National Film Award for Best Investigative Film

Indian film award

National Film Award for Best Investigative Film

award for contributions to short film
Sponsored by| Directorate of Film Festivals
Reward(s)|

* Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus)
* ₹50,000

First award| 1990
Final award| 2021
Most recent winner| Looking for Challan
Highlights
Total awarded| 25
First winner| Una Mitran Di Yaad Pyaari (In Memory of Friends)

The National Film Award for Best Investigative Film was one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It was one of several awards presented for non-feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus).

The award was instituted in 1990, at 38th National Film Awards and awarded annually for short films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages. At the 70th National Film Awards, the award is discontinued and clubbed with National Film Award for Best Promotional Film, National Film Award for Best Scientific Film, National Film Award for Best Educational/Motivational/Instructional Film, National Film Award for Best Exploration/Adventure Film, National Film Award for Best Anthropological/Ethnographic Film, National Film Award for Best Agriculture Film, National Film Award for Best Film on Social Issues and National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Environment/Conservation/Preservation Film, and two new categories were created; Best Documentary and Best Non Feature Film Promoting Social and Environmental Values.[1]

## Winners

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Award includes 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus) and cash prize. Following are the award winners over the years:

List of films, showing the year, language(s), producer(s) and director(s)

Year  | Film(s)  | Language(s)  | Producer(s)  | Director(s)  | Refs.
1990
(38th) | Una Mitran Di Yaad Pyaari
(In Memory of Friends) |  • English
• Hindi
• Punjabi | Anand Patwardhan | Anand Patwardhan | [2]
1991
(39th) | Bhagirathi Ki Pukaar | Hindi  | Anwar Jamal | Anwar Jamal | [3]
1992
(40th) | Ram ke Naam | Hindi  | Anand Patwardhan | Anand Patwardhan | [4]
1993
(41st) | Benefit For Whom at Whose Cost? | English  | Dinesh Lakhanpal  | Dinesh Lakhanpal  | [5]
1994
(42nd) | Father, Son and Holy War (Part I – Trial by Fire, Part II – Hero Pharmacy) |  • Hindi
• English  | Anand Patwardhan | Anand Patwardhan | [6]
1995
(43rd) | Limit to Freedom | English  | Deepak Roy  | Deepak Roy  | [7]
1996
(44th) | N. M. No. 309 Bhiwandi Tragedy | English  | Yash Chowdhary  | V. Packiri Swamy  | [8]
1997
(45th) | Thirst | Hindi  | Y. N. Engineer for Films Division | Swadesh Pathak for Films Division  | [9]
1998
(46th) | Saga of Darkness | Bengali | Creative Image  | Gautam Sen  | [10]
1999
(47th) | No Award  | [11]
2000
(48th) | Wearing the face | English  | Bankim for Films Division  | Joshy Joseph for Films Division  | [12]
2001
(49th) | Kalahandi |  • Oriya
• English  | Soudamini Mishra  | Gautam Ghose | [13]
2002
(50th) | No Award  | [14]
2003
(51st) | A Silent Killer | English  | Dhananjoy Mondal  | Dhananjoy Mondal  | [15]
2004
(52nd) | Harvest of Hunger |  • English
• Oriya  | Action Aid India  | Rupashree Nanda  | [16]
2005
(53rd) | The Whistle Blowers | English  | Rajiv Mehrotra | Umesh Aggarwal  | [17]
2006
(54th) | Mere Desh Ki Dharti | Hindi  | Rajiv Mehrotra | Sumit Khanna  | [18]
2007
(55th) | The Journalist and a Jihadi | English  | Romesh Sharma |  • Romesh Sharma
• Ahmad Jamal  | [19]
2008
(56th) | Distant Rumblings | English  | Ms. Rongsenkala  | Bani Prakash Das  | [20]
2009
(57th) | No Award  | [21]
2010
(58th) | A Pestering Journey |  • Malayalam
• Punjabi
• Hindi
• English
• Tulu | Ranjini Krishnan  | K. R. Manoj  | [22]
2011
(59th) | Cotton for My Shroud | English  | Kavita Bahl  |  • Nandan Saxena
• Kavita Bahl  | [23]
2012
(60th) | Inshallah, Kashmir | English  | Ashvin Kumar | Ashvin Kumar | [24]
2013
(61st) | Katiyabaaz |  • Hindi
• Urdu
• English  | Globalistan Films Pvt. Ltd.  |  • Deepti Kakkar
• Fahad Mustafa  | [25]
2014
(62nd) | Phum Shang |  | Films Division  | Haobam Paban Kumar | [26]
2015
(63rd) | Tezpur 1962 | English  | Films Division  | Samujjal Kashyap  | [27]
2016
(64th) | Placebo | English  | Archana Fadke  | Abhay Kumar  | [28]
2017
(65th) | 1984, When the Sun Didn't Rise |  | Teenaa Kaur Pasricha | Teenaa Kaur Pasricha |
2018
(66th) | Amoli |  | Culture Machine Media Pvt. Ltd.  |  • Jasmine Kaur Roy
• Avinash Roy  |
2020
(68th) | The Saviour Brig. Pritam Singh | Punjabi  | Akaal Productions  |  • Paramjeet Singh Kattu
• Karanvir Singh Sibla  | [29]
2021
(69th) | Looking for Challan | English  | Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts | Bappa Ray  | [30]

