National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi

National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi
Awarded by Directorate of Film Festivals
Type	National
Category	Indian Cinema
Description
Description	Best Marathi Feature Film(s) of the year
Medal	Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus)
Statistics
Instituted	1954
First awarded	1954
Last awarded	2014
Total awarded	58
Cash award	₹100000 (US$1,500)
Previous name(s)	President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Marathi (1954–68)
First awardee(s)	Mahatma Phule
Recent awardee(s)	Ringan

The National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi is 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 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.

Awards for films in seven regional language (Bengali, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil and Telugu) started from 2nd National Film Awards which were presented on 21 December 1955.^[1] Three awards of "President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film", "Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature Film" and "Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Feature Film" were instituted. The later two certificate awards were discontinued from 15th National Film Awards (1967).

Directed by P. K. Atre, the 1954 film Mahatma Phule, based on life of a Maharashtrian social reformer Jyotiba Govindrao Phule, was honoured with the first president's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Marathi. Following is the list of Silver Lotus Award (Rajat Kamal) recipient films produced in Marathi language.

Winners

Award includes 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus Award) and cash prize. Following are the award winners over the years:

Awards legends
*	President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film
*	Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature Film
*	Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Feature Film
*	Certificate of Merit for the Best Feature Film
*	Indicates a joint award for that year

