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class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Third_Best_Feature_Film"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.3</span> <span>Third Best Feature Film</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Third_Best_Feature_Film-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Best_Feature_Film_on_National_Integration" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Best_Feature_Film_on_National_Integration"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.4</span> <span>Best Feature Film on National Integration</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Best_Feature_Film_on_National_Integration-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Best_Film_on_Environment_Conservation_/_Preservation" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Best_Film_on_Environment_Conservation_/_Preservation"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.5</span> <span>Best Film on Environment Conservation / Preservation</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Best_Film_on_Environment_Conservation_/_Preservation-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Best_Film_on_Other_Social_Issues" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Best_Film_on_Other_Social_Issues"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.6</span> <span>Best Film on Other Social Issues</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Best_Film_on_Other_Social_Issues-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Best_Film_on_Family_Welfare" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Best_Film_on_Family_Welfare"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.7</span> <span>Best Film on Family Welfare</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Best_Film_on_Family_Welfare-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Best_Animated_Film" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Best_Animated_Film"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.8</span> <span>Best Animated Film</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Best_Animated_Film-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Best_Special_Effects" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Best_Special_Effects"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.9</span> <span>Best Special Effects</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Best_Special_Effects-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Special_Jury_Award" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Special_Jury_Award"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.10</span> <span>Special Jury Award</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Special_Jury_Award-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Best_Story" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Best_Story"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.11</span> <span>Best Story</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Best_Story-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Best_Film_Based_On_High_Literary_Work" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Best_Film_Based_On_High_Literary_Work"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.12</span> <span>Best Film Based On High Literary Work</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Best_Film_Based_On_High_Literary_Work-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Discontinued_Non-feature_film_award_categories" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Discontinued_Non-feature_film_award_categories"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Discontinued Non-feature film award categories</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Discontinued_Non-feature_film_award_categories-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Discontinued Non-feature film award categories subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Discontinued_Non-feature_film_award_categories-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Best_Agriculture_Film" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Best_Agriculture_Film"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>Best Agriculture Film</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Best_Agriculture_Film-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Best_Anthropological/Ethnographic_Film" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Best_Anthropological/Ethnographic_Film"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>Best Anthropological/Ethnographic Film</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Best_Anthropological/Ethnographic_Film-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Best_Biographical_Film" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Best_Biographical_Film"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>Best Biographical Film</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Best_Biographical_Film-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Best_Educational/Motivational/Instructional_Film" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Best_Educational/Motivational/Instructional_Film"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4</span> <span>Best Educational/Motivational/Instructional Film</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Best_Educational/Motivational/Instructional_Film-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Best_Environment/Conservation/Preservation_Film" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Best_Environment/Conservation/Preservation_Film"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5</span> <span>Best Environment/Conservation/Preservation Film</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Best_Environment/Conservation/Preservation_Film-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Best_Exploration/Adventure_Film" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Best_Exploration/Adventure_Film"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6</span> <span>Best Exploration/Adventure Film</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Best_Exploration/Adventure_Film-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Best_Family_Welfare_Film" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Best_Family_Welfare_Film"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.7</span> <span>Best Family Welfare Film</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Best_Family_Welfare_Film-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Best_Historical_Reconstruction/Compilation_Film" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Best_Historical_Reconstruction/Compilation_Film"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.8</span> <span>Best Historical Reconstruction/Compilation Film</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Best_Historical_Reconstruction/Compilation_Film-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Best_Promotional_Film" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Best_Promotional_Film"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.9</span> <span>Best Promotional Film</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Best_Promotional_Film-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Best_Scientific_Film" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Best_Scientific_Film"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.10</span> <span>Best Scientific Film</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Best_Scientific_Film-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Best_Film_on_Social_Issues" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Best_Film_on_Social_Issues"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.11</span> <span>Best Film on Social Issues</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Best_Film_on_Social_Issues-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Special_Jury_Award_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Special_Jury_Award_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.12</span> <span>Special Jury Award</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Special_Jury_Award_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Best_Experimental_Film" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Best_Experimental_Film"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.13</span> <span>Best Experimental Film</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Best_Experimental_Film-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Best_Filmstrip" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Best_Filmstrip"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.14</span> <span>Best Filmstrip</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Best_Filmstrip-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Best_Industrial_Film" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Best_Industrial_Film"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.15</span> <span>Best Industrial Film</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Best_Industrial_Film-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Best_News_Review" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Best_News_Review"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.16</span> <span>Best News Review</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Best_News_Review-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Best_Newsreel_Cameraman" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Best_Newsreel_Cameraman"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.17</span> <span>Best Newsreel Cameraman</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Best_Newsreel_Cameraman-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Intermittent_Feature_film_award_categories" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Intermittent_Feature_film_award_categories"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Intermittent Feature film award categories</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Intermittent_Feature_film_award_categories-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Intermittent Feature film award categories subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Intermittent_Feature_film_award_categories-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Best_Feature_Film_in_the_languages_of_Schedule_VIII" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Best_Feature_Film_in_the_languages_of_Schedule_VIII"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Best Feature Film in the languages of Schedule VIII</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Best_Feature_Film_in_the_languages_of_Schedule_VIII-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Best_Bodo_Feature_Film" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Best_Bodo_Feature_Film"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.1</span> <span>Best Bodo Feature Film</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Best_Bodo_Feature_Film-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Best_Dogri_Feature_Film" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Best_Dogri_Feature_Film"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.2</span> <span>Best Dogri Feature Film</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Best_Dogri_Feature_Film-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Best_Kashmiri_Feature_Film" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Best_Kashmiri_Feature_Film"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.3</span> <span>Best Kashmiri Feature Film</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Best_Kashmiri_Feature_Film-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Best_Maithili_Feature_Film" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Best_Maithili_Feature_Film"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.4</span> <span>Best Maithili Feature Film</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Best_Maithili_Feature_Film-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Best_Sanskrit_Feature_Film" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Best_Sanskrit_Feature_Film"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.5</span> <span>Best Sanskrit Feature Film</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Best_Sanskrit_Feature_Film-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Best_Urdu_Feature_Film" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Best_Urdu_Feature_Film"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1.6</span> <span>Best Urdu Feature Film</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Best_Urdu_Feature_Film-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Best_Feature_Film_in_the_languages_not_of_Schedule_VIII" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Best_Feature_Film_in_the_languages_not_of_Schedule_VIII"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2</span> <span>Best Feature Film in the languages not of Schedule VIII</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Best_Feature_Film_in_the_languages_not_of_Schedule_VIII-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Best_Bhojpuri_Feature_Film" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Best_Bhojpuri_Feature_Film"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.1</span> <span>Best Bhojpuri Feature Film</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Best_Bhojpuri_Feature_Film-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Best_Garo_Feature_Film" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Best_Garo_Feature_Film"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.2</span> <span>Best Garo Feature Film</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Best_Garo_Feature_Film-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Best_Haryanvi_Feature_Film" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Best_Haryanvi_Feature_Film"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.3</span> <span>Best Haryanvi Feature Film</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Best_Haryanvi_Feature_Film-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Best_Jasari_Feature_Film" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Best_Jasari_Feature_Film"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.4</span> <span>Best Jasari Feature Film</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Best_Jasari_Feature_Film-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Best_Khasi_Feature_Film" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Best_Khasi_Feature_Film"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.5</span> <span>Best Khasi Feature Film</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Best_Khasi_Feature_Film-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Best_Kodava_Feature_Film" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Best_Kodava_Feature_Film"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.6</span> <span>Best Kodava Feature Film</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Best_Kodava_Feature_Film-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Best_Kokborok_Feature_Film" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Best_Kokborok_Feature_Film"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.7</span> <span>Best Kokborok Feature Film</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Best_Kokborok_Feature_Film-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Best_Ladakhi_Feature_Film" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Best_Ladakhi_Feature_Film"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.8</span> <span>Best Ladakhi Feature Film</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Best_Ladakhi_Feature_Film-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Best_Mishing_Feature_Film" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Best_Mishing_Feature_Film"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.9</span> <span>Best Mishing Feature Film</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Best_Mishing_Feature_Film-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Best_Mizo_Feature_Film" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Best_Mizo_Feature_Film"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.10</span> <span>Best Mizo Feature Film</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Best_Mizo_Feature_Film-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Best_Monpa_Feature_Film" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Best_Monpa_Feature_Film"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.11</span> <span>Best Monpa Feature Film</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Best_Monpa_Feature_Film-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Best_Pangchenpa_Feature_Film" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Best_Pangchenpa_Feature_Film"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.12</span> <span>Best Pangchenpa Feature Film</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Best_Pangchenpa_Feature_Film-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Best_Rabha_Feature_Film" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Best_Rabha_Feature_Film"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.13</span> <span>Best Rabha Feature Film</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Best_Rabha_Feature_Film-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Best_Sherdukpen_Feature_Film" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Best_Sherdukpen_Feature_Film"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.14</span> <span>Best Sherdukpen Feature Film</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Best_Sherdukpen_Feature_Film-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Best_Tiwa_Feature_Film" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Best_Tiwa_Feature_Film"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.15</span> <span>Best Tiwa Feature Film</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Best_Tiwa_Feature_Film-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Best_Tulu_Feature_Film" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Best_Tulu_Feature_Film"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.16</span> <span>Best Tulu Feature Film</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Best_Tulu_Feature_Film-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Best_Wancho_Feature_Film" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Best_Wancho_Feature_Film"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.2.17</span> <span>Best Wancho Feature Film</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Best_Wancho_Feature_Film-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Intermittent_Writing_on_cinema_award_categories" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Intermittent_Writing_on_cinema_award_categories"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Intermittent Writing on cinema award categories</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Intermittent_Writing_on_cinema_award_categories-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Intermittent Writing on cinema award categories subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Intermittent_Writing_on_cinema_award_categories-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Special_Jury_Award_/_Special_Mention_(Book_on_Cinema)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Special_Jury_Award_/_Special_Mention_(Book_on_Cinema)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Book on Cinema)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Special_Jury_Award_/_Special_Mention_(Book_on_Cinema)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" 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Following is the list of <b>discontinued and intermittent National Film Awards</b>. Throughout the year various awards have been discontinued and given intermittently. The awards, instituted 1953, on the 40th anniversary of Indian Cinema, are given for feature films, non-feature films and best writing on cinema, and were once officially known as the <i>State Awards for Films</i>. In addition to the regular National Film Awards, several discontinued and Intermittent National Film Awards have been presented throughout the years. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discontinued_Feature_film_award_categories">Discontinued Feature film award categories</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Discontinued_and_intermittent_National_Film_Awards&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Discontinued Feature film award categories"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following are the discontinued National Film Awards from feature films category: </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="All_India_Certificate_of_Merit">All India Certificate of Merit</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Discontinued_and_intermittent_National_Film_Awards&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: All India Certificate of Merit"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The All India Certificate of Merit was one of the <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Awards" title="National Film Awards">National Film Awards</a> given by <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_(India)" title="Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)">Ministry of Information and Broadcasting</a> and <a href="/wiki/Directorate_of_Film_Festivals" title="Directorate of Film Festivals">Directorate of Film Festivals</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>. It was instituted in 1954 and awarded at <a href="/wiki/1st_National_Film_Awards" title="1st National Film Awards">1st National Film Awards</a><sup id="cite_ref-1stawardPDF_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1stawardPDF-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was lastly awarded in 1957 at <a href="/wiki/4th_National_Film_Awards" title="4th National Film Awards">4th National Film Awards</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4thawardPDF_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4thawardPDF-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was given along with <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Feature_Film" title="National Film Award for Best Feature Film">National Film Award for Best Feature Film</a> and two films per year were awarded with this award. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6">List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), language(s), producer(s) and director(s) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:15%">Year </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;">Film(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:10%;">Language(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:25%;">Producer(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:25%;">Director(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Reference">Refs.</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/1st_National_Film_Awards" title="1st National Film Awards">1953<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1st)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i><a href="/wiki/Do_Bigha_Zamin" title="Do Bigha Zamin">Do Bigha Zamin</a></i> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Hindi_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindi language">Hindi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bimal_Roy" title="Bimal Roy">Bimal Roy</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bimal_Roy" title="Bimal Roy">Bimal Roy</a> </td> <td align="center" rowspan="2"><sup id="cite_ref-1stawardPDF_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1stawardPDF-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><i>Bhagavan Sri Krishna Chaitanya</i> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Debaki_Bose" title="Debaki Bose">Debaki Bose</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Debaki_Bose" title="Debaki Bose">Debaki Bose</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/2nd_National_Film_Awards" title="2nd National Film Awards">1954<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(2nd)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i><a href="/wiki/Neelakuyil" title="Neelakuyil">Neelakuyil</a></i> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Malayalam" title="Malayalam">Malayalam</a> </td> <td>Chandrathara Productions </td> <td> • <a href="/wiki/P._Bhaskaran" title="P. Bhaskaran">P. 