National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment

The National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the National Film Development Corporation of India, and was constituted in the year 1975. This is one of the Golden Lotus Awards (Swarna Kamal) given among National Film Awards. It is announced for films produced in a year across the country, in all Indian languages.

National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment
National award for contributions to Indian Cinema
Sponsored by	National Film Development Corporation of India
Formerly called	Best Feature Film with Mass Appeal, Wholesome Entertainment and Aesthetic Value (1974–1985) Best Film Providing Popular and Wholesome Entertainment (1986–1988)
Reward(s)	Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus) ₹3,00,000
First award	1974
Final award	2023
Most recent winner	Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani
Highlights
Total awarded	47
First winner	Kora Kagaz
Website	http://dff.gov.in/

Films in the following languages have won the Best Popular Feature Film award: Hindi (30 awards), Telugu (6 awards), Tamil (4 awards), Malayalam (3 awards), Bengali (2 awards), and Kannada (2 awards).

With six wins, Yash Raj Films is the production house with the most wins. With five wins, Yash Chopra is the producer with the most wins, producing most of the company's winning films. He has also directed four winning films, the most for any director.

Winners

Indicates a joint award for that year

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.
1974 (22nd)	Kora Kagaz[a]	Hindi	Sanat Kothari for Shreeji Films	Anil Ganguly	[1]
1975 (23rd)	Tapasya	Hindi	Rajshri Productions	Anil Ganguly	[2]
1976 (24th)	No Award				[3]
1977 (25th)	Swami	Hindi	Jaya Charavarthy	Basu Chatterjee	[4]
1978 (26th)	Ganadevata	Bengali	• Department of Information and Cultural Affairs  • Government of West Bengal	Tarun Majumdar	[5]
1979 (27th)	Sankarabharanam	Telugu	Edida Nageswara Rao	K. Viswanath	[6]
1980 (28th)	No Award				[7]
1981 (29th)	No Award				[8]
1982 (30th)	No Award				[9]
1983 (31st)	No Award				[10]
1984 (32nd)	Koni	Bengali	Government of West Bengal	Saroj Dey	[11]
1985 (33rd)	No Award				[12]
1986 (34th)	Samsaram Adhu Minsaram	Tamil	AVM Productions	Visu	[13]
1987 (35th)	Pushpaka Vimana	Kannada	• Singeetam Srinivasa Rao  • Shringar Nagaraj	Singeetam Srinivasa Rao	[14]
1988 (36th)	Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak	Hindi	Nasir Hussain Films	Mansoor Khan	[15]
1989 (37th)	Chandni	Hindi	Yash Raj Films	Yash Chopra	[16]
	Geethanjali	Telugu	Bhagyalakshmi Enterprises	Mani Ratnam
1990 (38th)	Ghayal	Hindi	Dharmendra	Rajkumar Santoshi	[17]
1991 (39th)	No Award				[18]
1992 (40th)	Sargam	Malayalam	Bhavani	Hariharan	[19]
1993 (41st)	Manichitrathazhu	Malayalam	Appachan	Fazil	[20]
	Darr	Hindi	Yash Chopra	Yash Chopra
1994 (42nd)	Hum Aapke Hain Koun..!	Hindi	Rajshri Productions	Sooraj R. Barjatya	[21]
1995 (43rd)	Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge	Hindi	Yash Chopra	Aditya Chopra	[22]
1996 (44th)	Maachis	Hindi	R. V. Pandit	Gulzar	[23]
1997 (45th)	Dil To Pagal Hai	Hindi	Yash Chopra	Yash Chopra	[24]
1998 (46th)	Kuch Kuch Hota Hai	Hindi	Yash Johar - Dharma Productions	Karan Johar	[25]
1999 (47th)	Sarfarosh	Hindi	John Matthew Matthan	John Matthew Matthan	[26]
2000 (48th)	Vaanathaippola	Tamil	V. Ravichandran	Vikraman	[27]
2001 (49th)	Lagaan	Hindi	Aamir Khan	Ashutosh Gowariker	[28]
2002 (50th)	Devdas	Hindi	Bharat Shah	Sanjay Leela Bhansali	[29]
2003 (51st)	Munna Bhai M.B.B.S.	Hindi	Vidhu Vinod Chopra	Rajkumar Hirani	[30]
2004 (52nd)	Veer-Zaara	Hindi	Yash Raj Films	Yash Chopra	[31]
	Autograph	Tamil	Cheran	Cheran
2005 (53rd)	Rang De Basanti	Hindi	• UTV Motion Pictures  • Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Pictures	Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra	[32]
2006 (54th)	Lage Raho Munna Bhai	Hindi	Vidhu Vinod Chopra	Rajkumar Hirani	[33]
2007 (55th)	Chak De! India	Hindi	Aditya Chopra	Shimit Amin	[34]
2008 (56th)	Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!	Hindi	UTV Motion Pictures	Dibakar Banerjee	[35]
2009 (57th)	3 Idiots	Hindi	Vidhu Vinod Chopra	Rajkumar Hirani	[36]
2010 (58th)	Dabangg	Hindi	• Arbaaz Khan  • Malaika Arora Khan  • Dhillin Mehta	Abhinav Kashyap	[37]
2011 (59th)	Azhagarsamiyin Kuthirai	Tamil	P. Madhan	Suseenthiran	[38]
2012 (60th)	Vicky Donor	Hindi	• Sunil Lulla  • John Abraham  • Ronnie Lahiri  • Ram Mirchandani	Shoojit Sircar	[39]
	Ustad Hotel	Malayalam	Listin Stephen	Anwar Rasheed
2013 (61st)	Bhaag Milkha Bhaag	Hindi	Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra	Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra	[40]
2014 (62nd)	Mary Kom	Hindi	Sanjay Leela Bhansali	Omung Kumar	[41]
2015 (63rd)	Bajrangi Bhaijaan	Hindi	• Salman Khan  • Rockline Venkatesh	Kabir Khan	[42]
2016 (64th)	Sathamanam Bhavati	Telugu	Dil Raju	Satish Vegesna	[43]
2017 (65th)	Baahubali 2: The Conclusion	Telugu	• Shobu Yarlagadda  • Prasad Devineni	S. S. Rajamouli	[44]
2018 (66th)	Badhaai Ho	Hindi	Junglee Pictures Limited	Amit Sharma	[45]
2019 (67th)	Maharshi	Telugu	Dil Raju	Vamshi Paidipally	[46]
2020 (68th)	Tanhaji : The Unsung Warrior	Hindi	Ajay Devgn	Om Raut	[47]
2021 (69th)	RRR	Telugu	D. V. V. Danayya	S. S. Rajamouli	[48]
2022 (70th)	Kantara	Kannada	Vijay Kiragandur	Rishab Shetty	[49]
2023 (71st)	Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani	Hindi	Dharma Productions	Karan Johar	[50]

Explanatory notes

1. Vijay Anand (Leading Actor) and Jaya Bhaduri (Leading Actress) were awarded with Medallion.