Shyam Benegal filmography
Feature films
Table:
Year
Title
Producer(s)
Other notes

1974
Ankur
Blaze Film Enterprises
Official Indian entry to the Oscars,
National Film Award for Second Best Feature Film

1975
Charandas Chor
Children's Film Society of India

1975
Nishant
Blaze Film Enterprises
Nominated for Palme D'or,
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi

1976
Manthan
Gujarat Milk Co-Op Marketing Federation Ltd.
Indian submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film,
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi

1977
Bhumika
Blaze Film Enterprises
Filmfare Best Movie Award

1978
Kondura
Raviraj International
Featured in the Indian Panorama at the 1979 Berlin International Film Festival

1978
Junoon
Film Valas
1980 Filmfare Best Movie Award,
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi

1978
Anugraham
Raviraj International

1981
Kalyug
Film Valas
1982 Filmfare Best Movie Award

1982
Arohan
Blaze Film Enterprises
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi

1983
Mandi
Blaze Film Enterprises
Invited to the 1983 London Film Festival

1985
Trikaal
Blaze Film Enterprises
National Film Award for Best Direction

1987
Susman
Association of Corporations and Apex Societies of Handloom, Sahyadri Films
Invited to the 1987 London Film Festival

1991
Antarnaad
Suhetu Films

1993
Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda
National Film Development Corporation
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi

1994
Mammo
National Film Development Corporation
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi

1996
Sardari Begum
PLUS Films
National Film Award for Best Film in Urdu

1996
The Making of the Mahatma
National Film Development Corporation,
South African Broadcasting Corporation
National Film Award for Best Feature Film in English

1999
Samar
National Film Development Corporation
National Film Award for Best Feature Film

2000
Hari-Bhari
National Film Development Corporation,
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
National Film Award for Best Film on Family Welfare