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Shantaram</a> </td> <td align="center" rowspan="2"><sup id="cite_ref-3rdawardPDF_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3rdawardPDF-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><i>Shirdi Che Sai Baba</i> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Marathi_language" title="Marathi language">Marathi</a> </td> <td>Nandadeep Chitra </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kumarsen_Samarth" title="Kumarsen Samarth">Kumarsen Samarth</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/4th_National_Film_Awards" title="4th National Film Awards">1956<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(4th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i>Bandhan</i> </th> <td>Hindi </td> <td>Sircar Productions </td> <td>Hem Chunder </td> <td align="center" rowspan="2"><sup id="cite_ref-4thawardPDF_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4thawardPDF-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><i><a href="/wiki/Tenali_Ramakrishna_(film)" title="Tenali Ramakrishna (film)">Tenali Ramakrishna</a></i> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Telugu_language" title="Telugu language">Telugu</a> </td> <td>Vikram Productions </td> <td><a href="/wiki/B._S._Ranga" title="B. S. Ranga">B. S. Ranga</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/5th_National_Film_Awards" title="5th National Film Awards">1957<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(5th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i><a href="/wiki/Mother_India" title="Mother India">Mother India</a></i> </th> <td>Hindi </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mehboob_Studio" title="Mehboob Studio">Mehboob Productions</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mehboob_Khan" title="Mehboob Khan">Mehboob Khan</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-5thawardPDF_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5thawardPDF-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_Best_Feature_Film">Second Best Feature Film</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Discontinued_and_intermittent_National_Film_Awards&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Second Best Feature Film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Second_Best_Feature_Film" title="National Film Award for Second Best Feature Film">National Film Award for Second Best Feature Film</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Third_Best_Feature_Film">Third Best Feature Film</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Discontinued_and_intermittent_National_Film_Awards&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Third Best Feature Film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The National Film Award for Third Best Feature Film was one of the <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Awards" title="National Film Awards">National Film Awards</a> given by <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_(India)" title="Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)">Ministry of Information and Broadcasting</a> and <a href="/wiki/Directorate_of_Film_Festivals" title="Directorate of Film Festivals">Directorate of Film Festivals</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>. It was instituted in 1958 and awarded at <a href="/wiki/6th_National_Film_Awards" title="6th National Film Awards">6th National Film Awards</a> and lastly awarded in 1965 at <a href="/wiki/13th_National_Film_Awards" title="13th National Film Awards">13th National Film Awards</a> and discontinued after that.<sup id="cite_ref-6thaward_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6thaward-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13thaward_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13thaward-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6">List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), language(s), producer(s) and director(s) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:12%">Year </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:25%;">Film(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:10%;">Language(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:25%;">Producer(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:25%;">Director(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Reference">Refs.</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/6th_National_Film_Awards" title="6th National Film Awards">1958<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(6th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i><a href="/wiki/School_Master_(1958_film)" title="School Master (1958 film)">School Master</a></i> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Kannada" title="Kannada">Kannada</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/B._R._Panthulu" title="B. R. Panthulu">B. R. Panthulu</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/B._R._Panthulu" title="B. R. Panthulu">B. R. Panthulu</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-6thaward_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6thaward-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/7th_National_Film_Awards" title="7th National Film Awards">1959<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(7th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i><a href="/wiki/Sujata_(1959_film)" title="Sujata (1959 film)">Sujata</a></i> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Hindi_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindi language">Hindi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bimal_Roy" title="Bimal Roy">Bimal Roy</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bimal_Roy" title="Bimal Roy">Bimal Roy</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-7thawardPDF_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7thawardPDF-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/8th_National_Film_Awards" title="8th National Film Awards">1960<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(8th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i><a href="/wiki/Deivapiravi_(1960_film)" title="Deivapiravi (1960 film)">Deivapiravi</a></i> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil</a> </td> <td>Kamal Brothers Pvt Ltd </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Krishnan%E2%80%93Panju" title="Krishnan–Panju"> • R. Krishnan<br /> • S. Panju</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-8thaward_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8thaward-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/9th_National_Film_Awards" title="9th National Film Awards">1961<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(9th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i><a href="/wiki/Prapanch" title="Prapanch">Prapanch</a></i> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Marathi_language" title="Marathi language">Marathi</a> </td> <td>Indian National Pictures </td> <td>Madhukar Pathak </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-9thaward_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9thaward-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/10th_National_Film_Awards" title="10th National Film Awards">1962<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(10th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i>Sautela Bhai</i> </th> <td>Hindi </td> <td>Alok Bharati </td> <td>Mahesh Kaul </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-10thaward_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10thaward-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/11th_National_Film_Awards" title="11th National Film Awards">1963<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(11th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i><a href="/wiki/Mahanagar" title="Mahanagar">Mahanagar</a></i> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a> </td> <td>R. D. Bansal </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Satyajit_Ray" title="Satyajit Ray">Satyajit Ray</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-11thaward_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11thaward-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/12th_National_Film_Awards" title="12th National Film Awards">1964<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(12th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i><a href="/wiki/Unnaipol_Oruvan_(1965_film)" title="Unnaipol Oruvan (1965 film)">Unnaipol Oruvan</a></i> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil</a> </td> <td>Aasiya Jyothi films </td> <td><a href="/wiki/D._Jayakanthan" class="mw-redirect" title="D. Jayakanthan">D. Jayakanthan</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-TOI_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOI-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Sarkar_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sarkar-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/13th_National_Film_Awards" title="13th National Film Awards">1965<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(13th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i><a href="/wiki/Chhoti_Chhoti_Baten" title="Chhoti Chhoti Baten">Chhoti Chhoti Baten</a></i> </th> <td>Hindi </td> <td>Rajvanshi Productions </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Motilal_(actor)" title="Motilal (actor)">Motilal Rajvansh</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-13thaward_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13thaward-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Best_Feature_Film_on_National_Integration">Best Feature Film on National Integration</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Discontinued_and_intermittent_National_Film_Awards&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Best Feature Film on National Integration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Nargis_Dutt_Award_for_Best_Feature_Film_on_National_Integration" title="Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration">Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Best_Film_on_Environment_Conservation_/_Preservation"><span id="Best_Film_on_Environment_Conservation_.2F_Preservation"></span>Best Film on Environment Conservation / Preservation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Discontinued_and_intermittent_National_Film_Awards&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Best Film on Environment Conservation / Preservation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Film_on_Environment_Conservation/Preservation" title="National Film Award for Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation">National Film Award for Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Best_Film_on_Other_Social_Issues">Best Film on Other Social Issues</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Discontinued_and_intermittent_National_Film_Awards&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Best Film on Other Social Issues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Film_on_Other_Social_Issues" title="National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues">National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Best_Film_on_Family_Welfare">Best Film on Family Welfare</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Discontinued_and_intermittent_National_Film_Awards&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Best Film on Family Welfare"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Film_on_Family_Welfare" title="National Film Award for Best Film on Family Welfare">National Film Award for Best Film on Family Welfare</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Best_Animated_Film">Best Animated Film</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Discontinued_and_intermittent_National_Film_Awards&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Best Animated Film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Animated_Film" title="National Film Award for Best Animated Film">National Film Award for Best Animated Film</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Best_Special_Effects">Best Special Effects</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Discontinued_and_intermittent_National_Film_Awards&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Best Special Effects"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Special_Effects" title="National Film Award for Best Special Effects">National Film Award for Best Special Effects</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Special_Jury_Award">Special Jury Award</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Discontinued_and_intermittent_National_Film_Awards&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Special Jury Award"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_%E2%80%93_Special_Jury_Award_(feature_film)" title="National Film Award – Special Jury Award (feature film)">National Film Award – Special Jury Award (feature film)</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Best_Story">Best Story</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Discontinued_and_intermittent_National_Film_Awards&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Best Story"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The National Film Award for Best Story was one of the <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Awards" title="National Film Awards">National Film Awards</a> given by <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_(India)" title="Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)">Ministry of Information and Broadcasting</a> and <a href="/wiki/Directorate_of_Film_Festivals" title="Directorate of Film Festivals">Directorate of Film Festivals</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>. It was instituted in 1962 and awarded at <a href="/wiki/10th_National_Film_Awards" title="10th National Film Awards">10th National Film Awards</a> and lastly awarded in 1975 at <a href="/wiki/23rd_National_Film_Awards" title="23rd National Film Awards">23rd National Film Awards</a><sup id="cite_ref-23rdaward_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23rdaward-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and discontinued after that. </p><p>In the first year, for the 10th National Film Awards, award winners were awarded only with Certificate of Merit. Later on, all the award winners were awarded with Silver Lotus and cash prize of <span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span> 10,000. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="5">List of award recipients, showing the year (award ceremony), film(s) and language(s) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:10%;">Year </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:27%;">Recipient(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;">Film(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:10%;">Language(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Reference">Refs.</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/10th_National_Film_Awards" title="10th National Film Awards">1962<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(10th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row">Not Available </th> <td><i>Four Centuries Ago</i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/12th_National_Film_Awards" title="12th National Film Awards">1964<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(12th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Balai_Chand_Mukhopadhyay" title="Balai Chand Mukhopadhyay">Balai Chand Mukhopadhyay</a> </th> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Aarohi_(film)" title="Aarohi (film)">Aarohi</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-TOI_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TOI-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Sarkar_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sarkar-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center" rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/13th_National_Film_Awards" title="13th National Film Awards">1965<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(13th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Motilal_(actor)" title="Motilal (actor)">Motilal</a> </th> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Chhoti_Chhoti_Baten" title="Chhoti Chhoti Baten">Chhoti Chhoti Baten</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hindi_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindi language">Hindi</a> </td> <td align="center" rowspan="3"><sup id="cite_ref-13thaward_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13thaward-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Batukeshwar_Dutt" title="Batukeshwar Dutt">B. K. Dutt</a> </th> <td rowspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Shaheed_(1965_film)" title="Shaheed (1965 film)">Shaheed</a></i> </td> <td rowspan="2">Hindi </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Din Dayal Sharma </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center" rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/21st_National_Film_Awards" title="21st National Film Awards">1973<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(21st)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Ismat_Chughtai" title="Ismat Chughtai">Ismat Chughtai</a> </th> <td rowspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/Garm_Hava" title="Garm Hava">Garm Hava</a></i> </td> <td rowspan="2">Hindi </td> <td align="center" rowspan="2"><sup id="cite_ref-21staward_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21staward-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Kaifi_Azmi" title="Kaifi Azmi">Kaifi Azmi</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/22nd_National_Film_Awards" title="22nd National Film Awards">1974<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(22nd)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Ritwik_Ghatak" title="Ritwik Ghatak">Ritwik Ghatak</a> </th> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Jukti_Takko_Aar_Gappo" title="Jukti Takko Aar Gappo">Jukti Takko Aar Gappo</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-22ndaward_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22ndaward-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/23rd_National_Film_Awards" title="23rd National Film Awards">1975<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(23rd)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/K._Shivaram_Karanth" class="mw-redirect" title="K. Shivaram Karanth">K. Shivaram Karanth</a> </th> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Chomana_Dudi" title="Chomana Dudi">Chomana Dudi</a></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kannada" title="Kannada">Kannada</a> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-23rdaward_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23rdaward-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Best_Film_Based_On_High_Literary_Work">Best Film Based On High Literary Work</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Discontinued_and_intermittent_National_Film_Awards&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Best Film Based On High Literary Work"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The National Film Award for Best Film Based On High Literary Work was one of the <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Awards" title="National Film Awards">National Film Awards</a> given by <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_(India)" title="Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)">Ministry of Information and Broadcasting</a> and <a href="/wiki/Directorate_of_Film_Festivals" title="Directorate of Film Festivals">Directorate of Film Festivals</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>. It was instituted in 1966 and awarded only at <a href="/wiki/14th_National_Film_Awards" title="14th National Film Awards">14th National Film Awards</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14thaward_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14thaward-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6">List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), language(s), producer(s) and director(s) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:15%">Year </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;">Film(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:10%;">Language(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:25%;">Producer(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:25%;">Director(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Reference">Refs.</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/14th_National_Film_Awards" title="14th National Film Awards">1966<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(14th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i><a href="/wiki/Chhuti" title="Chhuti">Chutti</a></i> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arundhati_Devi" title="Arundhati Devi">Arundhati Devi</a> </td> <td>Arundhati Devi </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-14thaward_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14thaward-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discontinued_Non-feature_film_award_categories">Discontinued Non-feature film award categories</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Discontinued_and_intermittent_National_Film_Awards&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Discontinued Non-feature film award categories"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following are the discontinued National Film Awards from non-feature films category: </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Best_Agriculture_Film">Best Agriculture Film</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Discontinued_and_intermittent_National_Film_Awards&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Best Agriculture Film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Agriculture_Film" title="National Film Award for Best Agriculture Film">National Film Award for Best Agriculture Film</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Best_Anthropological/Ethnographic_Film"><span id="Best_Anthropological.2FEthnographic_Film"></span>Best Anthropological/Ethnographic Film</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Discontinued_and_intermittent_National_Film_Awards&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Best Anthropological/Ethnographic Film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Anthropological/Ethnographic_Film" title="National Film Award for Best Anthropological/Ethnographic Film">National Film Award for Best Anthropological/Ethnographic Film</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Best_Biographical_Film">Best Biographical Film</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Discontinued_and_intermittent_National_Film_Awards&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Best Biographical Film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Biographical_Film" title="National Film Award for Best Biographical Film">National Film Award for Best Biographical Film</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Best_Educational/Motivational/Instructional_Film"><span id="Best_Educational.2FMotivational.2FInstructional_Film"></span>Best Educational/Motivational/Instructional Film</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Discontinued_and_intermittent_National_Film_Awards&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Best Educational/Motivational/Instructional Film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Educational/Motivational/Instructional_Film" title="National Film Award for Best Educational/Motivational/Instructional Film">National Film Award for Best Educational/Motivational/Instructional Film</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Best_Environment/Conservation/Preservation_Film"><span id="Best_Environment.2FConservation.2FPreservation_Film"></span>Best Environment/Conservation/Preservation Film</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Discontinued_and_intermittent_National_Film_Awards&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Best Environment/Conservation/Preservation Film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Non-Feature_Environment/Conservation/Preservation_Film" title="National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Environment/Conservation/Preservation Film">National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Environment/Conservation/Preservation Film</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Best_Exploration/Adventure_Film"><span id="Best_Exploration.2FAdventure_Film"></span>Best Exploration/Adventure Film</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Discontinued_and_intermittent_National_Film_Awards&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Best Exploration/Adventure Film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Exploration/Adventure_Film" title="National Film Award for Best Exploration/Adventure Film">National Film Award for Best Exploration/Adventure Film</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Best_Family_Welfare_Film">Best Family Welfare Film</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Discontinued_and_intermittent_National_Film_Awards&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Best Family Welfare Film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Non-Feature_Film_on_Family_Welfare" title="National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film on Family Welfare">National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film on Family Welfare</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Best_Historical_Reconstruction/Compilation_Film"><span id="Best_Historical_Reconstruction.2FCompilation_Film"></span>Best Historical Reconstruction/Compilation Film</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Discontinued_and_intermittent_National_Film_Awards&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Best Historical Reconstruction/Compilation Film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Historical_Reconstruction/Compilation_Film" title="National Film Award for Best Historical Reconstruction/Compilation Film">National Film Award for Best Historical Reconstruction/Compilation Film</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Best_Promotional_Film">Best Promotional Film</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Discontinued_and_intermittent_National_Film_Awards&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Best Promotional Film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Promotional_Film" title="National Film Award for Best Promotional Film">National Film Award for Best Promotional Film</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Best_Scientific_Film">Best Scientific Film</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Discontinued_and_intermittent_National_Film_Awards&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Best Scientific Film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Scientific_Film" title="National Film Award for Best Scientific Film">National Film Award for Best Scientific Film</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Best_Film_on_Social_Issues">Best Film on Social Issues</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Discontinued_and_intermittent_National_Film_Awards&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Best Film on Social Issues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Film_on_Social_Issues" title="National Film Award for Best Film on Social Issues">National Film Award for Best Film on Social Issues</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Special_Jury_Award_2">Special Jury Award</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Discontinued_and_intermittent_National_Film_Awards&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Special Jury Award"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_%E2%80%93_Special_Jury_Award_(non-feature_film)" title="National Film Award – Special Jury Award (non-feature film)">National Film Award – Special Jury Award (non-feature film)</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Best_Experimental_Film">Best Experimental Film</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Discontinued_and_intermittent_National_Film_Awards&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Best Experimental Film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The National Film Award for Best Experimental Film was one of the <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Awards" title="National Film Awards">National Film Awards</a> given by <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_(India)" title="Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)">Ministry of Information and Broadcasting</a> and <a href="/wiki/Directorate_of_Film_Festivals" title="Directorate of Film Festivals">Directorate of Film Festivals</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>. It was instituted in 1966 and awarded at <a href="/wiki/14th_National_Film_Awards" title="14th National Film Awards">14th National Film Awards</a><sup id="cite_ref-14thaward_19-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14thaward-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and lastly awarded in 1983 at <a href="/wiki/31st_National_Film_Awards" title="31st National Film Awards">31st National Film Awards</a><sup id="cite_ref-31staward_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31staward-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and discontinued after that. