Best Feature Film (Golden Lotus Winner) at the National Film Awards, India
by mehtarohit87 | created - 24 May 2011 | updated - 24 Sep 2017 | PublicThe National Award for Best Feature film is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, India, and was constituted in the year 1954. This is one of the Golden Lotus Awards (Swarna Kamal) given among National Film Awards. It is announced for films produced in a year across the country, in all Indian languages. It is the most prestigious award in the Indian Cinema.
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1. Shyamchi Aai (1953)
152 min | Drama
About the relationship between Shyam and his mother who teaches him how to stick to his ideals and beliefs in spite of them living in poverty.
Director: Pralhad Keshav Atre | Stars: Vasant Bapat, Ashok Bhat, Saraswati Bodas, Vimal Ghaisas
Votes: 162
Lang: Marathi
2. Mirza Ghalib (1954)
Not Rated | 145 min | Biography, Drama, Musical
This movie depicts the life of once wealthy poet and nobleman Mirza Ghalib. This story portrays his trials, tribulations, triumphs, and utlimate descent to poverty, and then to prison; and ... See full summary »
Director: Sohrab Modi | Stars: Bharat Bhushan, Suraiya, Nigar Sultana, Durga Khote
Votes: 132
Lang: Hindi
3. Pather Panchali (1955)
Not Rated | 125 min | Drama
Impoverished priest Harihar Ray, dreaming of a better life for himself and his family, leaves his rural Bengal village in search of work.
Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Kanu Bannerjee, Karuna Bannerjee, Subir Banerjee, Chunibala Devi
Votes: 38,568 | Gross: $0.54M
Lang: Bengali
4. Kabuliwala (1957)
116 min | Drama
Rahmat a middle-aged fruit seller from Afghanistan, comes to Calcutta to hawk his merchandise and befriends a small Bengali girl called Mini.
Director: Tapan Sinha | Stars: Chhabi Biswas, Oindrila Tagore, Radhamohan Bhattacharya, Manju Dey
Votes: 340
Lang: Bengali
5. Do Ankhen Barah Haath (1957)
143 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Progressive, reform-minded young warden gets permission to take six surly murderers from prison to dilapidated country farm, to rehabilitate it and themselves through hard work and kindly guidance.
Director: Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre | Stars: Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre, Sandhya, Ulhas, Brij Mohan Vyas
Votes: 1,904
Lang: Hindi
6. Sagar Sangamey (1959)
90 min | Drama
Director: Debaki Kumar Bose | Stars: Bharati Devi, Monju Adhikary, Rishi Banerjee, Bibhu Bhattacharya
Votes: 21
Lang: Bengali
7. The World of Apu (1959)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama
This final installment in Satyajit Ray's Apu Trilogy follows Apu's life as an orphaned adult aspiring to be a writer.
Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Soumitra Chatterjee, Sharmila Tagore, Alok Chakravarty, Swapan Mukherjee
Votes: 16,760 | Gross: $0.02M
Lang: Bengali
8. Anuradha (1960)
141 min | Drama, Romance
A lonely housewife, who gave up her promising singing career to marry an idealistic village-doctor, begins to regret her decision.
Director: Hrishikesh Mukherjee | Stars: Balraj Sahni, Leela Naidu, Abhi Bhattacharya, Nasir Hussain
Votes: 243
Lang: Hindi
9. Bhagini Nivedita (1962)
Not Rated | 156 min | Drama
Based on the life and work of Bhagini(Sister) Nivedita a.k.a. Margaret Elizabeth Noble a Scots-Irish social worker who came to India and became a disciple of Swami Vivekananda.
Director: Bijoy Bose | Stars: Asitbaran, Ajit Banerjee, Sunanda Banerjee, Haradhan Bannerjee
Votes: 17
Lang: Bengali
10. Dada Thakur (1962)
153 min | Biography, Drama
The film is based closely on the life of the real-life Dada Thakur, and was made in his lifetime. Dada Thakur (Chhabi Biswas) starts his career with a hand-operated press, with his wife as ... See full summary »
Director: Sudhir Mukherjee | Stars: Chhabi Biswas, Biswajeet Chatterjee, Tarun Kumar Chatterjee, Sulata Chowdhury
Votes: 37
Lang: Bengali
11. Shehar Aur Sapna (1964)
120 min | Drama
It was based on Abbas's own story One Thousand Nightson a Bed of Stones, which describes the struggle in the life of pavement dwellers in the backdrop of rapid industrialization.
