National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues

National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues
National award for contributions to Indian Cinema
Awarded for	Best feature film on Social Issues such as Prohibition, Women and Child Welfare, Anti-dowry, Drug Abuse, Welfare of the Handicapped etc. for a year
Sponsored by	Directorate of Film Festivals
Reward(s)	Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus) ₹150,000 (US$1,800)
First awarded	1984
Last awarded	2019
Most recent Winner	Anandi Gopal
Highlights
Total awarded	42
First winner	Accident

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

The National Film Awards were established in 1954 to "encourage production of the films of a high aesthetic and technical standard and educational and culture value" and also planned to included awards for regional films. ^{[3] [4]} In 1984, at the 32nd National Film Awards various new categories were instituted for Swarna Kamal and Rajat Kamal. Categories like the Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Costume Design along with the Best Film on Other Social Issues were introduced for the Rajat Kamal. This category was introduced to be awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages. As of 2016 ^[update] since its inception, the award has been present thirty-three times to thirty-six films. It has been presented for films in seven languages with the highest being twelve in Hindi, followed by ten in Malayalam, five in Tamil, four in Marathi, three in Bengali, two in Kannada and one in Telugu. It was not presented on two occasion in 1985 (33rd ceremony) and 2011 (59th ceremony). ^{[5] [6]}

The inaugural award was conferred upon production banner Sanket (Rajat Kamal and ₹ 30,000) and director Shankar Nag (Rajat Kamal and ₹ 15,000) for their Kannada film Accident for dealing with the bold topic of whistleblowing against political corruption and dealing with bad effects of alcoholism. ^[7] On five occasion the award was shared by two films: in 1987 by Tamil films Ore Oru Gramathiley and Vedham Pudhithu , in 1993 by Janani (Bengali) and Naaraayam (Malayalam), in 1994 by Wheelchair (Bengali) and Parinayam (Malayalam), in 2000 by Munnudi (Kannada) and Vetri Kodi Kattu (Tamil), and in 2003 by Hindi films Koi... Mil Gaya and Gangaajal . ^[8]

Winners

The award includes 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus) and cash prize to the producers and director each. The first award in 1984 had a monetary association of ₹ 30,000 to the producers and ₹ 15,000 to the directors. ^[7] In 1995 at the 43rd award ceremony the Marathi film Doghi was honoured and the cash prices were revised to ₹30,000 each presented to the director duo Sumitra Bhave–Sunil Sukthankar and co-producers National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC) and Doordarshan. ^[9] The monetary association was again revised to ₹ 1,50,000 to both the producers and directors in 2006 at the 54th ceremony where producer Policherla Venkata Subbiah and director Satish Kasetty's Telugu film Hope was the winner. ^[10]

