# National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film on Family Welfare

The National Film Award for Best Non-Feature 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 Non-Feature Films and awarded with 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus).
The award was instituted in 1982, at 30th National Film Awards and awarded annually for short films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages. It was discontinued from the 70th National Film Awards.

## Awards

Award includes 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus Award) and cash prize. Cash prize amount varied over the period. Following table illustrates the cash prize amount over the years:
| Year (Period) | Cash Prize |
| 1982 –2005 | Producer and Director: Rajat Kamal and ₹10,000 (US$120) Each |
| 2006–2021 | Producer and Director: Rajat Kamal and ₹50,000 (US$580) Each |

### Winners

Following are the award winners over the years:
* Indicates a joint award for that year
List of films, showing the year, language(s), producer(s) and director(s) :
| Year | Film(s) | Language(s) | Producer(s) | Director(s) |
| 1982 (30th) | Kal Aur Aaj | Hindi | Vimala Swaminathan | Vimala Swaminathan |
| 1983 (31st) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1984 (32nd) | Sweekar | Hindi | Bal Mehta | Vishram Revankar |
| 1984 (32nd) | Geeli Meetti | Hindi | Women and Social Welfare Ministry | Sanjay Kak |
| 1985 (33rd) | Bai | Marathi | • Streevani • Ishvani | Sumitra Bhave |
| 1986 (34th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1987 (35th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1988 (36th) | Lacchmi | Hindi | K. K. Garg for Films Division | Om Prakash Sharma |
| 1988 (36th) | Nirnay | Hindi | B. R. Shedge for Films Division | R. R. Swamy |
| 1989 (37th) | Boy or Girl — How? | Hindi | B. R. Shendge | R. R. Swamy |
| 1990 (38th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1991 (39th) | A Matter of Motherhood | English | Rajiv Mehrotra | Rajiv Mehrotra |
| 1992 (40th) | Suno Bahu Rani | Hindi | Om Prakash Sharma for Films Division | K. K. Kapil |
| 1993 (41st) | Taveez | Hindi | Rajeev Mohan for Films Division | Purushottam Berde for Films Division |
| 1994 (42nd) | Clint | • Malayalam • English | Shiva Kumar | Shiva Kumar |
| 1995 (43rd) | Soch Samajh Ke | Hindi | • Shanta Gokhle • Arun Khopkar | Arun Khopkar |
| 1996 (44th) | Bhit | Bengali | • Films Division • K. R. G. Films | Glbahar Singh |
| 1997 (45th) | The Saviour | Hindi | Shaila Paralkar | Shaila Paralkar |
| 1997 (45th) | Banglar Baul | Bengali | Yash Chaudhary | K. G. Das |
| 1998 (46th) | N. M. No. 367 – Sentence of Silence | English | Y. N. Engineer for Films Division | Joshy Joseph for Films Division |
| 1999 (47th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 2000 (48th) | Akkareninnu | Malayalam | • T. Sunil Kumar • Susmitham • Pallimalkunnu | • T. Sunil Kumar • Susmitham • Pallimalkunnu |
| 2000 (48th) | Mahananda | Bengali | Films Division | Madhuchhanda Sengupta |
| 2001 (49th) | Sayante Thinte Padavukal | Malayalam | Ratheesh Ramayya | Satheesh Venganoor |
| 2002 (50th) | Dhatri Panna | Hindi | • Films Division • Ministry of Health and Family Welfare | Gul Bahar Singh |
| 2003 (51st) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 2004 (52nd) | Saanjh | Hindi | Tripurari Sharan for Film and Television Institute of India | Jasmine Kaur |
| 2005 (53rd) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 2006 (54th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 2007 (55th) | Making The Face | English | Public Service Broadcasting Trust | Suvendu Chatterjee |
| 2008 (56th) | Appuvin Nayagan – Spotty (My Hero) | Tamil | A.V. Anoop | Madhavan |
| 2009 (57th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 2010 (58th) | Love in India | • Bengali • English | Overdose | Kaushik Mukherjee |
| 2011 (59th) | Red Building where the Sun Sets | English | • Syed Sultan Ahmed • Tabassum Modi | Revathi |
| 2012 (60th) | After Glow | • English • Gujarati | FTII | Kaushal Oza |
| 2013 (61st) | Heyro Party | Bengali | • Baishakhi Banerjee • Deepak Gawade | Deepak Gawade |
| 2014 (62nd) | Towards the Silver Lining | English | Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute | Bhabani Tamuli |
| 2015 (63rd) | Best Friends Forever | English | Syed Sultan Ahmed (Edumedia India) | Sandeep Modi |
| 2016 (64th) | Little Magician | English | Syed Sultan Ahmed | Neha Sharma |
| 2017 (65th) | Happy Birthday | | FTII | Medhpranav Babasaheb Powar |
| 2018 (66th) | Chalo Jeete Hain | | Sundial Ventures Pvt. Ltd. | Mangesh Hadavale |
| 2019 (67th) | Oru Paathiraa Swapnam Pole | Malayalam | Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute | Sharan Venugopal |
| 2020 (68th) | Kumkumarchan (Worship of the Goddess) | Marathi | Studio Filmy Monks | Abhijeet Arvind Dalvi |
| 2021 (69th) | Chand Saanse | Hindi | Chandrakant Kulkarni | Pratima Joshi |