National Film Awards in India is considered as one of the most prestigious awards. Yes, its bigger then Zee cine awards and so called filmfare awards. Actors, Directors, Singers, Writers, Cinematographer and other artists are dying to win this award. This National Film Awards is for all languages and states so; it’s not just restricted to Hindi language only.
Each year National Film Awards held and jury decides the winner for different category. There is plenty of National Film Awards categories so, it’s pretty tough for jury to decide. India has immensely talented people works in different regional film industry and this award gives them the best recognition on national platform.
This National Film Awards opens the boundary for new film makers because most of the time lesser known films, directors and artists won this award and gets instant recognition overnight.
In National Film Awards, Best Feature Film is considered as one of the most important award. There will be several entries for best feature film from different states in different languages and jury had to decide the winner amongst them.
Feature film could be on any subject which may be social issue, social cause or related to history and mythology. Feature film award depends on various criteria including story, direction, acting and other stuffs.
National Film Awards started in 1953 and recently in 2020 67th National Film Awards happened. Today we are going to list down National Award Winners List for Best Feature Film from 1953 to 2019.
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National Feature Film Award Winners List – 1953 to 2019
Year | Movie | Langauge | Director | |
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1953 | Shyamchi Aai | Marathi | Pralhad Keshav Atre | |
1954 | Mirza Galib | Hindi | Sohrab Modi | |
1955 | Pather Panchali | Bengali | Satyajit Ray | |
1956 | Kabuliwala | Bengali | Tapan Sinha | |
1957 | Do Aankhen Barah Hath | Hindi | V. Shantaram | |
1958 | Sagar Sangamey | Bengali | Debaki Bose | |
1959 | Apur Sansar | Bengali | Satyajit Ray | |
1960 | Anuradha | Hindi | Hrishikesh Mukherjee | |
1961 | Bhagini Nivedita | Bengali | Bijoy Bose | |
1962 | Dada Thakur | Bengali | Sudhir Mukherjee | |
1963 | Shehar Aur Sapna | Hindi | Khwaja Ahmad Abbas | |
1964 | Charulata | Bengali | Satyajit Ray | |
1965 | Chemmeen | Malayalam | Ramu Kariat | |
1966 | Teesri Kasam | Hindi | Basu Bhattacharya | |
1967 | Hatey Bazarey | Bengali | Tapan Sinha | |
1968 | Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne | Bengali | Satyajit Ray | |
1969 | Bhuvan Shome | Hindi | Mrinal Sen | |
1970 | Samskara | Kannada | Pattabhirama Reddy | |
1971 | Seemabaddha | Bengali | Satyajit Ray | |
1972 | Swayamvaram | Malayalam | Adoor Gopalakrishnan | |
1973 | Nirmalyam | Malayalam | M. T. Vasudevan Nair | |
1974 | Chorus | Bengali | Mrinal Sen | |
1975 | Chomana Dudi | Kannada | B. V. Karanth | |
1976 | Mrigayaa | Hindi | Mrinal Sen | |
1977 | Ghatashraddha | Kannada | Girish Kasaravalli | |
1979 | Shodh | Hindi | Biplab Roy Choudhary | |
1980 | Akaler Shandhaney | Bengali | Mrinal Sen | |
1981 | Dakhal | Bengali | Gautam Ghose | |
1982 | Chokh | Bengali | Utpalendu Chakrabarty | |
1983 | Adi Shankaracharya | Sanskrit | G. V. Iyer | 1 |
1984 | Damul | Hindi | Prakash Jha | |
1985 | Chidambaram | Malayalam | G. Aravindan | |
1986 | Tabarana Kathe | Kannada | Girish Kasaravalli | |
1987 | Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai | Assamese | Jahnu Barua | |
1988 | Piravi | Malayalam | Shaji N. Karun | |
1989 | Bagh Bahadur | Bengali | Buddhadeb Dasgupta | |
1990 | Marupakkam | Tamil | K. S. Sethumadhavan | |
1991 | Agantuk | Bengali | Satyajit Ray | |
1992 | Bhagavad Gita | Sanskrit | G. V. Iyer | |
1993 | Charachar | Bengali | Buddhadeb Dasgupta | |
1994 | Unishe April | Bengali | Rituparno Ghosh | |
1995 | Kathapurushan | Malayalam | Adoor Gopalakrishnan | |
1996 | Lal Darja | Bengali | Buddhadeb Dasgupta | |
1997 | Thaayi Saheba | Kannada | Girish Kasaravalli | |
1998 | Samar | Hindi | Shyam Benegal | |
1999 | Vanaprastham | Malayalam | Shaji N. Karun & Mohanlal | |
2000 | Shantham | Malayalam | Jayaraj | |
2001 | Dweepa | Kannada | Girish Kasaravalli | |
2002 | Mondo Meyer Upakhyan | Bengali | Buddhadeb Dasgupta | |
2003 | Shwaas | Marathi | Sandeep Sawant | |
2004 | Page 3 | Hindi | Madhur Bhandarkar | |
2005 | Kaalpurush | Bengali | Buddhadeb Dasgupta | |
2006 | Pulijanmam | Malayalam | Priyanandanan | |
2007 | Kanchivaram | Tamil | Priyadarshan | |
2008 | Antaheen | Bengali | Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury | |
2009 | Kutty Srank | Malayalam | Shaji N. Karun | |
2010 | Adaminte Makan Abu | Malayalam | Salim Ahamed | |
2011 | Deool | Marathi | Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni | |
2011 | Byari | Beary | Suveeran | |
2012 | Paan Singh Tomar | Hindi | Tigmanshu Dhulia | |
2013 | Ship of Theseus | English Hindi | Anand Gandhi | |
2014 | Court | Marathi Hindi Gujarati English | Chaitanya Tamhane | |
2015 | Baahubali: The Beginning | Telugu | S. S. Rajamouli | |
2016 | Kaasav | Marathi | Sumitra Bhave_x000D_ Sunil Sukthankar | |
2017 | Village Rockstars | Assamese | Rima Das | |
2018 | Hellaro | Gujarati | Abhishek Shah | |
2019 | Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea | Malayalam | Priyadarshan |