Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration explained

The Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration was one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organization set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus). At the 70th National Film Awards, the category was discontinued and combined with Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation, Best Film on Family Welfare and Best Film on Other Social Issues. The new award is named as Best Feature Film Promoting National, Social and Environmental Values.^{[1] [2]}

The award was instituted in 1965, at 13th National Film Awards and awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages.

Winners

Award includes 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus) and cash prize. Following are the award winners over the years:

List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), language(s), producer(s), director(s) and citation
Year	Film(s)	Language(s)	Producer(s)	Director(s)	Citation
1965	Shaheed	Hindi	Kewal Kashyap	S. Ram Sharma		[3]
1966	Subhash Chandra	Bengali	A. K. Banerjee	Piyush Bose		[4]
1967	No Award					[5]
1968	Janmabhoomi	Malayalam	Roopa Rekha	John Sankaramangalam		[6]
1969	Saat Hindustani	Hindi	Khwaja Ahmad Abbas	Khwaja Ahmad Abbas		[7]
1970	Thurakkatha Vathil	Malayalam	A. Raghunath	P. Bhaskaran		[8]
1971	Do Boond Pani	Hindi	Khwaja Ahmad Abbas	Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
1972	Achanum Bappayum	Malayalam	C. C. Baby	K. S. Sethumadhavan		[9]
1973	Garm Hava	Hindi	Unit 3 MM	M. S. Sathyu		[10]
1974	Parinay	Hindi	Samantar Chitra	Kantilal Rathod		[11]
1975	No Award					[12]
1976	No Award					[13]
1977	No Award
1978	Grahana	Kannada	Harsha Pictures	T. S. Nagabharana		[14]
1979	22 June 1897	Marathi	Nachiket Patwardhan Jayoo Patwardhan	Nachiket Patwardhan Jayoo Patwardhan
1980	Bhavni Bhavai	Gujarati	Sanchar Film Cooperative Society Ltd.	Ketan Mehta		[15]
1981	Saptapadi	Telugu	Bheemavarapu Buchhireddy	K. Viswanath		[16]
1982	Aaroodam	Malayalam	Rosamma George	I. V. Sasi		[17]
1983	Sookha	Hindi	M. S. Sathyu	M. S. Sathyu
1984	Aadmi Aur Aurat	Hindi	Doordarshan	Tapan Sinha		[18]
1985	Sree Narayana Guru	Malayalam	A. Jaffer	P. A. Backer		[19]
1986	No Award					[20]
1987	Tamas	Hindi	Blaze Entertainment	Govind Nihalani		[21]
1988	Rudraveena	Telugu	Nagendra Babu	K. Balachander		[22]
1989	Santha Shishunala Sharifa	Kannada	Yajaman Enterprises	T. S. Nagabharana		[23]
1990	No Award					[24]
1991	Aadi Mimansa	Oriya	Apurba Kishore Bir	Apurba Kishore Bir		[25]
1992	Roja	Tamil	Kavithalayaa Productions	Mani Ratnam		[26]
1993	Sardar	Hindi	Late H. M. Patel	Ketan Mehta		[27]
1994	Mukta	Marathi	Ashok B. Mhatre	Jabbar Patel		[28]
1995	Bombay	Tamil	Mani Ratnam S. Sriram	Mani Ratnam		[29]
1996	Kaanaakkinaavu	Malayalam	P. V. Gangadharan	Sibi Malayil		[30]
1997	Border	Hindi	J. P. Dutta	J. P. Dutta		[31]
1998	Zakhm	Hindi	Pooja Bhatt	Mahesh Bhatt		[32]
1999	Shaheed Udham Singh	Punjabi	Iqbal Dhillon	Chitraarth		[33]
2000	Pukar	Hindi	Surinder Kapoor	Rajkumar Santoshi		[34]
2001	Bub	Kashmiri	NFDC	Jyoti Sarup		[35]
2002	Mr. and Mrs. Iyer	English	N. Venkatesan	Aparna Sen		[36]
2003	Pinjar	Hindi	Lucky Star Entertainment Ltd	Chandraprakash Dwivedi		[37]
2004		Hindi	Sahara India Media Communication Ltd.	Shyam Benegal		[38]
2005	Daivanamathil	Malayalam	Aryadan Shaukath	Jayaraj		[39]
2006	Kallarali Hoovagi	Kannada	S. Madhu Bangarappa	T. S. Nagabharana		[40]
2007	Dharm	Hindi	Sheetal V. Talwar	Bhavna Talwar		[41]
2008	Aai Kot Nai	Assamese	Rajen Bora	Manju Borah		[42]
2009	Delhi-6	Hindi	Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra	Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra		[43]
2010	Moner Manush	Bengali	Gautam Kundu	Gautam Ghose		[44]
2011	No Award					[45]
2012	Thanichalla Njan	Malayalam	Cherian Philippose	Babu Thiruvalla		[46]
2013	Thalaimuraigal	Tamil	Company Productions	Balu Mahendra		[47]
2014	No Award					[48]
2015	Nanak Shah Fakir	Punjabi	Sartaj Singh Pannu			[49]
2016	Dikchow Banat Palaax	Assamese	Canvascope	Sanjib Sabha Pandit		[50]
2017	Dhappa	Marathi	Sumatilal Popatlal Shah	Nipun Dharmadhikari		[51]
2018	Ondalla Eradalla	Kannada	DN Cinemas	D. Satya Prakash		[52]
2019	Taj Mahal	Marathi	Tuline Studios Pvt. Ltd.	Niyaz Mujawar
2020	No Award					[53]
2021	The Kashmir Files	Hindi	Vivek Agnihotri	Abhishek Agarwal Arts

