National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil

The **National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil** is one of the National Film Awards presented every year by the Directorate of Film Festivals. This organisation was set up by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of several awards presented for feature films. It was awarded along with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus). The National Film Awards was established in 1954. These awards are the most important film awards in India. These are awarded for the best films of the Indian cinema.

## Winners

Award includes 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus Award) and cash prize. Following are the award winners over the years:

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|colspan="5"|List of award films, showing the year (award ceremony), producer(s), director(s) and citation|||||
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|align="center" rowspan="3"|1954|||||
|Pakshiraja Studios|S. M. Sriramulu Naidu|align="center" rowspan="3"||||
|AVM Productions|S. Balachander|||||
|Saravanabhava Unity Pictures|Ch. Narayanamoorthy|||||
|align="center"|1955|||||
|Vaidya Films|L. V. Prasad|align="center"||||
|align="center"|1956|||||
|S. K. Pictures|Krishnan–Panju|align="center"||||
|align="center"|1957|||||
|M. A. V. Pictures|Muktha V. Srinivasan|align="center"||||
|align="center" rowspan="2"|1958|||||
|Jupitor Pictures Pvt Ltd.|A. S. A. Samy|align="center" rowspan="2"||||
|A. M. M. Ismayil|Ch. Narayanamoorthy|||||
|align="center" rowspan="3"|1959|||||
|G. N. Velumani|A. Bhimsingh|align="center" rowspan="3"||||
|B. R. Panthulu|B. R. Panthulu|||||
|Sarvashri S. Krishnamurthy T. Govindarajan C. V. Sridhar|C. V. Sridhar|||||
|align="center" rowspan="3"|1960|||||
|Jubilee Films Pvt Ltd.|D. Yoganand|align="center" rowspan="3"||||
|Kumari Films Pvt Ltd.|Nemai Ghosh|||||
|AVM Productions|A. Bhimsingh|||||
|align="center" rowspan="3"|1961|||||
|Padmini Pictures|B. R. Panthulu|align="center" rowspan="3"||||
|Rajamani Pictures|A. Bhimsingh|||||
|Modern Theatres|Adurthi Subba Rao|||||
|align="center" rowspan="3"|1962|||||
|Chithralaya|C. V. Sridhar|align="center" rowspan="3"||||
|AVM Productions|Krishnan-Panju|||||
|Al. Srinivasan|K. S. Gopalakrishnan|||||
|align="center" rowspan="3"|1963|||||
|Murugan Brothers|A. C. Tirulokchandar|align="center" rowspan="3"||||
|K. S. Sabarinathan|K. S. Gopalakrishnan|||||
|B. R. Panthulu|B. R. Panthulu|||||
|align="center" rowspan="3"|1964|||||
|M. S. Velappan|K. S. Gopalakrishnan|align="center" rowspan="3"||||
|A. P. Chinnappa|A. Bhimsingh|||||
|AVM Productions|Krishnan–Panju|||||
|align="center" rowspan="2"|1965|||||
|AVM Productions|Krishnan–Panju|align="center" rowspan="2"||||
|Shri Vijayalakshmi Pictures|A. P. Nagarajan|||||
|align="center"|1966|||||
|AVM Productions|A. C. Tirulokchandar|align="center"||||
|align="center"|1967|||||
|M/s. Sunbeam|Thirumalai Mahalingam|align="center"||||
|align="center"|1968|||||
|Shri Vijayalakshmi Pictures|A. P. Nagarajan|align="center"||||
|align="center"|1969|||||
|N. Selvaraj B. Doraisamy N. Krishan V. Govindarajan|K. Balachander|align="center"||||
|align="center"|1970|||||
|P. Madhavan|P. Madhavan|align="center"||||
|align="center"|1971|||||
|Abdul Kabar|S. S. Devadass|align="center"||||
|align="center"|1972|||||
|P. Madhavan|P. Madhavan|align="center"||||
|align="center"|1973|||||
|M. Lakshmikantha Reddy H. M. Sanjeeva Reddy|Singeetham Srinivasa Rao|align="center"||||
|align="center"|1974|colspan="3" bgcolor="#F5A9A9" align="center"|No Award|align="center"||
