The Nargis Dutt Award is a national film award. To commemorate the films which have thoughtfully dealt the theme, national integration this award is given to a film production after the attentive moderation of the jury of the National Film Awards. The Hindi film Shaheed, by S. Ram Sharma won this award for the first time in the year 1966.

Following is a list of the Nargis Dutt Award winners

2007	Kallarali Hoovagi	Kannada	T.S. Nagabharna
2006	Daivanamathil	Malayalam	Jayaraj
2005	Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero	Hindi/English	Shyam Benegal
2004	Pinjar	Hindi	Chandra Prakash Dwivedi
2003	Mr. and Mrs. Iyer	English	Aparna Sen
2002	Bub (father)	Kashmiri	Jyoti Sarup
2001	Pukar	Hindi	Rajkumar Santoshi
2000	Shaheed Udham Singh	Punjabi	Chitrarath
1999	Zakhm	Hindi	Mahesh Bhatt
1998	Border	Hindi	J.P. Dutta
1997	Kanakinavu	Malayalam	Siby Malayil
1996	Bombay	Tamil	Mani Ratnam
1995	Mukhta	Marathi	Jabbar Patel
1994	Sardar	Hindi	Ketan Mehta
1993	Roja	Tamil	Mani Ratnam
1992	Adi Mimansa	Oriya	A.K. Bir
1991	no award	-
1990	Santa Sishunala Sharifa	Kannada	T.S. Nagabharana
1989	Rudraveena	Telugu	K. Balachander
1988	Tamas	Hindi	Govind Nihalani
1987	no award	-
1986	Sree Narayana Guru	Malayalam	P.A. Backer
1985	Aadmi Aur Aurat	Hindi	Tapan Sinha
1984	Sookha	Hindi	M. S. Sathyu
1983	Aaroodam	Malayalam	I.V. Sasi
1982	Saptapadhi	Telugu	K. Viswanath
1981	Bhavni Bhavai	Gujarati	Ketan Mehta
1980	22 June 1897	Marathi	Nachiket, Jayoo Patwardhan
1979	Grahana	Kannada	T.S. Nagabharana
1978	no award	-
1977	no award	-
1976	no award	-
1975	Parinay	Hindi	Kanthilal Rathod
1974	Garam Hawa	Hindi	M. S. Sathyu
1973	Achanum Bappayum	Malayalam	K.S. Sethumadhavan
1972	Do Boond Pani	Hindi	Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
1971	Thurakkatha Vaathil	Malayalam	P. Bhaskaran
1970	Saat Hindustani	Hindi	Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
1969	Janma Bhoomi	Malayalam	John Sankaramangalam
1968	no award	-
1967	Subhash Chandra	Hindi	Piyush Ghosh
1966	Shaheed	Hindi	S. Ram Sharma