| Type National Instituted 1954 First awardees Mirza Ghalib Cash award 100,000 INR (US$1,600) | Category Indian Cinema First awarded 1954 Established 1954 Total awarded 80 | |
| Description Best Hindi Feature Film(s) of the year Medal Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus) Awarded by Directorate of Film Festivals People also search for National Film Award for Best Feature Film | ||
The National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi 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. 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 Sohrab Modi, the 1954 film Mirza Ghalib was honoured with the first president's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Hindi. The most recent recipient is the 2015 comedy-drama Dum Laga Ke Haisha.
Winners
Award includes 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus Award) and cash prize. Following are the award winners over the years: