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National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues

{{Infobox film award

| name = National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues

| image =

| image_size =

| alt =

| caption =

| subheader = National award for contributions to Indian Cinema

| awarded_for = Best feature film on Social Issues such as Prohibition, Women and Child Welfare, Anti-dowry, Drug Abuse, Welfare of the Handicapped etc. for a year

| sponsor = Directorate of Film Festivals

| firstawarded = 1984

| lastawarded = 2021

| reward = {{ubl|Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus)|{{INRConvert|150|k}}}}

| former name =

| holder_label = Most recent Winner

| holder = Anunaad {{ndash}} The Resonance

| award1_type = Total awarded

| award1_winner = 42

| award2_type = First winner

| award2_winner = Accident

}}

The National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues was one of the category in the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organization set up by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in India. It was one of several awards presented for feature films and is awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus). At the 70th National Film Awards, the category was discontinued and combined with Best Film on Family Welfare, Best Film on National Integration and Best Feature Film on National Integration. The new award is named as Best Feature Film Promoting National, Social and Environmental Values.{{Cite web |last=Bharat |first=E. T. V. |date=2024-02-13 |title=National Film Awards Undergo Changes, Nargis Dutt, Indira Gandhi Categories Renamed |url=https://www.etvbharat.com/en/!entertainment/national-film-awards-undergo-changes-nargis-dutt-indira-gandhi-categories-renamed-enn24021305335 |access-date=2024-08-20 |website=ETV Bharat News |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2024-02-13 |title=Indira Gandhi, Nargis Dutt's names dropped from National Film Awards categories |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/story/indira-gandhi-nargis-dutts-names-dropped-from-national-film-awards-categories-2501516-2024-02-13 |access-date=2024-08-20 |website=India Today |language=en}}

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 included awards for regional films.{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm1stNFAAward.aspx|title=1st National Film Awards|publisher=International Film Festival of India|access-date=10 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517062641/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm1stNFAAward.aspx|archive-date=2017-05-17|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/1st_nff_1954.pdf|title=1st National Film Awards (PDF)|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=10 May 2017}} In 1984, at the 32nd National Film Awards various new categories were instituted for Swarna Kamal and Rajat Kamal. Categories like the Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Costume Design along with the Best Film on Other Social Issues were introduced for the Rajat Kamal. This category was introduced to be awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages. {{As of|2016}} since its inception, the award has been present thirty-three times to thirty-six films. It has been presented for films in seven languages with the highest being twelve in Hindi, followed by ten in Malayalam, five in Tamil, four in Marathi, three in Bengali, two in Kannada and one in Telugu. It was not presented on two occasion in 1985 (33rd ceremony) and 2011 (59th ceremony).

The inaugural award was conferred upon production banner Sanket (Rajat Kamal and {{INR}} 30,000) and director Shankar Nag (Rajat Kamal and {{INR}} 15,000) for their Kannada film Accident for dealing with the bold topic of whistleblowing against political corruption and dealing with bad effects of alcoholism. On five occasion the award was shared by two films: in 1987 by Tamil films Ore Oru Gramathiley and Vedham Pudhithu, in 1993 by Janani (Bengali) and Naaraayam (Malayalam), in 1994 by Wheelchair (Bengali) and Parinayam (Malayalam), in 2000 by Munnudi (Kannada) and Vetri Kodi Kattu (Tamil), and in 2003 by Hindi films Koi... Mil Gaya and Gangaajal.

Winners

The award includes 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus) and cash prize to the producers and director each. The first award in 1984 had a monetary association of {{INR}} 30,000 to the producers and {{INR}} 15,000 to the directors. In 1995 at the 43rd award ceremony the Marathi film Doghi was honoured and the cash prices were revised to {{INR}}30,000 each presented to the director duo Sumitra Bhave–Sunil Sukthankar and co-producers National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC) and Doordarshan. The monetary association was again revised to {{INR}} 1,50,000 to both the producers and directors in 2006 at the 54th ceremony where producer Policherla Venkata Subbiah and director Satish Kasetty's Telugu film Hope was the winner.