†	Indicates a joint award for that year

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	Refs.
1984 (32nd)	Accident	Kannada	Sanket	Shankar Nag	–	[7]
1985 (33rd)	No Award					[5]
1986 (34th)	Doore Doore Oru Koodu Koottam	Malayalam	M. Mani	Sibi Malayil	For focussing on the dire need for integrity in the educational system in remote areas in a heart warming film, charmingly narrated.	[11]
1987 (35th)	Ore Oru Gramathiley	Tamil	S. Rangarajan	Jyothipandian	For tackling the problem of caste differences and discrimination from the opposite ends of the hierarchy in their own way in a convincing manner and for the rigorous statement they make and the solutions they offer.	[12]
	Vedham Pudhithu	Tamil	Janani Arts Creations	Bharathiraja	For tackling the problem of caste differences and discrimination from the opposite ends of the hierarchy in their own way in a convincing manner and for the rigorous statement they make and the solutions they offer.
1988 (36th)	Main Zinda Hoon	Hindi	• NFDC  • Doordarshan	Sudhir Mishra	For portraying with redeemed finesse the saga of the agony of the middle class working woman.	[13]
1989 (37th)	Unnikuttanu Joli Kitty	Malayalam	V. R. Gopinath	V. R. Gopinath	For its bleak narration of an unemployed youth becoming an unemployable due to callous social attitudes.	[14]
1990 (38th)	Oru Veedu Iru Vasal	Tamil	Kavithalayaa Productions	K. Balachander	For focussing on women's problem and very sensitively showing the path by which women can be emancipated.	[15]
1991 (39th)	Yamanam	Malayalam	Ajayan Varicolil	Bharath Gopi	For advocating the cause of physically handicapped and upholding their right to be on their own, in a world that is more generous with its sympathy than understanding.	[16]
1992 (40th)	Neenga Nalla Irukkanum	Tamil	GV Films	Visu	For its effective and purposeful plea for prohibition.	[17]
1993 (41st)	Janani	Bengali	Sanat Dasgupta	Sanat Dasgupta	For its delicate portrayal of an obscurantist practice like witchcraft, prevalent in certain parts of the country.	[18]
	Naaraayam	Malayalam	Raju Pilakat	Sasi Shankar	For its subdued depiction of the possibilities of realising communal harmony.
1994 (42nd)	Parinayam	Malayalam	G. P. Vijayakumar	Hariharan	For recreating a real incident in the social history of Kerala, thereby indicating the continued relevance of gender oppression in traditional caste-dominated society.	[19]
	Wheelchair	Bengali	NFDC	Tapan Sinha	For a positive rendition of the condition of handicapped people suggesting affirmative action.
1995 (43rd)	Doghi	Marathi	•NFDC  • Doordarshan	• Sumitra Bhave  • Sunil Sukthankar	For its depiction of poverty-stricken rural family consisting of two young sisters. The agony of survival in a tradition bound hostile society and their subsequent liberation is beautifully depicted in the film.	[9]
1996 (44th)	Tamanna	Hindi	Pooja Bhatt	Mahesh Bhatt	For depicting the selfless dedication and love of eunuchs for an abandoned child.	[20]
1997 (45th)	Dhanna	Hindi	Films Division	Deepak Roy	The film stands for the rights of a disabled person to be accorded the privileges of a normal human being within a family and in society. It states in a simple yet convincing manner that the disabled should be encouraged to develop their inner talents.	[21]
1998 (46th)	Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala	Malayalam	C. Karunakaran	Sreenivasan	For its strong theme of a woman's struggle against relentless difficulties heaped upon her by her worthless husband. Her ultimate success and emancipation prove to be socially inspiring.	[22]
1999 (47th)	Kairee	Hindi	Government of India	Amol Palekar	For its charming portrayal of the need to give a secure future, through education, to the girl-child in the backwaters of the country.	[23]
2000 (48th)	Vetri Kodi Kattu	Tamil	D. Pandian	Cheran	For discussing issues on migration from one's own land and the social implications that follow, in the heart land of Tamilnadu, highlighting the need to re-establish the holistic culture of society.	[24]
	Munnudi	Kannada	Navachitra	P. Sheshadri	For attempting to discuss the misuse of Shariat by opportunistic men and the manipulation of the testaments on "Nikah" and "Talaaq".
2001 (49th)	Chandni Bar	Hindi	Lata Mohan Iyer	Madhur Bhandarkar	For its realistic portrayal of the problems of an uprooted woman who is brought to Mumbai and forced to work in a beer bar. The film is a poignant and sensitive depiction of innocent girls trapped in the vicious cycle of survival in the underworld.	[25]
2002 (50th)	Swaraaj	Hindi	George Mathew	Anwar Jamal	For its strong and competent depiction of women's empowerment in rural India.	[26]
2003 (51st)	Koi... Mil Gaya	Hindi	Rakesh Roshan	Rakesh Roshan	For its compassionate portrayal of a mentally challenged young man who is able to reach out to the wonders of the universe.	[27]
	Gangaajal	Hindi	Prakash Jha	Prakash Jha	For its stark delineation of a wide range of wrongs pervading society, and state.
2004 (52nd)	Perumazhakkalam	Malayalam	Salim Padiyath	Kamal	For its deft handling of a complex, sensitive issue in a very sensitive manner. The central characters in the film reflect the traditional virtues of the Indian women, such as self-sacrifice, endurance and forgiveness, to bring two communities together.	[28]
2005 (53rd)	Iqbal	Hindi	Subhash Ghai	Nagesh Kukunoor	For its inspiring and cinematically energetic portrayal of a hearing impaired in his aspiration to become a champion cricketer.	[29]
2006 (54th)	Hope	Telugu	Policherla Venkata Subbiah	Satish Kasetty	For focusing on the need to re-examine the present-day education system that leads many young people to commit suicide.	[10]
2007 (55th)	Antardwand	Hindi	Sushil Rajpal	Sushil Rajpal	For exposing the "marriages for sale" racket and dramatically presenting a browbeaten girl who finds her courage and her voice and rebels against her tyrannical father.	[30]
2008 (56th)	Jogwa	Marathi	Shripal Morakhia	Rajeev Patil	For hard hitting comment on the victims of age old social customs.	[31]
2009 (57th)	Well Done Abba	Hindi	Reliance Big Pictures	Shyam Benegal	For a socio-political satire about a common man's fight for justice against an all pervasive corrupt system.	[32]
2010 (58th)	Champions	Marathi	Aishwarya Narkar	Ramesh More	In a world of deprivation, the thirst for an education surpasses the hunger for food amongst two young brothers fending for each other and their mother.	[33]
2011 (59th)	No Award					[6]
2012 (60th)	Spirit	Malayalam	M. J. Antony	Renjith	As the title suggests the movie establishes the ills of alcoholism. The film-maker has scored by roping in a popular star to propagate the evil effects of the ‘spirit’!	[34]
2013 (61st)	Tuhya Dharma Koncha	Marathi	Indian Magic Eye Motion Pictures Pvt Ltd.	Satish Manwar	For a tale of a poor tribal family being torn between prosecution by law enforcing agencies on one hand and issue of loss of their traditional faith and culture through religious conversions on the other.	[35]
2014 (62nd)	Chotoder Chobi	Bengali	Shree Venkatesh Films	Kaushik Ganguly	For its empathetic portrayal of marginalized people and their struggle for a life of dignity.	[36]
2015 (63rd)	Nirnayakam	Malayalam	Jairaj Films	V. K. Prakash	For tackling a relevant and unaddressed issue of curtailing freedom of movement for the common man due to hartals and processions.	[37]
2016 (64th)	Pink	Hindi	Rashmi Sharma Telefilms Limited	Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury	A gender neutral perspective of a social problem, which definitely needs to be addressed.	[38]
2017 (65th)	Aalorukkam	Malayalam	Jolly Lonappan	V. C. Abhilash	–	[8]
2018 (66th)	Pad Man	Hindi	• Twinkle Khanna  •Hope Productions Pvt. Ltd	R. Balki	An undiscussed social issue of women’s personal hygiene narrated compellingly and with aplomb.	[39]
2019 (67th)	Anandi Gopal	Marathi	Essel Vision Productions	Sameer Vidhwans	For depicting the place of women in the late nineteenth century India and the woman's struggle to achieve the almost impossible in those testing times.	[40]
2020 (68th)	Justice Delayed but Delivered	Hindi	Mandeep Chauhan	Kamakhya Narayan Singh		[41]
	Three sisters	Bengali	Ratnaboli Ray	Putul Rafey Mahmood

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External links

• Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India
• National Film Awards Archives
• National Film Awards at IMDb