National Film Award for Best Children's Film
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The National Film Award for Best Children's Film is given annually as part of the National Film Awards
National Film Awards
The National Film Awards is the most prominent film award ceremony in India. Established in 1954, it is administered, along with the International Film Festival of India and the Indian Panorama, by the Indian government's Directorate of Film Festivals since 1973.Every year, a national panel...

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India
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. It is given to the film the jury panel of the awards deem the best feature that deals with themes surrounding children.

The winners of the Award:
Year Film Language Director
2011 Hejjegalu Kannada P R Ramadas Naidu
2010 Putaani Party
Putaani Party
Putaani Party is a 2009 Kannada language feature film. Produced by Children's Film Society, India, the film was shot in a village called Honnapura situated near the town of Dharwad in South India. The film uses local actors, most of them first timers who are new to the medium of films...


Kesu
Kannada
Malayalam
Ramchandra P. N.
Sivan
2009 Gubbachigalu Kannada Abhaya Simha
2008 Foto Hindi
Hindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...

Virendra Saini
2007 Care of Footpath
Care Of Footpath
C/o Footpath is the first film produced by the Kiran Movie Makers of Bangalore, India. It was directed by the world’s youngest film director, Guinness Record Holder Kishan Shrikanth....

Kannada Kishan Shrikanth
Kishan Shrikanth
Kishan Shrikanth किशन श्रीकांत Kishan Shrikanth किशन श्रीकांत Kishan Shrikanth किशन श्रीकांत (born January 6, 1996, professionally known as Kishan SS or Master Kishan, is an Indian-language actor & director from India. He is the "Youngest Director of a professionally made feature length film" as...

2006 The Blue Umbrella
The Blue Umbrella (film)
The Blue Umbrella is a 2007 Indian film based on the novel, The Blue Umbrella, by Ruskin Bond and directed by Vishal Bhardwaj. It starred Shreya Sharma and Pankaj Kapur in lead roles...

Hindi
Hindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...

Vishal Bharadwaj
2003 Tora
Tora (film)
Tora is an Assamese language children’s film directed by Jahnu Barua and produced by Sailadhar Baruah. The film was released in 2004. The film received the Best Children’s Film award in the 51st National Film Awards for the year 2003....

Assamese
Assamese language
Assamese is the easternmost Indo-Aryan language. It is used mainly in the state of Assam in North-East India. It is also the official language of Assam. It is also spoken in parts of Arunachal Pradesh and other northeast Indian states. Nagamese, an Assamese-based Creole language is widely used in...

Jahnu Barua
Jahnu Barua
Jahnu Barua is a multiple national and international award-winning Indian film director from Assam. He has directed a number of Assamese and Hindi films, and along with Bhabendra Nath Saikia was one of the pioneers of Assamese Art cinema...

2001 Kharaksharangal Malayalam Saleem Padiyath
1997 Damu
Damu
In Sumerian mythology, Damu is a god of vegetation and rebirth. He is a son of Enki and Nininsinna,or Bau and Ninurta and he kept the sap flowing and helped to regulate the death-rebirth cycle of nature.Damu also seems to be a local offshoot of Tammuz....

Bengali
Bengali language
Bengali or Bangla is an eastern Indo-Aryan language. It is native to the region of eastern South Asia known as Bengal, which comprises present day Bangladesh, the Indian state of West Bengal, and parts of the Indian states of Tripura and Assam. It is written with the Bengali script...

Raja Sen
Raja Sen
Raja Sen is an Indian film and television director, and the winner of three National Film Awards from Kolkata, West Bengal, India.-Career:...

1996 Halo
Halo (1996 film)
Halo is a 1996 Indian film directed by Santosh Sivan. It tells the story of Sasha who is searching for her lost puppy in the streets of Mumbai and the variety of people that she meets.-Awards:...

Kannada/Tamil
Tamil language
Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...

Santosh Sivan
Santosh Sivan
Santosh Sivan is an Indian cinematographer, film director, and producer who has worked in Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil, and Hindi cinema....

1995 Kochaniyan Malayalam Satheesh Vengannoor
1994 Abhay Hindi
Hindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...

Annu Kapoor
Annu Kapoor
Annu Kapoor is an Indian film actor and television presenter, best remembered for hosting the singing reality show Antakshari.-Career:Annu Kapoor made his debut in the film Mandi directed by Shyam Benegal in 1979. His career has spanned nearly 31 years including a distinctive presence in...

1993 Mujhse Dosti Karoge! Hindi
Hindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...

Gopi Desai
1992 Abhayam
Abhayam
Abhayam is a 1991 Malayalam children's film written by Shibu Chakravarthy, directed by Sivan, produced by Children's Film Society of India , and starring Madhu, Parvathy, Master Tarun Kumar, Ramachandran and Baby Ambili...

Malayalam Sivan
1990 Ankur Maina Aur Kabootar Hindi
Hindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...

Madan Bawaria
1989 Manu Uncle
Manu Uncle
Manu Uncle is a 1988 Malayalam children's film written and directed by Dennis Joseph starring Mammootty in title role. The film is regarded as one of the best children's film ever in Malayalam cinema and it won a National Award and a Kerala State Film Award....

Malayalam Dennis Joseph
Dennis Joseph
Dennis Joseph is a Malayalam script writer and director. Born in Ettumanoor, Kottayam in Kerala, India, Dennis Joseph has been a popular name in the late so's and early nineties. Though has associated with several top directors, his best films had been with Joshi and Thambi Kannanthanam...

1988 Swamy Hindi
Hindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...

Shankar Nag
Shankar Nag
Shankar Nagarkatte , 9 November 1954 - 30 September 1990) popularly known as Shankar Nag was a popular actor and director of Kannada cinema. He also directed and acted in the teleserial, Malgudi days, based on celebrated novelist R.K.Narayan's short stories. Besides these, he was actively involved...

1986 Aazadi Ki Ore Hindi
Hindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...

P. S. Prakash
1985 My Dear Kuttichathan
My Dear Kuttichathan
My Dear Kuttichathan is a 3D Malayalam film and the first 3-D film made in India. The movie was produced by Maliampurackal Appachan of Navodaya studio in Kerala....

Malayalam Jijo Punnoose
1978 Safed Haathi
Safed Haathi
Safed Haathi is an Indian film made by Tapan Sinha in 1978. It was awarded National Film Award for Best Children's Film in 1978. It got a ‘Special Jury Award’ in the Sixth Competitive Festival “The Child In Our Time’ 1983 in Mifed, Milan, Italy...

Hindi
Hindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...

Tapan Sinha
Tapan Sinha
Tapan Sinha , was a Indian film director. He was arguably the most uncompromising filmmaker outside the orbit of Parallel Cinema.-Personal life and background:...

1967 Jaise ko Taise Hindi
Hindi
Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...

M.V. Kunte
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