# Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration

The Nargis Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration was one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organization set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is 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 Family Welfare 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 1965, at 13th National Film Awards and awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages.

## Winners

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) |
| 1965 (13th) | Shaheed | Hindi | Kewal Kashyap | S. Ram Sharma |
| 1966 (14th) | Subhas Chandra | Bengali | A. K. Banerjee | Piyush Bose |
| 1967 (15th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1968 (16th) | Janmabhoomi | Malayalam | Roopa Rekha | John Sankaramangalam |
| 1969 (17th) | Saat Hindustani | Hindi | Khwaja Ahmad Abbas | Khwaja Ahmad Abbas |
| 1970 (18th) | Thurakkatha Vathil | Malayalam | A. Raghunath | P. Bhaskaran |
| 1971 (19th) | Do Boond Pani | Hindi | Khwaja Ahmad Abbas | Khwaja Ahmad Abbas |
| 1972 (20th) | Achanum Bappayum | Malayalam | C. C. Baby | K. S. Sethumadhavan |
| 1973 (21st) | Garm Hava | Hindi | Unit 3 MM | M. S. Sathyu |
| 1974 (22nd) | Parinay | Hindi | Samantar Chitra | Kantilal Rathod |
| 1975 (23rd) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1976 (24th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1977 (25th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1978 (26th) | Grahana | Kannada | Harsha Pictures | T. S. Nagabharana |
| 1979 (27th) | 22 June 1897 | Marathi | • Nachiket Patwardhan • Jayoo Patwardhan | • Nachiket Patwardhan • Jayoo Patwardhan |
| 1980 (28th) | Bhavni Bhavai | Gujarati | Sanchar Film Cooperative Society Ltd. | Ketan Mehta |
| 1981 (29th) | Saptapadi | Telugu | Bheemavarapu Buchhireddy | K. Viswanath |
| 1982 (30th) | Aaroodam | Malayalam | Rosamma George | I. V. Sasi |
| 1983 (31st) | Sookha | Hindi | M. S. Sathyu | M. S. Sathyu |
| 1984 (32nd) | Aadmi Aur Aurat | Hindi | Doordarshan | Tapan Sinha |
| 1985 (33rd) | Sree Narayana Guru | Malayalam | A. Jaffer | P. A. Backer |
| 1986 (34th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1987 (35th) | Tamas | Hindi | Blaze Entertainment | Govind Nihalani |
| 1988 (36th) | Rudraveena | Telugu | Nagendra Babu | K. Balachander |
| 1989 (37th) | Santha Shishunala Sharifa | Kannada | Yajaman Enterprises | T. S. Nagabharana |
| 1990 (38th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1991 (39th) | Aadi Mimansa | Oriya | Apurba Kishore Bir | Apurba Kishore Bir |
| 1992 (40th) | Roja | Tamil | Kavithalayaa Productions | Mani Ratnam |
| 1993 (41st) | Sardar | Hindi | Late H. M. Patel | Ketan Mehta |
| 1994 (42nd) | Mukta | Marathi | Ashok B. Mhatre | Jabbar Patel |
| 1995 (43rd) | Bombay | Tamil | • Mani Ratnam • S. Sriram | Mani Ratnam |
| 1996 (44th) | Kaanaakkinaavu | Malayalam | P. V. Gangadharan | Sibi Malayil |
| 1997 (45th) | Border | Hindi | J. P. Dutta | J. P. Dutta |
| 1998 (46th) | Zakhm | Hindi | Pooja Bhatt | Mahesh Bhatt |
| 1999 (47th) | Shaheed Udham Singh | Punjabi | Iqbal Dhillon | Chitraarth |
| 2000 (48th) | Pukar | Hindi | Surinder Kapoor | Rajkumar Santoshi |
| 2001 (49th) | Bub | Kashmiri | NFDC | Jyoti Sarup |
| 2002 (50th) | Mr. and Mrs. Iyer | English | N. Venkatesan | Aparna Sen |
| 2003 (51st) | Pinjar | Hindi | Lucky Star Entertainment Ltd | Chandraprakash Dwivedi |
| 2004 (52nd) | Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero | Hindi | Sahara India Media Communication Ltd. | Shyam Benegal |
| 2005 (53rd) | Daivanamathil | Malayalam | Aryadan Shaukath | Jayaraj |
| 2006 (54th) | Kallarali Hoovagi | Kannada | S. Madhu Bangarappa | T. S. Nagabharana |
| 2007 (55th) | Dharm | Hindi | Sheetal V. Talwar | Bhavna Talwar |
| 2008 (56th) | Aai Kot Nai | Assamese | Rajen Bora | Manju Borah |
| 2009 (57th) | Delhi-6 | Hindi | Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra | Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra |
| 2010 (58th) | Moner Manush | Bengali | Gautam Kundu | Gautam Ghose |
| 2011 (59th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 2012 (60th) | Thanichalla Njan | Malayalam | Cherian Philippose | Babu Thiruvalla |
| 2013 (61st) | Thalaimuraigal | Tamil | Company Productions | Balu Mahendra |
| 2014 (62nd) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 2015 (63rd) | Nanak Shah Fakir | Punjabi | Sartaj Singh Pannu | – |
| 2016 (64th) | Dikchow Banat Palaax | Assamese | Canvascope | Sanjib Sabha Pandit |
| 2017 (65th) | Dhappa | Marathi | Sumatilal Popatlal Shah | Nipun Dharmadhikari |
| 2018 (66th) | Ondalla Eradalla | Kannada | DN Cinemas | D. Satya Prakash |
| 2019 (67th) | Taj Mahal | Marathi | Tuline Studios Pvt. Ltd. | Niyaz Mujawar |
| 2020 (68th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 2021 (69th) | The Kashmir Files | Hindi | Vivek Agnihotri | Abhishek Agarwal Arts |

## Explanatory notes

* ↑ Gita Siddharth (Leading Actress) was awarded with Medallion.
* ↑ Romesh Sharma (Leading Actor) and Shabana Azmi (Leading Actress) were awarded with Medallion.