# National Film Award for Best Bengali Feature Film

The National Film Award for Best Bengali 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). Since the 70th National Film Awards, the name was changed to "Best Bengali Feature Film".
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.
Awards for films in seven regional language (Bengali, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil and Telugu) started from 2nd National Film Awards which were presented on 21 December 1955. Three awards of "President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film", "Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature Film" and "Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Feature Film" were instituted. The later two certificate awards were discontinued from 15th National Film Awards (1967).
Directed by Chitta Bose, the 1954 film Chheley Kaar was honoured with the first president's silver medal for Best Feature Film in Bengali. Certificate of Merit for Second and Third Best Feature Films in Bengali were received by Jadubhatta and Annapurnar Mandir respectively. Following is the list of Silver Lotus Award (Rajat Kamal) recipient films produced in Bengali language.

## 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 |
| * | 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) |
| 1954 (2nd) | Chheley Kaar | Charan Chitra | Chitta Bose |
| 1954 (2nd) | Jadu Bhatta | Sunrise Film Distributors | Niren Lahiri |
| 1954 (2nd) | Annapurnar Mandir | Chitra Mandir | Naresh Mitra |
| 1955 (3rd) | Pather Panchali | Government of West Bengal | Satyajit Ray |
| 1955 (3rd) | Rani Rashmoni | Chalachitra Pratishthan | Kali Prasad Ghosh |
| 1955 (3rd) | Rai Kamal | Aurora Film Corporation | Subodh Mitra |
| 1956 (4th) | Kabuliwala | Charuchitra | Tapan Sinha |
| 1956 (4th) | Mahakavi Girishchandra | Emkeji Productions | Madhu Bose |
| 1956 (4th) | Ek Din Ratre | R. K. Films | • Sombhu Mitra • Amit Maitra |
| 1957 (5th) | Andhare Alo | Sreemati Pictures | Haridas Bhattacharya |
| 1957 (5th) | Louha-Kapat | L. B. Films International | Tapan Sinha |
| 1957 (5th) | Harano Sur | Alochaya Productions | Ajoy Kar |
| 1958 (6th) | Sagar Sangamey | De Luxe Film Distributors Ltd. | Debaki Bose |
| 1958 (6th) | Jalsaghar | Aurora Film Corporation | Satyajit Ray |
| 1958 (6th) | Daak Harkara | Agragami Productions | Agragami |
| 1959 (7th) | Bicharak | Arundhati Mukherjee | Prabhat Mukherjee |
| 1960 (8th) | Devi | Satyajit Ray | Satyajit Ray |
| 1960 (8th) | Ganga | Cine Art Production Pvt Ltd. | Rajen Tarafdar |
| 1961 (9th) | Samapti | Satyajit Ray | Satyajit Ray |
| 1961 (9th) | Saptapadi | Uttam Kumar | Ajoy Kar |
| 1961 (9th) | Punascha | Mrinal Sen | Mrinal Sen |
| 1962 (10th) | Kancher Swarga | Prokash Chandra Nan | Yatrik |
| 1962 (10th) | Nishithe | Agragami Productions | Agragami |
| 1963 (11th) | Uttar Falguni | Uttam Kumar | Asit Sen |
| 1963 (11th) | Saat Paake Bandha | R. D. Bansal | Ajoy Kar |
| 1963 (11th) | Jatu Griha | Uttam Kumar | Tapan Sinha |
| 1964 (12th) | Aarohi | Asim Pal | Tapan Sinha |
| 1964 (12th) | Anustup Chhanda | B. K. Productions | Pijush Bose |
| 1965 (13th) | Akash Kusum | Ranjit Basu | Mrinal Sen |
| 1965 (13th) | Subarnarekha | Radheshyam | Ritwik Ghatak |
| 1965 (13th) | Raja Rammohun | Aurora Film Corporation | Bijoy Basu |
| 1966 (14th) | Nayak | • R. D. Banshal • Sharankumari Bansal | Satyajit Ray |
| 1967 (15th) | Arogya Niketan | Aurora Film Corporation | Bijoy Bose |
| 1968 (16th) | Apanjan | • R. N. Malhotra • R. K. Kapur • T. M. Shah | Tapan Sinha |
| 1969 (17th) | Natun Pata | M/s Gora Pictures | Dinen Gupta |
| 1970 (18th) | Malyadan | • Ajoy Kar • Bimal Dey | Ajoy Kar |
| 1971 (19th) | Nimantran | | Tarun Majumdar |
| 1972 (20th) | Strir Patra | Dhrupadi | Purnendu Patri |
