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National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi

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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:

References

National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi Wikipedia