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Ankur ( English : The Seedling ) is an Indian colour film of 1974 . It was the first feature film directed by Shyam Benegal and the debut of Indian actors Ananth Nag and Shabana Azmi . Ananth Nag was introduced in Ankur by Shyam Benegal after his higher education in Mumbai . The film was shot in Hyderabad . Though Shabana Azmi had acted in other films as well , Ankur was her first release . Like many others of Benegal 's films , Ankur belongs to the genre of Indian art films , or more precisely , Indian Parallel Cinema . The plot is based on a true story that occurred in Hyderabad , apparently in the 1950s . It was filmed almost entirely on location . Ankur has won three National Film Awards and 43 other prizes , both in India and abroad . It was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 24th Berlin International Film Festival . This film includes one whipping scene and more profanity than is usually found in Indian films .
The Academy Awards , more popularly known as the Oscars , are awards for artistic and technical merit in the film industry . Given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ( AMPAS ) , the awards are an international recognition of excellence in cinematic achievements as assessed by the Academy 's voting membership . The various category winners are awarded a copy of a golden statuette , officially called the Academy Award of Merit , although more commonly referred to by its nickname , the Oscar . The statuette depicts a knight rendered in the Art Deco style . The award was originally sculpted by George Stanley from a design sketch by Cedric Gibbons . AMPAS first presented it in 1929 at a private dinner hosted by Douglas Fairbanks in the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in what would become known as the 1st Academy Awards . The Academy Awards ceremony was first broadcast by radio in 1930 and was televised for the first time in 1953 . It is the oldest worldwide entertainment awards ceremony and is now televised live worldwide . It is also the oldest of the four major annual American entertainment awards ; its other three equivalents - the Emmy Awards for television , the Tony Awards for theater , and the Grammy Awards for music - are modeled after the Academy Awards . The 91st Academy Awards ceremony , honoring the best films of 2018 , was held on February 24 , 2019 , at the Dolby Theatre , in Los Angeles , California . The ceremony was broadcast on ABC . A total of 3,096 Oscar statuettes have been awarded from the inception of the award through the 91st ceremony .
The National Film Award for Second Best Feature Film 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 ) . The award was instituted in 1957 , at the 5th National Film Awards . It was awarded annually to a film produced in India that year , in any Indian language . It was last awarded in 1992 , at the 40th National Film Awards .
Charandas Chor ( Charandas the Thief ) is a 1975 children 's film by noted director Shyam Benegal , based on the famous play by Habib Tanvir , which itself was an adaptation of a classical Rajasthani folktale by Vijaydan Detha . The lyrics of the film were also by Habib Tanvir . The film starred Smita Patil , Lalu Ram , Madanlal and Habib Tanvir .
Children 's Film Society India ( CFSI ) is a nodal organisation of Government of India that produces children 's films and various TV programs in various Indian languages . Established in 1955 , CFSI functions comes under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting , Government of India and is headquartered in Mumbai .
Nishant ( English : Night 's End ) is a 1975 Hindi drama film directed by Shyam Benegal , based on an original screenplay by noted playwright Vijay Tendulkar , with dialogues by Satyadev Dubey . The film features an ensemble of parallel cinema actors including Girish Karnad , Amrish Puri , Shabana Azmi , Anant Nag and Sadhu Meher with Smita Patil and Naseeruddin Shah ( In his film debut ) . This film focuses on the power of the rural elite and the sexual exploitation of women , during the time of feudalism in India . The film won the 1977 National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi . The film was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival . The film was invited to the London Film Festival of 1976 , the Melbourne International Film Festival of 1977 , and the Chicago International Film Festival of 1977 , where it was awarded the Golden Plaque .
The Palme d'Or ( French pronunciation : ​ [ palm ( ə ) dɔʁ ] ; English : Golden Palm ) is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival . It was introduced in 1955 by the festival 's organizing committee . Previously , from 1939 to 1954 , the highest prize at the festival was the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film . In 1964 , The Palme d'Or was replaced again by the Grand Prix , before being reintroduced in 1975 . The Palme d'Or is widely considered to be one of the most prestigious awards in the film industry .
