# National Film Award for Second Best Feature Film

The National Film Award for Second Best Feature Film 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 feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus).
The award was instituted in 1957, at the 5th National Film Awards. It was awarded annually to a film produced in India that year, in any Indian language. It was last awarded in 1992, at the 40th National Film Awards.

## Winners

Award includes 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus) and cash prize. Following are the award winners over the years:
Awards legends :
| * | Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature Film |
List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), language(s), producer(s) and director(s) :
| Year | Film(s) | Language(s) | Producer(s) | Director(s) |
| 1957 (5th) | Andhare Alo | Bengali | Sreemati Pictures | Haridas Bhattacharya |
| 1958 (6th) | Jalsaghar | Bengali | Satyajit Ray | Satyajit Ray |
| 1959 (7th) | Heera Moti | Hindi | Pravin Desai | Krishnan Chopra |
| 1960 (8th) | Kshudhita Pashan | Bengali | Hemen Ganguly | Tapan Sinha |
| 1961 (9th) | Pava Mannippu | Tamil | Buddha Pictures | A. Bhimsingh |
| 1962 (10th) | Abhijan | Bengali | Abhijatrik | Satyajit Ray |
| 1963 (11th) | Nartanasala | Telugu | • Sridhar Rao • C. Lakshmi Rajyam | K. Kameswara Rao |
| 1964 (12th) | Haqeeqat | Hindi | Chetan Anand | Chetan Anand |
| 1965 (13th) | Atithi | Bengali | New Theaters Pvt Ltd. | Tapan Sinha |
| 1966 (14th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1967 (15th) | Upkar | Hindi | R. N. Goswami | Manoj Kumar |
| 1968 (16th) | Thulabharam | Malayalam | Supriya Pictures | A. Vincent |
| 1969 (17th) | Dibratrir Kabya | Bengali | • Bimal Bhowmick • Narayan Chakraborty | Khwaja Ahmad Abbas |
| 1970 (18th) | Pratidwandi | Bengali | • Nepal Dutta • Asim Dutta | Satyajit Ray |
| 1971 (19th) | Anubhav | Hindi | Basu Bhattacharya | Basu Bhattacharya |
| 1972 (20th) | Calcutta 71 | Bengali | D. S. Sultania | Mrinal Sen |
| 1973 (21st) | Kaadu | Kannada | • K. N. Narayan • G. N. Lakshmipathy | Girish Karnad |
| 1974 (22nd) | Ankur | Hindi | Blaze Film Enterprises | Shyam Benegal |
| 1975 (23rd) | Mausam | Hindi | P. Mallikharjuna Rao | Gulzar |
| 1976 (24th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1977 (25th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1978 (26th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1979 (27th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1980 (28th) | Oppol | Malayalam | Rosamma George | K. S. Sethumadhavan |
| 1981 (29th) | Pokkuveyil | Malayalam | K. Ravindranathan Nair | G. Aravindan |
| 1982 (30th) | Kharij | Bengali | Neel Kanth Films | Mrinal Sen |
| 1983 (31st) | Maya Miriga | Oriya | NFDC | Nirad N. Mohapatra |
| 1984 (32nd) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1985 (33rd) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1986 (34th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1987 (35th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1988 (36th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1989 (37th) | Parshuramer Kuthar | Bengali | Dhurjati Prasad Mukherji | Nabyendu Chattopadhyay |
| 1990 (38th) | Ek Doctor Ki Maut | Hindi | NFDC | Tapan Sinha |
| 1991 (39th) | Firingoti | Assamese | • Sailadhar Baruah • Jahnu Barua | Jahnu Barua |
| 1992 (40th) | Padma Nadir Majhi | Bengali | Government of West Bengal | Gautam Ghose |