National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi

National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Marathi
Award Information
Type	National
Category	Movies
Instituted	1955
First Awarded	1955
Last Awarded	2011
Awarded by	Directorate of Film Festivals, India
Description	Highest honor for Marathi films
First Awardee(s)	Mahatma Phule
Last Awardee(s)	Shala

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 December 21, 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 P. K. Atre, the 1954 film Mahatma Phule, based on life of a Maharashtrian social reformer Jyotiba Govindrao Phule, was honoured with the first President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Marathi. Following is the list of Silver Lotus Award (Rajat Kamal) recipient films produced in Marathi language.

Winners

Awards legends
	President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film		Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature Film		Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Feature Film

Year (Award Ceremony)	Film	Producer(s)	Director(s)	Citation
1954 (2nd)	Mahatma Phule	Atre Pictures	Pralhad Keshav Atre
1955 (3rd)	Me Tulas Tujhya Angani	Nav Chitra	Raja Thakur
	Shevagyachya Shenga	Sadashiv Row J. Kavi	Shantaram Athavale
1956 (4th)	No Award
1957 (5th)	Gruhdevta	Surel Chitra	Madhav Shinde
1958 (6th)	Dhakti Jau	Sarvashri Wamanrao Kulkarni Vishnupant Chavan	Anant Mane
1959 (7th)	No Award
1960 (8th)	Kanyadan	Surel Chitra	Madhav Shinde
	Umaj Padel Tar	Narayan Baburao Kamat	Dinkar D. Patil
1961 (9th)	Manini	Kala Chitra	Anant Mane
	Vaijayanta	Rekha Films	Gajanan Jagirdar
	Manasala Pankh Astat	Madhav Shinde	Madhav Shinde
1962 (10th)	Rangalya Ratree Ashya	The Maharashtra Film Industrial Co-Operative Society Ltd.	Raja Thakur
	Jaawai Majha Bhala	Maneesha Chitra Pvt Ltd.	Neelkanth Magdum
	Gariba Gharchi Lek	Shivaji Gulabrao Katkar	Kamlakar Vishnu Torne
1963 (11th)	Ha Majha Marg Ekla	Sudhir Phadke	Raja Paranjape
	Te Majhe Ghar	Ravindra Bhat	Ganesh Bhat
1964 (12th)	Pathlaag	Raja Paranjape	Raja Paranjape
	Tuka Jhalasi Kalas	N. G. Datar	Raja Nene
	Sawaal Majha Aika	Anant Govind Mane	Anant Govind Mane
1965 (13th)	Sadhi Manasa	Lilabai Bhalji Pendharkar	Bhalji Pendharkar
	Nirmom (Konkani)	Frank Fernand	A. Salam
	Yuge Yuge Me Vaat Pahili	Babasaheb S. Fatehlal	C. Vishwanath
1966 (14th)
1967 (15th)	Santh Wahate Krishnamai	Sahakari Chitrapath Sanstha Ltd	M. G. Pathak
1968 (16th)	Ektee	G. Chaugle	Raja Thakur
1969 (17th)	Tambdi Mati	Lilabai Bhalji Pendharkar	Bhalji Pendharkar
1970 (18th)	Mumbaicha Jawai	Tushar Pradhan	Raja Thakur
1971 (19th)
1972 (20th)	Pinjra	V. Shantaram	V. Shantaram
1973 (21st)	No Award
1974 (22nd)	No Award
1975 (23rd)	Saamna	Ramdas Phutane	Dr. Jabbar Patel
1976 (24th)
1977 (25th)	Jait Re Jait	Usha Mangeshkar	Dr. Jabbar Patel	For consistently transferring to the film medium a successful fictional work (Thakurwadi by G. N. Dandekar); for high lightening the mutual inconsistencies of love, of the fear of God and of superstition in a simple, innocent community of tribal, for the memorable use of the drum in evoking presence of the God and expressing the inexorable demands of love for a cinematic form which captures the lyricism, the cadence and the lilt of folk culture.
1978 (26th)	No Award
1979 (27th)	No Award
1980 (28th)	No Award
1981 (29th)	Umbartha	Dr. Jabbar Patel D. V. Rao	Dr. Jabbar Patel	For a sincere cinematic statement on the theme of a woman seeking to establish her identity by pursuing a career, even at the risk of alienation from her family.
