National Film Award for Best Marathi Feature Film

The National Film Award for Best Marathi 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 Marathi Feature Film
National award for contributions to Indian Cinema
Awarded for	Best Marathi 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 Marathi (1954–1968) National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi (1969–2021)
Reward(s)	Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus) ₹2,00,000
First award	1954
Final award	2022
Most recent winner	Vaalvi
Highlights
Total awarded	66
First winner	Mahatma Phule

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). Since the 70th National Film Awards, the name was changed to "Best Marathi Feature Film".^[1]

Directed by P. K. Atre, the 1954 film Mahatma Phule, based on life of a Maharashtrian social reformer Jyotiba Govindrao Phule, was honoured with the first president's silver medal for Best Feature Film in Marathi. Following is the list of Silver Lotus Award (Rajat Kamal) recipient films produced in Marathi language.

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 Second Best Feature Film
*	Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Feature Film
*	Certificate of Merit for the Best Feature Film
*	Indicates a joint award for that year

List of award films, showing the year (award ceremony), producer(s) and director(s)
Year	Film(s)	Producer(s)	Director(s)	Refs.
1954 (2nd)	Mahatma Phule	Atre Pictures	Pralhad Keshav Atre	[2][3]
1955 (3rd)	Me Tulas Tujhya Angani	Nav Chitra	Raja Thakur	[4]
	Shevagyachya Shenga	Sadashiv Row J. Kavi	Shantaram Athavale
1956 (4th)	No Award			[5]
1957 (5th)	Gruhdevta	Surel Chitra	Madhav Shinde	[6]
1958 (6th)	Dhakti Jau	• Sarvashri Wamanrao Kulkarni  • Vishnupant Chavan	Anant Mane	[7]
1959 (7th)	No Award			[8]
1960 (8th)	Kanyadan	Surel Chitra	Madhav Shinde	[9]
	Umaj Padel Tar	Narayan Baburao Kamat	Dinkar D. Patil
1961 (9th)	Manini	Kala Chitra	Anant Mane	[10]
	Vaijayanta	Rekha Films	Gajanan Jagirdar
	Manasala Pankh Astat	Madhav Shinde	Madhav Shinde
1962 (10th)	Rangalya Ratree Ashya	The Maharashtra Film Industrial Co-Operative Society Ltd.	Raja Thakur	[11]
	Jaawai Majha Bhala	Maneesha Chitra Pvt Ltd.	Neelkanth Magdum
	Gariba Gharchi Lek	Shivaji Gulabrao Katkar	Kamlakar Vishnu Torne
1963 (11th)	Ha Majha Marg Ekla	Sudhir Phadke	Raja Paranjape	[12]
	Te Majhe Ghar	Ravindra Bhat	Ganesh Bhat
1964 (12th)	Pathlaag	Raja Paranjape	Raja Paranjape	[13]
	Tuka Jhalasi Kalas	N. G. Datar	Raja Nene
	Sawaal Majha Aika!	Anant Mane	Anant Mane
1965 (13th)	Sadhi Mansa	Lilabai Bhalji Pendharkar	Bhalji Pendharkar	[14]
	Nirmon (Konkani)	Frank Fernand	A. Salam
	Yuge Yuge Me Vaat Pahili	Babasaheb S. Fatehlal	C. Vishwanath
1966 (14th)	Pawana Kantcha Dhondi	Mahalaxmi Chitra	Anant Thakur
1967 (15th)	Santh Wahate Krishnamai	Sahakari Chitrapath Sanstha Ltd	M. G. Pathak	[15]
1968 (16th)	Ektee	G. Chaugle	Raja Thakur	[16]
1969 (17th)	Tambdi Mati	Lilabai Bhalji Pendharkar	Bhalji Pendharkar	[17]
1970 (18th)	Mumbaicha Jawai	Tushar Pradhan	Raja Thakur	[18]
1971 (19th)	Shantata! Court Chalu Aahe	Satyadev Govind Productions	Arvind Deshpande
