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The National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the National Film Development Corporation of India, and was constituted in the year 1975. This is one of the Golden Lotus Awards (Swarna Kamal) given among National Film Awards. It is announced for films produced in a year across the country, in all Indian languages.

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Formerly called
  • Best Feature Film with Mass Appeal, Wholesome Entertainment and Aesthetic Value (1974–1985)
  • Best Film Providing Popular and Wholesome Entertainment (1986–1988)
Rewards
  • Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus)
  • ₹3,00,000
First award1974
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National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment
National award for contributions to Indian Cinema
Sponsored byNational Film Development Corporation of India
Formerly called
  • Best Feature Film with Mass Appeal, Wholesome Entertainment and Aesthetic Value (1974–1985)
  • Best Film Providing Popular and Wholesome Entertainment (1986–1988)
Rewards
  • Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus)
  • ₹3,00,000
First award1974
Most recent winnerKalki 2898 AD (2024)
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Films in the following languages have won the Best Popular Feature Film award: Hindi (30 awards), Telugu (7 awards), Tamil (4 awards), Malayalam (3 awards), Bengali, and Kannada (2 awards each).

With six wins, Yash Raj Films is the production house with the most wins. With five wins, Yash Chopra is the producer with the most wins, producing most of the company's winning films. He has also directed four winning films, the most for any director.

Winners

Indicates a joint award for that year
More information List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), language(s), producer(s) and director(s), Year ...
List of films, showing the year (award ceremony), language(s), producer(s) and director(s)
Year Film(s) Language(s) Producer(s) Director(s) Refs.
1974
(22nd)		 Kora Kagaz[a] Hindi Sanat Kothari for Shreeji Films Anil Ganguly [1]
1975
(23rd)		 Tapasya Hindi Rajshri Productions Anil Ganguly [2]
1976
(24th)		 No Award [3]
1977
(25th)		 Swami Hindi Jaya Charavarthy Basu Chatterjee [4]
1978
(26th)		 Ganadevata Bengali Department of Information and Cultural Affairs
(Government of West Bengal)		 Tarun Majumdar [5]
1979
(27th)		 Sankarabharanam Telugu Edida Nageswara Rao K. Viswanath [6]
1980
(28th)		 No Award [7]
1981
(29th)		 No Award [8]
1982
(30th)		 No Award [9]
1983
(31st)		 No Award [10]
1984
(32nd)		 Koni Bengali Government of West Bengal Saroj Dey [11]
1985
(33rd)		 No Award [12]
1986
(34th)		 Samsaram Adhu Minsaram Tamil AVM Productions Visu [13]
1987
(35th)		 Pushpaka Vimana Kannada Singeetam Srinivasa Rao and Shringar Nagaraj Singeetam Srinivasa Rao [14]
1988
(36th)		 Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak Hindi Nasir Hussain Films Mansoor Khan [15]
1989
(37th)		 Chandni Hindi Yash Raj Films Yash Chopra [16]
Geethanjali Telugu Bhagyalakshmi Enterprises Mani Ratnam
1990
(38th)		 Ghayal Hindi Dharmendra Rajkumar Santoshi [17]
1991
(39th)		 No Award [18]
1992
(40th)		 Sargam Malayalam Bhavani Hariharan [19]
1993
(41st)		 Manichitrathazhu Malayalam Appachan Fazil [20]
Darr Hindi Yash Chopra Yash Chopra
1994
(42nd)		 Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! Hindi Rajshri Productions Sooraj R. Barjatya [21]
1995
(43rd)		 Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge Hindi Yash Chopra Aditya Chopra [22]
1996
(44th)		 Maachis Hindi R. V. Pandit Gulzar [23]
1997
(45th)		 Dil To Pagal Hai Hindi Yash Chopra Yash Chopra [24]
1998
(46th)		 Kuch Kuch Hota Hai Hindi Yash Johar Karan Johar [25]
1999
(47th)		 Sarfarosh Hindi John Matthew Matthan John Matthew Matthan [26]
2000
(48th)		 Vaanathaippola Tamil V. Ravichandran Vikraman [27]
2001
(49th)		 Lagaan Hindi Aamir Khan Ashutosh Gowariker [28]
2002
(50th)		 Devdas Hindi Bharat Shah Sanjay Leela Bhansali [29]
2003
(51st)		 Munna Bhai M.B.B.S. Hindi Vidhu Vinod Chopra Rajkumar Hirani [30]
2004
(52nd)		 Veer-Zaara Hindi Yash Raj Films Yash Chopra [31]
Autograph Tamil Cheran Cheran
2005
(52nd)		 Rang De Basanti Hindi UTV Motion Pictures and Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Pictures Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra [32]
Shubhodrishti Bengali Rajshri Productions and Shree Venkatesh Films Prabhat Roy
2006
(54th)		 Lage Raho Munna Bhai Hindi Vidhu Vinod Chopra Rajkumar Hirani [33]
2007
(55th)		 Chak De! India Hindi Aditya Chopra Shimit Amin [34]
2008
(56th)		 Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! Hindi UTV Motion Pictures Dibakar Banerjee [35]
2009
(57th)		 3 Idiots Hindi Vidhu Vinod Chopra Rajkumar Hirani [36]
2010
(58th)		 Dabangg Hindi Arbaaz Khan, Malaika Arora Khan, and Dhillin Mehta Abhinav Kashyap [37]
2011
(59th)		 Azhagarsamiyin Kuthirai Tamil P. Madhan Suseenthiran [38]
2012
(60th)		 Vicky Donor Hindi Sunil Lulla, John Abraham, Ronnie Lahiri and Ram Mirchandani Shoojit Sircar [39]
Ustad Hotel Malayalam Listin Stephen Anwar Rasheed
2013
(61st)		 Bhaag Milkha Bhaag Hindi Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra [40]
2014
(62nd)		 Mary Kom Hindi Sanjay Leela Bhansali Omung Kumar [41]
2015
(63rd)		 Bajrangi Bhaijaan Hindi Salman Khan and Rockline Venkatesh Kabir Khan [42]
2016
(64th)		 Sathamanam Bhavati Telugu Dil Raju Satish Vegesna [43]
2017
(65th)		 Baahubali 2: The Conclusion Telugu Prasad Devineni S. S. Rajamouli [44]
2018
(66th)		 Badhaai Ho Hindi Amit Sharma [45]
2019
(67th)		 Maharshi Telugu Dil Raju Vamshi Paidipally [46]
2020
(68th)		 Tanhaji : The Unsung Warrior Hindi Ajay Devgn Om Raut [47]
2021
(69th)		 RRR Telugu D. V. V. Danayya S. S. Rajamouli [48]
2022
(70th)		 Kantara Kannada Vijay Kiragandur Rishab Shetty [49]
2023
(71st)		 Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani Hindi Apoorva Mehta Karan Johar [50]
2024
(72nd)		 Kalki 2898 AD Telugu C. Aswini Dutt Nag Ashwin [51]
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Explanatory notes

  1. [a]
    Vijay Anand (Leading Actor) and Jaya Bhaduri (Leading Actress) were awarded with Medallion.

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