|align="center"|1975|||||
|P. R. Govindarajan J. Duraisamy|K. Balachander|align="center"||||
|align="center"|1976|colspan="3" bgcolor="#F5A9A9" align="center"|No Award|align="center"||
|align="center"|1977|||||
|None|John Abraham|align="center"||||
|align="center"|1978|colspan="3" bgcolor="#F5A9A9" align="center"|No Award|align="center"||
|align="center"|1979|||||
|G. Lalitha|Durai|align="center"||||
|align="center"|1980|||||
|K. Rajgopal Chetty|J. Mahendran|align="center"||||
|align="center"|1981|||||
|P. R. Govindarajan J. Duraisamy|K. Balachander|align="center"||||
|align="center"|1982|||||
|Palai N. Shanmugam|K. Hariharan|align="center"||||
|align="center"|1983|||||
|T. P. Varadarajan Vijayalakshmi Desikan|Komal Swaminathan|align="center"||||
|align="center"|1984|||||
|Rajam Balachander V. Natarajan|K. Balachander|align="center"||||
|align="center"|1985|||||
|Bharathiraja|Bharathiraja|align="center"||||
|align="center"|1986|||||
|G. Venkateswaran|Mani Ratnam|align="center"||||
|align="center"|1987|||||
|Kaladas|Balu Mahendra|align="center"||||
|align="center"|1988|colspan="3" bgcolor="#F5A9A9" align="center"|No Award|align="center"||
|align="center"|1989|||||
|A. Sundaram|R. Parthiban|align="center"||||
|align="center"|1990|||||
|M/S Sujatha Productions (P) Ltd|Mani Ratnam|align="center"||||
|align="center"|1991|||||
|Kalaipuli S. Dhanu|Balu Mahendra|align="center"||||
|align="center"|1992|||||
|Kamal Haasan|Bharathan|align="center"||||
|align="center"|1993|||||
|Gopal Reddy|Santhana Bharathi|align="center"||||
|align="center"|1994|||||
|R. Venkatarama Reddy|K. S. Sethumadhavan|align="center"||||
|align="center"|1995|||||
|Tilaka Ganesh (Mega Movie Makers)|Bharathiraja|align="center"||||
|align="center"|1996|||||
|Sivashakthi Pandian|Agaththian|align="center"||||
|align="center"|1997|||||
|A. Sriram|Santosh Sivan|align="center"||||
|align="center"|1998|||||
|R. Parthiban|R. Parthiban|align="center"||||
|align="center"|1999|||||
|A. Kandasamy|Bala|align="center"||||
|align="center"|2000|||||
|Messers Media Dreams (P) Ltd|Gnana Rajasekaran|align="center"||||
|align="center"|2001|||||
|L. Suresh|B. Lenin|align="center"||||
|align="center"|2002|||||
|Mani Ratnam G. Srinivasan|Mani Ratnam|align="center"||||
|align="center"|2003|||||
|V. R. Kumar|S. P. Jananathan|align="center"||||
|align="center"|2004|||||
|Sunil Doshi|Santosh Sivan|align="center"||||
|align="center"|2005|||||
|Light and Shadow Movie Makers|T. V. Chandran|align="center"||||
|align="center"|2006|||||
|S. Shankar|Vasanthabalan|align="center"||||
|align="center"|2007|||||
|M/s Liberty Creations Ltd.|Gnana Rajasekaran|align="center"||||
|align="center"|2008|||||
|Venu Ravichandran|Gautham Menon|align="center"||||
|align="center"|2009|||||
|M. Sasikumar|Pandiraj|align="center"||||
|align="center"|2010|||||
|Shibu Issac|Seenu Ramasamy|align="center"||||
|align="center"|2011|||||
|S. Muruganandham N. Puranna|A. Sarkunam|align="center"||||
|align="center"|2012|||||
|N. Subhash Chandra Bose|Balaji Sakthivel|align="center"||||
|align="center"|2013|||||
|JSK Film Corporation|Ram|align="center"||||
|align="center"|2014|||||
|Chris Pictures & JSK Film Corporation|G. Bramma|align="center"||||
|align="center"|2015|||||
|Wunderbar Films|Vetrimaaran|align="center"||||
|align="center"|2016|||||
|Dream Warrior Pictures|Raju Murugan|align="center"||||
|align="center"|2017|||||
|Prema Chezhian|Chezhiyan|align="center"||||

## Other websites

- Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India
- National Film Awards Archives