Director: Khwaja Ahmad Abbas | Stars: Dilip Raj, Surekha, David Abraham, Anwar Hussain
Votes: 18
Lang: Hindi
12. Charulata (1964)
Not Rated | 117 min | Drama, Romance
The lonely wife of a newspaper editor falls in love with her visiting cousin-in-law, who shares her love for literature.
Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Soumitra Chatterjee, Madhavi Mukherjee, Shailen Mukherjee, Shyamal Ghoshal
Votes: 7,202 | Gross: $0.08M
Lang: Bengali
13. Chemmeen (1965)
Not Rated | 140 min | Drama, Romance
Karuthamma, the daughter of a Hindu fisherman, falls in love with a Muslim fish trader. However, social prejudices seem to ruin their love life and invite the wrath of their communities.
Director: Ramu Kariat | Stars: Sathyan, Sheela, Madhu, Kottarakkara Sridharan Nair
Votes: 543
Lang: Malayalam
14. Teesri Kasam (1966)
159 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A naive bullock-cart driver falls for a traveling courtesan.
Director: Basu Bhattacharya | Stars: Raj Kapoor, Waheeda Rehman, Dulari, Iftekhar
Votes: 852
Lang: Hindi
15. Hatey Bazarey (1967)
133 min | Drama
A idealist doctor engages in a feud with the son of local landlord for the latter's infatuation over a tribal girl whom he forces to live with her despite her denial.
Director: Tapan Sinha | Stars: Ajitesh Bannerjee, Bhanu Bannerjee, Samit Bhanja, Samita Biswas
Votes: 62
Lang: Hindi, Bengali
16. Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne (1969)
132 min | Adventure, Comedy, Family
Goopy wants to sing, and Bagha wants to play the dhol. They meet accidentally and are helped by King of Ghosts. With newly endowed abilities, they land in kingdom of Shundi, where their adventure begins.
Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Tapan Chatterjee, Rabi Ghosh, Ajoy Banerjee, Iva Banerjee
Votes: 2,758
Lang: Bengali
17. Bhuvan Shome (1969)
Not Rated | 96 min | Comedy, Drama
A lonely bureaucrat goes on holiday to a Gujarat village where a young peasant woman helps him see beyond his job and develop a newfound empathy for people.
Director: Mrinal Sen | Stars: Utpal Dutt, Suhasini Mulay, Shekhar Chatterjee, Sadhu Meher
Votes: 581
Lang: Hindi
18. Samskara (1970)
113 min | Drama
Naranappa, a man born in the community of Madhwa (a community of Brahmins from Karnataka) is dead in the Agrahara of the village Durvasapura. As per the Madhwa customs, the last rites of ... See full summary »
Director: Pattabhi Rama Reddy | Stars: Girish Karnad, Snehalata Reddy, P. Lankesh, B.R. Jayaram
Votes: 138
Lang: Kannada
19. Seemabaddha (1971)
110 min | Drama
Chatterji is an ambitious and self-made young man who becomes the director of the company he works for.
Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Sharmila Tagore, Barun Chanda, Paromita Chowdhury, Ajoy Banerjee
Votes: 1,406
Lang: Bengali
20. Swayamvaram (1972)
131 min | Drama
Vishwam and Sita, who resist opposition from their families, elope and marry. The unemployed couple begin a happy married life but later land in a sea of perils without a source of income.
Director: Adoor Gopalakrishnan | Stars: Adoor Bhawani, Bharat Gopy, K.P.A.C. Lalitha, Madhu
Votes: 123
Lang: Malayalam
21. Nirmalyam (1973)
134 min | Drama
An ancient temple is neglected to ruins and is tended only by the Velichappadu 'village oracle'. When the priest goes on leave, a young man takes up his job and forms a relationship with Velichappadu's daughter.
