National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues

National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues
Awarded by Directorate of Film Festivals
Type	National
Category	Indian Cinema
Description
Description	Best feature film on Social Issues such as Prohibition, Women and Child Welfare, Anti-dowry, Drug Abuse, Welfare of the Handicapped etc. for a year
Medal	Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus)
Statistics
Instituted	1984
First awarded	1984
Last awarded	2015
Total awarded	35
Cash award	₹50,000 (US$740)
First awardee(s)	Accident
Last awardee(s)	Nirnayakam

The National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organization 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 award was instituted in 1984, at 32nd National Film Awards and awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages.

Winners

Indicates a joint award for that year

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

List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), language(s), producer(s), director(s) and citation
Year	Film(s)	Language(s)	Producer(s)	Director(s)	Citation	Refs.
1984 (32nd)	Accident	Kannada	Sanket	Shankar Nag	–	[1]
1985 (33rd)	No Award					[2]
1986 (34th)	Doore Doore Oru Koodu Koottam	Malayalam	M. Mani	Sibi Malayil	For focussing on the dire need for integrity in the educational system in remote areas in a heart warming film, charmingly narrated.	[3]
1987 (35th)	Ore Oru Gramathiley	Tamil	Janani Arts Creations	Jyothipandian	For tackling the problem of caste differences and discrimination from the opposite ends of the hierarchy in their own way in a convincing manner and for the rigorous statement they make and the solutions they offer.	[4]
1987 (35th)	Vedham Pudhithu	Tamil	S. Rangarajan	P. Bharathiraja	For tackling the problem of caste differences and discrimination from the opposite ends of the hierarchy in their own way in a convincing manner and for the rigorous statement they make and the solutions they offer.
1988 (36th)	Main Zinda Hoon	Hindi	NFDC and Doordarshan	Sudhir Mishra	For portraying with redeemed finesse the saga of the agony of the middle class working woman.	[5]
1989 (37th)	Unnikuttanu Joli Kitty	Malayalam	V. R. Gopinath	V. R. Gopinath	For its bleak narration of an unemployed youth becoming an unemployable due to callous social attitudes.	[6]
1990 (38th)	Oru Veedu Iru Vasal	Tamil	Kavithalayaa Productions	K. Balachander	For focussing on women's problem and very sensitively showing the path by which women can be emancipated.	[7]
1991 (39th)	Yamanam	Malayalam	Ajayan Varicolil	Bharath Gopi	For advocating the cause of physically handicapped and upholding their right to be on their own, in a world that is more generous with its sympathy than understanding.	[8]
1992 (40th)	Neenga Nalla Irukkanum	Tamil	G. V. Films	Visu	For its effective and purposeful plea for prohibition.	[9]
1993 (41st)	Janani	Bengali	Sanat Dasgupta	Sanat Dasgupta	For its delicate portrayal of an obscurantist practice like witchcraft, prevalent in certain parts of the country.	[10]
1993 (41st)	Naaraayam	Malayalam	Raju Pilakat	Sasi Shankar	For its subdued depiction of the possibilities of realising communal harmony.
1994 (42nd)	Parinayam	Malayalam	G. P. Vijayakumar	Hariharan	For recreating a real incident in the social history of Kerala, thereby indicating the continued relevance of gender oppression in traditional caste-dominated society.	[11]
1994 (42nd)	Wheelchair	Bengali	NFDC	Tapan Sinha	For a positive rendition of the condition of handicapped people suggesting affirmative action.
1995 (43rd)	Doghi	Marathi	NFDC and Doordarshan	Sumitra Bhave and Sunil Sukathnkar	For its depiction of poverty-stricken rural family consisting of two young sisters. The agony of survival in a tradition bound hostile society and their subsequent liberation is beautifully depicted in the film.	[12]
1996 (44th)	Tamanna	Hindi	Pooja Bhatt	Mahesh Bhatt	For depicting the selfless dedication and love of eunuchs for an abandoned child.	[13]
1997 (45th)	Dhanna	Hindi	Films Division	Deepak Roy	The film stands for the rights of a disabled person to be accorded the privileges of a normal human being within a family and in society. It states in a simple yet convincing manner that the disabled should be encouraged to develop their inner talents.	[14]
1998 (46th)	Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala	Malayalam	C. Karunakaran	Sreenivasan	For its strong theme of a woman's struggle against relentless difficulties heaped upon her by her worthless husband. Her ultimate success and emancipation prove to be socially inspiring.	[15]
1999 (47th)	Kairee	Hindi	Government of India	Amol Palekar	For its charming portrayal of the need to give a secure future, through education, to the girl-child in the backwaters of the country.	[16]
2000 (48th)	Vetri Kodi Kattu	Tamil	D. Pandian	Cheran	For discussing issues on migration from one's own land and the social implications that follow, in the heart land of Tamilnadu, highlighting the need to re-establish the holistic culture of society.	[17]
2000 (48th)	Munnudi	Kannada	Navachitra	P. Sheshadri	For attempting to discuss the misuse of Shariat by opportunistic men and the manipulation of the testaments on "Nikah" and "Talaaq".
2001 (49th)	Chandni Bar	Hindi	Lata Mohan Iyer	Madhur Bhandarkar	For its realistic portrayal of the problems of an uprooted woman who is brought to Mumbai and forced to work in a beer bar. The film is a poignant and sensitive depicition of innocent girls trapped in the vicious cycle of survival in the underworld.	[18]
2002 (50th)	Swaraaj	Hindi	George Mathew	Anwar Jamal	For its strong and competent depiction of women's empowerment in rural India.	[19]
2003 (51st)	Koi... Mil Gaya	Hindi	Rakesh Roshan	Rakesh Roshan	For its compassionate portrayal of a mentally challenged young man who is able to reach out to the wonders of the universe.	[20]
2003 (51st)	Gangaajal	Hindi	Prakash Jha	Prakash Jha	For its stark delineation of a wide range of wrongs pervading society, and state.
2004 (52nd)	Perumazhakkalam	Malayalam	Salim Padiyath	Kamal	For its deft handling of a complex, sensitive issue in a very sensitive manner. The central characters in the film reflect the traditional virtues of the Indian women, such as self-sacrifice, endurance and forgiveness, to bring two communities together.	[21]
2005 (53rd)	Thavamai Thavamirundhu	Tamil	P. Shanmugam	Cheran	For the evocative portrayal of a family caught in trials and tribulations in a simple narrative style.	[22]
2006 (54th)	Hope	Telugu	Policherla Venkata Subbiah	Satish Kasetty	For focusing on the need to re-examine the present-day education system that leads many young people to commit suicide.	[23]
2007 (55th)	Antardwand	Hindi	Sushil Rajpal	Sushil Rajpal	For exposing the "marriages for sale" racket and dramatically presenting a browbeaten girl who finds her courage and her voice and rebels against her tyrannical father.	[24]
2008 (56th)	Jogwa	Marathi	Shripal Morakhia	Rajeev Patil	For hard hitting comment on the victims of age old social customs.	[25]
2009 (57th)	Well Done Abba	Hindi	Reliance Big Pictures	Shyam Benegal	For a socio-political satire about a common man's fight for justice against an all pervasive corrupt system.	[26]
2010 (58th)	Champions	Marathi	Aishwarya Narkar	Ramesh More	In a world of deprivation, the thirst for an education surpasses the hunger for food amongst two young brothers fending for each other and their mother.	[27]
2011 (59th)	No Award					[28]
2012 (60th)	Spirit	Malayalam	M. J. Antony	Renjith	As the title suggests the movie establishes the ills of alcoholism. The film-maker has scored by roping in a popular star to propagate the evil effects of the ‘spirit’!	[29]
2013 (61st)	Tuhya Dharma Koncha	Marathi	Indian Magic Eye Motion Pictures Pvt Ltd.	Satish Manwar	For a tale of a poor tribal family being torn between prosecution by law enforcing agencies on one hand and issue of loss of their traditional faith and culture through religious conversions on the other.	[30]
2014 (62nd)	Chotoder Chobi	Bengali	Shree Venkatesh Films	Kaushik Ganguly	For its empathetic portrayal of marginalized people and their struggle for a life of dignity.	[31]
2015 (63rd)	Nirnayakam	Malayalam	Jairaj Films	V. K. Prakash	For tackling a relevant and unaddressed issue of curtailing freedom of movement for the common man due to hartals and processions.	[32]

