| Year |
Film |
Director |
Producer |
| 2010 |
Kutty Srank (Malayalam) |
Shaji N. Karun |
Reliance Big Pictures |
| 2009 |
Antaheen (Bengali) |
Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury |
Screenplay Films Pvt. Ltd. |
| 2008 |
Kanchivaram (Tamil) |
Priyadarshan |
Percept Picture Company |
| 2007 |
Pulijanmam (Malayalam) |
Priyanandanan |
M. G. Vijay |
| 2006 |
Kaalpurush-Memories in the Mist (Bengali) |
Buddhadeb Dasgupta |
Jugal Sughand |
| 2005 |
Page 3 (Hindi, English) |
Madhur Bhandarkar |
Bobby Pushkarna |
| 2004 |
Shwaas (Marathi) |
Sandeep Sawant |
Arun Nalawade |
| 2003 |
Mondo Meyer Upakhyan (Bengali) |
Buddhadeb Dasgupta |
Arya Bhattacharya |
| 2002 |
Dweepa (Kannada) |
Girish Kasaravalli |
Soundarya |
| 2001 |
Shantham (Malayalam) |
Jayaraj |
P. V. Gangadharan |
| 2000 |
Vanaprastham (Malayalam) |
Shaji N. Karun |
Mohanlal |
| 1999 |
Samar (Hindi) |
Shyam Benegal |
Shyam Benegal, Sahyadri Films &National Film Development Corporation |
| 1998 |
Thaayi Saheba (Kannada) |
Girish Kasaravalli |
Jayamala |
| 1997 |
Lal Darja (Bengali) |
Buddhadeb Dasgupta |
Chitrani Lahiri & Dulal Roy |
| 1996 |
Kathapurushan (Malayalam) |
Adoor Gopalakrishnan |
Adoor Gopalakrishnan |
| 1995 |
Unishe April (Bengali) |
Rituparno Ghosh |
Rituparno Ghosh |
| 1994 |
Charachar (Bengali) |
Buddhadeb Dasgupta |
Gita Gope & Shankar Gope |
| 1993 |
Bhagwat Geeta (Sanskrit) |
G. V. Iyer |
T. Subbarami Reddy |
| 1992 |
Agantuk (Bengali) |
Satyajit Ray |
National Film Development Corporation |
| 1991 |
Marupakkam (Tamil) |
K. S. Sethumadhavan |
National Film Development Corporation |
| 1990 |
Bagh Bahadur (Bengali) |
Buddhadeb Dasgupta |
Buddhadeb Dasgupta |
| 1989 |
Piravi (Malayalam) |
Shaji N. Karun |
Film Folks |
| 1988 |
Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai (Assamese) |
Jahnu Barua |
Sailadhar Barua & Jahnu Barua |
| 1987 |
Tabarana Kathe (Kannada) |
Girish Kasaravalli |
Girish Kasaravalli |
| 1986 |
Chidambaram (Malayalam) |
Govindan Aravindan |
Govindan Aravindan |
| 1985 |
Damul (Hindi) |
Prakash Jha |
Prakash Jha Productions |
| 1984 |
Adi Shankaracharya (Sanskrit) |
G. V. Iyer |
National Film Development Corporation |
| 1983 |
Chokh (Bengali) |
Utpalendu Chakrabarty |
Department of Information and Cultural Affairs India & Government of West Bengal |
| 1982 |
Dakhal (Bengali) |
Gautam Ghose |
West Bengal Film Industry |
| 1981 |
Akaler Shandhaney (Bengali) |
Mrinal Sen |
D. K. Films |
| 1980 |
Shodh (Hindi) |
Biplab Roy Choudhary |
Sitakant Misra |
| 1979 |
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| 1978 |
Ghatashraddha (Kannada) |
Girish Kasaravalli |
Sadanand Suvarna |
| 1977 |
Mrigayaa (Hindi) |
Mrinal Sen |
Uday Bhaskar International |
| 1976 |
Chomana Dudi (Kannada) |
B. V. Karanth |
Praja Films |
| 1975 |
Chorus (Bengali) |
Mrinal Sen |
Mrinal Sen Productions |
| 1974 |
Nirmalyam (Malayalam) |
M. T. Vasudevan Nair |
M. T. Vasudevan Nair |
| 1973 |
Swayamvaram (Malayalam) |
Adoor Gopalakrishnan |
Adoor Gopalakrishnan |
| 1972 |
Seemabaddha (Bengali) |
Satyajit Ray |
Bharat Shamsher and Jung Bahadur Rana |
| 1971 |
Samskara (Kannada) |
Pattabhi Rama Reddy |
Ramamanohara Chitra |
| 1970 |
Bhuvan Shome (Hindi) |
Mrinal Sen |
Mrinal Sen Productions |
| 1969 |
Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne (Bengali) |
Satyajit Ray |
Nepal Dutta & Asim Dutta |
| 1968 |
Hatey Bazarey (Bengali, Hindi) |
Tapan Sinha |
Asim Dutta |
| 1967 |
Teesri Kasam (Hindi) |
Basu Bhattacharya |
Shailendra |
| 1966 |
Chemmeen (Malayalam) |
Ramu Kariat |
Babu Ismail Settu |
| 1965 |
Charulata (Bengali) |
Satyajit Ray |
R. D. Bansal |
| 1964 |
Shehar Aur Sapna (Hindi) |
Khwaja Ahmad Abbas |
Naya Sansar |
| 1963 |
Dada Thakur (Bengali) |
Sudhir Mukherjee |
Shyamlal Jalan |
| 1962 |
Bhagini Nivedita (Bengali) |
Bijoy Bose |
Aurora Film Corporation |
| 1961 |
Anuradha (Hindi) |
Hrishikesh Mukherjee |
Hrishikesh Mukherjee & L. B. Thakur |
| 1960 |
Apur Sansar (Bengali) |
Satyajit Ray |
Satyajit Ray Productions |
| 1959 |
Sagar Sangamey (Bengali) |
Debaki Bose |
De Luxe Film Distributors Ltd |
| 1958 |
Do Aankhen Barah Haath (Hindi) |
V. Shantaram |
V. Shantaram |
| 1957 |
Kabuliwala (Bengali) |
Tapan Sinha |
Charuchitra |
| 1956 |
Pather Panchali (Bengali) |
Satyajit Ray |
Government of West Bengal |
| 1955 |
Mirza Ghalib (Hindi) |
Sohrab Modi |
Sohrab Modi |
| 1954 |
Shyamchi Aai (Marathi) |
Pralhad Keshav Atre |
Pralhad Keshav Atre |
