National Film Award for Best Film

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The National Film Award (Golden Lotus Award) for Best Film winners:

Year	Film	Director
2005	Page 3 (Hindi/English)	Madhur Bhandarkar
2004	Shwaas (Marathi)	Sandeep Sawant
2003	Mondo Meyer Upakhyan (Bengali)	Budhdhadeb Dasgupta
2002	Dweepa (Kannada)	Girish Kasaravalli
2001	Shantam (Malayalam)	Jayaraaj
2000	Vaanaprastham (Malayalam) (France/India/Germany)	Shaji N. Karun
1999	Samar (Hindi)	Shyam Benegal
1998	Thaayi Saheba (Kannada)	Girish Kasaravalli
1997	Lal Darja (Bengali)	Budhdhadeb Dasgupta
1996	Kathapurushan (Malayalam) (India/Japan)	Adoor Gopalakrishnan
1995	Unishe April (Bengali)	Rituparno Ghosh
1994	Charachar (Bengali)	Budhdhadeb Dasgupta
1993	Bhagwat Geeta (Sanskrit)	G V Iyer
1992	Agantuk (Bengali) (France/India)	Satyajit Ray
1991	Marupakkam (Tamil)	K.S. Sethumadhavan
1990	Bagh Bahadur (Hindi/Bengali)	Budhdhadeb Dasgupta
1989	Piravi (Malayalam)	Shaji N. Karun
1988	Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai (Assamese)	Jahnu Barua
1987	Tabarana Kathe (Kannada)	Girish Kasaravalli
1986	Chidambaram (Malayalam)	Govindan Aravindan
1985	Damul (Hindi)	Prakash Jha
1984	Adi Shankaracharya (Sanskrit)	G V Iyer
1983	Chokh (Bengali)	Utpalendu Chakrabarty
1982	Dakhal (Bengali)	Gautam Ghose
1981	Akaler Sandhane (Bengali)	Mrinal Sen
1980	Shodh (Hindi)	Biplab Roy Choudhary
1979	no award	-
1978	Ghatashraddha (Kannada)	Girish Kasaravalli
1977	Mrigayaa (Hindi)	Mrinal Sen
1976	Chomana Dudi (Kannada)	B.V. Karanth
1975	Chorus (Hindi/Bengali)	Mrinal Sen
1974	Nirmalyam (Malayalam)	M.T. Vasudevan Nair
1973	Swayamvaram (Malayalam)	Adoor Gopalakrishnan
1972	Seemabaddha (Bengali)	Satyajit Ray
1971	Samskara (Kannada)	Pattabhi Rama Reddy
1970	Bhuvan Shome (Hindi)	Mrinal Sen
1969	Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne (Bengali)	Satyajit Ray
1968	Hatey Bazarey (Bengali/Hindi)	Tapan Sinha
1967	Teesri Kasam (Hindi)	Basu Battacharya
1966	Chemmeen (Malayalam)	Ramu Kariat
1965	Charulata (Bengali)	Satyajit Ray
1964	Shehar Aur Sapna (Hindi)	Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
1963	Dada Thakur (Bengali)	Sudhir Mukherjee
1962	Bhagini Nivedita (Bengali)	Bijoy Bose
1961	Anuradha (Hindi)	Hrishikesh Mukherjee
1960	Apur Sansar (Bengali)	Satyajit Ray
1959	Sagar Sangamey (Bengali)	Debaki Bose
1958	Do Aankhen Barah Haath (Hindi)	V. Shantaram
1957	Kabuliwala (Bengali)	Tapan Sinha
1956	Pather Panchali (Bengali)	Satyajit Ray
1955	Mirza Ghalib (Hindi)	Sohrab Modi
1954	Shyamchi Aai (Marathi)	P.K.Atre

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National Film Awards
Lifetime Achievement Award: Dadasaheb Phalke Award Best Director: Indira Gandhi Award
Feature Films: Best Film | Best Actor | Best Actress | Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress
Best Art Direction | Best Child Artist | Best Cinematography | Best Costume Design | Best Director | Best Screenplay
Best Choreography | Best Lyrics | Best Music Direction | Best Male Playback Singer | Best Female Playback Singer
Best Audiography | Best Film Editing | Best Special Effects | Best Children's Film | Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment
Special Jury Award / Special Mention Best Feature Film on National Integration: Nargis Dutt Award
Best Films in Regional Languages
Assamese | Bengali | English | Hindi | Kannada | Malayalam | Marathi | Tamil | Telugu | Oriya | Punjabi | Konkani | Manipuri
Others: Best Book on Cinema | Second Best Feature Film (discontinued after 1993)