The National Film Award for Best Odia Feature Film is one of the National Film Awards 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).
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.
The films made in Odia language were not considered until the 8th National Film Awards ceremony held in March 1961. The 1960 Prafulla Kumar Sengupta directorial film Sri Lokanath received the first president's silver medal for Best Feature Film in Odia. Since the 70th National Film Awards, the name was changed to "Best Odia Feature Film".
Winners
Award includes 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus Award) 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) 1960 Sri Lokanath Rupa Raga Pvt Ltd. Prafulla Kumar Sengupta 1961 Nua Bou Ram Krishna Tripathy Prabhat Mukherjee 1962 Suryamukhi Soumendra Misra P. K. Sengupta Lakshmi Parvati Ghose and G. P. Ghose Sarda Naik 1963 Jeevan Sathi Srinibash Paikaroy Prabhat Mukherjee Nari Narendra Kumar Mitra Narendra Kumar Mitra, Amalendu Bagehi and Kavichandra Kalicharan Patnaik 1964 Sadhana Diamond Valley Production Prabhat Mukherjee Naba Janma Pancha Sakha Pictures Sachin Mukherji 1965 No Award 1966 Kaa Parbati Ghose Sidhartha 1967 Arundhati Dhiren Patnaik Prafulla Sengupta 1968 Stree Parbati Ghose Sidhartha 1969 No Award 1970 No Award 1971 No Award 1972 No Award 1973 No Award 1974 No Award 1975 No Award 1976 Shesha Shrabana Nagen Roy Prashant Nanda 1977 Chilika Teerey Shyamghan Rai Chaudhari Biplab Rai Chaudhari 1978 No Award 1979 Shri Krishnaka Rasalila 1980 No Award 1981 Seeta Raati Balram Misra Manmohan Mahapatra 1982 No Award 1983 Neeraba Jhada Manmohan Mahapatra Manmohan Mahapatra 1984 Klanta Aparahna Dynamic Studio Manmohan Mahapatra 1985 Hakim Babu Amiya Ranjan Patnaik Pranab Das 1986 Majhi Pahacha Dipti Mohanty Manmohan Mahapatra 1987 Nishidhdha Swapna Manmohan Mahapatra Manmohan Mahapatra 1988 Kichi Smruti Kichi Anubhuti K. Jagadeswari Manmohan Mahapatra 1989 Andha Diganta Vox Visuals Pvt. Ltd. Manmohan Mahapatra 1990 No Award 1991 Tara Bijaya Jena Bijaya Jena 1992 Vinya Samaya Shankar Gope Manmohan Mahapatra 1993 Aranya Rodana Prasan Prusti Biplab Ray Chaudhuri 1994 No Award 1995 Moksha Jayadev Mallick and Pramoda Kumar Nayak Gouri Shankar Das and Malaya Kumar Roy 1996 Shunya Swaroopa Alaya Kumar Mohanty Himanshu Sekhar Khatua 1997 Shesha Drushti NFDC Apurba Kishore Bir 1998 Nandan N'CYP Apurba Kishore Bir 1999 Biswaprakash NFDC Susant Misra 2000 No Award 2001 Magunira Shagada NFDC Prafulla Mohanty 2002 No Award 2003 Aw Aaakare Aa Subash Das Subash Das 2004 No Award 2005 Kathantara Iti Rani Samanta Himanshu Khatua 2006 Puja Pain Phulatie Padmini Puty Gadadhar Puty 2007 No Award 2008 No Award 2009 No Award 2010 No Award 2011 No Award 2012 No Award 2013 No Award 2014 Aadim Vichar Mohapatra Movie Magic Pvt. Ltd. Sabyasachi Mohapatra 2015 Pahada Ra Luha Mohapatra Movie Magic Pvt. Ltd. Sabyasachi Mohapatra 2016 No Award 2017 Hello Arsi Ajaya Routray Sambit Mohanty 2018 No Award 2019 Saala Budhar Badla New Generation Films Sabyasachi MohapatraKalira AtitaEleenora Images Pvt Ltd.Nila Madhab Panda 2020 No Award 2021 PratikshyaAnupam Patnaik Anupam Patnaik 2022 DamanJP Motion Pictures and Mentis Films Vishal Mourya and Debi Prasad Lenka 2023 PushkaraTarang Cine ProductionsSubhransu Das 2024LahariJhilik Motion PicturesAmartya Bhattacharyya
References
External links Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India National Film Awards Archives