External links

• Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India
• National Film Awards Archives
• National Film Awards at IMDb
• http://www.gomolo.com/9/national-film-awards-1979

Notes and References

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18. Web site: 32nd National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. January 6, 2012. October 29, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131029203732/http://dff.nic.in/2011/32nd_nff_1985.pdf. live.
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20. Web site: 34th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. January 7, 2012. October 29, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131029200134/http://dff.nic.in/2011/34th_NFF.pdf. live.
21. Web site: 35th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. January 9, 2012. March 22, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120322020437/http://dff.nic.in/2011/35th_nff_1988.pdf. live.
22. Web site: 36th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. January 9, 2012. January 7, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180107085713/http://dff.nic.in/2011/36nfa.pdf. live.
23. Web site: 37th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. January 29, 2012. October 2, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131002235001/http://dff.nic.in/2011/37nfa.pdf. live.
24. Web site: 38th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. January 9, 2012. December 15, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171215163809/http://dff.nic.in/2011/38th_nff_1991.pdf. live.
25. Web site: 39th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. February 27, 2012. December 15, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171215070453/http://dff.nic.in/2011/39nd_nff_1985.pdf. live.
26. Web site: 40th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. March 2, 2012. October 19, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171019211416/http://dff.nic.in/2011/40th_nff_1993.pdf. live.
27. Web site: 41st National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. March 3, 2012. October 29, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131029193800/http://dff.nic.in/2011/41st_nff_1994.pdf. live.
28. Web site: 42nd National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. March 5, 2012. November 7, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171107015003/http://dff.nic.in/2011/42nd_nff_1995.pdf. live.
29. Web site: 43rd National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. March 6, 2012. March 3, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234418/http://dff.nic.in/2011/43rd_nff_1996.pdf. live.
30. Web site: 44th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. January 9, 2012. November 7, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171107013544/http://dff.nic.in/2011/44th_nff_1997.pdf. live.
31. Web site: 45th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. March 11, 2012. March 3, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233030/http://dff.nic.in/2011/45th_NFA.pdf. live.
32. Web site: 46th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. March 12, 2012. March 10, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160310180429/http://dff.nic.in/2011/46_nff_1999.pdf. live.
33. Web site: 47th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. March 13, 2012. January 7, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180107090241/http://dff.nic.in/2011/47th_nff_2000.pdf. live.
34. Web site: 48th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. March 13, 2012. October 29, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131029195537/http://dff.nic.in/2011/48th_nff_2001.pdf. live.
35. Web site: 49th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. March 14, 2012. October 29, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131029185814/http://dff.nic.in/2011/49th_nff_2002.pdf. live.
36. Web site: 50th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. March 14, 2012. March 3, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303224027/http://dff.nic.in/2011/50nfa.pdf. live.
37. Web site: 51st National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. March 15, 2012. March 3, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234942/http://dff.nic.in/2011/51st_nff_2004.pdf. live.
38. Web site: 52nd National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. January 28, 2012. October 29, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131029193535/http://dff.nic.in/2011/52nd_nff_2005.pdf. live.
39. Web site: 53rd National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. March 19, 2012. December 15, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171215103958/http://dff.nic.in/2011/53rd_nff_2006.pdf. live.
40. Web site: 54th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. March 24, 2012. October 29, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131029193647/http://dff.nic.in/2011/54th_nff_2006.pdf. live.
41. Web site: 55th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. March 26, 2012. October 29, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131029192455/http://dff.nic.in/2011/55th_nff_2007.pdf. live.
42. Web site: 56th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. March 27, 2012. October 19, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131019152853/http://dff.nic.in/2011/56th_nff_2008.pdf. live.
43. Web site: 57th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. March 28, 2012. March 3, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235404/http://dff.nic.in/2011/57thNFA.pdf. live.
44. Web site: 58th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. March 29, 2012. March 7, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130307013755/http://dff.nic.in/2011/58_NFA.pdf. live.
45. Web site: 59th National Film Awards for the Year 2011 Announced. Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. March 7, 2012. October 31, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141031200819/http://pib.nic.in/release/rel_print_page.asp?relid=80734. live.
46. 60th National Film Awards Announced. Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. 18 March 2013. 17 April 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130417215938/http://pib.nic.in/archieve/others/2013/mar/d2013031801.pdf. live.
47. 61st National Film Awards Announced. PDF. Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. 16 April 2014. 16 April 2014. 16 April 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140416182538/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=104863. live.
48. 62nd National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 24 March 2015. 24 March 2015. 2 April 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150402123148/http://dff.nic.in/writereaddata/62nd%20National%20Film%20Awards%202014%20-%20Press%20Release.pdf. live.
49. 63rd National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 28 March 2016. 28 March 2016. 15 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171215071718/http://dff.nic.in/writereaddata/Winners_of_63rd_NFA_2015.pdf. live.
50. 64th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 7 April 2017. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170606051143/http://dff.nic.in/writereaddata/NFA64PressNote2016.pdf. 6 June 2017.
51. 65th National Film Awards . 21 . Directorate of Film Festivals . 13 July 2017 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170606051143/http://dff.nic.in/writereaddata/NFA64PressNote2016.pdf . 6 June 2017 . dmy-all .
52. 66th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 10 August 2019. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20190809152118/https://dff.gov.in/images/News/66th_NFA_Results.pdf. 9 August 2019.
53. Web site: 68th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. September 20, 2023.