National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil

The National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil is one of the National Film Awards presented every year by the Directorate of Film Festivals. This organisation was set up by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of several awards presented for feature films. It was awarded along with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus). The National Film Awards was established in 1954. These awards are the most important film awards in India. These are awarded for the best films of the Indian cinema.

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

List of award films, showing the year (award ceremony), producer(s), director(s) and citation
Year	Film(s)	Producer(s)	Director(s)	Refs.
1954 (2nd)	Malaikkallan	Pakshiraja Studios	S. M. Sriramulu Naidu	[1]
	Andha Naal	AVM Productions	S. Balachander
	Edhir Paradhathu	• Saravanabhava  • Unity Pictures	Ch. Narayanamoorthy
1955 (3rd)	Mangaiyar Thilakam	Vaidya Films	L. V. Prasad	[2]
1956 (4th)	Kuladeivam	S. K. Pictures	Krishnan–Panju	[3]
1957 (5th)	Mudhalali	M. A. V. Pictures	Muktha V. Srinivasan	[4]
1958 (6th)	Thanga Padhumai	Jupitor Pictures Pvt Ltd.	A. S. A. Samy	[5]
	Annaiyin Aanai	A. M. M. Ismayil	Ch. Narayanamoorthy
1959 (7th)	Bhaaga Pirivinai	G. N. Velumani	A. Bhimsingh	[6]
	Veerapandiya Kattabomman	B. R. Panthulu	B. R. Panthulu
	Kalyana Parisu	• Sarvashri S. Krishnamurthy  • T. Govindarajan  • C. V. Sridhar	C. V. Sridhar
1960 (8th)	Parthiban Kanavu	Jubilee Films Pvt Ltd.	D. Yoganand	[7]
	Paadhai Theriyudhu Paar	Kumari Films Pvt Ltd.	Nemai Ghosh
	Kalathur Kannamma	AVM Productions	A. Bhimsingh
1961 (9th)	Kappalottiya Thamizhan	Padmini Pictures	B. R. Panthulu	[8]
	Pasamalar	Rajamani Pictures	A. Bhimsingh
	Kumudham	Modern Theatres	Adurthi Subba Rao
1962 (10th)	Nenjil Oor Alayam	Chithralaya	C. V. Sridhar	[9]
	Annai	AVM Productions	Krishnan-Panju
	Sarada	Al. Srinivasan	K. S. Gopalakrishnan
1963 (11th)	Naanum Oru Penn	Murugan Brothers	A. C. Tirulokchandar	[10]
	Karpagam	K. S. Sabarinathan	K. S. Gopalakrishnan
	Karnan	B. R. Panthulu	B. R. Panthulu
1964 (12th)	Kai Koduttha Dheivam	M. S. Velappan	K. S. Gopalakrishnan
	Pazhani	A. P. Chinnappa	A. Bhimsingh
	Server Sundaram	AVM Productions	Krishnan–Panju
1965 (13th)	Kuzhandaiyum Deivamum	AVM Productions	Krishnan–Panju	[11]
	Thiruvilayadal	Shri Vijayalakshmi Pictures	A. P. Nagarajan
1966 (14th)	Ramu	AVM Productions	A. C. Tirulokchandar
1967 (15th)	Aalayam	M/s. Sunbeam	• Thirumalai  • Mahalingam	[12]
1968 (16th)	Thillana Mohanambal	Shri Vijayalakshmi Pictures	A. P. Nagarajan	[13]
1969 (17th)	Iru Kodugal	• N. Selvaraj  • B. Doraisamy  • N. Krishan  • V. Govindarajan	K. Balachander	[14]
1970 (18th)	Raman Ethanai Ramanadi	P. Madhavan	P. Madhavan	[15]
1971 (19th)	Veguli Penn	Abdul Kabar	S. S. Devadass