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="7">List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), language(s), producer(s), director(s) and citation </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:7%">Year </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;">Film(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:10%;">Language(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;">Producer(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;">Director(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%" class="unsortable">Citation </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Reference">Refs.</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/14th_National_Film_Awards" title="14th National Film Awards">1966<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(14th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i>Homosaps</i> </th> <td>English </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-14thaward_19-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14thaward-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/15th_National_Film_Awards" title="15th National Film Awards">1967<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(15th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i><a href="/wiki/Through_the_Eyes_of_a_Painter" title="Through the Eyes of a Painter">Through the Eyes of a Painter</a></i> </th> <td>English </td> <td>J. S. Bhownagary <span style="font-size:85%;">for</span> <a href="/wiki/Films_Division_of_India" title="Films Division of India">Films Division</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/M._F._Husain" title="M. F. Husain">M. F. Husain</a> (as a Creator) </td> <td> –  </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-15thawardPDF_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15thawardPDF-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/16th_National_Film_Awards" title="16th National Film Awards">1968<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(16th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i>And I Make Short Films</i> </th> <td>English </td> <td>K. L. Khandpur <span style="font-size:85%;">for</span> Films Division </td> <td>S. N. S. Sastry </td> <td> –  </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-16thaward_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16thaward-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/17th_National_Film_Awards" title="17th National Film Awards">1969<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(17th)</span></a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F5A9A9;text-align:center;" colspan="5">No Award </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-17thaward_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17thaward-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/18th_National_Film_Awards" title="18th National Film Awards">1970<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(18th)</span></a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F5A9A9;text-align:center;" colspan="5">No Award </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-18thaward_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18thaward-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/19th_National_Film_Awards" title="19th National Film Awards">1971<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(19th)</span></a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F5A9A9;text-align:center;" colspan="5">No Award </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-19thaward_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19thaward-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/20th_National_Film_Awards" title="20th National Film Awards">1972<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(20th)</span></a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F5A9A9;text-align:center;" colspan="5">No Award </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-20thaward_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20thaward-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/21st_National_Film_Awards" title="21st National Film Awards">1973<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(21st)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i>Homi Bhabha — A Scientist in Action</i> </th> <td>English </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jagat_Murari" title="Jagat Murari">Jagat Murari</a> </td> <td>Viswanathan K </td> <td> –  </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-21staward_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21staward-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/22nd_National_Film_Awards" title="22nd National Film Awards">1974<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(22nd)</span></a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F5A9A9;text-align:center;" colspan="5">No Award </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-22ndaward_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22ndaward-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/23rd_National_Film_Awards" title="23rd National Film Awards">1975<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(23rd)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i>Awashesh</i> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Film_and_Television_Institute_of_India" title="Film and Television Institute of India">FTII</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Girish_Kasaravalli" title="Girish Kasaravalli">K. G. Girish</a> </td> <td> –  </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-23rdaward_15-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23rdaward-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/24th_National_Film_Awards" title="24th National Film Awards">1976<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(24th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i><a href="/wiki/Murder_at_Monkey_Hill" title="Murder at Monkey Hill">Murder at Monkey Hill</a></i> </th> <td>Hindi </td> <td>FTII </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vidhu_Vinod_Chopra" title="Vidhu Vinod Chopra">Vidhu Vinod Chopra</a> </td> <td> –  </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-24thaward_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24thaward-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/25th_National_Film_Awards" title="25th National Film Awards">1977<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(25th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i>Samadhi</i> </th> <td>Music only </td> <td>FTII </td> <td>John Sankaramangalam </td> <td><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1214851843">.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{box-sizing:border-box;width:100%;padding:5px;border:none;font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .hidden-title{font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .hidden-content{text-align:left}@media all and (max-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .hidden-begin{width:auto!important;clear:none!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <i>For achieving a mellifluous blending of the spirit and philosophy of Yoga, with a wealth of detail of practical exercises in an atmosphere of calm contemplation, ennobling music and recitations from the sacred texts.</i></div></div> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-25thaward_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25thaward-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/26th_National_Film_Awards" title="26th National Film Awards">1978<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(26th)</span></a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F5A9A9;text-align:center;" colspan="5">No Award </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-26thaward_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26thaward-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/27th_National_Film_Awards" title="27th National Film Awards">1979<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(27th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i>Child On a Chess Board</i> </th> <td>Music only </td> <td>Films Division </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vijay_B_Chandra&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vijay B Chandra (page does not exist)">Vijay B Chandra</a> </td> <td> –  </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-24thaward_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24thaward-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/28th_National_Film_Awards" title="28th National Film Awards">1980<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(28th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i>Arrival</i> </th> <td>English </td> <td>Films Division </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mani_Kaul" title="Mani Kaul">Mani Kaul</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <i>For searing imagery and outstanding soundtrack.</i></div></div> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-28thaward_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28thaward-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/29th_National_Film_Awards" title="29th National Film Awards">1981<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(29th)</span></a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F5A9A9;text-align:center;" colspan="5">No Award </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-29thaward_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29thaward-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/30th_National_Film_Awards" title="30th National Film Awards">1982<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(30th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i>Chakkar Chandu Ka Chameliwala</i> </th> <td>Hindi </td> <td>FTII </td> <td>N. C. Thade </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <i>For being a romantically mysterious film which successfully dispenses with the normal time-space framework and chronological sequence.</i></div></div> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-30thaward_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30thaward-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/31st_National_Film_Awards" title="31st National Film Awards">1983<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(31st)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i>The Clown and The Dog</i> </th> <td>English </td> <td>FTII </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sunny_Joseph" title="Sunny Joseph">Sunny Joseph</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <i>For its attempt to unfold the intellectual yearnings of youth for freedom if thought and action, interpreted in a brilliantly photographed stylised form.</i></div></div> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-31staward_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31staward-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Best_Filmstrip">Best Filmstrip</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Discontinued_and_intermittent_National_Film_Awards&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Best Filmstrip"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The National Film Award for Best Filmstrip was one of the <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Awards" title="National Film Awards">National Film Awards</a> given by <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_(India)" title="Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)">Ministry of Information and Broadcasting</a> and <a href="/wiki/Directorate_of_Film_Festivals" title="Directorate of Film Festivals">Directorate of Film Festivals</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>. It was instituted in 1963 and awarded only at <a href="/wiki/11th_National_Film_Awards" title="11th National Film Awards">11th National Film Awards</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11thaward_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11thaward-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6">List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), language(s), producer(s) and director(s) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:12%">Year </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:25%;">Film(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:10%;">Language(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:25%;">Producer(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:25%;">Director(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Reference">Refs.</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/11th_National_Film_Awards" title="11th National Film Awards">1963<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(11th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i>Historical Monuments of Delhi</i> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Hindi_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindi language">Hindi</a> </td> <td>G. K. Athalye </td> <td>G. K. Athalye </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-11thaward_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11thaward-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Best_Industrial_Film">Best Industrial Film</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Discontinued_and_intermittent_National_Film_Awards&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Best Industrial Film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The National Film Award for Best Industrial Film was one of the <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Awards" title="National Film Awards">National Film Awards</a> given by <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_(India)" title="Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)">Ministry of Information and Broadcasting</a> and <a href="/wiki/Directorate_of_Film_Festivals" title="Directorate of Film Festivals">Directorate of Film Festivals</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>. It was instituted in 1984 and awarded at <a href="/wiki/32nd_National_Film_Awards" title="32nd National Film Awards">32nd National Film Awards</a><sup id="cite_ref-32ndaward_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32ndaward-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and lastly awarded in 1988 at <a href="/wiki/36th_National_Film_Awards" title="36th National Film Awards">36th National Film Awards</a><sup id="cite_ref-36thaward_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36thaward-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and discontinued after that. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="7">List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), language(s), producer(s), director(s) and citation </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:7%">Year </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;">Film(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:10%;">Language(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;">Producer(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;">Director(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%" class="unsortable">Citation </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Reference">Refs.</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/32nd_National_Film_Awards" title="32nd National Film Awards">1984<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(32nd)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i>Krishi Jantrapati</i> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Hindi_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindi language">Hindi</a> </td> <td>Ghanashyam Mahapatra </td> <td>Ghanashyam Mahapatra </td> <td> –  </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-32ndaward_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32ndaward-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/33rd_National_Film_Awards" title="33rd National Film Awards">1985<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(33rd)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i>Safety Measures in Handling Agriculture Machinery</i> </th> <td>English </td> <td>D. Gautaman </td> <td>Gurbir Singh Grewal </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <i>For its clear instructional value.</i></div></div> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-33rdaward_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33rdaward-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/34th_National_Film_Awards" title="34th National Film Awards">1986<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(34th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i>The Story of Glass</i> </th> <td>English </td> <td>S. Kumar </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Buddhadeb_Dasgupta" title="Buddhadeb Dasgupta">Buddhadeb Dasgupta</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <i>For its comprehensive and engaging treatment of glass-making in our country.</i></div></div> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-34thaward_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34thaward-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/35th_National_Film_Awards" title="35th National Film Awards">1987<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(35th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i>Golden Muga Silk - The Cultural Heritage of Assam</i> </th> <td>English </td> <td>Director (NE), Central Silk Board, Assam </td> <td>Siba Prasad Thakur </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <i>For its exhaustive and well researched analysis of Assam's traditional sericulture industry and factors that have contributed to its survival and growth.</i></div></div> </td> <td align="center" rowspan="2"><sup id="cite_ref-35thaward_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35thaward-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><i>Looking Back</i> </th> <td>English </td> <td>Drishtikon Productions <span style="font-size:85%;">for</span> <a href="/wiki/Films_Division_of_India" title="Films Division of India">Films Division</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Prakash_Jha" title="Prakash Jha">Prakash Jha</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <i>For depicting the highly technical area of the contemporary industrial scene with sophistication and style.</i></div></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/36th_National_Film_Awards" title="36th National Film Awards">1988<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(36th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i>The Duo</i> </th> <td>English </td> <td>Sanat Kumar Dasgupta </td> <td>Sanat Kumar Dasgupta </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <i>For capturing with economy and precision the mass production of ceramic and glassware in exquisite photographic detail.</i></div></div> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-36thaward_34-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36thaward-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Best_News_Review">Best News Review</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Discontinued_and_intermittent_National_Film_Awards&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Best News Review"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The National Film Award for Best News Review was one of the <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Awards" title="National Film Awards">National Film Awards</a> given by <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_(India)" title="Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)">Ministry of Information and Broadcasting</a> and <a href="/wiki/Directorate_of_Film_Festivals" title="Directorate of Film Festivals">Directorate of Film Festivals</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>. It was instituted in 1975 and awarded at <a href="/wiki/23rd_National_Film_Awards" title="23rd National Film Awards">23rd National Film Awards</a><sup id="cite_ref-23rdaward_15-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23rdaward-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and lastly awarded in 1988 at <a href="/wiki/36th_National_Film_Awards" title="36th National Film Awards">36th National Film Awards</a><sup id="cite_ref-36thaward_34-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36thaward-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and discontinued after that. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="7">List of films, showing the year, language(s), producer(s), director(s) and citation </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:10%">Year </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;">Film(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:10%;">Language(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;">Producer(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;">Director(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%" class="unsortable">Citation </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Reference">Refs.</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/23rd_National_Film_Awards" title="23rd National Film Awards">1975<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(23rd)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i>Indian News Review No. 1399</i> </th> <td> –  </td> <td>N. V. K. Murthy </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-23rdaward_15-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23rdaward-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/24th_National_Film_Awards" title="24th National Film Awards">1976<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(24th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i>Indian News Review No. 1559</i> </th> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-24thaward_27-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24thaward-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/25th_National_Film_Awards" title="25th National Film Awards">1977<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(25th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i>Unprecedented Havoc<br />(Indian News Review No. 1520)</i> </th> <td>English </td> <td>Films Division </td> <td> –  </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <i>For a vivid, visual documentation of the havoc wrought by the cyclonic storm which hit the coastal districts of Andhra Pradesh on November 19, 1977.</i></div></div> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-25thaward_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25thaward-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/26th_National_Film_Awards" title="26th National Film Awards">1978<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(26th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i>Uttar Pradesh Samachar 24</i> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Hindi_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindi language">Hindi</a> </td> <td>Director of Information and Public Relations, U.P. </td> <td> –  </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <i>For its genuine effort to make disturbing human document out of the chaos of a frequent natural calamity.