# National Film Award for Best Children's Film

The National Film Award for Best Children's 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 Golden Lotus (Swarna Kamal).
The award was instituted in 1954, at 1st National Film Awards and awarded annually for children's films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages; Hindi (28 Awards), Bengali (7 Awards), Malayalam and Kannada (6 each), English (5 Awards), Marathi (3 Awards), Tamil, Telugu, Odia and Assamese (1 each).

## Winners

Award includes 'Golden Lotus Award' (Swarna Kamal) and cash prize. Following are the award winners over the years:
Awards legends :
| * | Swarna Kamal (Gold Medal) for the Best Children's Film |
| * | Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Children's Film |
| * | Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Children's Film |
| * | Certificate of Merit for the Best Children's Film |
| * | Indicates a joint award for that year |
List of award films, showing the year (award ceremony), language(s), producer(s) and director(s) :
| Year | Film(s) | Language(s) | Producer(s) | Director(s) |
| 1953 (1st) | Khela Ghar | Bengali | Aurora Films | – |
| 1954 (2nd) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1955 (3rd) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1956 (4th) | Jaldeep | Bengali | Children's Film Society | Kidar Sharma |
| 1957 (5th) | Hum Panchhi Ek Daal Ke | Hindi | AVM Productions | P. L. Santoshi |
| 1957 (5th) | Janmatithi | Bengali | R. B. Films | Dilip Mukherjee |
| 1958 (6th) | Virsa and the Magic Doll | English | Little Cinema Pvt Ltd. | Santi P. Chowdhury |
| 1959 (7th) | Banyan Deer | English | Films Division | • Ahmed Lateef • Shanti Verma • G. G. Saraiya |
| 1960 (8th) | Phool Aur Kaliyan | Hindi | Rajkamal Kalamandir | Ram Gabale |
| 1960 (8th) | Idd Mubarak | Hindi | Children's Film Society | Khwaja Ahmad Abbas |
| 1960 (8th) | Delhi Ki Kahani | Hindi | Children's Film Society | Rajendra Kumar |
| 1961 (9th) | Hattogol Vijay | Hindi | Hari S. Dasgupta Productions | • Buju Das Gupta • Raghunath Goswami |
| 1961 (9th) | Savitri | Hindi | Children's Film Society | Phani Majumdar |
| 1961 (9th) | Nanhe Munne Sitare | Hindi | Ajay Kumar Chakravarty | Ajay Kumar Chakravarty |
| 1962 (10th) | Raju Aur Gangaram | Hindi | Children's Film Society | Ezra Mir |
| 1963 (11th) | Panch Puthliyan | Hindi | Children's Film Society | Amit Bose |
| 1964 (12th) | | | | |
| 1965 (13th) | The Adventure of A Sugar Doll | English | Children's Film Society | Kantilal Rathod |
| 1965 (13th) | As You Like It | English | Children's Film Society | S. Shankar |
| 1966 (14th) | | | | |
| 1967 (15th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1968 (16th) | Heerer Prajapati | Bengali | Children's Film Society | Shanti P. Chowdhury |
| 1969 (17th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1970 (18th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1971 (19th) | Wings of Fire | English | – | – |
| 1972 (20th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1973 (21st) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1974 (22nd) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1975 (23rd) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1976 (24th) | | | | |
| 1977 (25th) | Safed Haathi | Hindi | • R. A. Jalan • Pratap Agarwal | Tapan Sinha |
| 1978 (26th) | Joi Baba Felunath | Bengali | R. D. Bansal | Satyajit Ray |
| 1979 (27th) | | | | |
| 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) | Bhombal Sardar | Bengali | Government of West Bengal | Nripen Ganguly |
