National Film Award for Best Odia Feature Film

The National Film Award for Best Odia Feature Film is one of the National Film Awards 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).

National Film Award for Best Odia Feature Film
National award for contributions to Indian Cinema
Awarded for	Best Odia Feature Film(s) of the year
Sponsored by	National Film Development Corporation of India
Formerly called	President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Odia (1960–1968) National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Odia (1969–2021)
Reward(s)	Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus) ₹2,00,000
First award	1960
Final award	2022
Most recent winner	Daman
Highlights
Total awarded	40
First winner	Sri Lokanath

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.

The films made in Odia language were not considered until the 8th National Film Awards ceremony held in March 1961.^[1] The 1960 Prafulla Kumar Sengupta directorial film Sri Lokanath received the first president's silver medal for Best Feature Film in Odia. Since the 70th National Film Awards, the name was changed to "Best Odia Feature Film".^[2]

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) and director(s)
Year	Film(s)	Producer(s)	Director(s)	Refs.
1960 (8th)	Sri Lokanath	Rupa Raga Pvt Ltd.	Prafulla Kumar Sengupta	[1]
1961 (9th)	Nua Bou	Ram Krishna Tripathy	Prabhat Mukherjee	[3]
1962 (10th)	Suryamukhi	Soumendra Misra	P. K. Sengupta	[4]
	Lakshmi	• Parvati Ghose  • G. P. Ghose	Sarda Naik
1963 (11th)	Jeevan Sathi	Srinibash Paikaroy	Prabhat Mukherjee	[5]
	Nari	Narendra Kumar Mitra	Trilochana  • Narendra Kumar Mitra  • Amalendu Bagehi  • Kavichandra Kalicharan Patnaik)
1964 (12th)	Sadhana	Diamond Valley Production	Prabhat Mukherjee	[6]
	Naba Janma	Pancha Sakha Pictures	Sachin Mukherji
1965 (13th)	No Award			[7]
1966 (14th)	Kaa	Parbati Ghose	Sidhartha	[8]
1967 (15th)	Arundhati	Dhiren Patnaik	Prafulla Sengupta	[9]
1968 (16th)	Stree	Parbati Ghose	Sidhartha	[10]
1969 (17th)	No Award			[11]
1970 (18th)	No Award			[12]
1971 (19th)
1972 (20th)	No Award			[13]
1973 (21st)	No Award			[14]
1974 (22nd)	No Award			[15]
1975 (23rd)	No Award			[16]
1976 (24th)	Shesha Shrabana	Nagen Roy	Prashant Nanda
1977 (25th)	Chilika Teerey	Shyamghan Rai Chaudhari	Biplab Rai Chaudhari	[17]
1978 (26th)	No Award			[18]
1979 (27th)
1980 (28th)	No Award			[19]
1981 (29th)	Seeta Raati	Balram Misra	Manmohan Mahapatra	[20]
1982 (30th)	No Award			[21]
1983 (31st)	Neeraba Jhada	Manmohan Mahapatra	Manmohan Mahapatra	[22]
1984 (32nd)	Klanta Aparahna	Dynamic Studio	Manmohan Mahapatra	[23]
1985 (33rd)	Hakim Babu	Amiya Ranjan Patnaik	Pranab Das	[24]
1986 (34th)	Majhi Pahacha	Dipti Mohanty	Manmohan Mahapatra	[25]
1987 (35th)	Nishidhdha Swapna	Manmohan Mahapatra	Manmohan Mahapatra	[26]
1988 (36th)	Kichi Smruti Kichi Anubhuti	K. Jagadeswari	Manmohan Mahapatra	[27]
1989 (37th)	Andha Diganta	Vox Visuals Pvt. Ltd.	Manmohan Mahapatra	[28]
1990 (38th)	No Award			[29]
1991 (39th)	Tara	Bijaya Jena	Bijaya Jena	[30]
1992 (40th)	Vinya Samaya	Shankar Gope	Manmohan Mahapatra	[31]
1993 (41st)	Aranya Rodana	Prasan Prusti	Biplab Ray Chaudhuri	[32]
1994 (42nd)	No Award			[33]
1995 (43rd)	Moksha	• Jayadev Mallick  • Pramoda Kumar Nayak	• Gouri Shankar Das  • Malaya Kumar Roy	[34]
1996 (44th)	Shunya Swaroopa	Alaya Kumar Mohanty	Himanshu Sekhar Khatua	[35]
1997 (45th)	Shesha Drushti	NFDC	Apurba Kishore Bir	[36]
1998 (46th)	Nandan	N'CYP	Apurba Kishore Bir	[37]
1999 (47th)	Biswaprakash	NFDC	Susant Misra	[38]
2000 (48th)	No Award			[39]
2001 (49th)	Magunira Shagada	NFDC	Prafulla Mohanty	[40]
2002 (50th)	No Award			[41]
2003 (51st)	Aw Aaakare Aa	Subash Das	Subash Das	[42]
2004 (52nd)	No Award			[43]
2005 (53rd)	Kathantara	Iti Samanta	Himanshu Khatua	[44]
2006 (54th)	Puja Pain Phulatie	Padmini Puty	Gadadhar Puty	[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)	No Award			[51]
2013 (61st)	No Award			[52]
2014 (62nd)	Aadim Vichar	Mohapatra Movie Magic Pvt. Ltd.	Sabyasachi Mohapatra	[53]
2015 (63rd)	Pahada Ra Luha	Mohapatra Movie Magic Pvt. Ltd.	Sabyasachi Mohapatra	[54]
2016 (64th)	No Award			[55]
2017 (65th)	Hello Arsi	Ajaya Routray	Sambit Mohanty	[56]
2018 (66th)	No Award
2019 (67th)	Saala Budhar Badla	New Generation Films	Sabyasachi Mohapatra	[57]
	Kalira Atita	Eleenora Images Pvt Ltd.	Nila Madhab Panda
2020 (68th)	No Award
2021 (69th)	Pratikshya	Anupam Patnaik	Anupam Patnaik	[58]
2022 (70th)	Daman	• JP Motion Pictures  • Mentis Films	• Vishal Mourya  • Debi Prasad Lenka	[59]

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External links

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