</i></div></div> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-26thaward_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26thaward-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/27th_National_Film_Awards" title="27th National Film Awards">1979<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(27th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i>Indian News Review No. 1592</i> </th> <td>English </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-27thaward_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27thaward-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/28th_National_Film_Awards" title="28th National Film Awards">1980<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(28th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i>Day of the Dark Sun<br />(News Magazine 3)</i> </th> <td> –  </td> <td>Films Division </td> <td> –  </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <i>For capturing the high drama of an historic event — the total solar eclipse.</i></div></div> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-28thaward_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28thaward-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/29th_National_Film_Awards" title="29th National Film Awards">1981<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(29th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i>News Magazine 12</i> </th> <td> –  </td> <td>Vijay B. Chandra <span style="font-size:85%;">for</span> Films Division </td> <td> –  </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <i>For its overall technical competence.</i></div></div> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-29thaward_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29thaward-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/30th_National_Film_Awards" title="30th National Film Awards">1982<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(30th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i>Asiad 82 - News 1</i> </th> <td> –  </td> <td>N. S. Thapa <span style="font-size:85%;">for</span> Films Division </td> <td> –  </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <i>For an evocative and stirring record of one of the most colorful events of our time.</i></div></div> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-30thaward_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30thaward-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/31st_National_Film_Awards" title="31st National Film Awards">1983<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(31st)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i>Shelter</i> </th> <td>English </td> <td>FTII </td> <td> –  </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <i>For its brave and sympathetic visual coverage and journalistic report of a controversial issue affecting the lives of the pavement dwellers of Bombay.</i></div></div> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-31staward_20-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31staward-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/32nd_National_Film_Awards" title="32nd National Film Awards">1984<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(32nd)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i>The Rickshaw Drivers of Madhya Pradesh</i> </th> <td>English </td> <td>Madhya Pradesh Media </td> <td>Naren Kondra </td> <td> –  </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-32ndaward_33-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32ndaward-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/33rd_National_Film_Awards" title="33rd National Film Awards">1985<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(33rd)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i>Taranath Shenoy<br />(News Magazine 59)</i> </th> <td>English </td> <td> • <a href="/wiki/Prabhakar_Pendharkar" title="Prabhakar Pendharkar">P. B. Pendharkar</a><br /> • Pritam S. Arshi </td> <td> • M. S. Gangadhar<br /> • Ashok Patil </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <i>For an in-depth coverage of the strong determination of Taranath Shenoy, the handicapped swimmer, who crossed the English channel.</i></div></div> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-33rdaward_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33rdaward-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/34th_National_Film_Awards" title="34th National Film Awards">1986<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(34th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i>The Pope Meets India<br />(News Magazine 70)</i> </th> <td>English </td> <td> • <a href="/wiki/Prabhakar_Pendharkar" title="Prabhakar Pendharkar">P. B. Pendharkar</a><br /> • P. S. Arshi <span style="font-size:85%;">for</span> <a href="/wiki/Films_Division_of_India" title="Films Division of India">Films Division</a> </td> <td>Camera Team <span style="font-size:85%;">for</span> Films Division </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <i>For the excellently co-ordinated team work in making the coverage of the Pope's visit to India more than mere news.</i></div></div> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-34thaward_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34thaward-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/35th_National_Film_Awards" title="35th National Film Awards">1987<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(35th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i>Colours of Life<br />(News Magazine 100)</i> </th> <td>English </td> <td>Pritam S. Arshi <span style="font-size:85%;">for</span> Films Division </td> <td> • Mahesh P. Sinha<br /> • Sant Lal Prasad (<a href="/wiki/Camera_operator" title="Camera operator">Cameraman</a>) </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <i>For bringing out the message that the disabled can also live and work like others through narration of the successful human story of a handicapped artist Jayantilal Shihora, who paints holding brush in his mouth.</i></div></div> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-35thaward_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35thaward-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/36th_National_Film_Awards" title="36th National Film Awards">1988<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(36th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i>More Than a Success Story<br />(News Magazine 129)</i> </th> <td>English </td> <td>Biren Das <span style="font-size:85%;">for</span> Films Division </td> <td>K. B. Nair </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <i>For going beyond the limitations of the news film format to tell the inspiring and moving stories of those who triumphed over their socic-economic circumstances and physical disabilities.</i></div></div> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-36thaward_34-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36thaward-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Best_Newsreel_Cameraman">Best Newsreel Cameraman</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Discontinued_and_intermittent_National_Film_Awards&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Best Newsreel Cameraman"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The National Film Award for Best Newsreel Cameraman was one of the <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Awards" title="National Film Awards">National Film Awards</a> given by <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_(India)" title="Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)">Ministry of Information and Broadcasting</a> and <a href="/wiki/Directorate_of_Film_Festivals" title="Directorate of Film Festivals">Directorate of Film Festivals</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>. It was instituted in 1975 and awarded at <a href="/wiki/23rd_National_Film_Awards" title="23rd National Film Awards">23rd National Film Awards</a> and lastly awarded in 1983 at <a href="/wiki/31st_National_Film_Awards" title="31st National Film Awards">31st National Film Awards</a> and discontinued after that.<sup id="cite_ref-23rdaward_15-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23rdaward-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31staward_20-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31staward-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6">List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), language(s), producer(s) and citation </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:10%">Year </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;">Film(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:10%;">Language(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;">Producer(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:40%" class="unsortable">Citation </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Reference">Refs.</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/23rd_National_Film_Awards" title="23rd National Film Awards">1975<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(23rd)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i>Flood Havocs<br />(Indian News Review No. 1399)</i> </th> <td>English </td> <td> • A. S. Agnihotri<br /> • Abinashi Ram<br /> • A. R. Saroef </td> <td> –  </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-23rdaward_15-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23rdaward-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/24th_National_Film_Awards" title="24th National Film Awards">1976<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(24th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i>Indian News Review No. 1462</i> </th> <td>English </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-24thaward_27-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24thaward-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/25th_National_Film_Awards" title="25th National Film Awards">1977<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(25th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i>Indian News Review No. 1508</i> </th> <td>English </td> <td>C. L. Kaul </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <i>For the breathtaking sweep of his camerawork portraying the faith and emotions of the pilgrims on the hazardous route to the Amarnath Cave, culminating in the final Darshan.</i></div></div> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-25thaward_28-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25thaward-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/26th_National_Film_Awards" title="26th National Film Awards">1978<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(26th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i>Dawn Over Gurais<br />(Indian News Review No. 1568)</i> </th> <td>English </td> <td>C. L. Kaul </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <i>For the lyrical realism of the camera with its perfectly matched tone and texture.</i></div></div> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-26thaward_29-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26thaward-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/27th_National_Film_Awards" title="27th National Film Awards">1979<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(27th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i>Mission To China</i> (INR NO - 1585) </th> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td> –  </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-27thaward_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27thaward-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/28th_National_Film_Awards" title="28th National Film Awards">1980<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(28th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i>Tragedy of Gendi<br />(Indian News Review No. 1657)</i> </th> <td>English </td> <td> • Mahesh Pratap Sinha<br /> • Rajgopal Rao </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <i>For displaying a keen news sense.</i></div></div> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-28thaward_30-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28thaward-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/29th_National_Film_Awards" title="29th National Film Awards">1981<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(29th)</span></a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F5A9A9;text-align:center;" colspan="4">No Award </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-29thaward_31-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29thaward-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/30th_National_Film_Awards" title="30th National Film Awards">1982<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(30th)</span></a> </td> <td style="background-color:#F5A9A9;text-align:center;" colspan="4">No Award </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-30thaward_32-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30thaward-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/31st_National_Film_Awards" title="31st National Film Awards">1983<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(31st)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i>Tragedy of Gendi<br />(Indian News Review No. 1799)</i> </th> <td>English </td> <td> • C. Ramani<br /> • Uday Shankar<br /> • S. L. Prasad </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <i>For their well planned team work (in Indian News Review No. 1799) covering the scientific, technical, ceremonious and human aspects of a great event of national importance recording sensitive emotions of expectation and fulfilment during the launching of SLV-3.</i></div></div> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-31staward_20-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31staward-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Intermittent_Feature_film_award_categories">Intermittent Feature film award categories</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Discontinued_and_intermittent_National_Film_Awards&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Intermittent Feature film award categories"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Best_Feature_Film_in_the_languages_of_Schedule_VIII">Best Feature Film in the languages of Schedule VIII</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Discontinued_and_intermittent_National_Film_Awards&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Best Feature Film in the languages of Schedule VIII"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Best_Bodo_Feature_Film">Best Bodo Feature Film</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Discontinued_and_intermittent_National_Film_Awards&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Best Bodo Feature Film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The National Film Award for Best Bodo Feature Film is one of the <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Awards" title="National Film Awards">National Film Awards</a> given by <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_(India)" title="Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)">Ministry of Information and Broadcasting</a> and <a href="/wiki/Directorate_of_Film_Festivals" title="Directorate of Film Festivals">Directorate of Film Festivals</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>. Till now, it is only awarded twice: once at <a href="/wiki/33rd_National_Film_Awards" title="33rd National Film Awards">33rd National Film Awards</a> in 1985,<sup id="cite_ref-33rdaward_35-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33rdaward-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and lately at <a href="/wiki/63rd_National_Film_Awards" title="63rd National Film Awards">63rd National Film Awards</a> in 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-63rdaward_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63rdaward-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Per <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_India" title="Constitution of India">Constitution of India</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bodo_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Bodo language">Bodo language</a> is among the languages other than those specified in the <a href="/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#Schedule" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages with official status in India">Schedule VIII of the Constitution</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6">List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), producer(s), director(s) and citation </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:9%;">Year </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;">Film(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;">Producer(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;">Director(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" class="unsortable">Citation </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Reference">Refs.</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/33rd_National_Film_Awards" title="33rd National Film Awards">1985<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(33rd)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i><a href="/wiki/Alayaron" title="Alayaron">Alayaron</a></i> </th> <td>Bodosa Film Productions </td> <td>Jwngdao Bodosa </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <i>For pioneering a film in the language which faithfully brings out the socio-economic life of Bodo community.</i></div></div> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-33rdaward_35-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33rdaward-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/63rd_National_Film_Awards" title="63rd National Film Awards">2015<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(63rd)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i><a href="/wiki/Dau_Huduni_Methai" title="Dau Huduni Methai">Dau Huduni Methai</a></i> </th> <td>Shankarlal Goenka </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Manju_Borah" title="Manju Borah">Manju Borah</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <i>An honest attempt to document the dilemma of the common man, helplessly victimised during the times of insurgency in the north east.</i></div></div> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-63rdaward_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63rdaward-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Best_Dogri_Feature_Film">Best Dogri Feature Film</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Discontinued_and_intermittent_National_Film_Awards&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Best Dogri Feature Film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The National Film Award for Best Dogri Feature Film is one of the <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Awards" title="National Film Awards">National Film Awards</a> given by <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_(India)" title="Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)">Ministry of Information and Broadcasting</a> and <a href="/wiki/Directorate_of_Film_Festivals" title="Directorate of Film Festivals">Directorate of Film Festivals</a>, India for <a href="/wiki/Dogri_cinema" title="Dogri cinema">Dogri cinema</a>. Till now, it is only awarded at <a href="/wiki/59th_National_Film_Awards" title="59th National Film Awards">59th National Film Awards</a> in 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-59thnfadff_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59thnfadff-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Per <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_India" title="Constitution of India">Constitution of India</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dogri_language" title="Dogri language">Dogri language</a> is among the languages specified in the <a href="/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#Schedule" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages with official status in India">Schedule VIII of the Constitution</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6">List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), producer(s), director(s) and citation </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:9%;">Year </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;">Film(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;">Producer(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;">Director(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" class="unsortable">Citation </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Reference">Refs.</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/59th_National_Film_Awards" title="59th National Film Awards">2011<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(59th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i>Dille Ch Vasya Koi</i> </th> <td>Sanjeev Rattan </td> <td>Sanjeev Rattan </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <i>For a very simple yet innocent portrayal of the emotional dilemmas of young people growing up in the idyllic landscape of Himachal Pradesh. The director brings us a love story untouched by the vicissitudes of Bollywood formulas to touch upon some core human values and relationships.</i></div></div> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-59thnfadff_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59thnfadff-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Best_Kashmiri_Feature_Film">Best Kashmiri Feature Film</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Discontinued_and_intermittent_National_Film_Awards&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Best Kashmiri Feature Film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The National Film Award for Kashmiri Best Feature Film is one of the <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Awards" title="National Film Awards">National Film Awards</a> given by <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_(India)" title="Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)">Ministry of Information and Broadcasting</a> and <a href="/wiki/Directorate_of_Film_Festivals" title="Directorate of Film Festivals">Directorate of Film Festivals</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>. Till now, it is only awarded at <a href="/wiki/12th_National_Film_Awards" title="12th National Film Awards">12th National Film Awards</a> in 1964.<sup id="cite_ref-12thaward_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12thaward-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Per <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_India" title="Constitution of India">Constitution of India</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kashmiri_language" title="Kashmiri language">Kashmiri language</a> is among the languages specified in the <a href="/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#Schedule" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages with official status in India">Schedule VIII of the Constitution</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="5">List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), producer(s) and director(s) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%">Year </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:25%;">Film(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:25%;">Producer(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:25%;">Director(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Reference">Refs.</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/12th_National_Film_Awards" title="12th National Film Awards">1964<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(12th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i>Mainz-Raat</i> </th> <td>M. R. Seth </td> <td> • Shyam<br /> • Jagiram Paul </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-12thaward_41-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12thaward-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Best_Maithili_Feature_Film">Best Maithili Feature Film</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Discontinued_and_intermittent_National_Film_Awards&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Best Maithili Feature Film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The National Film Award for Best Maithili Feature Film is one of the <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Awards" title="National Film Awards">National Film Awards</a> given by <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_(India)" title="Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)">Ministry of Information and Broadcasting</a> and <a href="/wiki/Directorate_of_Film_Festivals" title="Directorate of Film Festivals">Directorate of Film Festivals</a>, India for Maithili cinema. Till now, it is only awarded at <a href="/wiki/63rd_National_Film_Awards" title="63rd National Film Awards">63rd National Film Awards</a> in 2015. Per <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_India" title="Constitution of India">Constitution of India</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sanskrit_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Sanskrit language">Sanskrit language</a> is among the languages specified in the <a href="/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#Schedule" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages with official status in India">Schedule VIII of the Constitution</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6">List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), producer(s), director(s) and citation </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:9%;">Year </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;">Film(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;">Producer(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;">Director(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" class="unsortable">Citation </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Reference">Refs.