List of award films, showing the year (award ceremony), producer(s), director(s) and citation
Year	Film(s)	Producer(s)	Director(s)	Citation	Refs.
1954 (2nd)	Mahatma Phule	Atre Pictures	Pralhad Keshav Atre	–	[1]
1955 (3rd)	Me Tulas Tujhya Angani	Nav Chitra	Raja Thakur	–	[2]
1955 (3rd)	Shevagyachya Shenga	Sadashiv Row J. Kavi	Shantaram Athavale	–
1956 (4th)	No Award				[3]
1957 (5th)	Gruhdevta	Surel Chitra	Madhav Shinde	–	[4]
1958 (6th)	Dhakti Jau	• Sarvashri Wamanrao Kulkarni  • Vishnupant Chavan	Anant Mane	–	[5]
1959 (7th)	No Award				[6]
1960 (8th)	Kanyadan	Surel Chitra	Madhav Shinde	–	[7]
1960 (8th)	Umaj Padel Tar	Narayan Baburao Kamat	Dinkar D. Patil	–
1961 (9th)	Manini	Kala Chitra	Anant Mane	–	[8]
1961 (9th)	Vaijayanta[8]	Rekha Films	Gajanan Jagirdar	–
1961 (9th)	Manasala Pankh Astat[8]	Madhav Shinde	Madhav Shinde	–
1962 (10th)	Rangalya Ratree Ashya	The Maharashtra Film Industrial Co-Operative Society Ltd.	Raja Thakur	–	[9]
1962 (10th)	Jaawai Majha Bhala	Maneesha Chitra Pvt Ltd.	Neelkanth Magdum	–
1962 (10th)	Gariba Gharchi Lek	Shivaji Gulabrao Katkar	Kamlakar Vishnu Torne	–
1963 (11th)	Ha Majha Marg Ekla	Sudhir Phadke	Raja Paranjape	–	[10]
1963 (11th)	Te Majhe Ghar	Ravindra Bhat	Ganesh Bhat	–
1964 (12th)	Pathlaag	Raja Paranjape	Raja Paranjape	–	[11]
1964 (12th)	Tuka Jhalasi Kalas	N. G. Datar	Raja Nene	–
1964 (12th)	Sawaal Majha Aika!	Anant Mane	Anant Mane	–
1965 (13th)	Sadhi Manasa	Lilabai Bhalji Pendharkar	Bhalji Pendharkar	–	[12]
1965 (13th)	Nirmon (Konkani)	Frank Fernand	A. Salam	–
1965 (13th)	Yuge Yuge Me Vaat Pahili	Babasaheb S. Fatehlal	C. Vishwanath	–
1966 (14th)	Pawana Kantcha Dhondi		Anant Thakur	–
1967 (15th)	Santh Wahate Krishnamai	Sahakari Chitrapath Sanstha Ltd	M. G. Pathak	–	[13]
1968 (16th)	Ektee	G. Chaugle	Raja Thakur	–	[14]
1969 (17th)	Tambdi Mati	Lilabai Bhalji Pendharkar	Bhalji Pendharkar	–	[15]
1970 (18th)	Mumbaicha Jawai	Tushar Pradhan	Raja Thakur	–	[16]
1971 (19th)	Shantata! Court Chalu Aahe		Arvind Deshpande	–
1972 (20th)	Pinjra	V. Shantaram	V. Shantaram	–	[17]
1973 (21st)	No Award				[18]
1974 (22nd)	No Award				[19]
1975 (23rd)	Saamna	Ramdas Phutane	Jabbar Patel	–	[20]
1976 (24th)	No Award
1977 (25th)	Jait Re Jait	Usha Mangeshkar	Jabbar Patel	For consistently transferring to the film medium a successful fictional work (Thakurwadi by G. N. Dandekar); for high lightening the mutual inconsistencies of love, of the fear of God and of superstition in a simple, innocent community of tribal, for the memorable use of the drum in evoking presence of the God and expressing the inexorable demands of love for a cinematic form which captures the lyricism, the cadence and the lilt of folk culture.	[21]
1978 (26th)	No Award				[22]
1979 (27th)	Sinhasan		Jabbar Patel	–
1980 (28th)	No Award				[23]
1981 (29th)	Umbartha	• Jabbar Patel  • D. V. Rao	Jabbar Patel	For a sincere cinematic statement on the theme of a woman seeking to establish her identity by pursuing a career, even at the risk of alienation from her family.	[24]
1982 (30th)	Shaapit	• Madhukar Rupji  • Sudha Chitale  • Vinay Newalkar	• Arvind Deshpande  • Rajdutt	For dealing with several dimensions of feudalism.	[25]
1983 (31st)	Smruti Chitre	Vinayak Chaskar	Vijaya Mehta	For its compassionate portrayal of an early woman writer and its compelling study of a tormented soul coming to terms with her social condition.	[26]
1984 (32nd)	Mahananda	Mahesh Satoskar	K. G. Koregaonkar	–	[27]
1985 (33rd)	Pudhche Paool	• Madhukar Rupji  • Sudha A. Chitle  • Vinay Newalkar	Rajdutt	For a film with powerful social content, exposing the evil of dowry and underlining that the only solution is social censure.	[28]
1986 (34th)	No Award				[29]
1987 (35th)	Sarja	Seema Deo	Rajdutt	For its patriotic vigour in the retelling of a story set during the turbulent times of Shivaji.	[30]
1988 (36th)	No Award				[31]
1989 (37th)	Kalat Nakalat	Smita Talwalkar	Kanchan Nayak	For its delicate description of the tension of love in various facets; wife, mistress and children; and the resolution of tensions in favour of keeping a family together.	[32]
1990 (38th)	No Award				[33]
1991 (39th)	No Award				[34]
1992 (40th)	Ek Hota Vidushak	NFDC	Jabbar Patel	For its humane portrait of simple tamash clown sucked in by the glittering world of show business and exploited by politicians.	[35]
1993 (41st)	Lapandav	• Sachin Parekar  • Sanjay Parekar	Shravani Devdhar	For its clever portrayal of comedy of errors, cutting across the generation gap and for its charming depiction of puppy-love, extending from the campus to the homes of today's youth, in a refreshing directorial debut.	[36]
