The National Film Award for Best Film on Social Issues 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).
The award was instituted in 1967, at 15th National Film Awards and awarded annually for the 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 Promotional 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 Investigative Film 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.
Winners
Award includes 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus) and cash prize. Following are the award winners over the years:
Indicates a joint award for that year
List of films, showing the year, language(s), producer(s) and director(s) Year Film(s) Language(s) Producer(s) Director(s) 1967 I am 20 English J. S. Bhownagary and K. L. Khandpur for Films Division S. N. S. Sastry 1968 Water English Fali Billmoria Productions Fali Billmoria 1969 No Award 1970 Latest English Film-O-Pub Biplab Ray Chaudhari 1971 1972 Transcedence English Pramod Patil for Films Division K. Vishwanath for Films Division 1973 Land of Krishna English G. L. Bhardwaj G. L. Bhardwaj 1974 Behind the Breadline English Sukhdev Sukhdev 1975 Baster Rhythm of Progress English Chandrashekhar Nair Chandrashekhar Nair 1976 1977 No Award 1978 No Award 1979 1980 No Award 1981 No Award 1982 No Award 1983 No Award 1984 No Award 1985 No Award 1986 Inner Instincts English Ministry of Welfare (India) P. Vijay Kumar 1987 Sankalp Hindi Madhya Pradesh Film Development Corporation Ltd. Rajendra Janglay 1988 Voices from Baliapal English Vector Productions Vasudha JoshiRanjan Palit 1989 The Limp in the Niche English Girish Karnad Girish Karnad 1990 Safe Drinking Water for All English R. Krishna Mohan for Films Division Mahesh P. Sinha 1991 Eyes of Stone HindiMarwari Nilita Vachani Nilita Vachani 1992 Choodiyan Hindi Sai Paranjpye for Films Division Sai Paranjpye 1993 The Women Betrayed English Sehjo SinghAnwar Jamal Sehjo Singh 1994 Father, Son and Holy War (Part I: Trial by Fire, Part II: Hero Pharmacy) HindiEnglish Anand Patwardhan Anand Patwardhan 1995 Memories of Fear HindiEnglish Flavia AgnesMajlis Production Madhushree Dutta 1996 Silent Screams: A Village Chronicle English Jose Sebastián O. K. Johnny 1997 Matir Bhanr Bengali Anjana Ghosh Dastidar Debananda Sengupta 1998 Malli Tamil Film and TV Institute of Tamil Nadu R. Madhava Krisshnan 1999 Atanka Ka Andhakar(Darkness of Terror) Hindi Films Division Rajiv Kumar 2000 Infiltrators English Urmi Chakraborty for Films Division Urmi Chakraborty for Films Division 2001 A New Paradigm English Aruna Raje Patil Aruna Raje Patil 2002 Avchetan Hindi Prem Matiyani for Films DivisionMinistry of Social Empowerment Manisha Dwivedi 2003 Way Back Home Bengali Rajasri Mukhopadhyay Supriyo Sen 2004 Dwijaa Marathi Tripurari Sharan for FTII Pankaj Purandare 2005 Way To Dusty Death HindiEnglish Rajiv Mehrotra Sayed Fayaz 2006 Children of Nomads Hindi Leoarts Communication Meenakshi Vinay Rai 2007 Bagher Bacha Bengali Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute Bishnu Dev Halder Shifting Prophecy English Public Service Broadcasting Trust Merajur Rahman Baruah 2008 The Female Nude Hindi Public Service Broadcasting Trust HemjyotikaDevi Prasad Mishra Buru Gaara Hindi Public Service Broadcasting Trust Shriprakash 2009 Mr. India Manipuri Haobam Paban Kumar Haobam Paban Kumar 2010 Understanding Trafficking BengaliHindiEnglish Cinemawoman Ananya Chakraborti 2011 Mindscapes... of Love and Longing HindiEnglish Public Service Broadcasting Trust Arun Chadha Inshallah, Football KashmiriUrduEnglish Javed Jaffrey Ashvin Kumar 2012 Behind The Mist Malayalam Babu Kambrath Babu Kambrath 2013Gulabi Gang HindiBundelkhandi Torstein GrudeNishtha Jain 2014 Can't Take This Shit Anymore English Bhagirathi Films Vinod Kapri Daughters of Mother India EnglishV2 Film & DesignVibha Bakshi 2015 Auto Driver Manipuri Oinam DorenLongjam Meena Devi Longjam Meena Devi 2016 I am Jeeja English Rajiv Mehrotra Swaty Chakraborty Sanath Hindi Priya Arun Vasanth S. Sai 2017 I am Bonnie Films Division of India Farha Khatun, Satarupa Santra, Sourabh Kanti Dutta Veil Done Juhi Bhatt Rajiv Mehrotra 2018 Taala Te Kunjee PunjabiSimardeep SinghShilpi Gulati 2019 Holy Rights Urdu Priyanka Pradeep More Farha Khatun 2020 Justice Delayed but Delivered Hindi Mandeep Chauhan Kamakhya Narayan Singh Three Sisters Bengali Ratnaboli Ray Putul Rafey Mahmood2021 Mithu Di Three Two One Asim Kumar Sinha Asim Kumar Sinha Three Two One Film and Television Institute of India Himanshu Prajapati
References
External links Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India National Film Awards Archives