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Indicates a joint award for that year

Following are the award winners over the years:

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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: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}}

align="center" | 32nd National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Accident

| Kannada

| Sanket

| Shankar Nag

| align="center" | {{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/32nd_nff_1985.pdf|title=32nd National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=January 6, 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|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=January 7, 2012}}

align="center" | 34th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Doore Doore Oru Koodu Koottam

| Malayalam

| M. Mani

| Sibi Malayil

| align="center" | {{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/83_34thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=34th National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=27 March 2022}}

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| align="center" rowspan="2" | 35th National Film Awards

! scope="row" style="background-color:#E0E0D1" | Ore Oru Gramathiley

| Tamil

| S. Rangarajan

| Jyothipandian

| align="center" rowspan="2" | {{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/82_35thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=35th National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date= 27 March 2022}}

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

| Tamil

| Janani Arts Creations

| Bharathiraja

align="center" | 36th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Main Zinda Hoon

| Hindi

| {{•}}NFDC
{{•}}Doordarshan

| Sudhir Mishra

| align="center" | {{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/81_36thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=36th National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=27 March 2022}}

align="center" | 37th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Unnikuttanu Joli Kitty

| Malayalam

| V. R. Gopinath

| V. R. Gopinath

| align="center" | {{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/80_37thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=37th National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=27 March 2022}}

align="center" | 38th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Oru Veedu Iru Vasal

| Tamil

| Kavithalayaa Productions

| K. Balachander

| align="center" | {{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/79_38thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=38th National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=27 March 2022}}

align="center" | 39th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Yamanam

| Malayalam

| Ajayan Varicolil

| Bharath Gopi

| align="center" | {{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/78_39ndNfacatalogue.pdf|title=39th National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=27 March 2022}}

align="center" | 40th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Neenga Nalla Irukkanum

| Tamil

| GV Films

| Visu

| align="center" | {{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/77_40thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=40th National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=27 March 2022}}

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| align="center" rowspan="2" | 41st National Film Awards

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

| Bengali

| Sanat Dasgupta

| Sanat Dasgupta

| align="center" rowspan="2" | {{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/76_41stNfacatalogue.pdf|title=41st National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=27 March 2022}}

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

| Malayalam

| Raju Pilakat

| Sasi Shankar

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| align="center" rowspan="2" | 42nd National Film Awards

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

| Malayalam

| G. P. Vijayakumar

| Hariharan

| align="center" rowspan="2" | {{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/75_42ndNfacatalogue.pdf|title=42nd National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=27 March 2022}}

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

| Bengali

| NFDC

| Tapan Sinha

align="center" | 43rd National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Doghi

| Marathi

| {{*}}NFDC
{{*}}Doordarshan

| {{*}}Sumitra Bhave
{{*}}Sunil Sukthankar

| align="center" | {{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/43rd_nff_1996.pdf|title=43rd National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=March 6, 2012}}

align="center" | 44th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Tamanna

| Hindi

| Pooja Bhatt

| Mahesh Bhatt

| align="center" | {{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/73_44thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=44th National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=27 March 2022}}

align="center" | 45th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Dhanna

| Hindi

| Films Division

| Deepak Roy

| align="center" | {{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/72_45thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=45th National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=27 March 2012}}

align="center" | 46th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala

| Malayalam

| C. Karunakaran

| Sreenivasan

| align="center" | {{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=27 March 2022|format=PDF}}

align="center" | 47th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Kairee

| Hindi

| Government of India

| Amol Palekar

| align="center" | {{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/70_47thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=47th National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=27 March 2022}}

style="background-color:#EBEBE0"

| align="center" rowspan="2" | 48th National Film Awards

! scope="row" style="background-color:#E0E0D1" | Vetri Kodi Kattu

| Tamil

| D. Pandian

| Cheran

| align="center" rowspan="2" | {{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=27 March 2022|format=PDF}}

style="background-color:#EBEBE0"

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

| Kannada

| Navachitra

| P. Sheshadri

align="center" | 49th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Chandni Bar

| Hindi

| Lata Mohan Iyer

| Madhur Bhandarkar

| 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=27 March 2022|format=PDF}}

align="center" | 50th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Swaraaj

| Hindi

| George Mathew

| Anwar Jamal

| 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=27 March 2022|format=PDF}}

style="background-color:#EBEBE0"

| align="center" rowspan="2" | 51st National Film Awards

! scope="row" style="background-color:#E0E0D1" | Koi... Mil Gaya

| Hindi

| Rakesh Roshan

| Rakesh Roshan

| align="center" rowspan="2" | {{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=27 March 2022|format=PDF}}