1982 (30th)	Shaapit	Madhukar Rupji Sudha Chitale Vinay Newalkar	Arvind Deshpande Rajdutt	For dealing with several dimensions of feudalism.
1983 (31st)	Smruti Chitre	Vinayak Chaskar	Vijaya Mehta	For its compassionate portrayal of an early woman writer and its compelling study of a tormented soul coming to terms with her social condition.
1984 (32nd)	Mahananda	Mahesh Satoskar	K. G. Koregaonkar
1985 (33rd)	Pudhche Paool	Madhukar Rupji Sudha A. Chitle Vinay Newalkar	Rajdutt	For a film with powerful social content, exposing the evil of dowry and underlining that the only solution is social censure.
1986 (34th)	No Award
1987 (35th)	Sarja	Seema Deo	Rajdutt	For its patriotic vigour in the retelling of a story set during the turbulent times of Shivaji.
1988 (36th)	No Award
1989 (37th)	Kalat Nakalat	Smita Talwalkar	Kanchan Nayak	For its delicate description of the tension of love in various facets - wife, mistress and children - and the resolution of tensions in favour of keeping a family together.
1990 (38th)	No Award
1991 (39th)	No Award
1992 (40th)	Ek Hota Vidushak	National Film Development Corporation of India	Dr. Jabbar Patel	For its humane portrait of simple tamash clown sucked in by the glittering world of show business and exploited by politicians.
1993 (41st)	Lapandav	Sachin Parekar Sanjay Parekar	Shravani Devdhar	For its clever portrayal of comedy of errors, cutting across the generation gap and for its charming depiction of puppy-love, extending from the campus to the homes of today's youth, in a refreshing directorial debut.
1994 (42nd)	No Award
1995 (43rd)	Bangarwadi	National Film Development Corporation of India Doordarshan	Amol Palekar	For its realistic portrayal of a Maharashtrian village in the thirties through the experience of a young school teacher who tries to fight against all odds and superstition.
1996 (44th)	Rao Saheb	K. B. Joshi Ravindra Surve	Sanjay Surve	For depicting the struggle for power of ambitious politicians in a most effective manner.
1997 (45th)
1998 (46th)	Tu Tithe Mee		Sanjay Surkar
1999 (47th)	Gharabaher		Sanjay Surkar
2000 (48th)	Astitva	Rahul Sughand	Mahesh Manjrekar
2001 (49th)	No Award
2002 (50th)	Vaastuprush		Sumitra Bhave Sunil Sukthankar
2003 (51st)	Not Only Mrs. Raut	Aditi Deshpande	Gajendra Ahire	For its treatment of two women's struggle against male exploitation and domination.
2004 (52nd)	Uttarayan	Bipin Nadkarni Sanjay Shetty	Bipin Nadkarni
2005 (53rd)	Dombivali Fast	Ramakant Gaikwad	Nishikant Kamat	For its portrayal of an urban middle class man who breaks down under tremendous stress and pressures of life in a corrupt modern city.
2006 (54th)	Shevri	Nina Kulkarni	Gajendra Ahire	For an empathetic portrayal of the struggles of middle class married woman estranged from her family.
2007 (55th)	Nirop	Aparna Dharmadhikari	Sachin Kundalkar	An original offbeat film that gives a fresh perspective of the internal landscapes of the human mind
2008 (56th)	Harishchandrachi Factory	UTV Motion Pictures	Paresh Mokashi	For its original of stylized recreation of a slice of history.
2009 (57th)	Natarang	Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd.	Ravindra Harischandra Jadhav	For depicting the passion of an artiste, who despite social ostracism, political oppression and personal failures, pursues his dream.
2010 (58th)	Mala Aai Vhhaychy!	Samruddhi Porey	Samruddhi Porey	For an emotional presentation of the story of a surrogate mother who is torn between love and sacrifice for the child.
2011 (59th)	Shala	Vivek Wagh Nilesh Navalkar	Sujay Dahake