The National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi is 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 is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal ( Silver Lotus ) . The National Film Awards , established in 1954 , are the most prominent film awards in India that merit the best of the Indian cinema . The ceremony also presents awards for films in various regional languages . Awards for films in seven regional language ( Bengali , Hindi , Kannada , Malayalam , Marathi , Tamil and Telugu ) started from 2nd National Film Awards which were presented on 21 December 1955 . Three awards of President 's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film , Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature Film and Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Feature Film were instituted . The later two certificate awards were discontinued from 15th National Film Awards ( 1967 ) . Directed by Sohrab Modi , the 1954 film Mirza Ghalib was honoured with the first president 's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Hindi . The most recent recipient is the 2018 crime-thriller Andhadhun .
Manthan ( English : Churning ) is a 1976 Hindi film directed by Shyam Benegal , inspired by the pioneering milk cooperative movement of Verghese Kurien , and is written jointly by him and Vijay Tendulkar . It is set amidst the backdrop of the White Revolution of India . Aside from the great measurable success that this project was , it also demonstrated the power of collective might as it was entirely crowdfunded by 500,000 farmers who donated Rs . 2 each . Manthan is the first crowdfunded Indian film . The film won the 1977 National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi and National Film Award for Best Screenplay for Vijay Tendulkar , and was also India 's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film for 1976 . The title song ( Mero Gaam Katha Parey ) was sung by Preeti Sagar . She won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer for that year . The song was later used as the soundtrack for the television commercial for Amul .
India has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film ( formerly Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film ) [ a ] since 1957 , a year after the incorporation of the category . The award is given annually by the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue . The Best Foreign Language Film category was not created until 1956 ; however , between 1947 and 1955 , the Academy presented a non-competitive Honorary Award for the best foreign language films released in the United States . The Film Federation of India ( FFI ) appoints a committee to choose one film among those released that year to be submitted as India 's official entry to the Academy for a nomination for Best Foreign Language Film the following year . The chosen films , along with their English subtitles , are sent to the Academy , where they are screened for the jury . The 1957 Hindi film Mother India was India 's first submission . The film made it to the final shortlist and was nominated alongside four other films in the category . It came close to winning the Academy Award but lost to Nights of Cabiria by a single vote . Since 1984 , India has not submitted a film on only one occasion ; in 2003 , the FFI controversially chose not make an entry as they felt no film would be in a position to compete with films from other nations . As of 2019 [ update ] , only three Indian films - Mother India ( 1957 ) , Salaam Bombay ! ( 1988 ) and Lagaan ( 2001 ) - have been nominated for the award . In 2011 , the jury of the 58th National Film Awards made a recommendation that the Best Film winners at the annual National Film Awards be chosen as the official entry .
Bhumika ( English : Role ) is a 1977 Indian film directed by Shyam Benegal . The film stars Smita Patil , Amol Palekar , Anant Nag , Naseeruddin Shah and Amrish Puri . The film is broadly based on the Marathi-language memoirs , Sangtye Aika of the well-known Marathi stage and screen actress of the 1940s Hansa Wadkar , who led a flamboyant and unconventional life , and focuses on an individual 's search for identity and self-fulfilment . Smita Patil gives a strong performance of transforming from a vivacious teenager to a wiser but deeply wounded middle-aged woman . The film won two National Film Awards and Filmfare Best Movie Award . It was invited to Carthage Film Festival 1978 , Chicago Film Festival , where it was awarded the Golden Plaque 1978 , and in 1986 it was invited to Festival of Images , Algeria .
The Filmfare Award for Best Film is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films . The award was first given in 1954 . Here is a list of the award winners and the nominees of the respective years . Each individual entry shows the title followed by the production company , and the producer . Yash Raj Films has produced 18 films that have been nominated , the most for any production house . It also shares the most wins at 4 along with Bimal Roy Productions and UTV Motion Pictures . While Yash Chopra has been the producer of most of the nominated and all the winning films of Yash Raj Films , Bimal Roy has been the producer of the all the nominated films of Bimal Roy Productions , thus making them the producer with the most wins . Bimal Roy , Yash Chopra and Sanjay Leela Bhansali have each directed 4 winning films , the most for any director . Aamir Khan has starred in 9 winning films which is the most for any actor in a leading role .
