National Film Award | Best Feature Film

Get ready to explore different genre movies that hold national film award in this article!

The entertainment industry plays a vital role in today’s digital world. Everything you witness on the internet, including shorts, reels, clips, scenes, dialogues, scripts, etc. is extracted from the cine industry. 

From Hollywood to Bollywood, many films hooked up audiences’ hearts and bagged several accolades. As evidence, recently Nattu Nattu’s song from the Telugu movie Rise Roar Revolt won Oscar awards and got nominated in different categories.

Similarly, many different films are there in Tollywood, Kollywood, Mollywood, and Sandalwood industries. And also, some movies nabbed awards from several standardized organizations. 

In that list, National awards reserve a high priority and do you know why? Let’s explore some interesting things about such accolades and the list of National awards bagged by the 4 industries of Southern India. 

About National Film Award 

Holding a National Award is a dream for many artists because it is one of the highest recognitions in India. National Awarding ceremony was held in the capital of India, Vigyan Bhavan New Delhi, and was established on 10th October 154. 

This award was lastly awarded on 30th September 2022 for the films released in 2020. Due to COVID-19, the planned awarding ceremony was postponed and held on this date. This award is presented by the directorate of Film festivals since 1954. 

But, do you know about the presenting organization? Let’s explore them in detail. 

Directory Of Film Festival 

It is an organization belongs to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in India. This organization appreciates the true talents of the entertainment industry and bestows awards with a cash price. 

They announce national awards in different categories to honor the excellence of the film industries in overall India. Until 2020, they announced the best feature film national awards and presented awards in 2022. Later, they merged the Directory Of Film Festival with National Film Development Corporation in 2022. 

However, they don’t announce any special updates about their next move. But, through this article, you get aware of many different award-winning South Indian movies in the best feature film category. 

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Best Feature Film 

Before getting into the list of awards won by southern industries, you need to be aware of feature films. Have you ever thought about why it is called a feature film? It is moreover like a normal movie that follows the exact guidelines to make a film. 

In addition, this kind of movie is appreciated for its uniqueness and the special efforts taken by the overall team. Now, let’s explore the awards won by the Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada film industries in this specification. 

National Film Award Prizes 

National film awards bestow some prizes along with the main award. It includes the president’s silver medal, a certificate of merit for the second, third, and best awards, and a joint award for that particular year. Now, it’s time to explore the first award bagged by the southern film industries. 

Tamil And Kannada Industry – Best Feature Films 

As mentioned above, this association began to appreciate the wonderful performers in 1954. At that time, the Kollywood industry was filled with several young talents and fresh ideas.

During the first year, the Tamil industry nabbed national film award for best popular film providing wholesome entertainment for three different movies. Movies are Malaikallan (action film), Andha Naal (mystery thriller), and Edhir Paradhathu (Romantic drama).

It is a huge surprise for the audience and fans that 3 films of different genres bagged the best film awards.  

On the other hand, this award cheers Kannada people and the audience. They grabbed this category award for their favorite movie Bedara Kanappa in 1954, which is a Hindu Mythological Film. This story is about a hunter devotee of Lord Shiva who donates his eyes in order to stop bleeding in the Shiva Statue. 

Telugu & Malayalam Industry – Best Feature Film 

Similar to Kollywood, Tollywood also bagged three awards even in the first year for three different films. Pedda Manushulu (drama), Thodu Dongalu (drama film), and Vipra Narayana (Biographical film) are the three films which nabbed the best feature awards. 

Another common thing is these movies are commercially super hits and really every artist expressed award-winning performance. Now , let’s see about the national film award for best feature film in Malayalam. 

Mollywood is the favorite industry for everyone, artists in that industry always show brilliant performance. So, undeniably this industry grabs the awards isn’t it? Yes, they got two awards in this category Neelakuyil (neo-realistic melodrama) and Snehaseema (film based on a Novel). 

Such movies are evergreen and still, many people speak about their success, and say that these are must-watch movies. 

Following the first year, this organization bestows many awards to the most outstanding films. You can explore them in the upcoming section. 

Awards Nabbed In The Best Feature Film Category By Southern Industries 

They are presenting awards in this category since 1954. Let’s get to know about some massive hits from the last three decades in this table. 

Different Types Of National Awards

In A Word

In conclusion, you explored the different types of national award winning movies of southern industries in the Best Feature Film category. From this, you can understand that audiences as well as standard associations never fail to recognize good movies. Unfortunately, after 2022 this organization doesn’t share any updates about the national awards. Once, if they provide updates then, you can enjoy watching your favorite movie nabbing awards.