</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/63rd_National_Film_Awards" title="63rd National Film Awards">2015<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(63rd)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i><a href="/wiki/Mithila_Makhaan" title="Mithila Makhaan">Mithila Makhaan</a></i> </th> <td> • <a href="/wiki/Neetu_Chandra" class="mw-redirect" title="Neetu Chandra">Neetu Chandra</a><br /> • Samir Kumar </td> <td>Nitin Chandra </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <i>A back-to-the-roots story told with great sincerity, about a courageous youthful rescue effort, happening in Bihar.</i></div></div> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-63rdaward_39-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63rdaward-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Best_Sanskrit_Feature_Film">Best Sanskrit Feature Film</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Discontinued_and_intermittent_National_Film_Awards&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Best Sanskrit Feature Film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The National Film Award for Best Sanskrit Feature Film is one of the <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Awards" title="National Film Awards">National Film Awards</a> given by <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_(India)" title="Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)">Ministry of Information and Broadcasting</a> and <a href="/wiki/Directorate_of_Film_Festivals" title="Directorate of Film Festivals">Directorate of Film Festivals</a>, India for Sanskrit cinema. Till now, it is only awarded at <a href="/wiki/63rd_National_Film_Awards" title="63rd National Film Awards">63rd National Film Awards</a> in 2015. Per <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_India" title="Constitution of India">Constitution of India</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sanskrit_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Sanskrit language">Sanskrit language</a> is among the languages specified in the <a href="/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#Schedule" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages with official status in India">Schedule VIII of the Constitution</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6">List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), producer(s), director(s) and citation </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:9%;">Year </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;">Film(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;">Producer(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;">Director(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" class="unsortable">Citation </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Reference">Refs.</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/63rd_National_Film_Awards" title="63rd National Film Awards">2015<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(63rd)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i><a href="/wiki/Priyamanasam" title="Priyamanasam">Priyamanasam</a></i> </th> <td>Baby Mathew Somatheeram </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vinod_Mankara&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vinod Mankara (page does not exist)">Vinod Mankara</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <i>For an artistic and culturally vibrant portrayal of the mind of a poet during the time he creates his masterpiece Nalacharitam.</i></div></div> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-63rdaward_39-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63rdaward-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Best_Urdu_Feature_Film">Best Urdu Feature Film</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Discontinued_and_intermittent_National_Film_Awards&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: Best Urdu Feature Film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The National Film Award for Best Urdu Feature Film is one of the <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Awards" title="National Film Awards">National Film Awards</a> given by <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_(India)" title="Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)">Ministry of Information and Broadcasting</a> and <a href="/wiki/Directorate_of_Film_Festivals" title="Directorate of Film Festivals">Directorate of Film Festivals</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>. Till now, it is only awarded thrice at <a href="/wiki/41st_National_Film_Awards" title="41st National Film Awards">41st National Film Awards</a> in 1993,<sup id="cite_ref-41staward_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41staward-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> at <a href="/wiki/44th_National_Film_Awards" title="44th National Film Awards">44th National Film Awards</a> in 1996,<sup id="cite_ref-44thaward_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44thaward-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and lately at <a href="/wiki/60th_National_Film_Awards" title="60th National Film Awards">60th National Film Awards</a> in 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-60thaward_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60thaward-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Per <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_India" title="Constitution of India">Constitution of India</a>, <a href="/wiki/Urdu_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Urdu language">Urdu language</a> is among the languages specified in the <a href="/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#Schedule" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages with official status in India">Schedule VIII of the Constitution</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6">List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), producer(s), director(s) and citation </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:9%;">Year </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;">Film(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;">Producer(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;">Director(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" class="unsortable">Citation </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Reference">Refs.</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/41st_National_Film_Awards" title="41st National Film Awards">1993<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(41st)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i><a href="/wiki/In_Custody_(1993_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="In Custody (1993 film)">Muhafiz</a></i> </th> <td>Wahid Chowhan </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ismail_Merchant" title="Ismail Merchant">Ismail Merchant</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <i>A breath-taking film, uniting the various film arts, crafts and technical skills into an integrated experience, with lasting images of a dying culture, in which a humanistic vision of life is being undermined by encroachment from acquisitive commercialism.</i></div></div> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-41staward_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41staward-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/44th_National_Film_Awards" title="44th National Film Awards">1996<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(44th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i><a href="/wiki/Sardari_Begum" title="Sardari Begum">Sardari Begum</a></i> </th> <td> • <a href="/wiki/Amit_Khanna" title="Amit Khanna">Amit Khanna</a><br /> • <a href="/wiki/Mahesh_Bhatt" title="Mahesh Bhatt">Mahesh Bhatt</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shyam_Benegal" title="Shyam Benegal">Shyam Benegal</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <i>For excellent recreation of an era and showing dedication of an artist to music that defies all orthodox and conservative values.</i></div></div> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-44thaward_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44thaward-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/60th_National_Film_Awards" title="60th National Film Awards">2012<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(60th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i>Harud</i> </th> <td> • <a href="/wiki/Aamir_Bashir" title="Aamir Bashir">Aamir Bashir</a><br /> • Shankar Raman </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aamir_Bashir" title="Aamir Bashir">Aamir Bashir</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <i>The ruination brought about by the militant insurgency in <a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_(state)" title="Jammu and Kashmir (state)">Jammu and Kashmir</a> and its deleterious repercussion on the social fabric of the state is well documented in this movie.</i></div></div> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-60thaward_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60thaward-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/66th_National_Film_Awards" title="66th National Film Awards">2018<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(66th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i><a href="/wiki/Hamid_(film)" title="Hamid (film)">Hamid</a></i> </th> <td>Saregama India Limited </td> <td>Aijaz Khan </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <i>A child’s perspective of religion and life, as he searches for his lost father.</i></div></div> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-66thaward_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66thaward-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Best_Feature_Film_in_the_languages_not_of_Schedule_VIII">Best Feature Film in the languages not of Schedule VIII</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Discontinued_and_intermittent_National_Film_Awards&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: Best Feature Film in the languages not of Schedule VIII"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Best_Bhojpuri_Feature_Film">Best Bhojpuri Feature Film</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Discontinued_and_intermittent_National_Film_Awards&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: Best Bhojpuri Feature Film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The National Film Award for Best Bhojpuri Feature Film is one of the <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Awards" title="National Film Awards">National Film Awards</a> given by <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_(India)" title="Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)">Ministry of Information and Broadcasting</a> and <a href="/wiki/Directorate_of_Film_Festivals" title="Directorate of Film Festivals">Directorate of Film Festivals</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>. Till now, it is only awarded at <a href="/wiki/53rd_National_Film_Awards" title="53rd National Film Awards">53rd National Film Awards</a> in 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-53rdaward_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53rdaward-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Per <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_India" title="Constitution of India">Constitution of India</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bhojpuri_language" title="Bhojpuri language">Bhojpuri language</a> is among the languages other than those specified in the <a href="/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#Schedule" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages with official status in India">Schedule VIII of the Constitution</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6">List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), producer(s), director(s) and citation </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:12%;">Year </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;">Film(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;">Producer(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;">Director(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" class="unsortable">Citation </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Reference">Refs.</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/53rd_National_Film_Awards" title="53rd National Film Awards">2005<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(53rd)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i><a href="/wiki/Kab_Hoi_Gawna_Hamar" title="Kab Hoi Gawna Hamar">Kab Hoi Gawna Hamar</a></i> </th> <td> • Deepa Narayan </td> <td>Anand D. Ghatraj </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <i>For a family drama that harks back to traditional values and modern day sensibilities.</i></div></div> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-53rdaward_46-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53rdaward-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Best_Garo_Feature_Film">Best Garo Feature Film</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Discontinued_and_intermittent_National_Film_Awards&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: Best Garo Feature Film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The National Film Award for Best Garo Feature Film is one of the <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Awards" title="National Film Awards">National Film Awards</a> given by <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_(India)" title="Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)">Ministry of Information and Broadcasting</a> and <a href="/wiki/Directorate_of_Film_Festivals" title="Directorate of Film Festivals">Directorate of Film Festivals</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>. Till now, it is only awarded at <a href="/wiki/66th_National_Film_Awards" title="66th National Film Awards">66th National Film Awards</a> in 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-66thaward_45-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66thaward-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Per <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_India" title="Constitution of India">Constitution of India</a>, <a href="/wiki/Garo_language" title="Garo language">Garo language</a> is among the languages other than those specified in the <a href="/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#Schedule" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages with official status in India">Schedule VIII of the Constitution</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6">List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), producer(s), director(s) and citation </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:12%;">Year </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;">Film(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;">Producer(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;">Director(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" class="unsortable">Citation </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Reference">Refs.</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/66th_National_Film_Awards" title="66th National Film Awards">2018<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(66th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i><a href="/wiki/Ma.ama" class="mw-redirect" title="Ma.ama">Ma.ama</a></i> </th> <td>Anna Films </td> <td>Dominic Sangma </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <i>The film follows an old man's relentless quest for a reunion with his dead wife.</i></div></div> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-66thaward_45-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66thaward-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Best_Haryanvi_Feature_Film">Best Haryanvi Feature Film</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Discontinued_and_intermittent_National_Film_Awards&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: Best Haryanvi Feature Film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The National Film Award for Best Haryanvi Feature Film is one of the <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Awards" title="National Film Awards">National Film Awards</a> given by <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_(India)" title="Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)">Ministry of Information and Broadcasting</a> and <a href="/wiki/Directorate_of_Film_Festivals" title="Directorate of Film Festivals">Directorate of Film Festivals</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>. Till now, it is only awarded thrice at <a href="/wiki/62nd_National_Film_Awards" title="62nd National Film Awards">62nd</a> (2014) and <a href="/wiki/63rd_National_Film_Awards" title="63rd National Film Awards">63rd National Film Awards</a> (2015) and <a href="/wiki/67th_National_Film_Awards" title="67th National Film Awards">67th National Film Awards</a> (2019).<sup id="cite_ref-62ndaward_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62ndaward-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-63rdaward_39-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63rdaward-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Per <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_India" title="Constitution of India">Constitution of India</a>, <a href="/wiki/Haryanvi_language" title="Haryanvi language">Haryanvi language</a> is among the languages other than those specified in the <a href="/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#Schedule" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages with official status in India">Schedule VIII of the Constitution</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6">List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), producer(s), director(s) and citation </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:12%;">Year </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;">Film(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;">Producer(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;">Director(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" class="unsortable">Citation </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Reference">Refs.</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/62nd_National_Film_Awards" title="62nd National Film Awards">2014<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(62nd)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i>Pagdi The Honour</i> </th> <td>V R Entertainers </td> <td>Rajeev Bhatia </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <i>For capturing honestly the abrasive fabric of a patriarchal society that places an inordinate premium on honour, and also offering the possibility of liberation through an acknowledgement of others pain.</i></div></div> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-62ndaward_47-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62ndaward-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/63rd_National_Film_Awards" title="63rd National Film Awards">2015<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(63rd)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i>Satrangi</i> </th> <td>Punam Deswal Sharma </td> <td>Sundeep Sharma </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <i>The film earnestly tries to address the social issue of neglect of the girl child in the state of Haryana and the eventual empowering of the girl.</i></div></div> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-63rdaward_39-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63rdaward-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/67th_National_Film_Awards" title="67th National Film Awards">2019<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(67th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i>Chhoriyan Chhoron Se Kam Nahi Hoti</i> </th> <td> • Essel Vision Productions Limited<br /> • Satish Kaushik Entertainment </td> <td>Rajesh Amar Lal Babbar </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <i>The film entertainingly emphasizes the importance of education and equality for a girl child.</i></div></div> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-67thaward_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67thaward-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Best_Jasari_Feature_Film">Best Jasari Feature Film</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Discontinued_and_intermittent_National_Film_Awards&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: Best Jasari Feature Film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The National Film Award for Best Jasari Feature Film is one of the <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Awards" title="National Film Awards">National Film Awards</a> given by <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_(India)" title="Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)">Ministry of Information and Broadcasting</a> and <a href="/wiki/Directorate_of_Film_Festivals" title="Directorate of Film Festivals">Directorate of Film Festivals</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>. Till now, it is only awarded at <a href="/wiki/65th_National_Film_Awards" title="65th National Film Awards">65th National Film Awards</a> in 2017. Per <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_India" title="Constitution of India">Constitution of India</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jeseri" title="Jeseri">Jasari language</a> is among the languages other than those specified in the <a href="/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#Schedule" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages with official status in India">Schedule VIII of the Constitution</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6">List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), producer(s), director(s) and citation </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:12%;">Year </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;">Film(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;">Producer(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;">Director(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" class="unsortable">Citation </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Reference">Refs.</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/65th_National_Film_Awards" title="65th National Film Awards">2017<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(65th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i><a href="/wiki/Sinjar_(film)" title="Sinjar (film)">Sinjar</a></i> </th> <td>Shibu G. Suseelan </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sandeep_Pampally" class="mw-redirect" title="Sandeep Pampally">Pampally</a> </td> <td> –  </td> <td align="center"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Best_Khasi_Feature_Film">Best Khasi Feature Film</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Discontinued_and_intermittent_National_Film_Awards&action=edit&section=45" title="Edit section: Best Khasi Feature Film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The National Film Award for Best Khasi Feature Film is one of the <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Awards" title="National Film Awards">National Film Awards</a> given by <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_(India)" title="Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)">Ministry of Information and Broadcasting</a> and <a href="/wiki/Directorate_of_Film_Festivals" title="Directorate of Film Festivals">Directorate of Film Festivals</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>. Till now, it is only awarded four times at <a href="/wiki/32nd_National_Film_Awards" title="32nd National Film Awards">32nd National Film Awards</a> in 1984, at <a href="/wiki/61st_National_Film_Awards" title="61st National Film Awards">61st National Film Awards</a> in 2013, <a href="/wiki/63rd_National_Film_Awards" title="63rd National Film Awards">63rd National Film Awards</a> in 2015 and lately at <a href="/wiki/67th_National_Film_Awards" title="67th National Film Awards">67th National Film Awards</a> in 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-32ndaward_33-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32ndaward-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Per <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_India" title="Constitution of India">Constitution of India</a>, <a href="/wiki/Khasi_language" title="Khasi language">Khasi language</a> is among the languages other than those specified in the <a href="/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#Schedule" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages with official status in India">Schedule VIII of the Constitution</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6">List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), producer(s) and director(s) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:9%;">Year </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;">Film(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;">Producer(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;">Director(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" class="unsortable">Citation </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Reference">Refs.