National Film Award for Best Assamese Feature Film

The National Film Award for Best Assamese Feature Film is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the National Film Development Corporation of India. It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus).

National Film Award for Best Assamese Feature Film
National award for contributions to Indian Cinema
Awarded for	Best Assamese Feature Film(s) of the year
Sponsored by	National Film Development Corporation of India
Formerly called	President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Assamese (1955–1968) National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Assamese (1969–2021)
Reward(s)	Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus) ₹2,00,000
First award	1955
Final award	2023
Most recent winner	Rongatapu 1982
Highlights
Total awarded	46
First winner	Piyali Phukan

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.

The films made in Assamese language were not considered until the 3rd National Film Awards ceremony held in September 1956. However, only Certificate of Merit was issued in this ceremony as no film was found suitable for the "President's Silver Medal".^[1] The 1955 Phani Sarma directorial film Piyali Phukan received the first Certificate of Merit. Later in the 6th National Film Awards the 1958 film Ronga Police, directed by Nip Barua, became the first film to receive the president's silver medal for Best Feature Film in Assamese. Since the 70th National Film Awards, the name was changed to "Best Assamese Feature Film".^[2]

Winners

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

Awards legends
*	President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film
*	Certificate of Merit for the Best Feature Film

List of award films, showing the year (award ceremony), producer(s) and director(s)
Year	Film(s)	Producer(s)	Director(s)	Refs.
1955 (3rd)	Piyali Phukan	Rupajyoti Productions	Phani Sarma
1956 (4th)	No Award			[3]
1957 (5th)	Maak Aru Morom	Brajen Barua	Nip Barua	[4]
1958 (6th)	Ronga Police	Kanak Ch. Sharma	Nip Barua	[5]
1959 (7th)	Puberun	• K. C. Roy  • Paji Doss	Prabhat Mukherjee	[6]
1960 (8th)	No Award			[7]
1961 (9th)	Shakuntala	Kamrup Chitra	Bhupen Hazarika	[8]
1962 (10th)	Tezimola	Anwar Hussain	Anwar Husaain	[9]
1963 (11th)	Maniram Devan	Apurba Chowdhury	S. Chakravarty	[10]
1964 (12th)	Pratidhwani	Kamrup Chitra	Bhupen Hazarika	[11]
1965 (13th)	No Award			[12]
1966 (14th)	Lotighoti		Bhupen Hazarika
1967 (15th)	No Award			[13]
1968 (16th)	No Award			[14]
1969 (17th)	Dr. Bezbarua	M/s Rangghar Cine Productions	Brajen Baruah	[15]
1970 (18th)	No Award			[16]
1971 (19th)	Aranya	United Productions	Samarendra Narayan Deb	[17]
1972 (20th)	Opaja Sonar Mati	M/s Pragati Cine Productions	Brajen Barua	[18]
1973 (21st)	Mamta	• Nalin Dowerah  • Prafulla Dutta  • Shiba Thakur	Nalin Dowerah	[19]
1974 (22nd)	No Award			[20]
1975 (23rd)	Chameli Memsaab	M/s. Seuj Bolechari Santha	Abdul Majid	[21]
1976 (24th)	Putala Ghor		Samarendra Narayan Dev
1977 (25th)	Sandhyarag	Bhabendra Nath Saikia	Bhabendra Nath Saikia	[22]
1978 (26th)	No Award			[23]
1979 (27th)	Kallol		Atul Borgoloi	[24]
1980 (28th)	Anirban	Preeti Saikia	Bhabendra Nath Saikia	[25]
1981 (29th)	No Award			[26]
1982 (30th)	Aparoopa	Jahnu Barua	Jahnu Barua	[27]
1983 (31st)	Alokar Ahban	Do-Re-Me Films	Kamal Hazarika	[28]
1984 (32nd)	Son Maina	• R. B. Mehta  • M. P. N. Nair  • Shiv Prasad Thakur	Shiv Prasad Thakur	[29]
1985 (33rd)	Agnisnaan	Bhabendra Nath Saikia	Bhabendra Nath Saikia	[30]
1986 (34th)	Baan	Do-Re-Me Films	Charu Kamal Hazarika	[31]
1987 (35th)	Pratham Ragini	S. N. Bora	Dhiru Bhuyan	[32]
1988 (36th)	Kolahal	Bhabendra Nath Saikia	Bhabendra Nath Saikia	[33]
1989 (37th)	No Award			[34]
1990 (38th)	Jooj	Bipul Baruah	Hemen Das	[35]
1991 (39th)	Sarothi	Bhabendra Nath Saikia	Bhabendra Nath Saikia	[36]
1992 (40th)	Railor Alir Dubori Ban	Pulak Gogoi	Pulak Gogoi	[37]
1993 (41st)	Abartan	Bhabendra Nath Saikia	Bhabendra Nath Saikia	[38]
1994 (42nd)	Xagoroloi Bohudoor	• Sailadhar Baruah  • Jahnu Barua	Jahnu Barua	[39]
1995 (43rd)	Itihas	Leena Bora	Bhabendra Nath Saikia	[40]
1996 (44th)	Adajya	Nayan Prasad	Santwana Bardoloi	[41]
1997 (45th)	No Award			[42]
1998 (46th)	Kuhkal	Dolphin Communications	Jahnu Barua	[43]
1999 (47th)	Pokhi	Dolphin Communications	Jahnu Barua	[44]
2000 (48th)	No Award			[45]
2001 (49th)	No Award			[46]
2002 (50th)	Konikar Ramdhenu	Sailadhar Baruah	Jahnu Barua	[47]
2003 (51st)	Akashitarar Kathare	Sangeeta Tamuli	Manju Borah	[48]
2004 (52nd)	Dinabandhoo	Krishna Roy	Munin Barua	[49]
2005 (53rd)	Kadamtole Krishna Nache	Suman Haripriya	Suman Haripriya	[50]
2006 (54th)	Aaideu	Nabomika Borthakur	Arup Manna	[51]
2007 (55th)	No Award			[52]
2008 (56th)	Mon Jaai	Moirangthem Movies	M. Maniram	[53]
2009 (57th)	Basundhara	Hiren Bora	Hiren Bora	[54]
2010 (58th)	Jetuka Pator Dore	Md. Noorul Sultan	Jadumoni Dutta	[55]
2011 (59th)	No Award			[56]
2012 (60th)	Baandhon	Assam State Film (Finance and Development) Corporation Ltd.	Jahnu Barua	[57]
2013 (61st)	Ajeyo	Shiven Arts	Jahnu Barua	[58]
2014 (62nd)	Othello	Artha Films	Hemanta Kumar Das	[59]
2015 (63rd)	Kothanodi	Anurupa Hazarika	Bhaskar Hazarika	[60]
2016 (64th)	Maj Rati Keteki	Udara Films	Santwana Bardoloi	[61]
2017 (65th)	Ishu	Children's Film Society	Utpal Borpujari
2018 (66th)	Bulbul Can Sing	Flying River Films	Rima Das	[62]
2019 (67th)	Ronuwa: Who Never Surrender	Bornali Creative Vision Entertainment	Chandra Mudoi	[63]
2020 (68th)	Bridge	Sabita Devi	Kripal Kalita	[64]
2021 (69th)	Anur	Shivam Creation	Monjul Baruah	[65]
2022 (70th)	Emuthi Puthi	Metanormal Motion Pictures Pvt Ltd	Kulanandini Mahanta	[66]
2023 (71st)	Rongatapu 1982	BRC Cine Production	Adityam Saikia	[67]