| 1973 (21st) | Ashani Sanket | Sarbeni Bhattacharya | Satyajit Ray |
| 1974 (22nd) | Sonar Kella | Information and Public Relations Department, Government of West Bengal | Satyajit Ray |
| 1975 (23rd) | Palanka | M/s. Filmarts, Calcutta | Rajen Tarafdar |
| 1976 (24th) | Ek Je Chillo Desh | – | Tapan Sinha |
| 1977 (25th) | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1978 (26th) | Dooratwa | Buddhadeb Dasgupta | Buddhadeb Dasgupta |
| 1979 (27th) | Ek Din Pratidin | Amalendu Chakraborty | Mrinal Sen |
| 1980 (28th) | Hirak Rajar Deshe | • Information & Cultural Affairs Department • Government of West Bengal | Satyajit Ray |
| 1981 (29th) | Adalat o Ekti Meye | Dhiresh Kumar Chakraborty | Tapan Sinha |
| 1982 (30th) | Nagmoti | Sibaprasad Sen | Gautam Chattopadhyay |
| 1983 (31st) | Vasundhra | Sanjukta Films | Sekhar Chatterjee |
| 1984 (32nd) | Ghare Baire | NFDC | Satyajit Ray |
| 1985 (33rd) | Paroma | • Nirmal Kumar Guha • Niharendu Guha • Sukhendu Guha • Sarojendu Guha | Aparna Sen |
| 1986 (34th) | Phera | Buddhadeb Dasgupta | Buddhadeb Dasgupta |
| 1987 (35th) | Antarjali Jatra | NFDC | Gautam Ghose |
| 1988 (36th) | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1989 (37th) | Ganashatru | NFDC | Satyajit Ray |
| 1990 (38th) | Atmaja | Raj Kumar Jain | Nabyendu Chatterjee |
| 1991 (39th) | Antardhan | • Nabakumar Chandra • Swapan Kumar Mitra • Sucheta Mitra | Tapan Sinha |
| 1992 (40th) | Tahader Katha | NFDC | Buddhadeb Dasgupta |
| 1993 (41st) | Antareen | • NFDC • Doordarshan | Mrinal Sen |
| 1994 (42nd) | Amodini | • NFDC • Doordarshan | Chidananda Dasgupta |
| 1995 (43rd) | Yugant | NFDC | Aparna Sen |
| 1996 (44th) | Sanghat | Pinaki Chaudhuri | Pinaki Chaudhuri |
| 1997 (45th) | Dahan | • Bijay Agarwal • Kalpana Agarwal | Rituparno Ghosh |
| 1998 (46th) | Asukh | D. Ramanaidu | Rituparno Ghosh |
| 1999 (47th) | Paromitar Ek Din | Rajesh Agarwal | Aparna Sen |
| 2000 (48th) | Dekha | Ramesh Gandhi | Gautam Ghose |
| 2001 (49th) | Hemanter Pakhi | NFDC | Urmi Chakraborty |
| 2002 (50th) | Shubho Mahurat | Jagannath Productions | Rituparno Ghosh |
| 2003 (51st) | Chokher Bali | • Shrikant Mohta • Mahendra Soni | Rituparno Ghosh |
| 2004 (52nd) | Krantikaal | Shampa Bhattacharjee | Shekhar Das |
| 2005 (53rd) | Herbert | • Kajal Bhattacharjee • Abanti Chakraborty | Suman Mukhopadhyay |
| 2006 (54th) | Anuranan | • Jeet Banerjee • Indrani Mukerjee • Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury | Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury |
| 2006 (54th) | Podokkhep | Nitesh Sharma | Suman Ghosh |
| 2007 (55th) | Ballygunge Court | Ganesh Kumar Bagaria | Pinaki Chaudhuri |
| 2008 (56th) | Shob Charitro Kalponik | Reliance Entertainment | Rituparno Ghosh |
| 2009 (57th) | Abohomaan | Reliance Entertainment | Rituparno Ghosh |
| 2010 (58th) | Ami Aadu | New Theatres Pvt. Ltd | Somnath Gupta |
| 2011 (59th) | Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbona | Rana Sarkar | Anjan Dutt |
| 2012 (60th) | Shabdo | Brand Value Communications Ltd. | Kaushik Ganguly |
| 2013 (61st) | Bakita Byaktigato | Tripod Entertainment Pvt Ltd. | Pradipta Bhattacharyya |
| 2014 (62nd) | Nirbashito | Kaushik Ganguly Productions | Churni Ganguly |
| 2015 (63rd) | Shankhachil | Nideas Creations & Productions | Goutam Ghose |
| 2016 (64th) | Bishorjan | M/s Opera | Kaushik Ganguly |
| 2017 (65th) | Mayurakshi | • Firdausul Hasan • Prabal Halder | Atanu Ghosh |
| 2018 (66th) | Ek Je Chhilo Raja | Shree Venkatesh Films | Srijit Mukherji |
| 2019 (67th) | Gumnaami | Shree Venkatesh Films | Srijit Mukherji |
| 2020 (68th) | Avijatrik | GMB Films Pvt.Ltd | Subhrajit Mitra |
| 2021 (69th) | Kalkokkho | Aurora Film Corporation | • Sarmistha Maiti  • Rajdeep Paul |
| 2022 (70th) | Kaberi Antardhan | Surinder Films | Kaushik Ganguly |