Director: M.T. Vasudevan Nair | Stars: P.J. Anthony, Kaviyoor Ponnamma, Kottarakkara Sridharan Nair, Sankaradi
Votes: 147
Lang: Malayalam
22. Chorus (1975)
Not Rated | 124 min | Fantasy, Drama
It begins like a fairy tale. It starts with a ritual. A bard appears on the screen and sings.Glory be the new gods who have descended to the Earth.The chairman of the gods, concerned over ... See full summary »
Director: Mrinal Sen | Stars: Utpal Dutt, Ajit Banerjee, Shekhar Chatterjee, Radhamohan Bhattacharya
Votes: 117
Lang: Bengali
23. Chomana Dudi (1975)
141 min | Drama
Choma is an untouchable bonded laborer in a village who is working along with his family for a landlord, as he belongs to a backward class.[2] Due to his social status, he is not allowed to till his own land, something that he desires.
Director: B.V. Karanth | Stars: M.V. Vasudeva Rao, Padma Kumta, Jayarajan, Sunder Rajan
Votes: 76
Lang: Kannada
24. Mrigayaa (1977)
119 min | Drama
In the 1930s, a group of tribals live in a small village in a forest in Odisha. A British administrator arrives at the village who is passionate about hunting. He befriends Ghinua, an exceptional archer.
Director: Mrinal Sen | Stars: Mithun Chakraborty, Mamata Shankar, Robert Wright, Ajit Banerjee
Votes: 157
Lang: Hindi
25. The Ritual (1977)
120 min | Drama
A young Brahmin Vedic school student, who is from an aristocratic family, befriends his school master's daughter who is a pregnant widow. The boy tries but fails in concealing his friend's ... See full summary »
Director: Girish Kasaravalli | Stars: Narayan Bhatt, Ramaswamy Iyengar, Janganath, Ajith Kumar
Votes: 162
Lang: Kannada
26. Shodh (1981)
Drama, Horror
Surendra (Om Puri), having been exiled from his village in youth and established himself in the city, comes back to the news of his father's demise, reportedly at the hands of a phantom. He... See full summary »
Director: Biplab Roy Chowdhury | Stars: Om Puri, Kanhu Bandhopodhyay, Tapti Bhatachrjee, Uday Chandra
Votes: 14
Lang: Hindi
27. In Search of Famine (1981)
115 min | Drama
A film crew comes to a village to make a film about a famine, which killed five million Bengalees in 1943.
Director: Mrinal Sen | Stars: Satya Banerjee, Radhamohan Bhattacharya, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Reba Roy Chowdhury
Votes: 362
Lang: Bengali
28. Dakhal (1982)
Not Rated | 72 min | Drama
Andi, who belongs to a the Kagmara clan, a wandering and very poor tribe, is married with a higher caste farmer Joga, and then settled down with him. After their marriage they leased some ... See full summary »
Director: Goutam Ghose | Stars: Mamata Shankar, Robin Sen Gupta, Sunil Mukherjee, Sujal Roy Chowdhury
Votes: 25
Lang: Bengali
29. Chokh (1983)
98 min | Drama
A labour wrongly accused in a murder of his owner's brother and a coworker is given death sentence .He decides to donate his eye and the owner learns about this falsify donation documents to provide for his blind son.
Director: Utpalendu Chakrabarty | Stars: Om Puri, Anil Chatterjee, Shyamanand Jalan, Sreela Majumdar
Votes: 44
Lang: Bengali
30. Adi Shankaracharya (1983)
Not Rated | 130 min | Biography, Drama
The first Indian movie to be made in Sanskrit. The movie follows the life and times of Adi Shankaracharya - the founder of the non-duality (Advaita) school of Indian philosophy. The ... See full summary »
Director: G.V. Iyer | Stars: Sarvadaman Banerjee, M.V. Narayana Rao, Manjunath Bhatt, Leela Narayana Rao
Votes: 312
Lang: Sanskrit
31. Damul (1985)
106 min | Drama
Damul (Bonded Until Death) highlights the ill effects of Bonded Labour System while narrating the story of a bonded labour who is left with no choice but to steal by his landlord.
