The ‘National Film Award for the Best Children’s Film’ was instituted in the year 1954, by the ‘Directorate of Film Festivals’, set up by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting of the Union Government of India.
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The ‘National Film Award for the Best Children’s Film includes a:
The following is the List of Indian Movies in various Languages which have received the “National Film Award for the Best Children’s Film:-
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Language/ Number of Awards Received Till Now/Name of the Movie/Produced By/Directed By/Year of the Award(year/1,2,3 denotes that the year’s award shared by 2 or 3 movies in various languages):
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- ‘Medal-Swarna Kamal’ and a Golden Lotus and
![Swarna Kamal Medal for National Film Award]( "Swarna Kamal Medal for National Film Award")
- Cash Prize of Rs 1 50 000/-($2300/-).
The following is the List of Indian Movies in various Languages which have received the “National Film Award for the Best Children’s Film:-
Language/ Number of Awards Received Till Now/Name of the Movie/Produced By/Directed By/Year of the Award(year/1,2,3 denotes that the year’s award shared by 2 or 3 movies in various languages):
Assamese/1
- Tora/Children's Film Society/ Jahnu Barua /2003
![Tora Assamese]( "Tora Assamese")
- Khela Ghar/Aurora Films /1954
- Jaldeep/Children's Film Society /Kidar Sharma /1956
![Jaldeep Bengali]( "Jaldeep Bengali")
- Janmatithi/R. B. Films /Dilip Mukherjee /1957/2
- Heerer Prajapati /Children's Film Society/Shanti P. Chowdhury /1968
- Joi Baba Felunath /R. D. Bansal/ Satyajit Ray /1978
![Joi Baba Felunath Bengali]( "Joi Baba Felunath Bengali")
- Bhombal Sardar /Government of West Bengal /Nripen Ganguly /1983
- Damu/ /Art Films/Raja Sen /1996
![Damu Bengali]( "Damu Bengali")
English/5
- Virsa and the Magic Doll /Little Cinema Pvt Ltd. /Santi P. Chowdhury /1958
- Banyan Deer/ Films Division /Ahmed Lateef- Shanti Verma- G. G. Saraiya/1959
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![Banyan Deer English]( "Banyan Deer English")
- The Adventure of A Sugar Doll /Children's Film Society/Kantilal Rathod /1965/1
- As You Like It /Children's Film Society/S. Shankar /1965/2
- Wings Of Fire/1971
- Hum Panchhi Ek Dal Ke/ AVM Productions /P. L. Santoshi /1957/1
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- Phool Aur Kaliyan/ Rajkamal Kalamandir / Ram Gabale /1960/1
![Rajkamal Kalamandir]( "Rajkamal Kalamandir")
- Idd Mubarak/ Children's Film Society / Khwaja Ahmad Abbas /1960/2
- Delhi Ki Kahani / Children's Film Society / Rajendra Kumar /1960/3
- Savitri /Children's Film Society / Phani Majumdar/1961/2
- Nanhe Munne Sitare /Ajay Kumar Chakravarty /Ajay Kumar Chakravarty/1961/3
- Hattogol Vijay /Hari S. Dasgupta Productions / Buju Das Gupta- Raghunath Goswami /1961/1
- Raju Aur Gangaram /Children's Film Society /Ezra Mir/1962
- Panch Puthliyan /Children's Film Society/Amit Bose/1963
- Safed Haathi/ R. A. Jalan- Pratap Agarwal-Tapan Sinha /1977