Kondura / Anugraham is a 1978 Indian bilingual film simultaneously directed by Shyam Benegal in Hindi and Telugu . The film is based on the novel of the same name by Marathi writer , Chintamani T. Khanolkar , the screen adaptation was made by Shyam Benegal and Girish Karnad . The majority of the cast was common to both films and included Ananth Nag , Vanisri , Amrish Puri , Shekhar Chatterjee ( Hindi version only ) , Rao Gopal Rao ( Telugu version only ) and Satyadev Dubey . The film was one of the Indian entries at the 4th Hong Kong International Film Festival .
The Berlin International Film Festival ( German : Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin ) , usually called the Berlinale , is a film festival held annually in Berlin , Germany . Founded in West Berlin in 1951 , the festival has been held every February since 1978 and is one of the Big Three alongside the Venice Film Festival and Cannes Film Festival . Since 2019 , Mariette Rissenbeek serves as the executive director of the festival , while Carlo Chatrian is the artistic director . With around 300,000 tickets sold and 500,000 admissions each year , it has the largest public attendance of any annual film festival . Up to 400 films are shown in several sections across cinematic genres . Around twenty films compete for the festival 's top awards , called the Golden Bear and several Silver Bears . The European Film Market ( EFM ) , a film trade fair held simultaneously to the Berlinale , is a major industry meeting for the international film circuit . The trade fair serves distributors , film buyers , producers , financiers and co-production agents . The Berlinale Talents , a week-long series of lectures and workshops , is a gathering of young filmmakers held in partnership with the festival . The film festival , EFM , and other satellite events are attended by around 20,000 professionals from over 130 countries . More than 4200 journalists produce media coverage in over 110 countries . At some high-profile feature film premieres held during the festival , movie stars and celebrities are present on the red carpet .
Junoon ( Hindi : जुनून , translation : The Obsession ) is a 1978 Indian Hindi language film produced by Shashi Kapoor and directed by Shyam Benegal . The film is based on Ruskin Bond 's fictional novella , A Flight of Pigeons , set around the Indian Rebellion of 1857 . The film 's soundtrack was composed by Vanraj Bhatia , and cinematography by Govind Nihalani . Its cast included Shashi Kapoor , his wife Jennifer Kendal , Nafisa Ali , Tom Alter , Shabana Azmi , Kulbhushan Kharbanda , Naseeruddin Shah , Deepti Naval , Pearl Padamsee and Sushma Seth . The film also featured Shashi and Jennifer 's children Karan Kapoor , Kunal Kapoor , and Sanjana Kapoor .
Kondura / Anugraham is a 1978 Indian bilingual film simultaneously directed by Shyam Benegal in Hindi and Telugu . The film is based on the novel of the same name by Marathi writer , Chintamani T. Khanolkar , the screen adaptation was made by Shyam Benegal and Girish Karnad . The majority of the cast was common to both films and included Ananth Nag , Vanisri , Amrish Puri , Shekhar Chatterjee ( Hindi version only ) , Rao Gopal Rao ( Telugu version only ) and Satyadev Dubey . The film was one of the Indian entries at the 4th Hong Kong International Film Festival .
Kalyug ( Age of vice ) is a 1981 Indian Hindi-language crime drama film , directed by Shyam Benegal . It is known as a modern-day version of the Indian epic Mahabharat , depicting an archetypal conflict between rival business houses . Kalyug went on to win the Filmfare Award for Best Film in 1982 . The screenplay and plot are quite different from Mahabharat . However , the characterization and the critical events had a striking similarity with the epic . Shashi Kapoor , Rekha , Raj Babbar , Supriya Pathak , Anant Nag , Kulbhushan Kharbanda , Sushma Seth , Akash Khurana , Victor Bannerjee , Reema Lagoo , and A.K . Hangal played major roles , while Urmila Matondkar appeared as a child artist .
Arohan ( The Ascent ) is a 1983 Hindi film by Shyam Benegal , starring Victor Banerjee and Om Puri in the lead roles with Dipti Bhatt as Hari 's wife .
Mandi ( English : Market Place ) is a 1983 Hindi film directed by Shyam Benegal . The rights to this film are owned by Shah Rukh Khan 's Red Chillies Entertainment . The film is a satirical comedy on politics and prostitution , and stars Shabana Azmi , Naseeruddin Shah and Smita Patil . Based on a classic Urdu short story Aanandi by writer Ghulam Abbas , the film narrates the story of a brothel , situated in the heart of a city , an area that some politicians want for its prime locality . The film won the 1984 National Film Award for Best Art Direction for Nitish Roy . It was selected at Indian Panorama at Filmostav , Bombay 1984 , and was invited to the Los Angeles Exposition ( FILMEX ) , the Hong Kong International Film Festival 1984 , and London Film Festival 1983 .
The BFI London Film Festival is an annual film festival founded in 1957 and held in the United Kingdom , running for two weeks in October with co-operation from the British Film Institute . It screens more than 300 films , documentaries and shorts from approximately 50 countries .