| 1984 (32nd) | My Dear Kuttichathan | Malayalam | M. C. Punnoose | Jijo Punnoose |
| 1985 (33rd) | Aazadi Ki Ore | Hindi | Sangeethalaya | P. S. Prakash |
| 1986 (34th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1987 (35th) | Swamy | Hindi | T. S. Narasimhan | Shankar Nag |
| 1988 (36th) | Manu Uncle | Malayalam | Joy Thomas | Dennis Joseph |
| 1989 (37th) | Ankur Maina Aur Kabootar | Hindi | Children's Film Society | Madan Bawaria |
| 1989 (37th) | Jamboo Savari | Kannada | K. S. L. Swame (Lalitha Ravee) | K. S. L. Swame (Lalitha Ravee) |
| 1990 (38th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1991 (39th) | Abhayam | Malayalam | Children's Film Society | Sivan |
| 1992 (40th) | Mujhse Dosti Karoge | Hindi | National Center of Films for Children and Young People | Gopi Desai |
| 1993 (41st) | Lavanya Preeti | Oriya | National Center of Films for Children and Young People | Apurba Kishore Bir |
| 1994 (42nd) | Kochaniyan | Malayalam | Bushura Shahudeen | Satheesh Vengannoor |
| 1994 (42nd) | Abhay | Hindi | National Center of Films for Children and Young People | Annu Kapoor |
| 1995 (43rd) | Halo | Hindi | National Center of Films for Children and Young People | Santosh Sivan |
| 1996 (44th) | Damu | Bengali | Art Films | Raja Sen |
| 1997 (45th) | Ramayanam | Telugu | M. S. Reddy | Gunasekhar |
| 1998 (46th) | Kabhi Pass Kabhi Fail | Hindi | National Center of Films for Children and Young People | Virendra Saini |
| 1999 (47th) | Goal | Hindi | Children's Film Society | Gul Bahar Singh |
| 2000 (48th) | Gharaksharangal | Malayalam | Salim Padiyath | Salim Padiyath |
| 2001 (49th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 2002 (50th) | Baaja | Hindi | Children's Film Society | Apurba Kishore Bir |
| 2003 (51st) | Tora | Assamese | Children's Film Society | Jahnu Barua |
| 2004 (52nd) | Chutkan Ki Mahabharat | Hindi | Children's Film Society | Sankalp Meshram |
| 2005 (53rd) | The Blue Umbrella | Hindi | UTV Motion Pictures | Vishal Bhardwaj |
| 2006 (54th) | Care of Footpath | Kannada | Shylaja Shrikanth | Kishan Shrikanth |
| 2007 (55th) | Photo | Hindi | Children's Film Society | Virendra Saini |
| 2008 (56th) | Gubbachigalu | Kannada | Media House Studio | Abhaya Simha |
| 2009 (57th) | Putaani Party | Kannada | Children's Film Society | Ramchandra P. N. |
| 2009 (57th) | Keshu | Malayalam | Children's Film Society | Sivan |
| 2010 (58th) | Hejjegalu | Kannada | Basanta Kumar Patil | P. R. Ramadas Naidu |
| 2011 (59th) | Chillar Party | Hindi | • UTV Software Communications • Salman Khan | • Vikas Bahl • Nitesh Tiwari |
| 2012 (60th) | Dekh Indian Circus | Hindi | Mahaveer Jain | Mangesh Hadawale |
| 2013 (61st) | Kaphal | Hindi | Children's Film Society | Batul Mukhtiar |
| 2014 (62nd) | Kaaka Muttai | Tamil | Grass Root Film Company | M. Manikandan |
| 2014 (62nd) | Elizabeth Ekadashi | Marathi | Essel Vision Productions Ltd. | Paresh Mokashi |
| 2015 (63rd) | Budhia Singh – Born to Run | Hindi | Code Red Films | Soumendra Padhi |
| 2016 (64th) | Dhanak | Hindi | Drishyam Films | Nagesh Kukunoor |
| 2017 (65th) | Mhorkya | Marathi | Kalyan Rajmogli Padal | Amar Bharat Deokar |
| 2018 (66th) | Sarkari Hi. Pra. Shaale, Kasaragodu, Koduge: Ramanna Rai | Kannada | Rishab Shetty Films | Rishab Shetty |
| 2019 (67th) | Kastoori | Hindi | Insight Films | Vinod Uttreshwar Kamble |
| 2020 (68th) | Sumi | Marathi | Harshall Kamat Entertainment & Golden Mouse Productions | Amol Vasant Gole |
| 2021 (69th) | Gandhi & Co. | Gujarati | | Manish Saini |
| 2022 (70th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |