| Malayalam

| V. Mohanlal

| Shaji N. Karun

| 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|pages=6–7}}

align="center"| 49th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Shantham

| Malayalam

| P. V. Gangadharan

| Jayaraj

| 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|pages=22–23|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029195537/http://dff.nic.in/2011/48th_nff_2001.pdf|archive-date=29 October 2013|df=dmy-all}}

align="center"| 49th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Dweepa

| Kannada

| Soundarya

| Girish Kasaravalli

| 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|pages=18–19|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029185814/http://dff.nic.in/2011/49th_nff_2002.pdf|archive-date=29 October 2013|df=dmy-all}}

align="center"| 50th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Mondo Meyer Upakhyan

| Bengali

| Arya Bhattacharya

| Buddhadeb Dasgupta

| 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|pages=18–19|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303224027/http://dff.nic.in/2011/50nfa.pdf|archive-date=3 March 2016|df=dmy-all}}

align="center"| 51st National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Shwaas

| Marathi

| Arun Nalawade

| Sandeep Sawant

| 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|pages=10–11|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180107120817/http://dff.nic.in/2011/51st_nff_2004.pdf|archive-date=7 January 2018|df=dmy-all}}

align="center"| 52nd National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Page 3

| Hindi

| Bobby Pushkarna

| Madhur Bhandarkar

| 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|pages=10–11|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029193535/http://dff.nic.in/2011/52nd_nff_2005.pdf|archive-date=29 October 2013|df=dmy-all}}

align="center"| 53rd National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Kaalpurush

| Bengali

| Jhamu Sughand

| Buddhadeb Dasgupta

| 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|pages=10–11|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029195640/http://dff.nic.in/2011/53rd_nff_2006.pdf|archive-date=29 October 2013|df=dmy-all}}

align="center" | 54th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Pulijanmam

| Malayalam

| M. G. Vijay

| Priyanandanan

| 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|pages=8–9|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029193647/http://dff.nic.in/2011/54th_nff_2006.pdf|archive-date=29 October 2013|df=dmy-all}}

align="center"| 55th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Kanchivaram

| Tamil

| Percept Picture Company

| Priyadarshan

| 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|pages=14–15|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029192455/http://dff.nic.in/2011/55th_nff_2007.pdf|archive-date=29 October 2013|df=dmy-all}}

align="center"| 56th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Antaheen

| Bengali

| Screenplay Films

| Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury

| 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|pages=14–15}}

align="center"| 57th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Kutty Srank

| Malayalam

| Reliance Big Pictures

| Shaji N. Karun

| 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|pages=48–49|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235404/http://dff.nic.in/2011/57thNFA.pdf|archive-date=3 March 2016|df=dmy-all}}

align="center"| 58th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Adaminte Makan Abu

| Malayalam

| {{•}}Salim Ahamed
{{•}}Ashraf Bedi

| Salim Ahamed

| align="center" |{{cite web|title=58th National Film Awards, 2010|url=http://dff.nic.in/Press%20Release%20-%2058th%20National%20Film%20Awards%20Winners%202010.pdf|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=29 March 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708120534/http://dff.nic.in/Press%20Release%20-%2058th%20National%20Film%20Awards%20Winners%202010.pdf|archive-date=8 July 2011|df=dmy-all}}

style="background-color:#EBEBE0"

| align="center" rowspan="2" | 59th National Film Awards

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

| Marathi

| A

| Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni

| align="center" rowspan="2" |{{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|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031200819/http://pib.nic.in/release/rel_print_page.asp?relid=80734|archive-date=31 October 2014|df=dmy-all}}

style="background-color:#EBEBE0"

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

| Beary

| Altaaf Hussain

| Suveeran

align="center"| 60th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Paan Singh Tomar

| Hindi

| UTV Software Communications

| Tigmanshu Dhulia

| 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=18 March 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140611113348/http://pib.nic.in/archieve/others/2013/mar/d2013031801.pdf|archive-date=11 June 2014|df=dmy-all}}

align="center"| 61st National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Ship of Theseus

|{{•}}English
{{•}}Hindi

|Recyclewala Films Pvt. Ltd.

|Anand Gandhi

| 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|df=dmy-all}}

align="center"| 62nd National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Court

|{{•}}Marathi
{{•}}Hindi
{{•}}Gujarati
{{•}}English

|Zoo Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.

|Chaitanya Tamhane

| align="center" | {{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|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402123148/http://dff.nic.in/writereaddata/62nd%20National%20Film%20Awards%202014%20-%20Press%20Release.pdf|archive-date=2 April 2015|df=dmy-all}}

align="center"| 63rd National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Baahubali: The Beginning

| Telugu

|{{•}}Shobu Yarlagadda
{{•}}Arka Media Works

|S. S. Rajamouli

| 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|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007194418/http://dff.nic.in/writereaddata/Winners_of_63rd_NFA_2015.pdf|archive-date=7 October 2016|df=dmy-all}}

align="center"| 64th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Kaasav

| Marathi

|{{•}}Sumitra Bhave
{{•}}Sunil Sukthankar
{{•}}Mohan Agashe

|{{•}}Sumitra Bhave
{{•}}Sunil Sukthankar

| 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|df=dmy-all}}

align="center"| 65th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Village Rockstars

| Assamese

| Rima Das

| Rima Das

| align="center" |

align="center"| 66th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Hellaro

|Gujarati

|Saarthi Productions LLP

|Abhishek Shah

| align="center" | https://dff.gov.in/images/News/66th_NFA_Results.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}

align="center"| 67th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea

| Malayalam

| Antony Perumbavoor

| Priyadarshan

| align="center" |{{Cite web |date=22 March 2021 |title=67th National Film Awards: Complete list (updating) |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/67th-national-film-awards-complete-list-updating/article34131921.ece |website=The Hindu}}

align="center"| 68th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Soorarai Pottru

| Tamil

|{{•}}Suriya
{{•}}Jyothika
{{•}}Rajsekar Pandian
{{•}}Guneet Monga

| Sudha Kongara

| align="center" |{{Cite news |date=2022-07-22 |title=68th National Film Awards {{!}} Soorarai Pottru wins Best Film award |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/soorarai-pottru-dominates-68th-national-film-awards/article65671204.ece |access-date=2022-07-23 |issn=0971-751X}}

align="center"| 69th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Rocketry: The Nambi Effect

| Hindi

| Rocketry Entertainment LLP

| R. Madhavan

| align="center" |{{cite news|title=69th National Film Awards: Allu Arjun, Alia Bhatt, Kriti Sanon, and 'Rocketry: The Nambi Effect' bag the honours|url=https://thesouthfirst.com/entertainment/69th-national-film-awards-allu-arjun-alia-bhatt-kriti-sanon-and-rocketry-the-nambi-efffect-bag-the-honours/ |access-date=10 October 2023 }}

align="center"| 70th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Aattam

| Malayalam

| Joy Movie Productions

| Anand Ekarshi

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/70th-national-film-awards-full-winners-list-aattam-bags-best-film-rishab-shetty-wins-best-actor-for-kantara-13805258.html |title=70th National Film Awards full winners list: Aattam bags Best Film, Rishab Shetty wins Best Actor for Kantara |date=16 August 2024 }}

Explanatory notes

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References

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External links

  • {{Official website|http://dff.nic.in/NFA.aspx}} of Directorate of Film Festivals, India

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Film

Category:Awards for best film