Trikal ( Past , Present and Future ) is a 1985 Indian movie written and directed by Shyam Benegal , set in Goa during the early 1960s ( pre liberation ) Period to the last days of colonialism in India , this time involving not the Raj but the Portuguese colony of Goa . The film starred yesteryear actress , Leela Naidu , in a comeback role after many decades . The film was selected for the Indian Panorama at Filmotsav 1986 , and for the Indian Film Retrospective , Lisbon 1986 . It was later invited to the London Film Festival 1986 .
The National Film Award for Best Direction is an honour presented annually at India 's National Film Awards ceremony by the Directorate of Film Festivals ( DFF ) , an organisation set up by the Indian Ministry of Information and Broadcasting . Since 1967 , the award is given by a national panel appointed annually by the DFF to a director for their work within Indian cinema . It is presented by the President of India at a ceremony held in New Delhi . The winner is given a Swarna Kamal ( Golden Lotus ) certificate and a cash prize of ₹2.5 lakh ( US $ 3,500 ) . [ a ] Including ties and repeat winners , the DFF has presented a total of 52 Best Direction awards to 33 different directors . Although Indian cinema produces films in more than 20 languages , the performances of films that have won awards are of nine languages : Bengali ( 16 awards ) , Malayalam ( 13 awards ) , Hindi ( 10 awards ) , Tamil ( 4 awards ) , English ( 3 awards ) , Kannada ( 2 awards ) , Assamese , Panjabi and Marathi ( 1 each ) . The first recipient was Satyajit Ray , who was honoured at the 15th National Film Awards for directing the Bengali film Chiriyakhana ( 1967 ) . As of 2017 , Ray and Adoor Gopalakrishnan are the most frequent recipients , with six and five wins respectively . Gopalakrishnan won the award for his debut Malayalam film Swayamvaram ( 1972 ) . Mrinal Sen has been awarded four times . He is also the only recipient to win the award for directing films in two different languages : Bengali and Hindi . At the 19th National Film Awards , Girish Karnad and B.V. Karanth shared the award for co-directing the Kannada film Vamsha Vriksha ( 1972 ) .
Susman ( Essence ) is a 1987 Hindi film directed by Shyam Benegal . The film highlighted the struggle of rural handloom weavers in the wake of rapid industrialization . The film was selected for the Indian Panorama at Filmotsav 1987 , Invited to the London Film Festival , the Chicago Film Festival , the Vancouver International Film Festival , the Sydney & Melbourne Film Festivals 1987 . It was remade as Kancheevaram in Tamil by Priyadarshan .
Antarnaad ( Hindi : अंतरनाद ) ( Inner voice ) was a 1991 Hindi film made by Shyam Benegal , based on the Swadhyay Movement by Pandurang Shastri Athavale .
Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda ( lit . The Sun 's Seventh Horse ) is a 1992 Indian Hindi film directed by Shyam Benegal and based on the novel The Sun 's Seventh Horse by Dharmavir Bharati . It won the 1993 National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi . The self-reflexive film is also known for its subversive take on the Devdas syndrome . The film was produced by the National Film Development Corporation of India ( NFDC ) . It stars Rajit Kapur , Rajeshwari Sachdev , Pallavi Joshi , Neena Gupta and Amrish Puri , among others . The Tamil film Autograph is based on Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda . [ citation needed ]
Mammo is a 1994 Indian Hindi film by Shyam Benegal . It stars Farida Jalal , Surekha Sikri , Amit Phalke and Rajit Kapur . The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi in 1995 . Farida Jalal won Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance , while Surekha Sikri won the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress . It was the first film of his Muslim trilogy , which included Sardari Begum ( 1996 ) and Zubeidaa ( 2001 ) , and which he extended , about a decade later , with Well Done Abba ( 2010 ) . The film was critically acclaimed and is regarded amongst Benegal 's best works .
Sardari Begum is an 1996 Indian musical film directed by Shyam Benegal . The film stars Kiron Kher , Amrish Puri , Rajit Kapur and Rajeshwari Sachdev . The film 's lead actress Kiron Kher won the 1997 National Film Award - Special Jury Award . Rajeshwari Sachdev won the 1997 National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress . The music by Vanraj Bhatia also received wide acclaim . This film focuses on the complex portrait of family relationships , generational and sexual politics as well as social mores in India .
The National Film Awards is the most prominent film award ceremonies in India . Established in 1954 , it has been administered , along with the International Film Festival of India and the Indian Panorama , by the Indian government 's Directorate of Film Festivals since 1973 . Every year , a national panel appointed by the government selects the winning entry , and the award ceremony is held in New Delhi , where the President of India presents the awards . This is followed by the inauguration of the National Film Festival , where the award-winning films are screened for the public . Declared for films produced in the previous year across the country , they hold the distinction of awarding merit to the best of Indian cinema overall , as well as presenting awards for the best films in each region and language of the country.Due to the national scale of the National Film Awards it is believed to be the most prestigious cinema awards in india .
