The National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the National Film Development Corporation of India, and was constituted in the year 1975. 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.
Films in the following languages have won the Best Popular Feature Film award: Hindi (30 awards), Telugu (7 awards), Tamil (4 awards), Malayalam (3 awards), Bengali, and Kannada (2 awards each).
With six wins, Yash Raj Films is the production house with the most wins. With five wins, Yash Chopra is the producer with the most wins, producing most of the company's winning films. He has also directed four winning films, the most for any director.
Winners
Indicates a joint award for that year
List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), language(s), producer(s) and director(s) Year Film(s) Language(s) Producer(s) Director(s) 1974 Kora Kagaz Hindi Sanat Kothari Shreeji Films Anil Ganguly 1975 Tapasya Hindi Rajshri Productions Anil Ganguly 1976 No Award 1977 Swami Hindi Jaya Charavarthy Basu Chatterjee 1978 Ganadevata Bengali Department of Information and Cultural Affairs(Government of West Bengal) Tarun Majumdar 1979 Sankarabharanam Telugu Edida Nageswara Rao K. Viswanath 1980 No Award 1981 No Award 1982 No Award 1983 No Award 1984 Koni Bengali Government of West Bengal Saroj Dey 1985 No Award 1986 Samsaram Adhu Minsaram Tamil AVM Productions Visu 1987 Pushpaka Vimana Kannada Singeetam Srinivasa Rao and Shringar Nagaraj Singeetam Srinivasa Rao 1988 Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak Hindi Nasir Hussain Films Mansoor Khan 1989 Chandni Hindi Yash Raj Films Yash Chopra Geethanjali Telugu Bhagyalakshmi Enterprises Mani Ratnam 1990 Ghayal Hindi Dharmendra Rajkumar Santoshi 1991 No Award 1992 Sargam Malayalam Bhavani Hariharan 1993 Manichitrathazhu Malayalam Appachan Fazil Darr Hindi Yash Chopra Yash Chopra 1994 Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! Hindi Rajshri Productions Sooraj R. Barjatya 1995 Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge Hindi Yash Chopra Aditya Chopra 1996 Maachis Hindi R. V. Pandit Gulzar 1997 Dil To Pagal Hai Hindi Yash Chopra Yash Chopra 1998 Kuch Kuch Hota Hai Hindi Yash Johar Karan Johar 1999 Sarfarosh Hindi John Matthew Matthan John Matthew Matthan 2000 Vaanathaippola Tamil V. Ravichandran Vikraman 2001 Lagaan Hindi Aamir Khan Ashutosh Gowariker 2002 Devdas Hindi Bharat Shah Sanjay Leela Bhansali 2003 Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. Hindi Vidhu Vinod Chopra Rajkumar Hirani 2004 Veer-Zaara Hindi Yash Raj Films Yash Chopra Autograph Tamil Cheran Cheran 2005 Rang De Basanti Hindi UTV Motion Pictures and Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Pictures Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Shubhodrishti Bengali Rajshri Productions and Shree Venkatesh Films Prabhat Roy 2006 Lage Raho Munna Bhai Hindi Vidhu Vinod Chopra Rajkumar Hirani 2007 Chak De! India Hindi Aditya Chopra Shimit Amin 2008 Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! Hindi UTV Motion Pictures Dibakar Banerjee 2009 3 Idiots Hindi Vidhu Vinod Chopra Rajkumar Hirani 2010 Dabangg Hindi Arbaaz Khan, Malaika Arora Khan, and Dhillin Mehta Abhinav Kashyap 2011 Azhagarsamiyin Kuthirai Tamil P. Madhan Suseenthiran 2012 Vicky Donor Hindi Sunil Lulla, John Abraham, Ronnie Lahiri and Ram Mirchandani Shoojit Sircar Ustad Hotel Malayalam Listin Stephen Anwar Rasheed 2013 Bhaag Milkha Bhaag Hindi Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra 2014 Mary Kom Hindi Sanjay Leela Bhansali Omung Kumar 2015 Bajrangi Bhaijaan Hindi Salman Khan and Rockline Venkatesh Kabir Khan 2016 Sathamanam Bhavati Telugu Dil Raju Satish Vegesna 2017 Baahubali 2: The Conclusion Telugu Prasad Devineni S. S. Rajamouli 2018 Badhaai Ho Hindi Amit Sharma 2019 Maharshi Telugu Dil Raju Vamshi Paidipally 2020 Tanhaji : The Unsung Warrior Hindi Ajay Devgn Om Raut 2021 RRR Telugu D. V. V. Danayya S. S. Rajamouli 2022 Kantara Kannada Vijay Kiragandur Rishab Shetty 2023 Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani Hindi Apoorva Mehta Karan Johar 2024 Kalki 2898 AD Telugu C. Aswini Dutt Nag Ashwin Explanatory notes
References
External links National Film Awards Archives