Director: Prakash Jha | Stars: Manohar Singh, Annu Kapoor, Sreela Majumdar, Deepti Naval
Votes: 150
Lang: Hindi
32. Chidambaram (1985)
103 min | Drama
Muniyandi (Sreenivasan), a laborer in the farm, believes and respects Shivakami (Smita Patil). Muniyandi brings Shivakami to the farm after marrying her. She soon befriends Shankaran (Gopi)... See full summary »
Director: Govindan Aravindan | Stars: Mohan Das, Bharat Gopy, Smita Patil, Sreenivasan
Votes: 169
Lang: Malayalam
33. Tabarana Kathe (1986)
179 min | Drama
Tabarana Kathe is the story of Tabara Shetty, a government servant. He serves the government till his retirement. But problems emerge after his retirement. Matters worsen when his wife and only companion falls sick.
Director: Girish Kasaravalli | Stars: Nalini Murthy, R. Nagesh, Charu Haasan, Vaishali Kasaravalli
Votes: 92
Lang: Kannada
34. Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai (1987)
120 min | Drama
A simple farmer becomes the victim of a greedy landowner in this social melodrama. Rokheshwar is forced to give up the farm his father had paid for when the landowner asks for a mortgage ... See full summary »
Director: Jahnu Barua | Stars: Indra Bania, Purnima Pathak, Gaurav Bania, Shobhana Gogoi
Votes: 105
Lang: Assamese
35. Piravi (1989)
110 min | Drama
Raghu, the only son of Raghava Chakyar was born late for him. So he poured his entire love and affection on him. Raghu, studying in an engineering college in a far away city has to arrive ... See full summary »
Director: Shaji N. Karun | Stars: Premji, Archana, Lakshmi Krishnamurthy, V.K. Sriraman
Votes: 294
Lang: Malayalam
36. Bagh Bahadur (1989)
91 min | Drama
Bagh Bahadur is a 1989 Bengali drama film directed and written by Buddhadev Dasgupta. The film is about a man who paints himself as a tiger and dances in a village in Bengal. The movie ... See full summary »
Director: Buddhadev Dasgupta | Stars: Pawan Malhotra, M.V. Vasudeva Rao, Archana, Biplab Chattopadhyay
Votes: 100
Lang: Bengali
37. The Other Side (1990)
80 min | Drama
An estranged son visits his ailing father and tries to figure out the reason behind the latter's silent remorse. When he learns about his father's past, he makes a decision that may help his father.
Director: K.S. Sethumadhavan | Stars: Achamilai Gopi, Jayabharathi, Radha, Sivakumar
Votes: 42
Lang: Tamil
38. The Stranger (1991)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama
A well-off family is paid an unexpected, and rather unwanted, visit by a man claiming to be the woman's long-lost uncle. The initial suspicion with which they greet the man slowly dissolves as he regales them with stories of his travels.
Director: Satyajit Ray | Stars: Utpal Dutt, Dipankar Dey, Mamata Shankar, Bikram Bhattacharya
Votes: 4,388
Lang: Bengali
39. Bhagvad Gita: Song of the Lord (1993)
140 min | Drama
The Gita is set in a narrative framework of a dialogue between Pandava prince Arjuna and his guide and charioteer Lord Krishna.
Director: G.V. Iyer | Stars: Neena Gupta, Surya Mohan Kulshreshtha, Gopi Manohar, G.V. Ragavendra
Votes: 65
Lang: Sanskrit
40. Charachar (1994)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama
A bird catcher's empathy for the birds interferes with his livelihood.
Director: Buddhadev Dasgupta | Stars: Shankar Chakraborty, Indrani Haldar, Rajit Kapoor, Sadhu Meher
Votes: 123
Lang: Bengali
41. Unishe April (1994)
Not Rated | 138 min | Drama
Potrays a sentimental mother daughter relation. How a female dancer sets her priority and became famous but loses her relationship with her daughter on the way .
Director: Rituparno Ghosh | Stars: Aparna Sen, Debashree Roy, Dipankar Dey, Chitra Sen
Votes: 571
Lang: Bengali
42. Kathapurushan (1996)
107 min | Biography, Drama
Against the history of Kerala, we see a young man grow up without a father, relate to the working class people employed in his feudal household, become an intellectual, land in prison, and find a cure for the stuttering that afflicts him.
