# National Film Award for Best Exploration/Adventure Film

The National Film Award for Best Exploration/Adventure Film (including sports) 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 non-feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus).
The award was instituted in 1984, at 32nd National Film Awards and awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages. At the 70th National Film Awards, the award is discontinued and clubbed with National Film Award for Best Promotional Film, National Film Award for Best Scientific Film, National Film Award for Best Educational/Motivational/Instructional Film, National Film Award for Best Investigative Film, National Film Award for Best Anthropological/Ethnographic Film, National Film Award for Best Agriculture Film, National Film Award for Best Film on Social Issues and National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Environment/Conservation/Preservation Film, and two new categories were created; Best Documentary and Best Non Feature Film Promoting Social and Environmental Values.

## Winners

Award includes 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus) and cash prize. Following are the award winners over the years:
List of films, showing the year, language(s), producer(s) and director(s) :
| Year | Film(s) | Language(s) | Producer(s) | Director(s) |
| 1984 (32nd) | Everest 84 | English | Cinema Vision India | Siddharth Kak |
| 1985 (33rd) | High Adventure on White Waters | English | Yash Choudhary | C. L. Kaul |
| 1986 (34th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1987 (35th) | Antarctica: A Continuing Mystery (News Magazine No: 101) | English | Vijay B. Chandra for Films Division | Mahesh Kamble (Cameraman) |
| 1988 (36th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1989 (37th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1990 (38th) | The Indigenous of Manipur | English | Aribam Syam Sharma | Aribam Syam Sharma |
| 1991 (39th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1992 (40th) | Antarctica: A Scientists' Paradise | English | R. Krishna Mohan for Films Division | A. Udayashankar |
| 1993 (41st) | The Splendour of Garhwal and Roopkund | English | The Garhwal Mandal Vikas Nigam | Victor Banerjee |
| 1994 (42nd) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1995 (43rd) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1996 (44th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1997 (45th) | In Search of Excellence | Hindi | Kuldeep Sinha for Films Division | Raghu Krishna |
| 1998 (46th) | Malana: In Search Of | English | Neo Films | Vivek Mohan |
| 1999 (47th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 2000 (48th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 2001 (49th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 2002 (50th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 2003 (51st) | Madness in the Desert | English | Aamir Khan | Satyajit Bhatkal |
| 2004 (52nd) | Shores of Silence: Whale Sharks in India | English | Gautam Pandey | Ranjana Pandey |
| 2005 (53rd) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 2006 (54th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 2007 (55th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 2008 (56th) | Shingnaba | Manipuri | Bachaspa Timayum Sunzu | Bachaspa Timayum Sunzu |
| 2009 (57th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 2010 (58th) | Boxing Ladies | Hindi | Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute | Anusha Nandakumar |
| 2011 (59th) | The Finish Line | English | Syed Sultan Ahmed and Tabassum Modi | Akshay Roy |
| 2012 (60th) | Manipuri Pony | • English • Manipuri | Films Division of India | Aribam Syam Sharma |
| 2013 (61st) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 2014 (62nd) | Life Force – India's Western Ghats | English | Grey Films India Pvt. Ltd. | Nallamuthu Subbiah |
| 2015 (63rd) | Dribbling with their Future | • English • Tamil • Kannada | • N. Dinesh Raj Kumar • Mathew Varghese | Jacob Varghese |
| 2016 (64th) | Matitle Kusti | • English • Telugu | Madhavi Reddy | Prantik Vivek Deshmukh |
| 2017 (65th) | Ladakh Chale Richawala | | Films Division of India | Indrani Chakrabarti |
| 2018 (66th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 2019 (67th) | Wild Karnataka | English | Amoghavarsha J. S. | • Amoghavarsha J. S. • Kalyan Varma • Sarath Champati • Vijaya Mohan Raj |
| 2020 (68th) | Wheeling the Ball | • English • Hindi | Films Division of India | Mukesh Sharma |
| 2021 (69th) | Ayushman | • English • Kannada | • Mathew Varghese • Dinesh Rajkumar N. • Naveen Francis | Jacob Varghese |