- Ankur Maina Aur Kabootar /Children's Film Society/ Madan Bawaria /1989/1
- Aazadi Ki Ore / Sangeethalaya/P. S. Prakash /1985
- Swamy/Hindi /T. S. Narasimhan /Shankar Nag /1987
- Mujhse Dosti Karoge/Hindi /National Center of Films for Children and Young People/Gopi Desai /1992
![Mujhse Dosto Karoge Hindi Children's Movie]( "Mujhse Dosto Karoge Hindi Children's Movie")
- Abhay /National Center of Films for Children and Young People/Annu Kapoor /1994/2
- Halo/ National Center of Films for Children and Young People/Santosh Sivan /1995
![Halo Hindi]( "Halo Hindi")
- Kabhi Pass Kabhi Fail / National Center of Films for Children and Young People/Virendra Saini /1998
![Kabhi Pass Kabhi Fail Hindi]( "Kabhi Pass Kabhi Fail Hindi")
- Goal / Children's Film Society/Gul Bahar Singh /1999
- Baaja /Children's Film Society/Apurba Kishore Bir/2002
![Baaja Hindi]( "Baaja Hindi")
- Chutkan Ki Mahabharat / Children's Film Society/Sankalp Meshram /2004
![Chutkan Ki Mahabharat]( "Chutkan Ki Mahabharat")
- The Blue Umbrella/ UTV Motion Pictures/ Vishal Bhardwaj /2005
![Blue Umbrella Hindi]( "Blue Umbrella Hindi")
- Photo / Children's Film Society /Virendra Saini /2007
- Chillar Party/ UTV Software Communications/ Salman Khan and Ronnie Screwwvala/ Vikas Bahl and Nitesh Tiwari /2011
![Chillar Party Hindi]( "Chillar Party Hindi")
- Dekh Indian Circus /Mahaveer Jain and Anil Lad/Mangesh Hadawale /2012
![Dekh Indinan Circus Team]( "Dekh Indinan Circus Team")
![Dekh Indian Circus Hindi]( "Dekh Indian Circus Hindi")
- Kaphal /Children's Film Society of India/Batul Mukhtiar /2013
- Jamboo Savari / K. S. L. Swame (Lalitha Ravee) / K. S. L. Swame (Lalitha Ravee) /1989/2
![Jamboo Savari Kannada]( "Jamboo Savari Kannada")
- Care of Footpath /Shylaja Shrikanth/Kishan Shrikanth /2006
![Care of Footpath Kannada]( "Care of Footpath Kannada")
- Keshu /Children’s Film Society /Sivan /2009/2
![Keshu Kannada]( "Keshu Kannada")
- Gubbachigalu /Media House Studio /Abhaya Simha /2008
- Putaani Party /Children's Film Society/ Ramchandra P. N./2009/1
![Putaani Party Kannada]( "Putaani Party Kannada")
- Hejjegalu /Basanta Kumar Patil/P. R. Ramadas Naidu/2010
- My Dear Kuttichathan (3D) /Navodaya Appachan- Jose Punnoose/Jijo Punnoose/Music by Ilayaraja /1984
![My Dear Kutti Sathaan Malayalam]( "My Dear Kutti Sathaan Malayalam")
- Manu Uncle/ Joy Thomas / Dennis Joseph /1988
![Manu Uncle Malayalam]( "Manu Uncle Malayalam")
- Abhayam/ Children's Film Society /Sivan/1991
- Kochaniyan / Bushura Shahudeen/Satheesh Vengannoor /1994/1
- Gharaksharangal /Salim Padiyath/Salim Padiyath /2000
- Elizabeth Ekadashi /Nittin Keni,Nikhil Sane and Madhugandha Kulkarni / Paresh Mokashi /2014/2
![Elizabeth Ekadashi Marathi]( "Elizabeth Ekadashi Marathi")
- Lavanya Preeti / National Center of Films for Children and Young People /Apurba Kishore Bir /1993
- Ramayanam/Telugu/M. S. Reddy/Gunasekhar /1997
![Ramayanam Telugu]( "Ramayanam Telugu")
- Kaaka Muttai/Tamil/Dhanush and Vetrimaaran/Manikandan/2014/1
![Vettrimaaran Manikandan and Dhanush]( "Vettrimaaran Manikandan and Dhanush")
![Kaakkaa Muttai Tamil]( "Kaakkaa Muttai Tamil")
