National Film Award for Best Exploration/Adventure Film

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National Film Award for Best Exploration/Adventure Film
National award for contributions to short film
Sponsored by Directorate of Film Festivals
Reward(s)
  • Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus)
  • ₹50,000
First award1984
Final award2021
Most recent winnerAyushman
Highlights
Total awarded21
First winnerEverest 84

The National Film Award for Best Exploration/Adventure Film (including sports) was one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It was one of several awards presented for non-feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus).

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The award was instituted in 1984, at 32nd National Film Awards and awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages. At the 70th National Film Awards, the award is discontinued and clubbed with National Film Award for Best Promotional Film, National Film Award for Best Scientific Film, National Film Award for Best Educational/Motivational/Instructional Film, National Film Award for Best Investigative Film, National Film Award for Best Anthropological/Ethnographic Film, National Film Award for Best Agriculture Film, National Film Award for Best Film on Social Issues and National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Environment/Conservation/Preservation Film, and two new categories were created; Best Documentary and Best Non Feature Film Promoting Social and Environmental Values. [1]

Winners

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

List of films, showing the year, language(s), producer(s) and director(s)
YearFilm(s)Language(s)Producer(s)Director(s)Refs.
1984
(32nd) 		Everest 84EnglishCinema Vision India Siddharth Kak [2]
1985
(33rd) 		High Adventure on White WatersEnglishYash ChoudharyC. L. Kaul [3]
1986
(34th) 		No Award [4]
1987
(35th) 		Antarctica: A Continuing Mystery
(News Magazine No: 101)		EnglishVijay B. Chandra for Films Division Mahesh Kamble (Cameraman) [5]
1988
(36th) 		No Award [6]
1989
(37th) 		No Award [7]
1990
(38th) 		The Indigenous of ManipurEnglish Aribam Syam Sharma Aribam Syam Sharma [8]
1991
(39th) 		No Award [9]
1992
(40th) 		Antarctica: A Scientists' ParadiseEnglishR. Krishna Mohan for Films DivisionA. Udayashankar [10]
1993
(41st) 		The Splendour of Garhwal and RoopkundEnglishThe Garhwal Mandal Vikas Nigam Victor Banerjee [11]
1994
(42nd) 		No Award [12]
1995
(43rd) 		No Award [13]
1996
(44th) 		No Award [14]
1997
(45th) 		In Search of ExcellenceHindiKuldeep Sinha for Films DivisionRaghu Krishna [15]
1998
(46th) 		Malana: In Search OfEnglishNeo FilmsVivek Mohan [16]
1999
(47th) 		No Award [17]
2000
(48th) 		No Award [18]
2001
(49th) 		No Award [19]
2002
(50th) 		No Award [20]
2003
(51st) 		Madness in the DesertEnglish Aamir Khan Satyajit Bhatkal [21]
2004
(52nd) 		Shores of Silence: Whale Sharks in India EnglishGautam PandeyRanjana Pandey [22]
2005
(53rd) 		No Award [23]
2006
(54th) 		No Award [24]
2007
(55th) 		No Award [25]
2008
(56th) 		Shingnaba Manipuri Bachaspa Timayum SunzuBachaspa Timayum Sunzu [26]
2009
(57th) 		No Award [27]
2010
(58th) 		Boxing LadiesHindi Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute Anusha Nandakumar [28]
2011
(59th) 		The Finish LineEnglishSyed Sultan Ahmed and Tabassum ModiAkshay Roy [29]
2012
(60th) 		Manipuri Pony  •English
 •Manipuri		 Films Division of India Aribam Syam Sharma [30]
2013
(61st) 		No Award [31]
2014
(62nd) 		Life Force – India's Western GhatsEnglishGrey Films India Pvt. Ltd.Nallamuthu Subbiah [32]
2015
(63rd) 		Dribbling with their Future •English
 •Tamil
 •Kannada		 •N. Dinesh Raj Kumar
 •Mathew Varghese		Jacob Varghese [33]
2016
(64th) 		Matitle Kusti •English
 •Telugu		Madhavi ReddyPrantik Vivek Deshmukh [34]
2017
(65th) 		Ladakh Chale Richawala Films Division of India Indrani Chakrabarti [35]
2018
(66th) 		No Award [36]
2019
(67th) 		Wild Karnataka EnglishAmoghavarsha J. S. • Amoghavarsha J. S.
 • Kalyan Varma
 • Sarath Champati
 • Vijaya Mohan Raj		 [37]
2020
(68th) 		Wheeling the Ball • English
 • Hindi		 Films Division of India Mukesh Sharma [38]
2021
(69th) 		Ayushman • English
 • Kannada		 • Mathew Varghese
 • Dinesh Rajkumar N.
 • Naveen Francis		Jacob Varghese [39]

References

  1. ↑ Under Secretary to the Government of India (14 December 2023). "Report on Rationalization of Awards Conferred by the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting | Ministry of Information and Broadcasting | Government of India". Ministry of Information and Broadcasting . Retrieved 25 August 2024.
  2. ↑ "32nd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  3. ↑ "33rd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  4. ↑ "34th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  5. ↑ "35th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  6. ↑ "36th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  7. ↑ "37th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  8. ↑ "38th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  9. ↑ "39th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  10. ↑ "40th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  11. ↑ "41st National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  12. ↑ "42nd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  13. ↑ "43rd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  14. ↑ "44th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  15. ↑ "45th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  16. ↑ "46th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  17. ↑ "47th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  18. ↑ "48th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  19. ↑ "49th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  20. ↑ "50th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  21. ↑ "51st National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  22. ↑ "52nd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  23. ↑ "53rd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  24. ↑ "54th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  25. ↑ "55th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  26. ↑ "56th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  27. ↑ "57th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  28. ↑ "58th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  29. ↑ "59th National Film Awards for the Year 2011 Announced". Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  30. ↑ "60th National Film Awards Announced" (PDF) (Press release). Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
  31. ↑ "61st National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. 16 April 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
  32. ↑ "62nd National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. 24 March 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  33. ↑ "63rd National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. 28 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  34. ↑ "64th National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  35. ↑ "66th National Film Awards for 2018 announced". pib.gov.in. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  36. ↑ "67th National Film Awards announced". Press Information Bureau . 22 March 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  37. ↑ "68th National Film Awards announced". Press Information Bureau . 22 July 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
  38. ↑ "69th National Film Awards for the year 2021 announced". Press Information Bureau . 24 August 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  39. ↑ "69th National Film Awards for the year 2021 announced". Press Information Bureau . 24 August 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
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