1994 (42nd)	No Award				[37]
1995 (43rd)	Bangarwadi	NFDC Doordarshan	Amol Palekar	For its realistic portrayal of a Maharashtrian village in the thirties through the experience of a young school teacher who tries to fight against all odds and superstition.	[38]
1996 (44th)	Rao Saheb	• K. B. Joshi  • Ravindra Surve	Sanjay Surkar	For depicting the struggle for power of ambitious politicians in a most effective manner.	[39]
1997 (45th)	No Award				[40]
1998 (46th)	Tu Tithe Mee	Smita Talwalkar	Sanjay Surkar	For shedding light on the plight of the old and the ageing and the crumbling of the joint family system in a novel and entertaining format of a love story. Beautiful performance by Mohan Joshi and Suhas Joshi are the highlights of the film.	[41]
1999 (47th)	Gharabaher	• Ratan Madan  • Narendra Shinde	Sanjay Surkar	For depicting the hypocrisy exercised by man in complete contradiction of declared socio-political positions and a total reversal of behaviour when it comes to power and lust. It draws attention to the inherent problems in the empowerment of women.	[42]
2000 (48th)	Astitva	Jhamu Sughand	Mahesh Manjrekar	For dealing with the social issues, adultery and the subjugation of women. The film ends on a positive note of a woman's empowerment when the protagonist extends her horizon beyond home and hearth.	[43]
2001 (49th)	No Award				[44]
2002 (50th)	Vaastuprush	NFDC	• Sumitra Bhave  • Sunil Sukthankar	For its competent handling of a feudal family caught in the vortex of social change in post-independence India.	[45]
2003 (51st)	Not Only Mrs. Raut	Aditi Deshpande	Gajendra Ahire	For its treatment of two women's struggle against male exploitation and domination.	[46]
2004 (52nd)	Uttarayan	• Bipin Nadkarni  • Sanjay Shetty	Bipin Nadkarni	For its portrayal of nostalgic love between two aged characters and their problems with the next generation.	[47]
2005 (53rd)	Dombivali Fast	Ramakant Gaikwad	Nishikant Kamat	For its portrayal of an urban middle class man who breaks down under tremendous stress and pressures of life in a corrupt modern city.	[48]
2006 (54th)	Shevri	Neena Kulkarni	Gajendra Ahire	For an empathetic portrayal of the struggles of middle class married woman estranged from her family.	[49]
2007 (55th)	Nirop	Aparna Dharmadhikari	Sachin Kundalkar	An original offbeat film that gives a fresh perspective of the internal landscapes of the human mind.	[50]
2008 (56th)	Harishchandrachi Factory	• UTV Motion Pictures  • Smiti Kanodia  • Paresh Mokashi	Paresh Mokashi	For its original of stylised recreation of a slice of history.	[51]
2009 (57th)	Natarang	Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd.	Ravindra Harischandra Jadhav	For depicting the passion of an artiste, who despite social ostracism, political oppression and personal failures, pursues his dream.	[52]
2010 (58th)	Mala Aai Vhhaychy!	Samruddhi Porey	Samruddhi Porey	For an emotional presentation of the story of a surrogate mother who is torn between love and sacrifice for the child.	[53]
2011 (59th)	Shala	• Vivek Wagh  • Nilesh Navalkar	Sujay Dahake	For film set in the time of the Emergency that is at once a coming of age, a slice of life and a political film. The director draws a map of ephemeral and fleeting moments, sensitively making connections between political culture, sexual repression, the family and the School System. The director also manages to maintain a unique balance between historical turbulence and the tender innocence of teenage love.	[54]
2012 (60th)	Investment	Pratibha Matkari	Ratnakar Matkari	This bold film portrays the devastating effects of instilling wrong values among children.	[55]
2013 (61st)	Aajcha Divas Majha	White Swan Productions	Chandrakant Kulkarni	A parody on musical chair in politics and a critique of the hierarchical system in bureaucracy, the film takes an unusual turn when the political boss has a change of heart.	[56]
2014 (62nd)	Killa	Jar Pictures & M R Film Works	Avinash Arun	For its warm portrait of a young boy as he emerges from the shadows of dislocation and loss in an unfamiliar environment to embracing what life has to offer.	[57]
2015 (63rd)	Ringan	My Role Motion Pictures	Makarand Mane	A heart rending survival story of a father-son duo, who decide to fight and live rather than end their lives, in the background of farmer suicides in Maharashtra.	[58]

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External links

• Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India
• National Film Awards Archives