National Film Award/Bester Film über Sozialthemen
# National Film Award/Bester Film über Sozialthemen

Die Gewinner des National Film Award der Kategorie Bester Film über Sozialthemen (Best Film on Social Issues such as Prohibition, Women and Child Welfare, Anti-Dowry, Drug Abuse, Welfare of the Handicapped etc.) waren:
| Jahr | Film | Sprache | Regisseur | Produzent |
| 1985 | Accident | Kannada | Shankar Nag | |
| 1986 | Doore Doore Koodu Kottam | Malayalam | Sibi Malayil | |
| 1987 | Vedham Pudhithu Ore Oru Gramathile | Tamilisch Tamilisch | Bharathiraja Jyothi Pandian | |
| 1988 | Main Zinda Hoon | Hindi | Sudhir Mishra | |
| 1989 | Unnikuttant Jolikitty | Malayalam | V. R. Gopinath | |
| 1990 | Oru Veedu Iru Vaasal | Tamilisch | K. Balachander | |
| 1991 | Yamanam | Malayalam | Gopi | |
| 1992 | Neenga Nalla Irukkum | Tamilisch | Visu | |
| 1993 | Janani Narayam | Hindi Malayalam | Sanat Das Gupta Sasi Shanker | |
| 1994 | Parinayam Wheel Chair | Malayalam Bengalisch | Hariharan Tapan Sinha | |
| 1995 | Doghi | Marathi | Sumitra Bhave und Sunil Sukthankar | |
| 1996 | Tamanna | Hindi | Mahesh Bhatt | Pooja Bhatt |
| 1997 | Dhanna | Hindi | Deepak Roy | |
| 1998 | Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala | Malayalam | Sreenivasan | |
| 1999 | Kairee | Hindi | Amol Palekar | |
| 2000 | Vetri Kodi Kattu Munnudi | Tamilisch Kannada | Cheran P. Sheshadri | |
| 2001 | Chandni Bar | Hindi | Madhur Bhandarkar | |
| 2002 | Swaraj | Hindi | Anwar Jamal | |
| 2003 | Koi Mil Gaya | Hindi | Rakesh Roshan | |
| 2004 | Perumazhakkalam | Malayalam | Kamal | |
| 2005 | Iqbal | Hindi | Nagesh Kukunoor | Subhash Ghai |
| 2006 | Hope | Telugu | K. Satyanarayana | P. Venkata Subbaiah |
| 2007 | Antardwandwa | Hindi | Sushil Rajpal | Sushil Rajpal |
| 2008 | Jogva | Marathi | Rajeev Patil | IDream Production |
Derzeit erhalten Produzent und Regisseur des Gewinnerfilms je einen Rajat Kamal und ein Preisgeld von 150.000 Rupien.