References

1. "32nd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved January 6, 2012.
2. "33rd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved January 7, 2012.
3. "34th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved January 7, 2012.
4. "35th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved January 9, 2012.
5. "36th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved January 9, 2012.
6. "37th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved January 29, 2012.
7. "38th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved January 9, 2012.
8. "39th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved February 27, 2012.
9. "40th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved March 2, 2012.
10. "41st National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved March 3, 2012.
11. "42nd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved March 5, 2012.
12. "43rd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved March 6, 2012.
13. "44th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved January 9, 2012.
14. "45th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved March 11, 2012.
15. "46th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved March 12, 2012.
16. "47th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved March 13, 2012.
17. "48th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved March 13, 2012.
18. "49th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved March 14, 2012.
19. "50th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved March 14, 2012.
20. "51st National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved March 15, 2012.
21. "52nd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved January 28, 2012.
22. "53rd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved March 19, 2012.
23. "54th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
24. "55th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved March 26, 2012.
25. "56th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved March 27, 2012.
26. "57th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved March 28, 2012.
27. "58th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved March 29, 2012.
28. "59th National Film Awards for the Year 2011 Announced". Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. Retrieved March 7, 2012.
29. "60th National Film Awards Announced" (PDF) (Press release). Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
30. "61st National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. 16 April 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
31. "62nd National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. 24 March 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
32. "63rd National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. 28 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.

External links

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