The National Film Award for Best Punjabi Feature Film is one of the National Film Awards of India presented annually by the National Film Development Corporation of India. It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus). Since the 70th National Film Awards, the name was changed to "Best Punjabi Feature Film".
The National Film Awards, established in 1954, are the most prominent film awards in India that merit the best of the Indian cinema. The ceremony also presents awards for films in various regional languages.
Produced and directed by Krishnan Kumar, the 1962 film Chaudhari Karnail Singh was honoured with the first president's silver medal for Best Feature Film in Punjabi.
Winners
Award includes 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus) and cash prize. Following are the award winners over the years:
Awards legends
List of award films, showing the year (award ceremony), producer(s) and director(s) Year Film(s) Producer(s) Director(s) 1962 Chaudhari Karnail Singh Krishnan Kumar Krishnan Kumar 1964 Jagga K. B. Chadha Jugal Kishore 1964 Sassi Punnu Filmistan Pvt. Ltd. S. P. Bakshi 1967 Sutlej De Kande P. P. Maheshwary P. P. Maheshwary 1969 Nanak Nam Jahaz Hai Pannalal Maheshwary Ram Maheshwary 1980 Chann Pardesi Swarn Sedha, Baldev Gill And J. S. Cheema Chitrartha Singh 1989 Marhi Da Deeva NFDC Surinder Singh 1993 Kachehri Vijay Tandon Ravindra Peepat 1997 Main Maa Punjab Dee Devender Walia Balwant Dullat 1998 Shaheed-E-Mohabbat Manjeet Maan Manoj Punj 2004 Des Hoyaa Pardes Manjeet Maan Manoj Punj 2005 Baghi Gaj Deol Sukhminder Dhanjal 2006 Waris Shah: Ishq Daa Waaris Sai Productions Manoj Punj 2011 Anhe Ghore Da Daan NFDC Gurvinder Singh 2012 Nabar Jasbir Singh and Sonu Kaur Rajeev Sharma 2014 Punjab 1984 Gunbir Sidhu and Manmord Sidhu Anurag Singh 2015 Chauthi Koot NFDC and Kartikeya Singh Gurvinder Singh 2018 Harjeeta Villagers Film Studio Vijay Kumar Arora 2019 Rabb Da Radio 2 Vehli Janta Films Sharandeep Singh 2022 Bhagi Di Dhee G-Next Media Mukesh Gautam 2023 Godday Godday Chaa VH Entertainment and Zee Studios Vijay Kumar Arora
References
External links Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India National Film Awards Archives