| National Film Award for Best Bengali Feature Film | |
|---|---|
| National award for contributions to Indian Cinema | |
| Awarded for | Best Bengali Feature Film(s) of the year |
| Sponsored by | National Film Development Corporation of India |
| Formerly called | President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Bengali (1954–1968) National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali (1969–2021) |
| Reward(s) |
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| First awarded | 1954 |
| Last awarded | 2022 |
| Most recent winner | Kaberi Antardhan |
| Highlights | |
| Total awarded | 87 |
| First winner | Chheley Kaar |
The National Film Award for Best Bengali Feature Film is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the National Film Development Corporation of India. It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus). Since the 70th National Film Awards, the name was changed to "Best Bengali Feature Film".[1]
The National Film Awards, established in 1954, are the most prominent film awards in India that merit the best of the Indian cinema. The ceremony also presents awards for films in various regional languages.
Awards for films in seven regional language (Bengali, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil and Telugu) started from 2nd National Film Awards which were presented on 21 December 1955. Three awards of "President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film", "Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature Film" and "Certificate of Merit for the Third Best Feature Film" were instituted. The later two certificate awards were discontinued from 15th National Film Awards (1967).
Directed by Chitta Bose, the 1954 film Chheley Kaar was honoured with the first president's silver medal for Best Feature Film in Bengali. Certificate of Merit for Second and Third Best Feature Films in Bengali were received by Jadubhatta and Annapurnar Mandir respectively. Following is the list of Silver Lotus Award (Rajat Kamal) recipient films produced in Bengali language.