# National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment

The National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the National Film Development Corporation of India, and was constituted in the year 1975. This is one of the Golden Lotus Awards (Swarna Kamal) given among National Film Awards. It is announced for films produced in a year across the country, in all Indian languages.
Films in the following languages have won the Best Popular Feature Film award: Hindi (29 awards), Telugu (6 awards), Tamil (4 awards), Malayalam (3 awards), Bengali (2 awards), and Kannada (2 awards).
With six wins, Yash Raj Films is the production house with the most wins. With five wins, Yash Chopra is the producer with the most wins, producing most of the company's winning films. He has also directed four winning films, the most for any director. Shah Rukh Khan has starred in seven winning films, the most for any actor in a leading role, followed by Aamir Khan with five winning films. Madhuri Dixit and Kajol have each starred in three winning films, the most for any actress in a leading role.

## Winners

* Indicates a joint award for that year
List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), language(s), producer(s) and director(s) :
| Year | Film(s) | Language(s) | Producer(s) | Director(s) |
| 1974 (22nd) | Kora Kagaz | Hindi | Sanat Kothari for Shreeji Films | Anil Ganguly |
| 1975 (23rd) | Tapasya | Hindi | Rajshri Productions | Anil Ganguly |
| 1976 (24th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1977 (25th) | Swami | Hindi | Jaya Charavarthy | Basu Chatterjee |
| 1978 (26th) | Ganadevata | Bengali | • Department of Information and Cultural Affairs • Government of West Bengal | Tarun Majumdar |
| 1979 (27th) | Sankarabharanam | Telugu | Edida Nageswara Rao | K. Viswanath |
| 1980 (28th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1981 (29th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1982 (30th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1983 (31st) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1984 (32nd) | Koni | Bengali | Government of West Bengal | Saroj Dey |
| 1985 (33rd) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1986 (34th) | Samsaram Adhu Minsaram | Tamil | AVM Productions | Visu |
| 1987 (35th) | Pushpaka Vimana | Kannada | • Singeetam Srinivasa Rao • Shringar Nagaraj | Singeetam Srinivasa Rao |
| 1988 (36th) | Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak | Hindi | Nasir Hussain Films | Mansoor Khan |
| 1989 (37th) | Chandni | Hindi | Yash Raj Films | Yash Chopra |
| 1989 (37th) | Geethanjali | Telugu | Bhagyalakshmi Enterprises | Mani Ratnam |
| 1990 (38th) | Ghayal | Hindi | Dharmendra | Rajkumar Santoshi |
| 1991 (39th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1992 (40th) | Sargam | Malayalam | Bhavani | Hariharan |
| 1993 (41st) | Manichitrathazhu | Malayalam | Appachan | Fazil |
| 1993 (41st) | Darr | Hindi | Yash Chopra | Yash Chopra |
| 1994 (42nd) | Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! | Hindi | Rajshri Productions | Sooraj R. Barjatya |
| 1995 (43rd) | Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge | Hindi | Yash Chopra | Aditya Chopra |
| 1996 (44th) | Maachis | Hindi | R. V. Pandit | Gulzar |
| 1997 (45th) | Dil To Pagal Hai | Hindi | Yash Chopra | Yash Chopra |
| 1998 (46th) | Kuch Kuch Hota Hai | Hindi | Yash Johar | Karan Johar |
| 1999 (47th) | Sarfarosh | Hindi | John Matthew Matthan | John Matthew Matthan |
| 2000 (48th) | Vaanathaippola | Tamil | V. Ravichandran | Vikraman |
| 2001 (49th) | Lagaan | Hindi | Aamir Khan | Ashutosh Gowariker |
| 2002 (50th) | Devdas | Hindi | Bharat Shah | Sanjay Leela Bhansali |
| 2003 (51st) | Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. | Hindi | Vidhu Vinod Chopra | Rajkumar Hirani |
| 2004 (52nd) | Veer-Zaara | Hindi | Yash Raj Films | Yash Chopra |
| 2004 (52nd) | Autograph | Tamil | Cheran | Cheran |
| 2005 (53rd) | Rang De Basanti | Hindi | • UTV Motion Pictures • Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Pictures | Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra |
| 2006 (54th) | Lage Raho Munna Bhai | Hindi | Vidhu Vinod Chopra | Rajkumar Hirani |
| 2007 (55th) | Chak De! India | Hindi | Aditya Chopra | Shimit Amin |
| 2008 (56th) | Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! | Hindi | UTV Motion Pictures | Dibakar Banerjee |
| 2009 (57th) | 3 Idiots | Hindi | Vidhu Vinod Chopra | Rajkumar Hirani |
| 2010 (58th) | Dabangg | Hindi | • Arbaaz Khan • Malaika Arora Khan • Dhillin Mehta | Abhinav Kashyap |
| 2011 (59th) | Azhagarsamiyin Kuthirai | Tamil | P. Madhan | Suseenthiran |
| 2012 (60th) | Vicky Donor | Hindi | • Sunil Lulla • John Abraham • Ronnie Lahiri • Ram Mirchandani | Shoojit Sircar |
| 2012 (60th) | Ustad Hotel | Malayalam | Listin Stephen | Anwar Rasheed |
| 2013 (61st) | Bhaag Milkha Bhaag | Hindi | Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra | Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra |
| 2014 (62nd) | Mary Kom | Hindi | Sanjay Leela Bhansali | Omung Kumar |
| 2015 (63rd) | Bajrangi Bhaijaan | Hindi | • Salman Khan • Rockline Venkatesh | Kabir Khan |
| 2016 (64th) | Sathamanam Bhavati | Telugu | Dil Raju | Satish Vegesna |
| 2017 (65th) | Baahubali 2: The Conclusion | Telugu | • Shobu Yarlagadda • Prasad Devineni | S. S. Rajamouli |
| 2018 (66th) | Badhaai Ho | Hindi | Junglee Pictures Limited | Amit Sharma |
| 2019 (67th) | Maharshi | Telugu | Dil Raju | Vamshi Paidipally |
| 2020 (68th) | Tanhaji : The Unsung Warrior | Hindi | Ajay Devgn | Om Raut |
| 2021 (69th) | RRR | Telugu | D. V. V. Danayya | S. S. Rajamouli |
| 2022 (70th) | Kantara | Kannada | Vijay Kiragandur | Rishab Shetty |

## Explanatory notes

* ↑ Vijay Anand (Leading Actor) and Jaya Bhaduri (Leading Actress) were awarded with Medallion.