Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration

The Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration was 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). At the 70th National Film Awards, the category was discontinued and combined with Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation, Best Film on Family Welfare and Best Film on Other Social Issues. The new award is named as Best Feature Film Promoting National, Social and Environmental Values.^[1][2]

Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration
National award for contributions to Indian Cinema
Sponsored by	Directorate of Film Festivals
Formerly called	Best Feature Film on National Unity and Emotional Integration
Reward(s)	Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus) ₹50,000
First award	1965
Final award	2021
Most recent winner	The Kashmir Files
Highlights
Total awarded	48
First winner	Shaheed

The award was instituted in 1965, at 13th National Film Awards and awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages.

Winners

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) and director(s)
Year	Film(s)	Language(s)	Producer(s)	Director(s)	Refs.
1965 (13th)	Shaheed	Hindi	Kewal Kashyap	S. Ram Sharma	[3]
1966 (14th)	Subhas Chandra	Bengali	A. K. Banerjee	Piyush Bose	[4]
1967 (15th)	No Award				[5]
1968 (16th)	Janmabhoomi	Malayalam	Roopa Rekha	John Sankaramangalam	[6]
1969 (17th)	Saat Hindustani	Hindi	Khwaja Ahmad Abbas	Khwaja Ahmad Abbas	[7]
1970 (18th)	Thurakkatha Vathil	Malayalam	A. Raghunath	P. Bhaskaran	[8]
1971 (19th)	Do Boond Pani	Hindi	Khwaja Ahmad Abbas	Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
1972 (20th)	Achanum Bappayum	Malayalam	C. C. Baby	K. S. Sethumadhavan	[9]
1973 (21st)	Garm Hava[a]	Hindi	Unit 3 MM	M. S. Sathyu	[10]
1974 (22nd)	Parinay[b]	Hindi	Samantar Chitra	Kantilal Rathod	[11]
1975 (23rd)	No Award				[12]
1976 (24th)	No Award				[13]
1977 (25th)	No Award				[13]
1978 (26th)	Grahana	Kannada	Harsha Pictures	T. S. Nagabharana	[14]
1979 (27th)	22 June 1897	Marathi	• Nachiket Patwardhan  • Jayoo Patwardhan	• Nachiket Patwardhan  • Jayoo Patwardhan
1980 (28th)	Bhavni Bhavai	Gujarati	Sanchar Film Cooperative Society Ltd.	Ketan Mehta	[15]
1981 (29th)	Saptapadi	Telugu	Bheemavarapu Buchhireddy	K. Viswanath	[16]
1982 (30th)	Aaroodam	Malayalam	Rosamma George	I. V. Sasi	[17]
1983 (31st)	Sookha	Hindi	M. S. Sathyu	M. S. Sathyu	[4]
1984 (32nd)	Aadmi Aur Aurat	Hindi	Doordarshan	Tapan Sinha	[18]
1985 (33rd)	Sree Narayana Guru	Malayalam	A. Jaffer	P. A. Backer	[19]
1986 (34th)	No Award				[20]
1987 (35th)	Tamas	Hindi	Blaze Entertainment	Govind Nihalani	[21]
1988 (36th)	Rudraveena	Telugu	Nagendra Babu	K. Balachander	[22]
1989 (37th)	Santha Shishunala Sharifa	Kannada	Yajaman Enterprises	T. S. Nagabharana	[23]
1990 (38th)	No Award				[24]
1991 (39th)	Aadi Mimansa	Oriya	Apurba Kishore Bir	Apurba Kishore Bir	[25]
1992 (40th)	Roja	Tamil	Kavithalayaa Productions	Mani Ratnam	[26]
1993 (41st)	Sardar	Hindi	Late H. M. Patel	Ketan Mehta	[27]
1994 (42nd)	Mukta	Marathi	Ashok B. Mhatre	Jabbar Patel	[28]
1995 (43rd)	Bombay	Tamil	• Mani Ratnam  • S. Sriram	Mani Ratnam	[29]
1996 (44th)	Kaanaakkinaavu	Malayalam	P. V. Gangadharan	Sibi Malayil	[30]
1997 (45th)	Border	Hindi	J. P. Dutta	J. P. Dutta	[31]
1998 (46th)	Zakhm	Hindi	Pooja Bhatt	Mahesh Bhatt	[32]
1999 (47th)	Shaheed Udham Singh	Punjabi	Iqbal Dhillon	Chitraarth	[33]
2000 (48th)	Pukar	Hindi	Surinder Kapoor	Rajkumar Santoshi	[34]
2001 (49th)	Bub	Kashmiri	NFDC	Jyoti Sarup	[35]
2002 (50th)	Mr. and Mrs. Iyer	English	N. Venkatesan	Aparna Sen	[36]
2003 (51st)	Pinjar	Hindi	Lucky Star Entertainment Ltd	Chandraprakash Dwivedi	[37]
2004 (52nd)	Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero	Hindi	Sahara India Media Communication Ltd.	Shyam Benegal	[38]
2005 (53rd)	Daivanamathil	Malayalam	Aryadan Shaukath	Jayaraj	[39]
2006 (54th)	Kallarali Hoovagi	Kannada	S. Madhu Bangarappa	T. S. Nagabharana	[40]
2007 (55th)	Dharm	Hindi	Sheetal V. Talwar	Bhavna Talwar	[41]
2008 (56th)	Aai Kot Nai	Assamese	Rajen Bora	Manju Borah	[42]
2009 (57th)	Delhi-6	Hindi	Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra	Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra	[43]
2010 (58th)	Moner Manush	Bengali	Gautam Kundu	Gautam Ghose	[44]
2011 (59th)	No Award				[45]
2012 (60th)	Thanichalla Njan	Malayalam	Cherian Philippose	Babu Thiruvalla	[46]
2013 (61st)	Thalaimuraigal	Tamil	Company Productions	Balu Mahendra	[47]
2014 (62nd)	No Award				[48]
2015 (63rd)	Nanak Shah Fakir	Punjabi	Sartaj Singh Pannu	–	[49]
2016 (64th)	Dikchow Banat Palaax	Assamese	Canvascope	Sanjib Sabha Pandit	[50]
2017 (65th)	Dhappa	Marathi	Sumatilal Popatlal Shah	Nipun Dharmadhikari	[51]
2018 (66th)	Ondalla Eradalla	Kannada	DN Cinemas	D. Satya Prakash	[52]
2019 (67th)	Taj Mahal	Marathi	Tuline Studios Pvt. Ltd.	Niyaz Mujawar
2020 (68th)	No Award				[53]
2021 (69th)	The Kashmir Files	Hindi	Vivek Agnihotri	Abhishek Agarwal Arts	[54]

Explanatory notes

1. Gita Siddharth (Leading Actress) was awarded with Medallion.
2. Romesh Sharma (Leading Actor) and Shabana Azmi (Leading Actress) were awarded with Medallion.