</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/32nd_National_Film_Awards" title="32nd National Film Awards">1984<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(32nd)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i>Manik Raitong</i> </th> <td>Rishan Rapsang </td> <td>Ardhendu Bhattacharya </td> <td> –  </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-32ndaward_33-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32ndaward-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/61st_National_Film_Awards" title="61st National Film Awards">2013<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(61st)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i>Ri: Homeland of Uncertainty</i> </th> <td>Kurbah Films </td> <td>Pradip Kurbah </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <i>A complex tale of insurgency and reconciliation set in the turbulent <a href="/wiki/Northeast_India" title="Northeast India">North-East</a> state of <a href="/wiki/Meghalaya" title="Meghalaya">Meghalaya</a>.</i></div></div> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-61staward_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61staward-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/63rd_National_Film_Awards" title="63rd National Film Awards">2015<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(63rd)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i>Onaatah</i> </th> <td> • Pomu Das <br />  • Marjina Kurbah </td> <td>Pradip Kurbah </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <i>A sensitive portrayal of a rape victim in the course of her revival, in the healing background of the tribal setting.</i></div></div> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-63rdaward_39-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63rdaward-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/67th_National_Film_Awards" title="67th National Film Awards">2019<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(67th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i>Iewduh</i> </th> <td>Shiven Arts </td> <td>Pradip Kurbah </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <i>A wonderful portrayal of a collage of characters in Iewduh stressing on a community living with human values.</i></div></div> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-67thaward_48-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67thaward-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Best_Kodava_Feature_Film">Best Kodava Feature Film</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Discontinued_and_intermittent_National_Film_Awards&action=edit&section=46" title="Edit section: Best Kodava Feature Film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The National Film Award for Best Kodava Feature Film is one of the <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Awards" title="National Film Awards">National Film Awards</a> given by <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_(India)" title="Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)">Ministry of Information and Broadcasting</a> and <a href="/wiki/Directorate_of_Film_Festivals" title="Directorate of Film Festivals">Directorate of Film Festivals</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>. Till now, it is only awarded at <a href="/wiki/41st_National_Film_Awards" title="41st National Film Awards">41st National Film Awards</a> in 1993.<sup id="cite_ref-41staward_42-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41staward-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Per <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_India" title="Constitution of India">Constitution of India</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kodava_language" title="Kodava language">Kodava language</a> is among the languages other than those specified in the <a href="/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#Schedule" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages with official status in India">Schedule VIII of the Constitution</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6">List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), producer(s), director(s) and citation </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:9%;">Year </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;">Film(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;">Producer(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;">Director(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" class="unsortable">Citation </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Reference">Refs.</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/41st_National_Film_Awards" title="41st National Film Awards">1993<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(41st)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i>Mandhara Phu</i> </th> <td>B. N. Ravi </td> <td>S. R. Rajan </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <i>For depicting how unusual parental love affects children's life adversely too.</i></div></div> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-41staward_42-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41staward-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Best_Kokborok_Feature_Film">Best Kokborok Feature Film</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Discontinued_and_intermittent_National_Film_Awards&action=edit&section=47" title="Edit section: Best Kokborok Feature Film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The National Film Award for Best Kokborok Feature Film is one of the <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Awards" title="National Film Awards">National Film Awards</a> given by <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_(India)" title="Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)">Ministry of Information and Broadcasting</a> and <a href="/wiki/Directorate_of_Film_Festivals" title="Directorate of Film Festivals">Directorate of Film Festivals</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>. Till now, it is only awarded at <a href="/wiki/56th_National_Film_Awards" title="56th National Film Awards">56th National Film Awards</a> in 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-56thaward_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56thaward-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Per <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_India" title="Constitution of India">Constitution of India</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kokborok_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Kokborok language">Kokborok language</a> is among the languages other than those specified in the <a href="/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#Schedule" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages with official status in India">Schedule VIII of the Constitution</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6">List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), producer(s), director(s) and citation </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:12%;">Year </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;">Film(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;">Producer(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;">Director(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" class="unsortable">Citation(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Reference">Refs.</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/56th_National_Film_Awards" title="56th National Film Awards">2008<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(56th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i>Yarwng</i> </th> <td>Joseph Kizhakechennadu </td> <td>Joseph Pulinthanath </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <i>For a meaningful story of displaced people looking to rebuild their lives.</i></div></div> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-56thaward_50-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56thaward-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Best_Ladakhi_Feature_Film">Best Ladakhi Feature Film</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Discontinued_and_intermittent_National_Film_Awards&action=edit&section=48" title="Edit section: Best Ladakhi Feature Film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The National Film Award for Best Ladakhi Feature Film is one of the <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Awards" title="National Film Awards">National Film Awards</a> given by <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_(India)" title="Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)">Ministry of Information and Broadcasting</a> and <a href="/wiki/Directorate_of_Film_Festivals" title="Directorate of Film Festivals">Directorate of Film Festivals</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>. Till now, it is only awarded at <a href="/wiki/65th_National_Film_Awards" title="65th National Film Awards">65th National Film Awards</a> in 2017. Per <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_India" title="Constitution of India">Constitution of India</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ladakhi_language" title="Ladakhi language">Ladakhi language</a> is among the languages other than those specified in the <a href="/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#Schedule" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages with official status in India">Schedule VIII of the Constitution</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6">List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), producer(s), director(s) and citation </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:12%;">Year </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;">Film(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;">Producer(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;">Director(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" class="unsortable">Citation </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Reference">Refs.</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/65th_National_Film_Awards" title="65th National Film Awards">2017<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(65th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i>Walking With The Wind</i> </th> <td>Mahesh Mohan </td> <td>Praveen Morchhale </td> <td> </td> <td align="center"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Best_Mishing_Feature_Film">Best Mishing Feature Film</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Discontinued_and_intermittent_National_Film_Awards&action=edit&section=49" title="Edit section: Best Mishing Feature Film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The National Film Award for Best Mishing Feature Film is one of the <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Awards" title="National Film Awards">National Film Awards</a> given by <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_(India)" title="Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)">Ministry of Information and Broadcasting</a> and <a href="/wiki/Directorate_of_Film_Festivals" title="Directorate of Film Festivals">Directorate of Film Festivals</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>. Till now, it is awarded at <a href="/wiki/60th_National_Film_Awards" title="60th National Film Awards">60th</a> and <a href="/wiki/67th_National_Film_Awards" title="67th National Film Awards">67th National Film Awards</a> in 2012 and 2019 respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-60thaward_44-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60thaward-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Per <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_India" title="Constitution of India">Constitution of India</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mishing_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Mishing language">Mishing language</a> is among the languages other than those specified in the <a href="/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#Schedule" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages with official status in India">Schedule VIII of the Constitution</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6">List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), producer(s), director(s) and citation </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:12%;">Year </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;">Film(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;">Producer(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;">Director(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" class="unsortable">Citation </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Reference">Refs.</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/60th_National_Film_Awards" title="60th National Film Awards">2012<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(60th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i><a href="/wiki/Ko_Yad" title="Ko Yad">Ko:Yad</a></i> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Manju_Borah" title="Manju Borah">Manju Borah</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Manju_Borah" title="Manju Borah">Manju Borah</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <i>A stark and realistic film with a strong subtext about a driftwood collector makes compelling viewing.</i></div></div> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-60thaward_44-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60thaward-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/67th_National_Film_Awards" title="67th National Film Awards">2019<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(67th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i>Anu Ruwad</i> </th> <td>Obonori Pictures </td> <td>Dilip Kumar Doley </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <i>A realistic narration of schematic witch hunting and unfortunate child deaths among the Mishing people.</i></div></div> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-67thaward_48-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67thaward-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Best_Mizo_Feature_Film">Best Mizo Feature Film</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Discontinued_and_intermittent_National_Film_Awards&action=edit&section=50" title="Edit section: Best Mizo Feature Film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The National Film Award for Best Mizo Feature Film is one of the <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Awards" title="National Film Awards">National Film Awards</a> given by <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_(India)" title="Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)">Ministry of Information and Broadcasting</a> and <a href="/wiki/Directorate_of_Film_Festivals" title="Directorate of Film Festivals">Directorate of Film Festivals</a>, India for Sanskrit cinema. Till now, it is only awarded at <a href="/wiki/63rd_National_Film_Awards" title="63rd National Film Awards">63rd National Film Awards</a> in 2015. Per <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_India" title="Constitution of India">Constitution of India</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mizo_language" title="Mizo language">Mizo language</a> is among the languages other than those specified in the <a href="/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#Schedule" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages with official status in India">Schedule VIII of the Constitution</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6">List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), producer(s), director(s) and citation </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:9%;">Year </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;">Film(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;">Producer(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;">Director(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" class="unsortable">Citation </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Reference">Refs.</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/63rd_National_Film_Awards" title="63rd National Film Awards">2015<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(63rd)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i>Kima’s Lode Beyond the Class</i> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Children%27s_Film_Society,_India" title="Children's Film Society, India">Children's Film Society</a> </td> <td>Zualaa Chhangte </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <i>For an adventurous coming-of-age story of a boy, set in the pristine environments of Mizoram.</i></div></div> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-63rdaward_39-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63rdaward-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Best_Monpa_Feature_Film">Best Monpa Feature Film</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Discontinued_and_intermittent_National_Film_Awards&action=edit&section=51" title="Edit section: Best Monpa Feature Film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The National Film Award for Best Monpa Feature Film is one of the <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Awards" title="National Film Awards">National Film Awards</a> given by <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_(India)" title="Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)">Ministry of Information and Broadcasting</a> and <a href="/wiki/Directorate_of_Film_Festivals" title="Directorate of Film Festivals">Directorate of Film Festivals</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>. Till now, it is only awarded at <a href="/wiki/53rd_National_Film_Awards" title="53rd National Film Awards">53rd National Film Awards</a> in 2005.<sup id="cite_ref-53rdaward_46-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53rdaward-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Per <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_India" title="Constitution of India">Constitution of India</a>, <a href="/wiki/East_Bodish_languages" title="East Bodish languages">Monpa language</a> is among the languages other than those specified in the <a href="/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#Schedule" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages with official status in India">Schedule VIII of the Constitution</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6">List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), producer(s), director(s) and citation </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:12%;">Year </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;">Film(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;">Producer(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;">Director(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" class="unsortable">Citation </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Reference">Refs.</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/53rd_National_Film_Awards" title="53rd National Film Awards">2005<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(53rd)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i>Sonam</i> </th> <td>Garima Films </td> <td>Ahsan Muzid </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <i>For picturesque effective portrayal of the contemporary tribal life.</i></div></div> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-53rdaward_46-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53rdaward-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Best_Pangchenpa_Feature_Film">Best Pangchenpa Feature Film</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Discontinued_and_intermittent_National_Film_Awards&action=edit&section=52" title="Edit section: Best Pangchenpa Feature Film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The National Film Award for Best Pangchenpa Feature Film is one of the <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Awards" title="National Film Awards">National Film Awards</a> given by <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_(India)" title="Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)">Ministry of Information and Broadcasting</a> and <a href="/wiki/Directorate_of_Film_Festivals" title="Directorate of Film Festivals">Directorate of Film Festivals</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>. Till now, it is only awarded at <a href="/wiki/66th_National_Film_Awards" title="66th National Film Awards">66th National Film Awards</a> in 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-66thaward_45-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66thaward-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Per <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_India" title="Constitution of India">Constitution of India</a>, Pangchenpa language is among the languages other than those specified in the <a href="/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#Schedule" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages with official status in India">Schedule VIII of the Constitution</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6">List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), producer(s), director(s) and citation </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:12%;">Year </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;">Film(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;">Producer(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;">Director(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" class="unsortable">Citation </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Reference">Refs.</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/66th_National_Film_Awards" title="66th National Film Awards">2018<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(66th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i>In the Land of Poison Women</i> </th> <td>Aaas Productions </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Manju_Borah" title="Manju Borah">Manju Borah</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <i>The film is a depiction of an individual's effort to break the myth of 'poison women' in a remote part of <a href="/wiki/Arunachal_Pradesh" title="Arunachal Pradesh">Arunachal Pradesh</a>.</i></div></div> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-66thaward_45-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66thaward-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Best_Rabha_Feature_Film">Best Rabha Feature Film</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Discontinued_and_intermittent_National_Film_Awards&action=edit&section=53" title="Edit section: Best Rabha Feature Film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The National Film Award for Best Rabha Feature Film is one of the <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Awards" title="National Film Awards">National Film Awards</a> given by <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_(India)" title="Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)">Ministry of Information and Broadcasting</a> and <a href="/wiki/Directorate_of_Film_Festivals" title="Directorate of Film Festivals">Directorate of Film Festivals</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>. Till now, it is only awarded at <a href="/wiki/62nd_National_Film_Awards" title="62nd National Film Awards">62nd National Film Awards</a> in 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-62ndaward_47-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62ndaward-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Per <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_India" title="Constitution of India">Constitution of India</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rabha_language" title="Rabha language">Rabha language</a> is among the languages other than those specified in the <a href="/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#Schedule" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages with official status in India">Schedule VIII of the Constitution</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6">List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), producer(s), director(s) and citation </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:12%;">Year </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;">Film(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;">Producer(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;">Director(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" class="unsortable">Citation </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Reference">Refs.</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/62nd_National_Film_Awards" title="62nd National Film Awards">2014<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(62nd)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i>Orong</i> </th> <td> • Suraj Kr. Duwarah<br /> • Aucto Creation </td> <td>Suraj Kr. Duwarah </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <i>For its sensitive portrayal of a young man as he drifts through a life that offers little promise or excitement.