The National Film Award was first presented in the year 1954. Since 1973, all the National Award ceremonies are administrated by the Indian government’s Directorate of Film Festivals. The awards were introduced by the government to encourage and honor the films directed across the borders of India and also featured Indian art and culture. Each year the government appoints a national panel to select the winning entry and the President of India hands out the awards to the winners for the year. The ‘Best Film on Other Social Issues’ award was introduced in1967. The inaugural award was bagged by P. Bhaskaran for his Malayalam film ‘Iruttinte Athmavu’. For some unknown reasons there was a gap of 17 years (1968-1984) in this award category. Later in 1985 the award was presented to Shankar Nag for his Kannada movie ‘Accident’.
The Winners For Silver Lotus Best Film On Other Social Issues Awards Are:
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Year
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Film
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Director
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2008
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Antardwandwa (Hindi)
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Sushil Rajpal
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2007
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Hope (Telugu)
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Satish Kasetty
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2006
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Iqbal (Hindi)
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Nagesh Kukunoor
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2005
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Perumazhakkalam (Malayalam)
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Kamal
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2004
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Koi Mil Gaya (Hindi)
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Rakesh Roshan
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2003
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Swaraj (Hindi)
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Anwar Jamal
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2002
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Chandni Bar (Hindi)
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Madhur Bhandarkar
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2001
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Vetri Kodi Kattu (Tamil)
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Cheran
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2001
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Munnudi (Kannada)
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P. Sheshadri
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2000
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Kairee (Hindi)
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Amol Palekar
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1999
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Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala (Malayalam)
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Sreenivasan
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1998
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Dhanna (Hindi)
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Deepak Roy
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1997
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Tamanna (Hindi)
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Mahesh Bhatt
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1996
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Doghi (Marathi)
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Sumitra Bhave & Sunil Sukhthanker
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1995
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Parinayam (Malayalam)
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Hariharan
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1995
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Wheel Chair (Bengali)
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Tapan Sinha
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1994
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Janani (Hindi)
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Sanat Das Gupta
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1994
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Narayam (Malayalam)
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Sasi Shanker
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1993
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Neenga Nalla Irukkum (Tamil)
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Visu
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1992
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Yamanam (Malayalam)
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Bharath Gopi
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1991
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Oru Veedu Iru Vaasal (Tamil)
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K. Balachander
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1990
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Unnikuttant Jolikitty (Malayalam)
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V.R. Gopinath
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1989
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Main Zinda Hoon (Hindi)
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Sudhir Mishra
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1988
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Vedham Pudhithu (Tamil)
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Bharathiraja
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1988
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Ore Oru Gramathile (Tamil)
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Jyothi Pandian
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1987
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Doore Doore Koodu Koottam (Malayalam)
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Siby Malayil
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1985
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Accident (Kannada)
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Shankar Nag
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1967
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Iruttinte Athmavu (Malayalam)
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P. Bhaskaran
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