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National Film Award for Best Feature Film in English
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Sponsored by
| Directorate of Film Festivals
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Formerly called
| President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in English (1964)
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Reward(s)
| - Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus)
- ?
100,000
(US$1,200)
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First awarded
| 1964
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Last awarded
| 2013
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Total awarded
| 20
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First winner
| The Avalanche
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Last winner
| The Coffin Maker
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The
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in English
is one of the
National Film Awards of India
presented annually by the
Directorate of Film Festivals
, the organisation set up by
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
. 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. 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).
Produced and directed by Serbjeet Singh, the 1964 film
The Avalanche
was honoured with the first president's silver medal for Best Feature Film in English. After 1964, awards were discontinued for certain period and resumed for feature films produced in 1981 at
29th National Film Awards
.
Winners
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Award includes 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus) and cash prize. Following are the award winners over the years:
References
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External links
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1964
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1981?2000
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2001?present
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Lifetime Achievement
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Feature Films
| Golden Lotus Awards
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Silver Lotus Awards
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Silver Lotus Awards
(Regional)
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Discontinued Awards
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Non-Feature Films
| Golden Lotus Awards
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Silver Lotus Awards
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Discontinued Awards
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Writing on Cinema
| Golden Lotus Awards
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Special Awards
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Awards by year
| 1953?1960
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1961?1980
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1981?2000
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2001?2020
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2021?present
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