National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film on Family Welfare

The National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film on Family Welfare was one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It was one of several awards presented for Non-Feature Films and awarded with 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus).

Best Non-Feature Film on Family Welfare
National award for contributions to short film
Sponsored by	Directorate of Film Festivals
Reward(s)	'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus) ₹50,000 (US$600)
First awarded	1982
Last awarded	2017
Most recent winner	Happy Birthday
Highlights
Total awarded	31
First winner	Kal Aur Aaj

The award was instituted in 1982, at 30th National Film Awards and awarded annually for short films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages. It was discontinued from the 70th National Film Awards.^[1]

Awards

Award includes 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus Award) and cash prize. Cash prize amount varied over the period. Following table illustrates the cash prize amount over the years:

Year (Period)	Cash Prize
1982 (30th) – 1983 (31st)	Producer and Director: Rajat Kamal and ₹5,000 (US$60) Each
1982 (32nd) – 2005 (53rd)	Producer and Director: Rajat Kamal and ₹10,000 (US$120) Each
2006 (54th)–2017	Producer and Director: Rajat Kamal and ₹50,000 (US$600) Each

Winners

Following are the award winners over the years:

Indicates a joint award for that year

List of films, showing the year, language(s), producer(s), director(s) and citation
Year	Film(s)	Language(s)	Producer(s)	Director(s)	Citation	Refs.
1982 (30th)	Kal Aur Aaj	Hindi	Vimala Swaminathan	Vimala Swaminathan	For family planning as a simple, entertaining and direct comparison of the situation of today, with the past, in terms immediately understandable to the common man.	[2]
1983 (31st)	No Award					[3]
1984 (32nd)	Sweekar	Hindi	Bal Mehta	Vishram Revankar	–	[4]
	Geeli Meetti	Hindi	Women and Social Welfare Ministry	Sanjay Kak	–
1985 (33rd)	Bai	Marathi	• Streevani  • Ishvani	Sumitra Bhave	For its realistic portrayal of poor, oppressed housewife who succeeds in her determined effort to rehabilitate herself and realise her potential to be on her own.	[5]
1986 (34th)	No Award					[6]
1987 (35th)	No Award					[7]
1988 (36th)	Lacchmi	Hindi	K. K. Garg for Films Division	Om Prakash Sharma	For weaving a powerful family welfare message into a credible story told simply and gently.	[8]
	Nirnay	Hindi	B. R. Shedge for Films Division	R. R. Swamy	For the clarity and simplicity with which, making effective use of both animation and live action, it communicates aspects of sterilisation, evoking confidence in its procedures.
1989 (37th)	Boy or Girl — How?	Hindi	B. R. Shendge	R. R. Swamy	For effectively communicating an important message.	[9]
1990 (38th)	No Award					[10]
1991 (39th)	A Matter of Motherhood	English	Rajiv Mehrotra	Rajiv Mehrotra	For its competent attempt to educate the people, especially in the rural areas, on various aspects of motherhood in the prevailing atmosphere of traditional beliefs.	[11]
1992 (40th)	Suno Bahu Rani	Hindi	Om Prakash Sharma for Films Division	K. K. Kapil	For a deftly made film with the aid of puppets on the theme of family welfare.	[12]
1993 (41st)	Taveez	Hindi	Rajeev Mohan for Films Division	Purushottam Berde for Films Division	For promoting the small family norm in a direct and effective manner.	[13]
1994 (42nd)	Clint	• Malayalam  • English	Shiva Kumar	Shiva Kumar	For setting up a new model of the essence of family welfare, through its honest documentation of factors impinging on a child's life.	[14]
1995 (43rd)	Soch Samajh Ke	Hindi	• Shanta Gokhle  • Arun Khopkar	Arun Khopkar	For presenting aesthetically how family welfare could be achieved despite complex family relationships.	[15]
1996 (44th)	Bhit	Bengali	• Films Division  • K. R. G. Films	Glbahar Singh	For its credible depiction of a rural health worker's efforts in transforming her community.	[16]
1997 (45th)	The Saviour	Hindi	Shaila Paralkar	Shaila Paralkar	This film simply and dexterously communicates the fundamentals of child health care to the masses.	[17]
	Banglar Baul	Bengali	Yash Chaudhary	K. G. Das	For its evocative exposition of family welfare issues employing the local folk and musical traditions.