The Making of the Mahatma is a 1996 joint Indian - South African produced film , directed by Shyam Benegal , about the early life of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi ( also known as Mahatma Gandhi , Great Soul ) during his 21 years in South Africa . The film is based upon the book , The Apprenticeship of a Mahatma , by Fatima Meer ( who also wrote the screenplay ) .
The National Film Award for Best Feature Film in English is one of the National Film Awards of India presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals , the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting . It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal ( Silver Lotus ) . The National Film Awards , established in 1954 , are the most prominent film awards in India that merit the best of the Indian cinema . The ceremony also presents awards for films in various regional languages . Awards for films in seven regional language ( Bengali , Hindi , Kannada , Malayalam , Marathi , Tamil and Telugu ) started from 2nd National Film Awards which were presented on 21 December 1955 . Three awards of President 's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film , Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature Film and Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Feature Film were instituted . The later two certificate awards were discontinued from 15th National Film Awards ( 1967 ) . Produced and directed by Serbjeet Singh , the 1964 film The Avalanche was honoured with the first president 's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in English . After 1964 , awards were discontinued for certain period and resumed for feature films produced in 1981 at 29th National Film Awards .
Samar ( Hindi : समर , Urdu : سمر , translation : Conflict ) is a 1999 Indian feature film directed by Shyam Benegal . This movie is based on the book Unheard Voices : Stories of Forgotten Lives by Harsh Mander . It was produced by National Film Development Corporation of India , a government agency . It stars Rajeshwari Sachdev , Jonhawiwi Forsywas , Kishore Kadam and Seema Biswas among others . The film is in Hindustani . The film 's music is composed by Vanraj Bhatia . It won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in 1999 .
The National Award for Best Feature Film is one of the categories in the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals , the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in India . It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with the Golden Lotus ( Swarna Kamal ) . The award is announced for films produced in a year across the country , in all Indian languages . As of 2017 [ update ] , the award comprises a Swarna Kamal , a certificate , and a cash prize of ₹ 2,50,000 and is presented to the producer and the director of the film . The National Film Awards were established in 1954 to encourage production of the films of a high aesthetic and technical standard and educational and culture value and also planned to include awards for regional films . The awards were instituted as State Awards for Films but were renamed to National Film Awards at the 15th National Film Awards in 1967 . As of 2017 [ update ] , the award is one of six Swarna Kamal awards presented for the feature films . The award winning film is included at the annual International Film Festival of India . Only the films made in any Indian language and silent films which are either shot on 35 mm , in a wider gauge , or digital format but released on a film or Video/Digital format and certified by the Central Board of Film Certification as a feature film or featurette are made eligible for the award . The inaugural award was named as President 's Gold Medal for the All India Best Feature Film and was awarded to Marathi film , Shyamchi Aai ( Shyam 's Mother ) , produced and directed by Pralhad Keshav Atre and is based on Pandurang Sadashiv Sane 's Marathi novel of the same name . As of 2016 [ update ] , sixty-four feature films have been awarded which are made in twelve different languages : Bengali ( twenty-two ) , Hindi ( fourteen ) , Malayalam ( eleven ) , Kannada ( six ) , Marathi ( five ) , Assamese , English , Gujarati , Sanskrit , and Tamil ( two each ) , Beary and Telugu ( one each ) . At the 26th National Film Awards ( 1978 ) , no feature film was awarded with the Best Feature film award as the jury headed by filmmaker Chetan Anand scrutinised eighty films but did not consider any film to be worthy of merit and measured up to the standard of excellence set forth by the jury .
Hari-Bhari ( Fertility ) is a 2000 Hindi film by Shyam Benegal , starring Shabana Azmi , Rajit Kapur , Rajeshwari Sachdev , Surekha Sikri and Nandita Das in the lead roles . The film revolves around the story of five women , belonging to different generations , each looking emancipation and the right to run their lives their own way . The film 's main theme is the issue of women 's 'fertility rights ' empowerment . The film won the 2000 National Film Award for Best Film on Family Welfare .
The National Film Award for Best Film on Family Welfare is 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 is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal ( Silver Lotus ) . 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 .