National Film Award for Best Gujarati Feature Film

The National Film Award for Best Gujarati Feature Film is one of the National Film Awards given by the National Film Development Corporation of India. It was instituted in 1960 and first awarded at 8th National Film Awards.^[1] Per the Constitution of India, Gujarati language is among the languages specified in the Schedule VIII of the Constitution. Since the 70th National Film Awards, the name was changed to "Best Gujarati Feature Film".^[2]

National Film Award for Best Gujarati Feature Film
Description	Best feature film of the year in Gujarati
Sponsored by	National Film Development Corporation of India
Formerly called	National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Gujarati (1960–2021)
Reward(s)	Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus) ₹2,00,000
First award	1960
Final award	2021
Most recent winner	Chhello Show
Highlights
Total awarded	13
First winner	Mendi Rang Lagyo

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 films, showing the year (award ceremony), producer(s) and director(s)
Year	Film(s)	Producer(s)	Director(s)	Refs.
1960 (8th)	Mendi Rang Lagyo	Bipin Gajjar	Manhar Raskapur	[3]
1961 (9th)	Nandanvan	Shrikumar V. Gaglani	Ganpatrao Brahmbhatt	[4]
1962 (10th)	No Award			[5]
1963 (11th)	Jevi Chhun Tevi	Bholanath D. Trivedi	Gajanan Mehta	[6]
1964 (12th)	No Award			[7]
1965 (13th)	Kasumbi No Rang	Manoobhai N. Gadhvi	G. K. Mehta	[8]
1966 (14th)	No Award			[9]
1967 (15th)	No Award			[10]
1968 (16th)	No Award			[11]
1969 (17th)	Kanku	Kantilal Rathod	Kantilal Rathod	[12]
1970 (18th)	No Award			[13]
1971 (19th)	No Award			[14]
1972 (20th)	Gun Sundari No Ghar Sansar	• Ramesh H. Saraiya  • Jayant Malaviya  • Chandulal Gnadhi	Govind Saraiya	[15]
1973 (21st)	No Award			[16]
1974 (22nd)	No Award			[17]
1975 (23rd)	No Award			[18]
1976 (24th)	No Award			[19]
1977 (25th)	No Award			[20]
1978 (26th)	No Award			[21]
1979 (27th)	No Award			[22]
1980 (28th)	No Award			[23]
1981 (29th)	No Award			[24]
1982 (30th)	No Award			[25]
1983 (31st)	No Award			[26]
1984 (32nd)	No Award			[27]
1985 (33rd)	No Award			[28]
1986 (34th)	No Award			[29]
1987 (35th)	No Award			[30]
1988 (36th)	No Award			[31]
1989 (37th)	Percy	NFDC	Pervez Merwanji	[32]
1990 (38th)	No Award
1991 (39th)	No Award
1992 (40th)	No Award
1993 (41st)	Manvini Bhavai	Aashish Trivedi Upendra Trivedi	Upendra Trivedi	[1]
1994 (42nd)	No Award			[33]
1995 (43rd)	No Award			[34]
1996 (44th)	No Award			[35]
1997 (45th)	No Award			[36]
1998 (46th)	No Award			[37]
1999 (47th)	No Award			[38]
2000 (48th)	No Award			[39]
2001 (49th)	No Award			[40]
2002 (50th)	No Award			[41]
2003 (51st)	No Award			[42]
2004 (52nd)	No Award			[43]
2005 (53rd)	No Award			[44]
2006 (54th)	No Award			[45]
2007 (55th)	No Award			[46]
2008 (56th)	No Award			[47]
2009 (57th)	No Award			[48]
2010 (58th)	No Award			[49]
2011 (59th)	No Award			[50]
2012 (60th)	The Good Road	NFDC	Gyan Correa	[51]
2013 (61st)	No Award			[52]
2014 (62nd)	No Award			[53]
2015 (63rd)	No Award			[54]
2016 (64th)	Wrong Side Raju	CineMan Productions Phantom Films	Mikhil Musale	[55]
2017 (65th)	Dhh	Amruta Parande et al.	Manish Saini	[56]
2018 (66th)	Reva	Paresh Vora	Rahul Bhole Vinit Kanojia	[57]
2019 (67th)	No Award			[58]
2020 (68th)	No Award			[59]
2021 (69th)	Chhello Show	Pan Nalin Dheer Momaya Siddharth Roy Kapur Marc Duale	Pan Nalin	[60]
2022 (70th)	No Award			[61]

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External links

• Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India
• National Film Awards Archives