## References

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1. ^ Under Secretary to the Government of India (14 December 2023). "Report on Rationalization of Awards Conferred by the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting | Ministry of Information and Broadcasting | Government of India". Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
2. ^ "38th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
3. ^ "39th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
4. ^ "40th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
5. ^ "41st National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
6. ^ "42nd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
7. ^ "43rd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
8. ^ "44th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
9. ^ "45th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
10. ^ "46th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
11. ^ "47th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
12. ^ "48th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
13. ^ "49th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
14. ^ "50th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
15. ^ "51st National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
16. ^ "52nd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
17. ^ "53rd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
18. ^ "54th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
19. ^ "55th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
20. ^ "56th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
21. ^ "57th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
22. ^ "58th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
23. ^ "59th National Film Awards for the Year 2011 Announced". Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
24. ^ "60th National Film Awards Announced" (PDF) (Press release). Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. Retrieved 17 April 2014.
25. ^ "61st National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. 16 April 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
26. ^ "62nd National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. 24 March 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
27. ^ "63rd National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. 28 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
28. ^ "64th National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
29. ^ "68th National Awards 2020: 'The Saviour: Brig. Pritam Singh' gets the title of the Best Investigative Film in the category of non-feature films". The Times of India. 30 September 2022. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 14 September 2024.
30. ^ "69th National Film Awards for the year 2021 announced". Press Information Bureau. 24 August 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2024.

## External links

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Feature Films|

| Golden Lotus Awards|

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Silver Lotus Awards|

* Feature Film Promoting National, Social and Environmental Values
* Film in AVGC (VFX Supervisor)
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Discontinued Awards|

* Second Best Feature Film
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* Story
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Non-Feature Films|

| Golden Lotus Awards|

* Non-Feature Film
* Direction
* Debut Film of a Director

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Silver Lotus Awards|

* Non Feature Film Promoting National, Social and Environmental Values
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* Script
* Sound Design
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* Music Direction
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* Special Mention

Discontinued Awards|

* Experimental Film
* Industrial Film
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* Anthropological/Ethnographic Film
* Biographical Film
* Educational/Motivational/Instructional Film
* Environment/Conservation/Preservation Film
* Exploration/Adventure Film
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* Investigative Film
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* Filmstrip
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Writing on Cinema|

| Golden Lotus Awards|

* Book on Cinema
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Special Awards|

* Special Mention (Book on Cinema)
* Special Mention (Film Critic)

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2021–present|

* 2021 (69th)
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