National Film Award for Best Punjabi Feature Film

The National Film Award for Best Punjabi Feature Film is one of the National Film Awards of India 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). Since the 70th National Film Awards, the name was changed to "Best Punjabi Feature Film".^[1]

National Film Award for Best Punjabi Feature Film
Description	Best Punjabi feature film of the year
Sponsored by	National Film Development Corporation of India
Formerly called	President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Punjabi (1962–1964) National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Punjabi (1967–2021)
Reward(s)	Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus) ₹2,00,000
First award	1962
Most recent winner	Godday Godday Chaa (2023)

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.^{[citation needed]}

Produced and directed by Krishnan Kumar, the 1962 film Chaudhari Karnail Singh was honoured with the first president's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Punjabi.

Winners

Award includes 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus) 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.
1962 (10th)	Chaudhari Karnail Singh	Krishnan Kumar	Krishnan Kumar	[2]
1964 (12th)	Jagga	K. B. Chadha	Jugal Kishore	[3]
1964 (12th)	Sassi Punnu	M/s. Filmistan Pvt. Ltd.	S. P. Bakshi	[4]
1967 (15th)	Sutlej De Kande	P. P. Maheshwary	P. P. Maheshwary	[5]
1969 (17th)	Nanak Nam Jahaz Hai	Pannalal Maheshwary	Ram Maheshwary	[6]
1980 (28th)	Chann Pardesi	Swarn Sedha, Baldev Gill And J. S. Cheema	Chitrartha Singh	[6]
1989 (37th)	Marhi Da Deeva	NFDC	Surinder Singh	[7]
1993 (41st)	Kachehri	Vijay Tandon	Ravindra Peepat	[8]
1997 (45th)	Main Maa Punjab Dee	Devender Walia	Balwant Dullat	[9]
1998 (46th)	Shaheed-E-Mohabbat	Manjeet Maan	Manoj Punj	[10]
2004 (52nd)	Des Hoyaa Pardes	Manjeet Maan	Manoj Punj	[11]
2005 (53rd)	Baghi	Gaj Deol	Sukhminder Dhanjal	[12]
2006 (54th)	Waris Shah: Ishq Daa Waaris	Sai Productions	Manoj Punj	[13]
2011 (59th)	Anhe Ghore Da Daan	NFDC	Gurvinder Singh	[14]
2012 (60th)	Nabar	Jasbir Singh and Sonu Kaur	Rajeev Sharma	[15]
2014 (62nd)	Punjab 1984	Gunbir Sidhu and Manmord Sidhu	Anurag Singh	[16]
2015 (63rd)	Chauthi Koot	NFDC Kartikeya Singh	Gurvinder Singh	[17]
2018 (66th)	Harjeeta	Villagers Film Studio	Vijay Kumar Arora	[18]
2019 (67th)	Rabb Da Radio 2	Vehli Janta Films	Sharandeep Singh	[19]
2022 (70th)	Bhagi Di Dhee	G-Next Media	Mukesh Gautam	[20]
2023 (71st)	Godday Godday Chaa	VH Entertainment Zee Studios	Vijay Kumar Arora	[21]