Director: Adoor Gopalakrishnan | Stars: Vishwanathan, Mini Nair, Aranmulla Ponnamma, Urmila Unni
Votes: 134
Lang: Malayalam
43. Red Door (1997)
95 min | Drama, Mystery
Dr. Nabin Datta is a prominent dentist in Calcutta, 47, disengaged, with little affect, and fearful that his hands and feet are turning to metal. His wife leaves him to live alone. His son,... See full summary »
Director: Buddhadev Dasgupta | Stars: Champa, Raisul Islam Asad, Sunetra Banerjee, Haradhan Bannerjee
Votes: 76
Lang: Bengali
44. Thai Saheba (1997)
117 min | Drama
Director: Girish Kasaravalli | Stars: Jayamala, Suresh Heblikar
Votes: 44
Lang: Kannada
45. Samar (1998)
126 min | Drama
India's caste system depicted in film within a film
Director: Shyam Benegal | Stars: Rajeshwari Sachdev, Rajit Kapoor, Ravi Jhankal, Raghubir Yadav
Votes: 40
Lang: Hindi
46. Vanaprastham (1999)
119 min | Drama
An illicit relationship between a Kathakali dancer and a young woman from an upper caste family results in an illegitimate child. He faces hardships when she refuses to let him see their child.
Director: Shaji N. Karun | Stars: Mohanlal, Suhasini, Mattanoor Shankara Marar, Kalamandalam Gopi
Votes: 1,919
Lang: Malayalam
47. Shantham (2001)
95 min | Drama
In the midst of a raging political strife, a group of individuals learn some life values.
Director: Jayaraj | Stars: Sima Bisvas, Kalamandalam Gopi, Madampu Kunjukuttan, K.P.A.C. Lalitha
Votes: 37
Lang: Malayalam
48. Dweepa (2002)
Not Rated | 132 min | Drama
Nagi is the pillar of her small family that includes her husband and her rigid father-in-law. Faced with the possibility of losing her home due to the construction of a dam, Nagi proves her strength.
Director: Girish Kasaravalli | Stars: Soundarya, Avinash, M.V. Vasudeva Rao, Harish Raj
Votes: 283
Lang: Kannada
49. A Tale of a Naughty Girl (2002)
90 min | Drama
Based on a short story by Bengali writer Prafulla Roy, the central idea developed by director Dasgupta, tells the story of a girl, Lati, whose mother Rajani is a prostitute living and ... See full summary »
Director: Buddhadev Dasgupta | Stars: Samata Das, Rituparna Sengupta, Arpan Basar, Tapas Pal
Votes: 274
Lang: Bengali
50. A Breath (2004)
107 min | Drama
This story is about how an old man tried to show his grandson the preciousness and beauty of life in a no win situation such as cancer. It is about keeping a positive attitude towards life.
Director: Sandeep Sawant | Stars: Arun Nalawade, Ashwin Chitale, Sandeep Kulkarni, Amruta Subhash
Votes: 1,627 | Gross: $0.00M
Lang: Marathi
51. Page 3 (2005)
139 min | Drama
A look at Mumbai's socialite party circle world through the eyes of a Page 3 journalist.
Directors: Madhur Bhandarkar, Jay Dev Banerjee | Stars: Konkona Sen Sharma, Atul Kulkarni, Sandhya Mridul, Tara Sharma
Votes: 7,062
Lang: Hindi
52. Kalpurush (2005)
120 min | Drama
A man struggles with his memories of his powerful father.
Director: Buddhadev Dasgupta | Stars: Mithun Chakraborty, Rahul Bose, Sameera Reddy, Sudipta Chakraborty
Votes: 279
Lang: Bengali
53. Pulijanmam (2006)
87 min | Drama, Fantasy
Director: Priyanandanan | Stars: Murali, Sindhu Menon, Vineeth Kumar, Samvrutha Sunil
Votes: 44
Lang: Malayalam
54. Kanchivaram (2008)
117 min | Drama
A poor silk weaver promises his wife to dress their newborn daughter in a silk saree for her marriage. Facing systemic oppression and the vicissitudes of his fortune, he struggles to keep his word.
