The National Film Award for Second Best Feature 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 feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus).
The award was instituted in 1957, at the 5th National Film Awards. It was awarded annually to a film produced in India that year, in any Indian language. It was last awarded in 1992, at the 40th National Film Awards.
Winners Award includes 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus) and cash prize. Following are the award winners over the years:
Awards legends
List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), language(s), producer(s) and director(s) Year Film(s) Language(s) Producer(s) Director(s) 1957 Andhare Alo Bengali Sreemati Pictures Haridas Bhattacharya 1958 Jalsaghar Bengali Satyajit Ray Satyajit Ray 1959 Heera Moti Hindi Pravin Desai Krishnan Chopra 1960 Kshudhita Pashan Bengali Hemen Ganguly Tapan Sinha 1961 Pava Mannippu Tamil Buddha Pictures A. Bhimsingh 1962 Abhijan Bengali Abhijatrik Satyajit Ray 1963 Nartanasala Telugu Sridhar RaoC. Lakshmi Rajyam K. Kameswara Rao 1964 Haqeeqat Hindi Chetan Anand Chetan Anand 1965 Atithi Bengali New Theaters Pvt Ltd. Tapan Sinha 1966 No Award 1967 Upkar Hindi R. N. Goswami Manoj Kumar 1968 Thulabharam Malayalam Supriya Pictures A. Vincent 1969 Dibratrir Kabya Bengali Nabik Productions •Bimal Bhowmick •Narayan Chakraborty 1970 Pratidwandi Bengali Nepal DuttaAsim Dutta Satyajit Ray 1971 Anubhav Hindi Basu Bhattacharya Basu Bhattacharya 1972 Calcutta 71 Bengali D. S. Sultania Mrinal Sen 1973 Kaadu Kannada K. N. NarayanG. N. Lakshmipathy Girish Karnad 1974 Ankur Hindi Blaze Film Enterprises Shyam Benegal 1975 Mausam Hindi P. Mallikharjuna Rao Gulzar 1976 Pallavi Kannada K. S. Indira Lankesh P. Lankesh 1977 No Award 1978 No Award 1979 No Award 1980 Oppol Malayalam Rosamma George K. S. Sethumadhavan 1981 Pokkuveyil Malayalam K. Ravindranathan Nair G. Aravindan 1982 Kharij Bengali Neel Kanth Films Mrinal Sen 1983 Maya Miriga Oriya NFDC Nirad N. Mohapatra 1984 No Award 1985 No Award 1986 No Award 1987 No Award 1988 No Award 1989 Parshuramer Kuthar Bengali Dhurjati Prasad Mukherji Nabyendu Chattopadhyay 1990 Ek Doctor Ki Maut Hindi NFDC Tapan Sinha 1991 Firingoti Assamese Sailadhar BaruahJahnu Barua Jahnu Barua 1992 Padma Nadir Majhi Bengali Government of West Bengal Gautam Ghose
References
External links Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India National Film Awards Archives