National Film Award / Best Film in Hindi

The winners of the National Film Award for Best Film in Hindi ( Best Feature Film in Hindi ) were:

year	Movie	Director	producer
1973	27 Down	Awtar Krishna Kaul	Awtar Krishna Kaul
1975	Nishant	Shyam Benegal
1976	Manthan	Shyam Benegal
1978	Junoon	Shyam Benegal
1980	Aakrosh	Govind Nihalani
1982	Aarohan	Shyam Benegal
1986	Mirch Masala	Ketan Mehta	National Film Development Corporation
1987	Pestonjee	Vijaya Mehta	National Film Development Corporation
1988	Salaam Bombay!	Mira Nair
1989	Salim Langde Pe Mat Ro	Saeed Akhtar Mirza	National Film Development Corporation
1990	Drishti	Govind Nihalani
1991	Diksha Dharavi	Arun Kaul Sudhir Mishra	National Film Development Corporation National Film Development Corporation / Doordarshan
1992	Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda	Shyam Benegal	National Film Development Corporation
1994	Mammo	Shyam Benegal	National Film Development Corporation
1995	Bandit Queen	Shekhar Kapur
1996	Gudia	Gautam Ghose
1997	Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa	Govind Nihalani
1998	Godmother	Vinay Shukla
2000	Zubeidaa	Shyam Benegal
2001	Dil Chahta Hai	Farhan Akhtar
2002	The Legend of Bhagat Singh	Rajkumar Santoshi
2003	Raghu Romeo	Rajat Kapoor	National Film Development Corporation
2004	Raincoat	Rituparno Ghosh
2005	Black	Sanjay Leela Bhansali	Anshuman Swami Sanjay Leela Bhansali
2006	Khosla Ka Ghosla	Dibakar Banerjee	Savita Raj Hiremath
2007	1971	Amrit Sagar	Sagar Films
2008	Rock on	Abhishek Kapoor	Excel Entertainment

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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