The National Film Awards were established in 1954 and is considered as one of the most prominent film award ceremony in India. Since 1973, National Award ceremonies are administrated by the Indian government’s Directorate of Film Festivals. Every year a panel is selected by the government which announces the winners. The ceremony is held in New Delhi, and the awards are presented by the President of India.
The Indira Gandhi Award for Best First Film of a Director is a national film award. This award is presented with the greater objective of recognizing the talent of the Indian director in the cinema industry. After the judgement, the award is presented in cash to a feature film production by the jury of the national film awards. The inaugural award was bagged by Utpalendu Chakraborthy for the Bengali movie ‘Maina Tadanta’.
The Winners For Indira Gandhi Award for Best First Film Are:
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Year
|
Film
|
Director
|
Language
|
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2009
|
A Wednesday
|
Neeraj Pandey
|
Hindi
|
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2008
|
Frozen
|
Shivajee Chandrabhushan
|
Hindi
|
|
2007
|
Kabul Express
|
Kabir Khan
|
Hindi
|
|
2007
|
Ekantham
|
Madhu Kaithapuram
|
Malayalam
|
|
2006
|
Parineeta
|
Pradeep Sarkar
|
Hindi
|
|
2005
|
Grahanam
|
Mohan Krishna Indraganti
|
Telugu
|
|
2004
|
Margam
|
Rajiv Vijaya Raghavan
|
Malayalam
|
|
2003
|
Patal Ghar
|
Abhijit Chaudhary
|
Bengali
|
|
2003
|
Prohor
|
Subhadro Chaudhary
|
Bengali
|
|
2002
|
Thiladaanam
|
K.N.T. Sastry
|
Telugu
|
|
2001
|
Sayahnam
|
R. Sarath
|
Malayalam
|
|
2000
|
Laado
|
Aswini Chowdhary
|
Haryanvi
|
|
2000
|
Dollar Dreams
|
Shekhar Kammula
|
English
|
|
1999
|
Daya
|
Venu
|
Malayalam
|
|
1998
|
Bhoothakkannadi
|
A. K. Lohitha Das
|
Malayalam
|
|
1997
|
Rag Birag
|
Bidyut Chakraborty
|
Assamese
|
|
1996
|
Kahini
|
Malaya Bhattacharya
|
Bengali
|
|
1995
|
Moghamull
|
G. Rajasekharan
|
Tamil
|
|
1994
|
Sunya Theke Suru
|
Ashok Viswanathan
|
Bengali
|
|
1993
|
Mrs. Beatty's Children
|
Pamela Rooks
|
English
|
|
1992
|
Haldhaar
|
Sanjeev Hazarika
|
Assamese
|
|
1991
|
Perumthachan
|
Ajayan
|
Malayalam
|
|
1990
|
Wosobipo
|
Gautam Bora
|
Karbi
|
|
1989
|
Thrishagni
|
Nabayendu Ghosh
|
Hindi
|
|
1988
|
Ekti Jiban
|
Raja Mitra
|
Bengali
|
|
1987
|
Yeh Woh Manzil To Nahin
|
Sudhir Mishra
|
Hindi
|
|
1986
|
New Delhi Times
|
Romesh Sharma
|
Hindi
|
|
1985
|
Meendum Oru Kaathal Kathai
|
Prathap Pothan
|
Tamil
|
|
1984
|
Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron
|
Kundan Shah
|
Hindi
|
|
1983
|
Kann Sivanthaal Mann Sivakkum
|
Sridhar Rajan
|
Tamil
|
|
1982
|
Aadhar Sila
|
Ashok Ahuja
|
Hindi
|
|
1981
|
Maina Tadanta
|
Utpalendu Chakraborthy
|
Bengali
|