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

| Hindi

| Prakash Jha

| Prakash Jha

align="center" | 52nd National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Perumazhakkalam

| Malayalam

| Salim Padiyath

| Kamal

| align="center" | {{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/50_52thNfacatalogue%20-%20.pdf|title=52nd National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=27 March 2022}}

align="center" | 53rd National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Iqbal

| Hindi

| Subhash Ghai

| Nagesh Kukunoor

| align="center" | {{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/49_53Nfacatalogue-%20.pdf|title=53rd National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=27 March 2022}}

align="center" | 54th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Hope

| Telugu

| Policherla Venkata Subbiah

| Satish Kasetty

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

align="center" | 55th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Antardwand

| Hindi

| Sushil Rajpal

| Sushil Rajpal

| align="center" | {{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/47_55Nfacatalogue-%20.pdf|title=55th National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=27 March 2022}}

align="center" | 56th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Jogwa

| Marathi

| Shripal Morakhia

| Rajeev Patil

| align="center" | {{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/46_56thNfacatalogue%20-%20.pdf|title=56th National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=27 March 2022}}

align="center" | 57th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Well Done Abba

| Hindi

| Reliance Big Pictures

| Shyam Benegal

| align="center" | {{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/45_57thNfacatalogue%20-%20.pdf|title=57th National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=27 March 2022}}

align="center" | 58th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Champions

| Marathi

| Aishwarya Narkar

| Ramesh More

| align="center" | {{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/44_58thNfacatalogue%20-%20.pdf|title=58th National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=27 March 2022}}

align="center" | 59th National Film Awards

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

| 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=March 7, 2012}}

align="center" | 60th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Spirit

| Malayalam

| M. J. Antony

| Renjith

| align="center" | {{cite press release|title=60th National Film Awards Announced|url=http://pib.nic.in/archieve/others/2013/mar/d2013031801.pdf|format=PDF|publisher=Press Information Bureau (PIB), India|access-date=18 March 2013}}

align="center" | 61st National Film Awards

! scope="row" |Tuhya Dharma Koncha

| Marathi

| Indian Magic Eye Motion Pictures Pvt Ltd.

| Satish Manwar

| align="center" |{{cite web|title=61st National Film Awards|url=http://www.dff.nic.in/List%20of%20Awards.pdf|format=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" |Chotoder Chobi

| Bengali

| Shree Venkatesh Films

| Kaushik Ganguly

| 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|format=PDF|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|date=24 March 2015|access-date=24 March 2015}}

align="center" | 63rd National Film Awards

! scope="row" |Nirnayakam

| Malayalam

| Jairaj Films

| V. K. Prakash

| 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}}

align="center" | 64th National Film Awards

! scope="row" |Pink

| Hindi

| Rashmi Sharma Telefilms Limited

| Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury

| align="center" | {{cite press release|title=64th National Film Awards|url=http://www.dff.nic.in/writereaddata/NFA64PressNote2016.pdf|format=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}}

align="center" | 65th National Film Awards

! scope="row" |Aalorukkam

| Malayalam

| Jolly Lonappan

| V. C. Abhilash

| align="center" | Ancy K Sunny (13 April 2018). [https://www.theweek.in/news/entertainment/2018/04/13/rooted-malayalam-cinema-holds-head-high-national-film-awards.html "'Rooted' Malayalam cinema holds head high at the National Film Awards"]. The Week. Retrieved 16 April 2018.

align="center" | 66th National Film Awards

! scope="row" |Pad Man

|Hindi

| {{•}}Twinkle Khanna
{{•}}Hope Productions Pvt. Ltd

| R. Balki

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

align="center"| 67th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Anandi Gopal

| Marathi

| Essel Vision Productions

| Sameer Vidhwans

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=https://dff.nic.in/images/News/1098_winners_for_67th.pdf|format=PDF|access-date=25 May 2022|title=67th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals}}

align="center" |68th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Funral

| Marathi

| Before After Entertainment

| Vivek Dubey

| style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=2022-07-22 |title=68th National Film Awards |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/68th-national-film-awards-live-here-are-all-the-winners/article65670011.ece |access-date=2022-07-22 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}

align="center" |69th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Anunaad – The Resonance

| Assamese

| Assam State Film Corporation

| Reema Borah

| style="text-align:center;"|{{Cite web |date=24 August 2023 |title=69th National Film Awards for the year 2021 announce |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1951758 |access-date=9 October 2024 |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]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20090508040421/http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/National_Film_Awards_India/ National Film Awards] at IMDb

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