National Film Award for Best Promotional Film

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National Film Award for Best Promotional Film
National award for contributions to short film
Sponsored by Directorate of Film Festivals
Formerly called
  • Best Promotional Film (Commercial) (1967–76)
  • Best Promotional Film (Non-Commercial) (1967–76)
Reward(s)
  • Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus)
  • ₹50,000
First award1967
Final award2021
Most recent winnerEndangered Heritage
Highlights
Total awarded35
First winner
  • The Brown Diamond(Commercial)
  • Sandesh(Non-Commercial)

The National Film Award for Best Promotional Film 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).

Contents

The award was instituted in 1967, at 15th National Film Awards and awarded annually for short 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 Investigative Film, National Film Award for Best Scientific Film, National Film Award for Best Educational/Motivational/Instructional Film, National Film Award for Best Exploration/Adventure 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:

Awards legends
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Best Promotional Film (Commercial)
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Best Promotional Film (Non-Commercial)
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Indicates a joint award for that year
List of films, showing the year, language(s), producer(s) and director(s)
YearFilm(s)Language(s)Producer(s)Director(s)Refs.
1967
(15th) 		The Brown DiamondEnglishKrishnaswamy AssociatesS. Krishnaswamy [2]
Sandesh Hindi J. S. Bhownagary and K. L. Khandpur for Films Division Omprakash Sharma
1968
(16th) 		No Award [3]
1969
(17th) 		Weave Me Some FlowersEnglishMohan Wadhwani for Films DivisionP. B. Pendharkar [4]
1970
(18th) 		No Award [5]
1971
(19th)
1972
(20th) 		Destination IndiaEnglishCinerad CommunicationsZafar Hai [6]
1973
(21st) 		Delhi the City BeautifulEnglishJagdish BanerjeeJagdish Banerjee [7]
Fibre The Fabric of LifeEnglishKhadi and Village Industries CommissionG. L. Bhardwaj
1974
(22nd) 		To Serve Is To LoveEnglishCinerad Communications for Air India Zafar Hai [8]
Ek Anek Aur Ekta HindiBhim Sain Vijaya Mulay
1975
(23rd) 		Zenith of IndiaEnglishFilm MediaJyoti G. Thakur [9]
Poems in PatternEnglishRanabir RayRanabir Ray
1976
(24th)
1977
(25th) 		ParvatiHindiSanti P. ChowdhurySanti P. Chowdhury [10]
1978
(26th) 		It Is Indian It Is GoodHindiFilms DivisionB. D. Garga [11]
1979
(27th)
1980
(28th) 		Oil OffshoreEnglishPrem PrakashSatya Prakash [12]
1981
(29th) 		HydrumEnglishOmprakash Sharma for Films DivisionMahmood Quereshi [13]
1982
(30th) 		No Award [14]
1983
(31st) 		Ekta Aur AnushasanHindiK. S. KulkarniS. K. Sharma [15]
1984
(32nd) 		No Award [16]
1985
(33rd) 		No Award [17]
1986
(34th) 		No Award [18]
1987
(35th) 		No Award [19]
1988
(36th) 		No Award [20]
1989
(37th) 		Tuna: The Chicken of the SeaEnglishD. GautamanK. Jagajivan Ram [21]
1990
(38th) 		No Award [22]
1991
(39th) 		Of Mines and MenEnglishP. C. SharmaRaghu Krishna [23]
1992
(40th) 		Sound of the Dying ColorsEnglishParan Barbarooah, B. B. ProductionsSher Choudhury [24]
1993
(41st) 		Timeless IndiaEnglishZafar HaiZafar Hai [25]
1994
(42nd) 		Blue Flames, Green VillagesEnglishNational Afforestation and Eco-Development Board, Ministry of Environment and ForestsRamesh Asher [26]
1995
(43rd) 		No Award [27]
1996
(44th) 		No Award [28]
1997
(45th) 		Sarang: Symphony in CocophonyEnglishY. N. Engineer for Films DivisionJoshy Joseph for Films Division [29]
1998
(46th) 		No Award [30]
1999
(47th) 		No Award [31]
2000
(48th) 		Pashmina RoyaleEnglishBappa RayBappa Ray [32]
2001
(49th) 		News Magazine No. 458
(In Search of Muga Silk)		EnglishY. N. Engineer for Films DivisionK. G. Das [33]
2002
(50th) 		The Treasure in the Snow: A Film on SikkimEnglish •Ministry of External Affairs
 •South Asia Foundation		 Goutam Ghose [34]
2003
(51st) 		Ladakh: The Land of MysteryEnglishBiyot Projna TripathyBiyot Projna Tripathy [35]
2004
(52nd) 		No Award [36]
2005
(53rd) 		No Award [37]
2006
(54th) 		Rendezvous With TimeEnglishMadhya Pradesh MadhyamRajendra Junglay [38]
2007
(55th) 		No Award [39]
2008
(56th) 		Lost and Found • Marathi
 •English
 •Hindi		 •Harshavardhan G. Kulkarni
 •Kirti Nakhwa
 •Amitabh Shukla		Harshavardhan G. Kulkarni [40]
2009
(57th) 		No Award [41]
2010
(58th) 		Ek Ropa DhanHindiMeghnath Bhattacharjee •Biju Toppo
 •Meghnath Bhattacharjee		 [42]
2011
(59th) 		The Dream Fulfilled: Memories of the Engineering ChallengesEnglishDelhi Metro Rail CorporationSatish Pande [43]
2012
(60th) 		Dreaming Taj Mahal •Hindi
 • Urdu 		Nirmal ChanderNirmal Chander [44]
2013
(61st) 		Chasing The RainbowEnglishEdumedia IndiaCharu Shree Roy [45]
KushHindiRed Carpet Moving Pictures Pvt. Ltd.Shubhashish Bhutiani
2014
(62nd) 		Documentation of Clay Image Makers of KumartuliEnglish Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts Ranajit Ray [46]
2015
(63rd) 		Weaves of Maheshwar •Hindi
 •English		Storyloom Films •Keya Vaswani
 •Nidhi Kamath		 [47]
2016
(64th) 		No Award [48]
2017
(65th) 		Poetry on Fabric : ChanderinamaSanjay Gupta for Pro Art IndiaRajendra Junglay
2018
(66th) 		Rediscovering Jajam •Hindi •Rachel Bracken-Singh
 • Anokhi Museum of Hand Printing 		 •Avinash Maurya
 •Kriti Gupta		 [49]
2019
(67th) 		The ShowerLittle Lamb Films Pvt. Ltd. Bauddhayan Mukherji
2020
(68th) 		Surmounting ChallengesEnglish Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Satish Pande [50]
2021
(69th) 		Endangered HeritageBaba CinemasHemant Verma [51]