</i></div></div> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-62ndaward_47-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62ndaward-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Best_Sherdukpen_Feature_Film">Best Sherdukpen Feature Film</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Discontinued_and_intermittent_National_Film_Awards&action=edit&section=54" title="Edit section: Best Sherdukpen Feature Film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The National Film Award for Best Sherdukpen Feature Film is one of the <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Awards" title="National Film Awards">National Film Awards</a> given by <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_(India)" title="Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)">Ministry of Information and Broadcasting</a> and <a href="/wiki/Directorate_of_Film_Festivals" title="Directorate of Film Festivals">Directorate of Film Festivals</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>. Till now, it is awarded twice at <a href="/wiki/61st_National_Film_Awards" title="61st National Film Awards">61st National Film Awards</a> in 2013<sup id="cite_ref-61staward_49-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61staward-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/66th_National_Film_Awards" title="66th National Film Awards">66th National Film Awards</a> in 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-66thaward_45-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66thaward-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Per <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_India" title="Constitution of India">Constitution of India</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sherdukpen_language" title="Sherdukpen language">Sherdukpen language</a> is among the languages other than those specified in the <a href="/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#Schedule" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages with official status in India">Schedule VIII of the Constitution</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6">List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), producer(s), director(s) and citation </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:12%;">Year </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;">Film(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;">Producer(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;">Director(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" class="unsortable">Citation </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Reference">Refs.</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/61st_National_Film_Awards" title="61st National Film Awards">2013<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(61st)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i><a href="/wiki/Crossing_Bridges_(film)" title="Crossing Bridges (film)">Crossing Bridges</a></i> </th> <td>TNT Films Production </td> <td>Sange Dorjee Thongdok </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <i>A well-crafted film that tells the tale of a young man who comes back from Mumbai to his remote village in Arunachal Pradesh to find his roots.</i></div></div> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-61staward_49-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61staward-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/66th_National_Film_Awards" title="66th National Film Awards">2018<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(66th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i>Mishing</i> </th> <td>BB Entertainment Trade Private Limited </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Sarma_Baruah" title="Bobby Sarma Baruah">Bobby Sarma Baruah</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <i>The film explores the alternate reality of a remote village in Arunachal Pradesh.</i></div></div> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-66thaward_45-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66thaward-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Best_Tiwa_Feature_Film">Best Tiwa Feature Film</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Discontinued_and_intermittent_National_Film_Awards&action=edit&section=55" title="Edit section: Best Tiwa Feature Film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The National Film Award for Best Tiwa Feature Film is one of the <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Awards" title="National Film Awards">National Film Awards</a> given by <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_(India)" title="Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)">Ministry of Information and Broadcasting</a> and <a href="/wiki/Directorate_of_Film_Festivals" title="Directorate of Film Festivals">Directorate of Film Festivals</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> for the films made in <a href="/wiki/Tiwa_language_(India)" title="Tiwa language (India)">Tiwa</a> language. Till now, it is awarded once at the <a href="/wiki/70th_National_Film_Awards" title="70th National Film Awards">70th National Film Awards</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6">List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), producer(s), director(s) and citation </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:12%;">Year </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:12%;">Film(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:12%;">Producer(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:12%;">Director(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:12%;" class="unsortable">Citation </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:12%;" class="unsortable"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Reference">Refs.</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/70th_National_Film_Awards" title="70th National Film Awards">2022<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(70th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i>Sikaisal</i> </th> <td>Imaging Media </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bobby_Sarma_Baruah" title="Bobby Sarma Baruah">Bobby Sarma Baruah</a> </td> <td>– </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-auto_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Best_Tulu_Feature_Film">Best Tulu Feature Film</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Discontinued_and_intermittent_National_Film_Awards&action=edit&section=56" title="Edit section: Best Tulu Feature Film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The National Film Award for Best Tulu Feature Film is one of the <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Awards" title="National Film Awards">National Film Awards</a> given by <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_(India)" title="Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)">Ministry of Information and Broadcasting</a> and <a href="/wiki/Directorate_of_Film_Festivals" title="Directorate of Film Festivals">Directorate of Film Festivals</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>. Till now, it is awarded six times.<sup id="cite_ref-41staward_42-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41staward-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-56thaward_50-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56thaward-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Per <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_India" title="Constitution of India">Constitution of India</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tulu_language" title="Tulu language">Tulu language</a> is among the languages other than those specified in the <a href="/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#Schedule" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages with official status in India">Schedule VIII of the Constitution</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6">List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), producer(s), director(s) and citation </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:12%;">Year </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;">Film(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;">Producer(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;">Director(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" class="unsortable">Citation </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Reference">Refs.</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/41st_National_Film_Awards" title="41st National Film Awards">1993<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(41st)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i><a href="/wiki/Bangar_Patler" title="Bangar Patler">Bangar Patler</a></i> </th> <td>Richard Castellano </td> <td>Richard Castellano </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <i>For depicting how money-power can take away everything from a simple and innocent community of villagers, using muscle power and political force.</i></div></div> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-41staward_42-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41staward-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/54th_National_Film_Awards" title="54th National Film Awards">2006<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(54th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i><a href="/wiki/Koti_Chennaya_(2007_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Koti Chennaya (2007 film)">Kotti Channaya</a></i> </th> <td>R. Dhanaraj </td> <td>Anand P. Raj </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <i>For promoting caste reform and integration.</i></div></div> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-54thaward_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54thaward-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/56th_National_Film_Awards" title="56th National Film Awards">2008<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(56th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i><a href="/wiki/Gaggara" title="Gaggara">Gaggara</a></i> </th> <td>M. Durganand </td> <td>Shivadhwaj Shetty </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <i>For its attempt to preserve traditional folk forms.</i></div></div> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-56thaward_50-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56thaward-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/64th_National_Film_Awards" title="64th National Film Awards">2016<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(64th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i><a href="/wiki/Madipu" title="Madipu">Madipu</a></i> </th> <td>Aastha Production </td> <td>Chetan Mundadi </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <i>For highlighting the hollowness of orthodoxical traditions.</i></div></div> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-64thaward_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64thaward-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/65th_National_Film_Awards" title="65th National Film Awards">2017<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(65th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i><a href="/wiki/Paddayi" title="Paddayi">Paddayi</a></i> </th> <td>Nithyananda Pai </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Abhaya_Simha" title="Abhaya Simha">Abhaya Simha</a> </td> <td> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-65thaward_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65thaward-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/67th_National_Film_Awards" title="67th National Film Awards">2019<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(67th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i><a href="/wiki/Pingara" title="Pingara">Pingara</a></i> </th> <td>DMR Productions </td> <td>R. Preetham Shetty </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <i>The film poetically and sensitively reveals how innocent people fall prey to blind faith circulated intentionally by the witch and powerful.</i></div></div> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-67thaward_48-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67thaward-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/68th_National_Film_Awards" title="68th National Film Awards">2020<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(68th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i><a href="/wiki/Jeetige" title="Jeetige">Jeetige</a></i> </th> <td>AR Productions </td> <td>Santhosh Mada </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <i>For highlighting the evils of immigration in the light of the pandemic.</i></div></div> </td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Best_Wancho_Feature_Film">Best Wancho Feature Film</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Discontinued_and_intermittent_National_Film_Awards&action=edit&section=57" title="Edit section: Best Wancho Feature Film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The National Film Award for Best Wancho Feature Film is one of the <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Awards" title="National Film Awards">National Film Awards</a> given by <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_(India)" title="Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)">Ministry of Information and Broadcasting</a> and <a href="/wiki/Directorate_of_Film_Festivals" title="Directorate of Film Festivals">Directorate of Film Festivals</a>, India for Sanskrit cinema. Till now, it is only awarded at <a href="/wiki/63rd_National_Film_Awards" title="63rd National Film Awards">63rd National Film Awards</a> in 2015. Per <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_India" title="Constitution of India">Constitution of India</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wancho_language" title="Wancho language">Wancho language</a> is among the languages other than those specified in the <a href="/wiki/Languages_with_official_status_in_India#Schedule" class="mw-redirect" title="Languages with official status in India">Schedule VIII of the Constitution</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="6">List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), producer(s), director(s) and citation </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:9%;">Year </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;">Film(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;">Producer(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;">Director(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:22%;" class="unsortable">Citation </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Reference">Refs.</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/63rd_National_Film_Awards" title="63rd National Film Awards">2015<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(63rd)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><i>The Head Hunter</i> </th> <td>Splash Films Private Limited </td> <td>Nilanjan Datta </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <i>For a cinematic contemplation on the lives of the Wancho tribe, regarding the balance required in modernising tribal environment, while intruding and displacing their lifestyles.</i></div></div> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-63rdaward_39-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63rdaward-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Intermittent_Writing_on_cinema_award_categories">Intermittent Writing on cinema award categories</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Discontinued_and_intermittent_National_Film_Awards&action=edit&section=58" title="Edit section: Intermittent Writing on cinema award categories"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Special_Jury_Award_/_Special_Mention_(Book_on_Cinema)"><span id="Special_Jury_Award_.2F_Special_Mention_.28Book_on_Cinema.29"></span>Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Book on Cinema)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Discontinued_and_intermittent_National_Film_Awards&action=edit&section=59" title="Edit section: Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Book on Cinema)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Book on Cinema) is one of the <a href="/wiki/National_Film_Awards" title="National Film Awards">National Film Awards</a> given by <a href="/wiki/Directorate_of_Film_Festivals" title="Directorate of Film Festivals">Directorate of Film Festivals</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>. It is instituted in 2000 and awarded at <a href="/wiki/48th_National_Film_Awards" title="48th National Film Awards">48th National Film Awards</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-48thaward_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48thaward-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The award aims at encouraging study and appreciation of cinema as an art form and dissemination of information and critical appreciation of this art-form through publication of books, articles, reviews etc. All the award winners are awarded with a Certificate of Merit. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="5">List of recipients, showing the year (award ceremony), language(s) and citation </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:5%;">Year </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;">Recipient(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:10%;">Language(s) </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:65%;" class="unsortable">Citation </th> <th scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%;" class="unsortable"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Reference">Refs.</span> </th></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/48th_National_Film_Awards" title="48th National Film Awards">2000<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(48th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Ratnottama_Sengupta" title="Ratnottama Sengupta">Ratnottama Sengupta</a> </th> <td>English </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <i>For consistency and variety in her knowledgeable reporting on cinema.</i></div></div> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-48thaward_56-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48thaward-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/49th_National_Film_Awards" title="49th National Film Awards">2001<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(49th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/C._S._Venkiteswaran" title="C. S. Venkiteswaran">C. S. Venkiteswaran</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Malayalam" title="Malayalam">Malayalam</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <i>For his serious approach in understanding the celluloid idiom and its social implications.</i></div></div> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-49thaward_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49thaward-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/50th_National_Film_Awards" title="50th National Film Awards">2002<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(50th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row">Ashok Rane </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Marathi_language" title="Marathi language">Marathi</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <i>For his objective evaluation of trends in cinema in India as well as abroad.</i></div></div> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-50thaward_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50thaward-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/51st_National_Film_Awards" title="51st National Film Awards">2003<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(51st)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Vasiraju_Prakasam" title="Vasiraju Prakasam">Vasiraju Prakasam</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Telugu_language" title="Telugu language">Telugu</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <i>For introducing film personalities of parallel cinema in the parched atmosphere of Telugu filmdom.</i></div></div> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-51staward_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51staward-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/54th_National_Film_Awards" title="54th National Film Awards">2006<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(54th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Utpal_Datta" title="Utpal Datta">Utpal Datta</a> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Assamese_language" title="Assamese language">Assamese</a> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <i>For his sensitive interpretation of films and trends in cinema.</i></div></div> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-54thaward_52-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54thaward-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/60th_National_Film_Awards" title="60th National Film Awards">2012<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(60th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row">Piyush Roy </th> <td> –  </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <i>For his in-depth knowledge of cinema and easy, informative style.</i></div></div> </td> <td align="center"><sup id="cite_ref-60thaward_44-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60thaward-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/65th_National_Film_Awards" title="65th National Film Awards">2017<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(65th)</span></a> </td> <th scope="row">Sunil Mishra </th> <td>Hindi </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1214851843"><div class="hidden-begin mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style=""><div class="hidden-title skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="text-align:center;"></div><div class="hidden-content mw-collapsible-content" style=""> <i>Sunil Mishra's articles on cinema, written in eloquent Hindi, are delightful readings ranging from biography of an individual to critical analysis of the films. 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href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Direction" title="National Film Award for Best Direction">Direction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Popular_Film_Providing_Wholesome_Entertainment" title="National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment">Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Children%27s_Film" title="National Film Award for Best Children's Film">Children's Film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Debut_Film_of_a_Director" title="National Film Award for Best Debut Film of a Director">Debut Film of a Director</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Film_in_AVGC" title="National Film Award for Best Film in AVGC">AVGC (Animation Film)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #DFD98D;width:1%">Silver Lotus</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Film Promoting National, Social and Environmental Values</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Assamese_Feature_Film" title="National Film Award for Best Assamese Feature Film">Assamese Feature Film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Bengali_Feature_Film" title="National Film Award for Best Bengali Feature Film">Bengali Feature Film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Gujarati_Feature_Film" title="National Film Award for Best Gujarati Feature Film">Gujarati Feature Film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Hindi_Feature_Film" title="National Film Award for Best Hindi Feature Film">Hindi Feature Film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Kannada_Feature_Film" title="National Film Award for Best Kannada Feature Film">Kannada Feature Film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Konkani_Feature_Film" title="National Film Award for Best Konkani Feature Film">Konkani Feature Film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Malayalam_Feature_Film" title="National Film Award for Best Malayalam Feature Film">Malayalam Feature Film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Manipuri_Feature_Film" title="National Film Award for Best Manipuri Feature Film">Manipuri Feature Film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Marathi_Feature_Film" title="National Film Award for Best Marathi Feature Film">Marathi Feature Film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Odia_Feature_Film" title="National Film Award for Best Odia Feature Film">Odia Feature Film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Punjabi_Feature_Film" title="National Film Award for Best Punjabi Feature Film">Punjabi Feature Film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Tamil_Feature_Film" title="National Film Award for Best Tamil Feature Film">Tamil Feature Film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Telugu_Feature_Film" title="National Film Award for Best Telugu Feature Film">Telugu Feature Film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Screenplay" title="National Film Award for Best Screenplay">Screenplay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Actor_in_a_Leading_Role" title="National Film Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role">Actor in a Leading Role</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Actress_in_a_Leading_Role" title="National Film Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role">Actress in a Leading Role</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Actor_in_a_Supporting_Role" title="National Film Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role">Actor in a Supporting Role</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Actress_in_a_Supporting_Role" title="National Film Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role">Actress in a Supporting Role</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Child_Artist" title="National Film Award for Best Child Artist">Child Artist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Cinematography" title="National Film Award for Best Cinematography">Cinematography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Editing" title="National Film Award for Best Editing">Editing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Music_Direction" title="National Film Award for Best Music Direction">Music Direction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Male_Playback_Singer" title="National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer">Male