National Film Award / Best Entertainment Film

The winners of the National Film Award category Best Entertainment film ( Best Popular Movie Providing Wholesome Entertainment ) were:

year	Movie	language	Director	producer
1974	Kora Kaagaz	Hindi	Anil Ganguly
1975	Tapasya	Hindi	Anil Ganguly
1976	no price	-	-	-
1977	Swami	Hindi	Basu Chatterjee
1978	Ganadevata	Bengali	Tarun Majumdar
1979	Sankarabharanam	Telugu	K. Viswanath
1980	no price	-	-	-
1981	no price	-	-	-
1982	no price	-	-	-
1983	no price	-	-	-
1984	Kony	Bengali	Saroj De
1985	no price	-	-	-
1986	Samasaram Athu Minsaram	Tamil	Visu
1987	Pushpak Vimana	Kannada	Srinivasa Rao Singeetham
1988	Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak	Hindi	Mansoor Khan
1989	Chandni Geethanjali	Hindi Telugu	Yash Chopra Mani Ratnam
1990	Ghayal	Hindi	Rajkumar Santoshi
1991	no price	-	-	-
1992	Sargam	Malayalam	Hariharan
1993	Manichithrathazhu	Malayalam	Facil
1994	Hum Aapke Hain Koun ...!	Hindi	Sooraj R. Barjatya
1995	Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge	Hindi	Aditya Chopra
1996	Maachis	Hindi	Gulzar
1997	Dil To Pagal Hai	Hindi	Yash Chopra
1998	Kuch Kuch Hota Hai	Hindi	Karan Johar
1999	Sarfarosh	Hindi	John Matthew Mathan
2000	Vanathai Pola	Tamil	Vicraman
2001	Lagaan	Hindi / English	Ashutosh Gowariker
2002	Devdas	Hindi	Sanjay Leela Bhansali
2003	Munna Bhai MBBS	Hindi	Rajkumar Hirani
2004	Veer-Zaara autograph	Tamil Hindi	Cheran Yash Chopra
2005	Rank De Basanti	Hindi	Rakesh Omprakash Mehra	UTV Motion Pictures & Rakesh Omprakash Mehra Pictures
2006	Location Raho Munna Bhai	Hindi	Rajkumar Hirani	Vidhu Vinod Chopra
2007	Chak De! India	Hindi	Shimit Amin	Aditya Chopra
2008	Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!	Hindi	Dibakar Banerjee	UTV Motion Pictures

Currently, the producer and director of the winning film each receive a Swarna Kamal and prize money of 200,000 rupees .

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