1972 (20th)	Pinjra	V. Shantaram	V. Shantaram	[19]
1973 (21st)	No Award			[20]
1974 (22nd)	No Award			[21]
1975 (23rd)	Saamna	Ramdas Phutane	Jabbar Patel	[22]
1976 (24th)	No Award
1977 (25th)	Jait Re Jait	Usha Mangeshkar	Jabbar Patel	[23]
1978 (26th)	No Award			[24]
1979 (27th)	Sinhasan	Jabbar Patel	Jabbar Patel	[25]
1980 (28th)	No Award			[26]
1981 (29th)	Umbartha	• Jabbar Patel  • D. V. Rao	Jabbar Patel	[27]
1982 (30th)	Shapit	• Madhukar Rupji  • Sudha Chitale  • Vinay Newalkar	• Arvind Deshpande  • Rajdutt	[28]
1983 (31st)	Smruti Chitre	Vinayak Chaskar	Vijaya Mehta	[29]
1984 (32nd)	Mahananda	Mahesh Satoskar	K. G. Koregaonkar	[30]
1985 (33rd)	Pudhche Paool	• Madhukar Rupji  • Sudha A. Chitle  • Vinay Newalkar	Rajdutt	[31]
1986 (34th)	No Award			[32]
1987 (35th)	Sarja	Seema Deo	Rajdutt	[33]
1988 (36th)	No Award			[34]
1989 (37th)	Kalat Nakalat	Smita Talwalkar	Kanchan Nayak	[35]
1990 (38th)	No Award			[36]
1991 (39th)	No Award			[37]
1992 (40th)	Ek Hota Vidushak	NFDC	Jabbar Patel	[38]
1993 (41st)	Lapandav	• Sachin Parekar  • Sanjay Parekar	Shravani Devdhar	[39]
1994 (42nd)	No Award			[40]
1995 (43rd)	Bangarwadi	• NFDC  • Doordarshan	Amol Palekar	[41]
1996 (44th)	Rao Saheb	• K. B. Joshi  • Ravindra Surve	Sanjay Surkar	[42]
1997 (45th)	No Award			[43]
1998 (46th)	Tu Tithe Mee	Smita Talwalkar	Sanjay Surkar	[44]
1999 (47th)	Gharabaher	• Ratan Madan  • Narendra Shinde	Sanjay Surkar	[45]
2000 (48th)	Astitva	Jhamu Sughand	Mahesh Manjrekar	[46]
2001 (49th)	No Award			[47]
2002 (50th)	Vastupurush	NFDC	• Sumitra Bhave  • Sunil Sukthankar	[48]
2003 (51st)	Not Only Mrs. Raut	Aditi Deshpande	Gajendra Ahire	[49]
2004 (52nd)	Uttarayan	• Bipin Nadkarni  • Sanjay Shetty	Bipin Nadkarni	[50]
2005 (53rd)	Dombivali Fast	Ramakant Gaikwad	Nishikant Kamat	[51]
2006 (54th)	Shevri	Neena Kulkarni	Gajendra Ahire	[52]
2007 (55th)	Nirop	Aparna Dharmadhikari	Sachin Kundalkar	[53]
2008 (56th)	Harishchandrachi Factory	• UTV Motion Pictures  • Smiti Kanodia  • Paresh Mokashi	Paresh Mokashi	[54]
2009 (57th)	Natarang	Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd.	Ravindra Harischandra Jadhav	[55]
2010 (58th)	Mala Aai Vhhaychy!	Samruddhi Porey	Samruddhi Porey	[56]
2011 (59th)	Shala	• Vivek Wagh  • Nilesh Navalkar	Sujay Dahake	[57]
2012 (60th)	Investment	Pratibha Matkari	Ratnakar Matkari	[58]
2013 (61st)	Aajcha Divas Majha	White Swan Productions	Chandrakant Kulkarni	[59]
2014 (62nd)	Killa	• Jar Pictures  • M. R. Film Works	Avinash Arun	[60]
2015 (63rd)	Ringan	My Role Motion Pictures	Makarand Mane	[61]
2016 (64th)	Dashakriya	Rangneel Creations	Sandeep Bhalachandra Patil	[62]
2017 (65th)	Kachcha Limboo	Mandar Devasthali	Prasad Oak	[63]
2018 (66th)	Bhonga	Nalinee Productions	Shivaji Lotan Patil	[64]
2019 (67th)	Bardo	Paanchjanya Productions Pvt. Ltd.	Bhimrao Mude	[65]
2020 (68th)	Goshta Eka Paithanichi	Planet Marathi	Shantanu Ganesh Rode	[66]
2021 (69th)	Ekda Kaay Zala	• Showbox Entertainment  • Gajavadana Rairah Corporation	Saleel Kulkarni	[67]
2022 (70th)	Vaalvi	• Mayasabha Karamanuk Mandali  • Zee Entertainment Enterprises	Paresh Mokashi	[68]