Singer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Female_Playback_Singer" title="National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer">Female Singer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Lyrics" title="National Film Award for Best Lyrics">Lyrics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Production_Design" title="National Film Award for Best Production Design">Production Design</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Film_in_AVGC" title="National Film Award for Best Film in AVGC">AVGC (Visual Effects)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Choreography" title="National Film Award for Best Choreography">Choreography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Stunt_Choreography" title="National Film Award for Best Stunt Choreography">Stunt Choreography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Costume_Design" title="National Film Award for Best Costume Design">Costume Design</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Make-up" title="National Film Award for Best Make-up">Make-up</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Sound_Design" title="National Film Award for Best Sound Design">Sound Design</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_%E2%80%93_Special_Mention_(feature_film)" title="National Film Award – Special Mention (feature film)">Special Mention</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #DFD98D;width:1%"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Intermittent awards</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Discontinued_and_Intermittent_National_Film_Awards#Best_Bhojpuri_Feature_Film" class="mw-redirect" title="Discontinued and Intermittent National Film Awards">Bhojpuri Feature Film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Discontinued_and_Intermittent_National_Film_Awards#Best_Bodo_Feature_Film" class="mw-redirect" title="Discontinued and Intermittent National Film Awards">Bodo Feature Film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Discontinued_and_Intermittent_National_Film_Awards#Best_Dogri_Feature_Film" class="mw-redirect" title="Discontinued and Intermittent National Film Awards">Dogri Feature Film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_English_Feature_Film" title="National Film Award for Best English Feature Film">English Feature Film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Discontinued_and_Intermittent_National_Film_Awards#Best_Garo_Feature_Film" class="mw-redirect" title="Discontinued and Intermittent National Film Awards">Garo Feature Film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Discontinued_and_Intermittent_National_Film_Awards#Best_Haryanvi_Feature_Film" class="mw-redirect" title="Discontinued and Intermittent National Film Awards">Haryanvi Feature Film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Discontinued_and_Intermittent_National_Film_Awards#Best_Jasari_Feature_Film" class="mw-redirect" title="Discontinued and Intermittent National Film Awards">Jasari Feature Film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Discontinued_and_Intermittent_National_Film_Awards#Best_Kashmiri_Feature_Film" class="mw-redirect" title="Discontinued and Intermittent National Film Awards">Kashmiri Feature Film Feature Film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Discontinued_and_Intermittent_National_Film_Awards#Best_Khasi_Feature_Film" class="mw-redirect" title="Discontinued and Intermittent National Film Awards">Khasi Feature Film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Discontinued_and_Intermittent_National_Film_Awards#Best_Kodava_Feature_Film" class="mw-redirect" title="Discontinued and Intermittent National Film Awards">Kodava Feature Film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Discontinued_and_Intermittent_National_Film_Awards#Best_Kokborok_Feature_Film" class="mw-redirect" title="Discontinued and Intermittent National Film Awards">Kokborok Feature Film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Discontinued_and_Intermittent_National_Film_Awards#Best_Ladakhi_Feature_Film" class="mw-redirect" title="Discontinued and Intermittent National Film Awards">Ladakhi Feature Film</a></li> <li><a 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Feature Film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Discontinued_and_Intermittent_National_Film_Awards#Best_Rabha_Feature_Film" class="mw-redirect" title="Discontinued and Intermittent National Film Awards">Rabha Feature Film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Discontinued_and_Intermittent_National_Film_Awards#Best_Sanskrit_Feature_Film" class="mw-redirect" title="Discontinued and Intermittent National Film Awards">Sanskrit Feature Film Feature Film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Discontinued_and_Intermittent_National_Film_Awards#Best_Sherdukpen_Feature_Film" class="mw-redirect" title="Discontinued and Intermittent National Film Awards">Sherdukpen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Discontinued_and_Intermittent_National_Film_Awards#Best_Tiwa_Feature_Film" class="mw-redirect" title="Discontinued and Intermittent National Film Awards">Tiwa Feature Film Feature Film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Discontinued_and_Intermittent_National_Film_Awards#Best_Tulu_Feature_Film" class="mw-redirect" title="Discontinued and Intermittent National Film Awards">Tulu Feature Film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Discontinued_and_Intermittent_National_Film_Awards#Best_Urdu_Feature_Film" class="mw-redirect" title="Discontinued and Intermittent National Film Awards">Urdu Feature Film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Discontinued_and_Intermittent_National_Film_Awards#Best_Wancho_Feature_Film" class="mw-redirect" title="Discontinued and Intermittent National Film Awards">Wancho Feature Film</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #DFD98D;width:1%"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Discontinued awards</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Second_Best_Feature_Film" title="National Film Award for Second Best Feature Film">Second Feature Film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Discontinued_and_Intermittent_National_Film_Awards#Third_Best_Feature_Film" class="mw-redirect" title="Discontinued and Intermittent National Film Awards">Third Feature Film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Discontinued_and_Intermittent_National_Film_Awards#Best_Story" class="mw-redirect" title="Discontinued and Intermittent National Film Awards">Story</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Discontinued_and_Intermittent_National_Film_Awards#Best_Film_Based_On_High_Literary_Work" class="mw-redirect" title="Discontinued and Intermittent National Film Awards">Film Based on High Literary Work</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Film_on_Environment_Conservation/Preservation" title="National Film Award for Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation">Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Film_on_Family_Welfare" title="National Film Award for Best Film on Family Welfare">Film on Family Welfare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nargis_Dutt_Award_for_Best_Feature_Film_on_National_Integration" title="Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration">Film on National Integration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Film_on_Other_Social_Issues" title="National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues">Film on Other Social Issues</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_%E2%80%93_Special_Jury_Award_(feature_film)" title="National Film Award – Special Jury Award (feature film)">Special Jury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Animated_Film" title="National Film Award for Best Animated Film">Animated Film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Special_Effects" title="National Film Award for Best Special Effects">Special Effects</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #BDB76B;width:1%">Non-Feature Films</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #DFD98D;width:1%">Current awards</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #DFD98D;width:1%">Golden Lotus</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Non-Feature_Film" title="National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film">Non-Feature Film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Direction_(non-feature_film)" title="National Film Award for Best Direction (non-feature film)">Direction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Debut_Film_of_a_Director_(non-feature_film)" title="National Film Award for Best Debut Film of a Director (non-feature film)">Debut Film of a Director</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #DFD98D;width:1%">Silver Lotus</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Non Feature Film Promoting National, Social and Environmental Values</li> <li>Documentry</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Arts/Cultural_Film" title="National Film Award for Best Arts/Cultural Film">Arts/Cultural Film</a></li> <li>Biographical/Historical Reconstruction/Compilation Film</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Animation_Film" title="National Film Award for Best Animation Film">Animation Film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Short_Film" class="mw-redirect" title="National Film Award for Best Short Film">Short Film</a></li> <li>Script</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Cinematography_(non-feature_film)" title="National Film Award for Best Cinematography (non-feature film)">Cinematography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Editing_(non-feature_film)" title="National Film Award for Best Editing (non-feature film)">Editing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Narration_/_Voice_Over" title="National Film Award for Best Narration / Voice Over">Narration / Voice Over</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Music_Direction_(non-feature_film)" title="National Film Award for Best Music Direction (non-feature film)">Best Music Direction</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Sound_Design_(non-feature_film)" title="National Film Award for Best Sound Design (non-feature film)">Sound Design</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_%E2%80%93_Special_Mention_(non-feature_film)" title="National Film Award – Special Mention (non-feature film)">Special Mention</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #DFD98D;width:1%"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Discontinued awards</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Discontinued_and_Intermittent_National_Film_Awards#Best_Experimental_Film" class="mw-redirect" title="Discontinued and Intermittent National Film Awards">Experimental Film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Discontinued_and_Intermittent_National_Film_Awards#Best_Industrial_Film" class="mw-redirect" title="Discontinued and Intermittent National Film Awards">Industrial Film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Agriculture_Film" title="National Film Award for Best Agriculture Film">Agriculture Film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Anthropological/Ethnographic_Film" title="National Film Award for Best Anthropological/Ethnographic Film">Anthropological/Ethnographic Film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Biographical_Film" title="National Film Award for Best Biographical Film">Biographical Film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Educational/Motivational/Instructional_Film" title="National Film Award for Best Educational/Motivational/Instructional Film">Educational/Motivational/Instructional Film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Non-Feature_Environment/Conservation/Preservation_Film" title="National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Environment/Conservation/Preservation Film">Environment/Conservation/Preservation Film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Exploration/Adventure_Film" title="National Film Award for Best Exploration/Adventure Film">Exploration/Adventure Film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Non-Feature_Film_on_Family_Welfare" title="National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film on Family Welfare">Film on Family Welfare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Historical_Reconstruction/Compilation_Film" title="National Film Award for Best Historical Reconstruction/Compilation Film">Historical Reconstruction/Compilation Film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Investigative_Film" title="National Film Award for Best Investigative Film">Investigative Film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Promotional_Film" title="National Film Award for Best Promotional Film">Promotional Film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Scientific_Film" title="National Film Award for Best Scientific Film">Scientific Film</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Film_on_Social_Issues" title="National Film Award for Best Film on Social Issues">Film on Social Issues</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Discontinued_and_Intermittent_National_Film_Awards#Best_Filmstrip" class="mw-redirect" title="Discontinued and Intermittent National Film Awards">Filmstrip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Discontinued_and_Intermittent_National_Film_Awards#Best_News_Review" class="mw-redirect" title="Discontinued and Intermittent National Film Awards">News Review</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Discontinued_and_Intermittent_National_Film_Awards#Best_Newsreel_Cameraman" class="mw-redirect" title="Discontinued and Intermittent National Film Awards">Newsreel Cameraman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_%E2%80%93_Special_Jury_Award_(non-feature_film)" title="National Film Award – Special Jury Award (non-feature film)">Special Jury</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #BDB76B;width:1%">Writing on cinema</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #DFD98D;width:1%">Current awards</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Book_on_Cinema" title="National Film Award for Best Book on Cinema">Best Book on Cinema</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_for_Best_Film_Critic" title="National Film Award for Best Film Critic">Best Film Critic</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #DFD98D;width:1%"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Intermittent awards</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_%E2%80%93_Special_Jury_Award_/_Special_Mention_(Book_on_Cinema)" title="National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Book on Cinema)">Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Book on Cinema)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Film_Award_%E2%80%93_Special_Jury_Award_/_Special_Mention_(Film_Critic)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Film Award – Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Film Critic)">Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Film Critic)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #BDB76B;width:1%">Awards by year</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #DFD98D;width:1%">1953–1960</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1st_National_Film_Awards" title="1st National Film Awards">1953 <span style="font-size:85%;">(1st)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2nd_National_Film_Awards" title="2nd National Film Awards">1954 <span style="font-size:85%;">(2nd)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3rd_National_Film_Awards" title="3rd National Film Awards">1955 <span style="font-size:85%;">(3rd)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/4th_National_Film_Awards" title="4th National Film Awards">1956 <span style="font-size:85%;">(4th)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5th_National_Film_Awards" title="5th National Film Awards">1957 <span style="font-size:85%;">(5th)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6th_National_Film_Awards" title="6th National Film Awards">1958 <span style="font-size:85%;">(6th)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7th_National_Film_Awards" title="7th National Film Awards">1959 <span style="font-size:85%;">(7th)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8th_National_Film_Awards" title="8th National Film Awards">1960 <span style="font-size:85%;">(8th)</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #DFD98D;width:1%">1961–1980</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/9th_National_Film_Awards" title="9th National Film Awards">1961 <span style="font-size:85%;">(9th)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/10th_National_Film_Awards" title="10th National Film Awards">1962 <span style="font-size:85%;">(10th)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/11th_National_Film_Awards" title="11th National Film Awards">1963 <span style="font-size:85%;">(11th)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/12th_National_Film_Awards" title="12th National Film Awards">1964 <span style="font-size:85%;">(12th)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/13th_National_Film_Awards" title="13th National Film Awards">1965 <span style="font-size:85%;">(13th)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/14th_National_Film_Awards" title="14th National Film Awards">1966 <span style="font-size:85%;">(14th)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/15th_National_Film_Awards" title="15th National Film Awards">1967 <span style="font-size:85%;">(15th)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/16th_National_Film_Awards" title="16th National Film Awards">1968 <span style="font-size:85%;">(16th)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/17th_National_Film_Awards" title="17th National Film Awards">1969 <span style="font-size:85%;">(17th)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/18th_National_Film_Awards" title="18th National Film Awards">1970 <span style="font-size:85%;">(18th)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/19th_National_Film_Awards" title="19th National Film Awards">1971 <span style="font-size:85%;">(19th)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/20th_National_Film_Awards" title="20th National Film Awards">1972 <span style="font-size:85%;">(20th)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/21st_National_Film_Awards" title="21st National Film Awards">1973 <span style="font-size:85%;">(21st)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/22nd_National_Film_Awards" title="22nd National Film Awards">1974 <span style="font-size:85%;">(22nd)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/23rd_National_Film_Awards" title="23rd National Film Awards">1975 <span style="font-size:85%;">(23rd)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/24th_National_Film_Awards" title="24th National Film Awards">1976 <span style="font-size:85%;">(24th)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/25th_National_Film_Awards" title="25th National Film Awards">1977 <span style="font-size:85%;">(25th)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/26th_National_Film_Awards" title="26th National Film Awards">1978 <span style="font-size:85%;">(26th)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/27th_National_Film_Awards" title="27th National Film Awards">1979 <span style="font-size:85%;">(27th)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/28th_National_Film_Awards" title="28th National Film Awards">1980 <span style="font-size:85%;">(28th)</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #DFD98D;width:1%">1981–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/29th_National_Film_Awards" title="29th National Film Awards">1981 <span style="font-size:85%;">(29th)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/30th_National_Film_Awards" title="30th National Film Awards">1982 <span style="font-size:85%;">(30th)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/31st_National_Film_Awards" title="31st National Film Awards">1983 <span style="font-size:85%;">(31st)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/32nd_National_Film_Awards" title="32nd National Film Awards">1984 <span style="font-size:85%;">(32nd)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/33rd_National_Film_Awards" title="33rd National Film Awards">1985 <span style="font-size:85%;">(33rd)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/34th_National_Film_Awards" title="34th National Film Awards">1986 <span style="font-size:85%;">(34th)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/35th_National_Film_Awards" title="35th National Film Awards">1987 <span style="font-size:85%;">(35th)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/36th_National_Film_Awards" title="36th National Film Awards">1988 <span style="font-size:85%;">(36th)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/37th_National_Film_Awards" title="37th National Film Awards">1989 <span style="font-size:85%;">(37th)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/38th_National_Film_Awards" title="38th National Film Awards">1990 <span style="font-size:85%;">(38th)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/39th_National_Film_Awards" title="39th National Film Awards">1991 <span style="font-size:85%;">(39th)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/40th_National_Film_Awards" title="40th National Film Awards">1992 <span style="font-size:85%;">(40th)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/41st_National_Film_Awards" title="41st National Film Awards">1993 <span style="font-size:85%;">(41st)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/42nd_National_Film_Awards" title="42nd National Film Awards">1994 <span style="font-size:85%;">(42nd)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/43rd_National_Film_Awards" title="43rd National Film Awards">1995 <span style="font-size:85%;">(43rd)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/44th_National_Film_Awards" title="44th National Film Awards">1996 <span style="font-size:85%;">(44th)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/45th_National_Film_Awards" title="45th National Film Awards">1997 <span style="font-size:85%;">(45th)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/46th_National_Film_Awards" title="46th National Film Awards">1998 <span style="font-size:85%;">(46th)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/47th_National_Film_Awards" title="47th National Film Awards">1999 <span style="font-size:85%;">(47th)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/48th_National_Film_Awards" title="48th National Film Awards">2000 <span style="font-size:85%;">(48th)</span></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #DFD98D;width:1%">2001–2020</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/49th_National_Film_Awards" title="49th National Film Awards">2001 <span style="font-size:85%;">(49th)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/50th_National_Film_Awards" title="50th National Film Awards">2002 <span style="font-size:85%;">(50th)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/51st_National_Film_Awards" title="51st National Film Awards">2003 <span style="font-size:85%;">(51st)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/52nd_National_Film_Awards" title="52nd National Film Awards">2004 <span style="font-size:85%;">(52nd)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/53rd_National_Film_Awards" title="53rd National Film Awards">2005 <span style="font-size:85%;">(53rd)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/54th_National_Film_Awards" title="54th National Film Awards">2006 <span style="font-size:85%;">(54th)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/55th_National_Film_Awards" title="55th National Film Awards">2007 <span style="font-size:85%;">(55th)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/56th_National_Film_Awards" title="56th National Film Awards">2008 <span style="font-size:85%;">(56th)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/57th_National_Film_Awards" title="57th National Film Awards">2009 <span style="font-size:85%;">(57th)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/58th_National_Film_Awards" title="58th National Film Awards">2010 <span style="font-size:85%;">(58th)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/59th_National_Film_Awards" title="59th National Film Awards">2011 <span style="font-size:85%;">(59th)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/60th_National_Film_Awards" title="60th National Film Awards">2012 <span style="font-size:85%;">(60th)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/61st_National_Film_Awards" title="61st National Film Awards">2013 <span style="font-size:85%;">(61st)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/62nd_National_Film_Awards" title="62nd National Film Awards">2014 <span style="font-size:85%;">(62nd)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/63rd_National_Film_Awards" title="63rd National Film Awards">2015 <span style="font-size:85%;">(63rd)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/64th_National_Film_Awards" title="64th National Film Awards">2016 <span style="font-size:85%;">(64th)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/65th_National_Film_Awards" title="65th National Film Awards">2017 <span style="font-size:85%;">(65th)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/66th_National_Film_Awards" title="66th National Film Awards">2018 <span style="font-size:85%;">(66th)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/67th_National_Film_Awards" title="67th National Film Awards">2019 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