1998 (46th)	N. M. No. 367 – Sentence of Silence	English	Y. N. Engineer for Films Division	Joshy Joseph for Films Division	For its strong redefining of the family ethos in changing social circumstances of the Indian christian community.	[18]
1999 (47th)	No Award					[19]
2000 (48th)	Akkareninnu	Malayalam	• T. Sunil Kumar  • Susmitham  • Pallimalkunnu	• T. Sunil Kumar  • Susmitham  • Pallimalkunnu	For focusing attention on the plight of a family with an AIDS patient and their struggle in overcoming the social stigma.	[20]
	Mahananda	Bengali	Films Division	Madhuchhanda Sengupta	For handling a sensitive theme on family welfare, which depicts the fight of a village woman from a minority community who succeeds in her pursuit of a planned family.
2001 (49th)	Sayante Thinte Padavukal	Malayalam	Ratheesh Ramayya	Satheesh Venganoor	For sensitive portrayal of the plight of the aged who are neglected by their families.	[21]
2002 (50th)	Dhatri Panna	Hindi	• Films Division  • Ministry of Health and Family Welfare	Gul Bahar Singh	For its success in the simple yet difficult art of cinematic story telling with an important and explicit message for its rural audience, of how the tradition of the village dai can and must give way to the trained midwife.	[22]
2003 (51st)	No Award					[23]
2004 (52nd)	Saanjh	Hindi	Tripurari Sharan for Film and Television Institute of India	Jasmine Kaur	For a very sensitively structured short film which deals with the apathy of an old man and his encounter with reality.	[24]
2005 (53rd)	No Award					[25]
2006 (54th)	No Award					[26]
2007 (55th)	Making The Face	English	Public Service Broadcasting Trust	Suvendu Chatterjee	For its multilayered exploration of the issue of alternative sexuality in a politically troubled state; celebrating this sexual orientation in a spontaneous manner, the film depicts it as a normal proclivity in a family setup. This, in no way, effects one's daily chores, particularly as the protagonist is a make-up artist of great acceptance.	[27]
2008 (56th)	Appuvin Nayagan – Spotty (My Hero)	Tamil	A.V. Anoop	Madhavan	For scoring with a very tender story that transforms into a moving portrayal of a child's attachment to her toy and her grandfather's dilemma when he loses it. A sensitive film that offers fresh insights into a child's imagination and needs.	[28]
2009 (57th)	No Award					[29]
2010 (58th)	Love in India	• Bengali  • English	Overdose	Kaushik Mukherjee	Explores and deconstructs the traditional and orthodox landscapes of love, sexuality and conjugal relationships and the dynamics of emerging sexual politics and value systems in contemporary India with clarity and insight laced with subtle humour.	[30]
2011 (59th)	Red Building where the Sun Sets	English	• Syed Sultan Ahmed  • Tabassum Modi	Revathi	For illuminating the importance of parental responsibility through the story of a child caught in the turbulence of parental discord.	[31]
2012 (60th)	After Glow	• English  • Gujarati	FTII	Kaushal Oza	For an evocative portrayal of a bereaved woman. Laced with warmth and humour, the skillful and dexterous weaving of past and present underlines the beauty of intimate familial relationships.	[32]
2013 (61st)	Heyro Party	Bengali	• Baishakhi Banerjee  • Deepak Gawade	Deepak Gawade	For its poignant reflection of selfless dreams and aspirations, the film depicts the struggles and dilemmas of a poor family in a simple and compelling cinematic language.	[33]
2014 (62nd)	Towards the Silver Lining	English	Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute	Bhabani Tamuli	For its sensitive portrayal of a paraplegic girl who builds a house for her mother, and the touching bond between them.	[34]
2015 (63rd)	Best Friends Forever	English	Syed Sultan Ahmed (Edumedia India)	Sandeep Modi	For reclaiming strained chords.	[35]
2016 (64th)	Little Magician	English	Syed Sultan Ahmed	Neha Sharma	An innocent film that is a reminder that the only magic that keeps a family together is love.	[36]
2017 (65th)	Happy Birthday		FTII	Medhpranav Babasaheb Powar	A meaningful exploration of a small boy's changing attitude towards his father's sacrifice and love.
2018 (66th)	Chalo Jeete Hain		Sundial Ventures Pvt. Ltd.	Mangesh Hadavale	For highlighting, through its young protagonist, the humanitarian value of how one may live for others, beyond one’s own self.

References

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36. "64th National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2017.

External links

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