1972 (20th)	Pattikada Pattanama	P. Madhavan	P. Madhavan	[16]
1973 (21st)	Dikkatra Parvathi	• M. Lakshmikantha Reddy  • H. M. Sanjeeva Reddy	Singeetham Srinivasa Rao	[17]
1974 (22nd)	No Award			[18]
1975 (23rd)	Apoorva Raagangal	• P. R. Govindarajan  • J. Duraisamy	K. Balachander	[19]
1976 (24th)	No Award
1977 (25th)	Agraharathil Kazhuthai	None	John Abraham	[20]
1978 (26th)	No Award			[21]
1979 (27th)	Pasi	G. Lalitha	Durai	[22]
1980 (28th)	Nenjathai Killathe	K. Rajgopal Chetty	J. Mahendran	[23]
1981 (29th)	Thaneer Thaneer	• P. R. Govindarajan  • J. Duraisamy	K. Balachander	[24]
1982 (30th)	Ezhavathu Manithan	Palai N. Shanmugam	K. Hariharan	[25]
1983 (31st)	Oru Indhiya Kanavu	• T. P. Varadarajan  • Vijayalakshmi Desikan	Komal Swaminathan	[26]
1984 (32nd)	Achamillai Achamillai	• Rajam Balachander  • V. Natarajan	K. Balachander	[27]
1985 (33rd)	Muthal Mariyathai	Bharathiraja	Bharathiraja	[28]
1986 (34th)	Mouna Ragam	G. Venkateswaran	Mani Ratnam	[29]
1987 (35th)	Veedu	Kaladas	Balu Mahendra	[30]
1988 (36th)	No Award			[31]
1989 (37th)	Pudhea Paadhai	A. Sundaram	R. Parthiban	[32]
1990 (38th)	Anjali	M/S Sujatha Productions (P) Ltd	Mani Ratnam	[33]
1991 (39th)	Vanna Vanna Pookkal	Kalaipuli S. Dhanu	Balu Mahendra	[34]
1992 (40th)	Thevar Magan	Kamal Haasan	Bharathan	[35]
1993 (41st)	Mahanadi	Gopal Reddy	Santhana Bharathi	[36]
1994 (42nd)	Nammavar	R. Venkatarama Reddy	K. S. Sethumadhavan	[37]
1995 (43rd)	Anthimanthaarai	Tilaka Ganesh (Mega Movie Makers)	Bharathiraja	[38]
1996 (44th)	Kadhal Kottai	Sivashakthi Pandian	Agaththian	[39]
1997 (45th)	The Terrorist	A. Sriram	Santosh Sivan	[40]
1998 (46th)	Housefull	R. Parthiban	R. Parthiban	[41]
1999 (47th)	Sethu	A. Kandasamy	Bala	[42]
2000 (48th)	Bharati	Messers Media Dreams (P) Ltd	Gnana Rajasekaran	[43]
2001 (49th)	Ooruku Nooruper	L. Suresh	B. Lenin	[44]
2002 (50th)	Kannathil Muthamittal	• Mani Ratnam  • G. Srinivasan	Mani Ratnam	[45]
2003 (51st)	Iyarkai	V. R. Kumar	S. P. Jananathan	[46]
2004 (52nd)	Navarasa	Sunil Doshi	Santosh Sivan	[47]
2005 (53rd)	Aadum Koothu	Light and Shadow Movie Makers	T. V. Chandran	[48]
2006 (54th)	Veyil	S. Shankar	Vasanthabalan	[49]
2007 (55th)	Periyar	M/s Liberty Creations Ltd.	Gnana Rajasekaran	[50]
2008 (56th)	Vaaranam Aayiram	Venu Ravichandran	Gautham Menon	[51]
2009 (57th)	Pasanga	M. Sasikumar	Pandiraj	[52]
2010 (58th)	Thenmerku Paruvakaatru	Shibu Issac	Seenu Ramasamy	[53]
2011 (59th)	Vaagai Sooda Vaa	• S. Muruganandham  • N. Puranna	A. Sarkunam	[54]
2012 (60th)	Vazhakku Enn 18/9	N. Subhash Chandra Bose	Balaji Sakthivel	[55]
2013 (61st)	Thanga Meengal	JSK Film Corporation	Ram	[56]
2014 (62nd)	Kuttram Kadithal	Chris Pictures & JSK Film Corporation	G. Bramma	[57]
2015 (63rd)	Visaranai	Wunderbar Films	Vetrimaaran	[58]
2016 (64th)	Joker	Dream Warrior Pictures	Raju Murugan	[59]
2017 (65th)	To Let	Prema Chezhian	Chezhiyan	[60]