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National Film Award for Best Film on Social Issues
National award for contributions to non-feature films
Sponsored byDirectorate of Film Festivals
Formerly calledBest Film on Social Documentation (1967–1985)
Reward(s)
  • Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus)
  • ₹50,000 (US$580)
First award1967
Final award2021
Most recent winner
  •  • Mithu Di Three Two One
  •  • Three Two One
Highlights
Total awarded45
First winnerI am 20

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.[1]

Winners

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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) Refs.
1967
(15th) 		I am 20 English J. S. Bhownagary and K. L. Khandpur for Films Division S. N. S. Sastry [2]
1968
(16th) 		Water English Fali Billmoria Productions Fali Billmoria [3]
1969
(17th) 		No Award [4]
1970
(18th) 		Latest English Film-O-Pub Biplab Ray Chaudhari [5]
1971
(19th)
1972
(20th) 		Transcedence English Pramod Patil for Films Division K. Vishwanath for Films Division [6]
1973
(21st) 		Land of Krishna English G. L. Bhardwaj G. L. Bhardwaj [7]
1974
(22nd) 		Behind the Breadline English S. Sukhdev S. Sukhdev [8]
1975
(23rd) 		Baster Rhythm of Progress English Chandrashekhar Nair Chandrashekhar Nair [9]
1976
(24th)
1977
(25th) 		No Award [10]
1978
(26th) 		No Award [11]
1979
(27th)
1980
(28th) 		No Award [12]
1981
(29th) 		No Award [13]
1982
(30th) 		No Award [14]
1983
(31st) 		No Award [15]
1984
(32nd) 		No Award [16]
1985
(33rd) 		No Award [17]
1986
(34th) 		Inner Instincts English Ministry of Welfare (India) P. Vijay Kumar [18]
1987
(35th) 		Sankalp Hindi Madhya Pradesh Film Development Corporation Ltd. Rajendra Janglay [19]
1988
(36th) 		Voices from Baliapal English Vector Productions  • Vasudha Joshi
 • Ranjan Palit 		[20]
1989
(37th) 		The Limp in the Niche English Girish Karnad Girish Karnad [21]
1990
(38th) 		Safe Drinking Water for All English R. Krishna Mohan for Films Division Mahesh P. Sinha [22]
1991
(39th) 		Eyes of Stone  • Hindi
 • Marwari 		Nilita Vachani Nilita Vachani [23]
1992
(40th) 		Choodiyan Hindi Sai Paranjpye for Films Division Sai Paranjpye [24]
1993
(41st) 		The Women Betrayed English  • Sehjo Singh
 • Anwar Jamal 		Sehjo Singh [25]
1994
(42nd) 		Father, Son and Holy War (Part I: Trial by Fire, Part II: Hero Pharmacy)  • Hindi
 • English 		Anand Patwardhan Anand Patwardhan [26]
1995
(43rd) 		Memories of Fear  • Hindi
 • English 		 • Flavia Agnes
 • Majlis Production 		Madhushree Dutta [27]
1996
(44th) 		Silent Screams: A Village Chronicle English Jose Sebastián O. K. Johnny [28]
1997
(45th) 		Matir Bhanr Bengali Anjana Ghosh Dastidar Debananda Sengupta [29]
1998
(46th) 		Malli Tamil Film and TV Institute of Tamil Nadu R. Madhava Krisshnan [30]
1999
(47th) 		Atanka Ka Andhakar
(Darkness of Terror) 		Hindi Films Division Rajiv Kumar [31]
2000
(48th) 		Infiltrators English Urmi Chakraborty for Films Division Urmi Chakraborty for Films Division [32]
2001
(49th) 		A New Paradigm English Aruna Raje Patil Aruna Raje Patil [33]
2002
(50th) 		Avchetan Hindi  • Prem Matiyani for Films Division
 • Ministry of Social Empowerment 		Manisha Dwivedi [34]
2003
(51st) 		Way Back Home Bengali Rajasri Mukhopadhyay Supriyo Sen [35]
2004
(52nd) 		Dwijaa Marathi Tripurari Sharan for FTII Pankaj Purandare [36]
2005
(53rd) 		Way To Dusty Death  • Hindi
 • English 		Rajiv Mehrotra Sayed Fayaz [37]
2006
(54th) 		Children of Nomads Hindi Leoarts Communication Meenakshi Vinay Rai [38]
2007
(55th) 		Bagher Bacha Bengali Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute Bishnu Dev Halder [39]
Shifting Prophecy English Public Service Broadcasting Trust Merajur Rahman Baruah
2008
(56th) 		The Female Nude Hindi Public Service Broadcasting Trust  • Hemjyotika
 • Devi Prasad Mishra 		[40]
Buru Gaara Hindi Public Service Broadcasting Trust Shriprakash
2009
(57th) 		Mr. India Manipuri Haobam Paban Kumar Haobam Paban Kumar [41]
2010
(58th) 		Understanding Trafficking  • Bengali
 • Hindi
 • English 		Cinemawoman Ananya Chakraborti [42]
2011
(59th) 		Mindscapes... of Love and Longing  • Hindi
 • English 		Public Service Broadcasting Trust Arun Chadha [43]
Inshallah, Football  • Kashmiri
 • Urdu
 • English 		Javed Jaffrey Ashvin Kumar
2012
(60th) 		Behind The Mist Malayalam Babu Kambrath Babu Kambrath [44]
2013
(61st) 		Gulabi Gang  • Hindi
 • Bundelkhandi 		Torstein Grude Nishtha Jain [45]
2014
(62nd) 		Can't Take This Shit Anymore English Bhagirathi Films Vinod Kapri [46]
Daughters of Mother India English V2 Film & Design Vibha Bakshi
2015
(63rd) 		Auto Driver Manipuri  • Oinam Doren
 • Longjam Meena Devi 		Longjam Meena Devi [47]
2016
(64th) 		I am Jeeja English Rajiv Mehrotra Swaty Chakraborty [48]
Sanath Hindi Priya Arun Vasanth S. Sai
2017
(65th) 		I am Bonnie Films Division of India Farha Khatun, Satarupa Santra, Sourabh Kanti Dutta [49]
Veil Done Juhi Bhatt Rajiv Mehrotra
2018
(66th) 		Taala Te Kunjee Punjabi Simardeep Singh Shilpi Gulati [50]
2019
(67th) 		Holy Rights Urdu Priyanka Pradeep More Farha Khatun [51]
2020
(68th) 		Justice Delayed but Delivered Hindi Mandeep Chauhan Kamakhya Narayan Singh [52]
Three Sisters Bengali Ratnaboli Ray Putul Rafey Mahmood
2021
(69th) 		Mithu Di Three Two One Asim Kumar Sinha Asim Kumar Sinha [53]
Three Two One Film and Television Institute of India Himanshu Prajapati

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