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. ↑ "15th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  3. ↑ "16th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  4. ↑ "17th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  5. ↑ "18th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  6. ↑ "20th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  7. ↑ "21st National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  8. ↑ "22nd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  9. ↑ "23rd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  10. ↑ "25th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  11. ↑ "26th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  12. ↑ "28th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  13. ↑ "29th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  14. ↑ "30th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  15. ↑ "31st National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  16. ↑ "32nd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  17. ↑ "33rd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  18. ↑ "34th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  19. ↑ "35th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  20. ↑ "36th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  21. ↑ "37th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  22. ↑ "38th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  23. ↑ "39th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  24. ↑ "40th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  25. ↑ "41st National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  26. ↑ "42nd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  27. ↑ "43rd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  28. ↑ "44th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  29. ↑ "45th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  30. ↑ "46th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  31. ↑ "47th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  32. ↑ "48th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  33. ↑ "49th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  34. ↑ "50th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  35. ↑ "51st National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  36. ↑ "52nd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  37. ↑ "53rd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  38. ↑ "54th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  39. ↑ "55th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  40. ↑ "56th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  41. ↑ "57th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  42. ↑ "58th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  43. ↑ "59th National Film Awards for the Year 2011 Announced". Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  44. ↑ "60th National Film Awards Announced" (PDF) (Press release). Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
  45. ↑ "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.
  46. ↑ "62nd National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. 24 March 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  47. ↑ "63rd National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. 28 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  48. ↑ "64th National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  49. ↑ "66rd National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. 9 August 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  50. ↑ "68th National Film Awards announced". Press Information Bureau . 22 July 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
  51. ↑ "69th National Film Awards for the year 2021 announced". Press Information Bureau . 24 August 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
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