The National Film Awards were incepted in the year 1954 to encourage and honor movies directed across India. Since 1973 Indian government’s Directorate of Film Festival administered the award ceremonies. Each year the award ceremonies are held in New Delhi and the awards are presented by the President of India to all the winners for the year. The ‘Best Feature Film in Hindi’ award was introduced in 1962 and the award was first presented to Yash Chopra for the film ‘Dharmputra’.
The Winners For Silver Lotus Best Feature Film In Hindi Award Are:
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Year
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Film
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Director
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2009
|
Rock On
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Abhishek Kapoor
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2008
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1971
|
Amrit Sagar
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2007
|
Khosla Ka Ghosla
|
Dibakar Banerjee
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2006
|
Black
|
Sanjay Leela Bhansali
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2005
|
Raincoat
|
Rituparno Ghosh
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2004
|
Raghu Romeo
|
Rajat Kapoor
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2003
|
The Legend of Bhagat Singh
|
Rajkumar Santoshi
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2002
|
Dil Chahta Hai
|
Farhan Akhtar
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2001
|
Zubeidaa
|
Shyam Benegal
|
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2000
|
Shool
|
E. Niwas
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1999
|
Godmother
|
Vinay Shukla
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1998
|
Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa
|
Govind Nihalani
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1997
|
Gudia
|
Goutam Ghose
|
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1996
|
Bandit Queen
|
Shekhar Kapur
|
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1995
|
Mammo
|
Shyam Benegal
|
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1993
|
Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda
|
Shyam Benegal
|
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1992
|
Diksha
|
Arun Kaul
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1991
|
Dharavi
|
Sudhir Mishra
|
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1990
|
Drishti
|
Govind Nihalani
|
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1989
|
Salaam Bombay!
|
Mira Nair
|
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1982
|
Arohan
|
Shyam Benegal
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1980
|
Aakrosh
|
Govind Nihalani
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1979
|
Junoon
|
Shyam Benegal
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1977
|
Manthan
|
Shyam Benegal
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1976
|
Nishant
|
Shyam Benegal
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1963
|
Bandini
|
Bimal Roy
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1962
|
Dharmputra
|
Yash Chopra
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