National Film Award For Best Feature Film in Hindi - Winners

For the skilful juxtaposing and interweaving of two parallel destinies, the personal and the political; for the setting these against the decadent splendor of the court of Avadh, recreated with a sense of great pictorial beauty and musical charm; for presenting vividly the clash of two cultures, irreconcilable in their distinctive views of the world; for performances of remarkable depth and range, true to the style and flavour of the period.

For a lyrical depiction of the elemental and eternal conflict between science and superstition.

For overall technical virtuousity and successful evocation of a bygone era.

For its severe indictment of an establishment and a society that permits injustice, for presenting a bold theme in a cinematic style which makes it both socially and aesthetically significant.

For hard-hitting treatment of contemporary reality, especially as it is reflected in the continuing predicament of the West Bengal peasantry.

For its social satire of great charm and wit.

For its powerful exploration of a labyrinthine socio-political situation.

For an unusual film blending with fact and fantasy, dealing with the contemporary subject of the frustrations of middle-aged executive, presented with wit and humour.

For its moving depiction of a rural woman's struggle against oppressive social conditions in the pre-Independence era.

For creating an exquisite and gentle tale full of irony, stressing the universal need for human companionship, loyalty and acceptance of life.

For exploring the tragic realities of life for the homeless children and women and those enmashed by drugs.

For its novel examination of the nexus between urban lumpen life, crime and religious revivalism.

For depicting marital pain very effectively.

For the impressive treatment of a relevant social theme.

For its affirmation of the indefatigable human spirit of survival.

For its poetically charming enquiry into the nature and meaning of love.

For a restrained and symbolic portrayal of love and betrayal and of the various layers of moral corruption, which overpower the lives of innocents.

For a poignant narrative of a family set against the trauma of exiled people in past post partition India.

For its stark and frank portrayal of an Indian woman in a caste ridden society.

For an unusual exploration into the lives of traditional entertainers and the entwined relationships between the animate and inanimate players that develop into an obsession.

For a moving depiction of the story of a mother who beings to realise her son's values and beliefs only after his tragic death and in the process emerges a stronger being.

The films deals with contemporary power structure and confronts violence, corruption and passions with ease. The music, art direction and the dialogues combine to create a strong ethnic character setting a new trend in popular Indian cinema.

For unveiling the complete collapse of the socio-political system. A very effective portrayal of the determined fight of a single citizen in the centre of a façade of democracy.

For the political turmoil has been juxtaposed with the upheavals of the life of a tempestuous Muslim girl who defies all norms to marry a much married maharaja. It is a story of obsessive love in the times of political priorities in post independent India.

For artistically and humorously portraying the growing up years of young persons in modern society.

For its gripping portrayal of the life and times of a legendary martyr.

For a zestful spoof of popular culture where the boundaries of illusion and reality collapse and the common man turns into hero.

For its subtle handling of human relationship in a low-keyed fashion yet mentioning the warmth of a lost love.

For a stylised and visually vibrant tale of a physically challenged child who learns to live and become an achiever against insurmountable odds.

For an original Portraying the middle class struggle against the real estate mafia.

A sensitive depiction of the ordeal of Indian prisoners of war trapped between extreme hostility and official apathy in an alien land and showing fortitude in a hopeless situation.

For an emotional story of musical bonding.

A heart rendering, yet unsentimental portrayal of a family dealing with a tragedy foretold.

For an entertaining narrative that brings to the fore the struggle of a school teacher who is torn between maintaining his integrity and the lure of a little more comfort.

For the dexterous weaving of four different stories across India which negotiate the complexities of people undergoing the trauma of being dispossessed and thereby disempowered. The director attempts to bridge links between various social issues of those suffering the consequences of political exile; some face humiliation for their sexual preferences while others feel the pain of violation.

A gripping tale of a Mumbai film buff who gets unwittingly involved in a cross border misadventure only to realize how divided hearts can be brought together through cinema.