National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi

The National Film Award (Silver Lotus Award) for Best Feature Film in Hindi awards the best regional film in Hindi language. Intially the award was known as the President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Hindi. The winners in this category are: Year Film Director 2011 Do Dooni Chaar Habib Faisal 2010 Paa R. Balakrishnan 2009 Rock On Abhishek Kapoor 2008 1971 Amrit Sagar[1] 2007 Khosla Ka Ghosla Dibakar Banerjee 2006 Black Sanjay Leela Bhansali 2005 Raincoat Rituparno Ghosh 2004 Raghu Romeo Rajat Kapoor 2003 The Legend of Bhagat Singh Rajkumar Santoshi 2002 Dil Chahta Hai Farhan Akhtar 2001 Zubeidaa Shyam Benegal 2000 Shool E. Niwas 1999 Godmother Vinay Shukla 1998 Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa Govind Nihalani 1997 Gudia[2] Goutam Ghose 1996 Bandit Queen Shekhar Kapur 1995 Mammo Shyam Benegal 1993 Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda Shyam Benegal 1992 Diksha Arun Kaul 1991 Dharavi Sudhir Mishra [3] 1990 Drishti Govind Nihalani 1989 Salaam Bombay! Mira Nair [4] 1986 Mirch Masala Ketan Mehta 1982 Arohan Shyam Benegal 1980 Aakrosh Govind Nihalani 1979 Junoon Shyam Benegal 1971 Shatranj Ke Khiladi Satyajit Ray 1977 Manthan Shyam Benegal 1976 Nishant Shyam Benegal 1974[8] 27 Down Awtar Krishna Kaul 1973[9] Maya Darpan Kumar Shahani 1971[10] Anand Hrishikesh Mukherjee 1970[10] Satyakam Hrishikesh Mukherjee 1969[11] Aashirwad Hrishikesh Mukherjee 1968[12] Hamraaz B. R. Chopra 1966[13] Shaheed S. Ram Sharma 1965[14] Dosti Satyen Bose 1964[15] Bandini Bimal Roy 1963[16] Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam Abrar Alvi 1962[17] Dharmputra Yash Chopra 1961[18] Mughal-E-Azam K. Asif 1960[19] Anari Hrishikesh Mukherjee 1959[20] Madhumati Bimal Roy 1958[21] Do Aankhen Barah Haath Rajaram Vankudre Shantaram 1956[22] Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje Rajaram Vankudre Shantaram 1955[23] Mirza Ghalib Sohrab Modi