Director: Priyadarshan | Stars: Prakash Raj, Shreya Reddy, Shammu, Sreekumar
Votes: 744
Lang: Tamil
55. Antaheen (2009)
120 min | Drama, Romance
Abhik loses faith in the people around him and develops an online relationship with Brinda, a young woman who works as a journalist.
Director: Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury | Stars: Rahul Bose, Aparna Sen, Radhika Apte, Kalyan Ray
Votes: 1,799
Lang: Bengali
56. Kutty Srank: The Sailor of Hearts (2009)
127 min | Drama
Kutty Srank is a short-tempered, lonely, but law-abiding boatman whose work leads him to travel the back waters of Kerala. One day, when the local police station discovers an unidentified ... See full summary »
Director: Shaji N. Karun | Stars: Mammootty, Kamalinee Mukherjee, Meena Kumari Perera, Padmapriya
Votes: 656
Lang: Malayalam
57. Abu, Son of Adam (2011)
101 min | Drama
A poor aging couple struggle to fulfill their lifelong dream of going to Mecca for pilgrimage.
Director: Salim Ahmed | Stars: Salim Kumar, Said Alharbi, M.R. Gopakumar, Jaffer Idukki
Votes: 1,232
58. Byari (2011)
100 min | Drama
One of the best films, Best direction & acting by artists. Focusing on how some traditional rituals (by following blindly) impacts on human life ( especially on women) and their emotions. ... See full summary »
Director: K.P. Suveeran | Stars: Aswathi, Altaf Hussain, Majeed, Mallika
Votes: 17
59. Deool (2011)
Not Rated | 135 min | Drama
Keshya, a simple villager believes that god has arrived in his village but everyone disbelieves him. Later when the politics plays its part things take a drastic change.
Director: Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni | Stars: Nana Patekar, Dilip Prabhawalkar, Jyoti Subhash, Usha Nadkarni
Votes: 1,733
60. Paan Singh Tomar (2012)
Not Rated | 135 min | Action, Biography, Crime
The story of Paan Singh Tomar, an Indian athlete and seven-time national steeplechase champion who becomes one of the most feared dacoits in Chambal Valley after his retirement.
Director: Tigmanshu Dhulia | Stars: Irrfan Khan, Mahie Gill, Rajesh Abhay, Hemendra Dandotiya
Votes: 37,874 | Gross: $0.04M
61. Ship of Theseus (2012)
Not Rated | 140 min | Drama
The film explores questions of identity, justice, beauty, meaning and death through an experimental photographer, an ailing monk and a young stockbroker.
Director: Anand Gandhi | Stars: Aydah El-Kashef, Yogesh Shah, Faraz Khan, Hannan Youssef
Votes: 7,797
62. Court (2014)
116 min | Drama
When an aging activist is arrested, the lives of the accused, the lawyers, and the judge intertwine to reveal bigotry that underscores the judicial system.
Director: Chaitanya Tamhane | Stars: Vira Sathidar, Vivek Gomber, Geetanjali Kulkarni, Pradeep Joshi
Votes: 5,277
63. Baahubali: The Beginning (2015)
Not Rated | 159 min | Action, Drama
A child from the Mahishmati kingdom is raised by tribal people and one day learns about his royal heritage, his father's bravery in battle and a mission to overthrow the incumbent ruler.
Director: S.S. Rajamouli | Stars: Prabhas, Rana Daggubati, Anushka Shetty, Tamannaah Bhatia
Votes: 136,963 | Gross: $6.74M
64. Kaasav: Turtle (2017)
105 min | Drama, Family
A mother sea-turtle has to return to the waters leaving the eggs for nesting on the shore.... The nests are to be protected so that the newborn turtles can go into the deep waters on their ... See full summary »
Directors: Sumitra Bhave, Sunil Sukthankar | Stars: Mohan Agashe, Devika Daftardar, Omkar Ghadi, Iravati Harshe
Votes: 256
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