# National Film Award for Best Film on Family Welfare

The National Film Award for Best Film on Family Welfare 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). At the 70th National Film Awards, the category was discontinued and combined with Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation, Best Film on National Integration and Best Film on Other Social Issues. The new award is named as Best Feature Film Promoting National, Social and Environmental Values.
The award was instituted in 1968, at 16th National Film Awards and awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages Hindi (7 Awards), Bengali (4 Awards), Malayalam (5 awards), Tamil (3 awards), Kannada, English and Gujarati (1 each).

## Winners

* Indicates a joint award for that year
Award includes 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus) and cash prize. Following are the award winners over the years:
List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), language(s), producer(s) and director(s) :
| Year | Film(s) | Language(s) | Producer(s) | Director(s) |
| 1968 (16th) | Anchal Ke Phool | Hindi | M. R. Seth | Karunesh Thakur |
| 1969 (17th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1970 (18th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1971 (19th) | | | | |
| 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) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1978 (26th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1979 (27th) | | | | |
| 1980 (28th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1981 (29th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1982 (30th) | Spandan | Hindi | • Satyanarayanan Misra • Abdul Majid • Durga Nanda | Biplab Roy Chowdhary |
| 1983 (31st) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1984 (32nd) | Mohan Joshi Hazir Ho! | Hindi | Saeed Akhtar Mirza | Saeed Akhtar Mirza |
| 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) | Sandhya Raagam | Tamil | Balu Mahendra (A Doordarshan production) | Balu Mahendra |
| 1990 (38th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1991 (39th) | Durga | Hindi | NFDC | Basu Chatterjee |
| 1992 (40th) | Shwet Paatharer Thala | Bengali | Shankar Gope | Prabhat Roy |
| 1993 (41st) | Akashadoothu | Malayalam | Anupama Cinema | Siby Malayil |
| 1994 (42nd) | Karuththamma | Tamil | Vetrivel Art Creations | Bharathiraja |
| 1995 (43rd) | Mini | Malayalam | Madhu | P. Chandrakumar |
| 1996 (44th) | Lathi | Bengali | Robin Agarwal | Prabhat Roy |
| 1997 (45th) | Samaantharangal | Malayalam | Balachandra Menon | Balachandra Menon |
| 1998 (46th) | Atmiyo Swajan | Bengali | Dhatri Films | Raja Sen |
| 1999 (47th) | Hari-Bhari | Hindi | Government of India | Shyam Benegal |
| 2000 (48th) | Kal Kaa Aadmi | Hindi | Ministry of Health and Family Welfare | Amol Palekar |
| 2001 (49th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 2002 (50th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 2003 (51st) | Paadam Onnu: Oru Vilapam | Malayalam | Aryadan Shaukat | T. V. Chandran |
| 2004 (52nd) | Hasina | Kannada | Chiguru Chitra | Girish Kasaravalli |
| 2005 (53rd) | Thavamai Thavamirundhu | Tamil | P. Shanmugam | Cheran |
| 2006 (54th) | Karutha Pakshikal | Malayalam | • Kaladharan K. V. • Vallabhan K. G. | Kamal |
| 2006 (54th) | Faltu | Bengali | Arindam Chaudhuri | Anjan Das |
| 2007 (55th) | Taare Zameen Par | Hindi | Aamir Khan | Aamir Khan |
| 2008 (56th) | Little Zizou | • English • Gujarati | Jigri Dost Productions | Sooni Taraporevala |