National Film Award / Best Film in Tamil

The winners of the National Film Award category Best Film in Tamil ( Best Feature Film in Tamil ) were:

year	Movie	Director	producer
1969	Iru Kodukal	K. Balachander
1973	Dikkatra Parvathi	Singeetham Srinivasa Rao
1975	Apoorva Ragangal	K. Balachander	Kalakendra Films
1979	Pasi	Durai	Sunitha Cine Arts
1981	Thanneer Thanneer	K. Balachander	Kalakendra Movies
1982	Ezhavathu Manithan	K. Hariharan	Palai N. Shanmugham
1984	Achamillai Achamillai	K. Balachander	Kavithalaya Prod.
1985	Muthal Mariyathai	Bharathiraja	Manoj Creations
1986	Mouna Ragam	Mani Ratnam	G. Venkateswaran
1989	Pudhiya Pathai	R. Parthiban
1990	Anjali	Mani Ratnam	G. Venkateswaran
1991	Vanna Vanna Pookkal	Baloo Mahendra
1992	Thevar Magan	BG Bharathan	Kamalahasan
1993	Mahanadi	Santhana Bharathi	SA Rajkanna
1994	Karuththamma	Bharathiraja	Vetrivel Art Creations
1995	Anthimantharai	Bharathiraja
1996	Kadhal Kottai	Agaththian
1997	The terrorist	Santosh Sivan
1998	Housefull	R. Parthiban
1999	Sethu	Bala
2000	Bharati	Gnana Rajasekaran
2001	Ooruku Nooruper	B. Lenin
2002	Kannathil Muthamittal	Mani Ratnam
2003	Iyarkai	SP Jananathan	VR Kumar
2004	Navarasa	Santosh Sivan	Sunil Doshi
2005	Aadum Kothu	TV Chandran	Light & Shadow Movie Makers
2006	Veyil	G. Vasanta Balan	S. Shankar
2007	Periyar	Gnana Rajasekaran	M / s Liberty Creations
2008	Veranam Airam	Gautham Vasudeva Menon	V. Ravichandran

Currently, the producer and director of the winning film each receive a Rajat Kamal and prize money of 100,000 rupees .

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