We know National award is the biggest recognition to the film makers who worked the behind the movie. Because the award will decide among all the Indian languages. The National awards presented annually by directorate of film festivals, the organization set up by Ministry of Information and broadcasting. It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with the Golden Lotus (Swarna Kamal). The award is announced for films produced in a year across the country, in all Indian languages.
The award comprises a Swarna Kamal, a certificate, and a cash prize of ₹ 2,50,000 and is presented to the producer and the director of the film. The Award established in 1953 to encourage the production movies and technical and educational culture.
As of now till 2017 about 63 time the award were distributed to the various movies.
Here we going to discuss how many Malayalam movie got the National award for best featured film.
The answer is 11 times Kerala bagged the National award for featured movie and the first movie was evergreen classic Chemmeen and the Adaminte makan abu were the last time.
Here we go for the detailed information about the movies.
1. Chemmeen (1965)
National Award serial#13
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Director
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Ramu Kariat
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Story
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Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai
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Producer
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Babu Ismail Sait
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Starring
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sheela, Madhu, Sathyan and Kottarakkara Sreedharan Nair
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Released Date
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19 August 1965
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2. Swayamvaram (1972)
National Award serial#20
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Director
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Adoor Gopalakrishnan
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Story
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Adoor Gopalakrishnan and KP Kumaran
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Producer
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Adoor Gopalakrishnan
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Starring
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Madhu, Sharada, Bharath Gopi, KPAC Lalitha
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Released Date
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24 Nov 1972
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3. Nirmalyam(1973)
National Award serial#21
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Director
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M. T. Vasudevan Nair
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Story
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M. T. Vasudevan Nair
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Producer
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Novel Films
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Starring
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PJ Antony, Shanta Devi, Kaviyoor Ponnamma
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Released Date
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1973
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4. Chidambaram(1985)
National Award serial#33
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Director
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G. Aravindan
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Story
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C. V. Sreeraman
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Producer
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G. Aravindan
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Starring
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Bharath Gopi, Smita Patil, Sreenivasan
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Released Date
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8-Mar-1986
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5. Piravi(1988)
National Award serial#36
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Director
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Shaji N. Karun
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Story
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S. Jayachandran Nair,Reghunath Paleri,Shaji N. Karun
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Producer
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Shaji N. Karun
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Starring
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Premji, Archana
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Released Date
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Jan-1989
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6. Kathapurushan(1995)
National Award serial#43
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Director
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Adoor Gopalakrishnan
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Story
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Adoor Gopalakrishnan
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Producer
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Adoor Gopalakrishnan
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Starring
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Viswanathan, Mini Nair, Aranmula Ponnamma, Narendra Prasad, Urmila Unni, Babu Namboothiri
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Released Date
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1995
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7. Vanaprastham(1999)
National Award serial#47
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Director
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Shaji N. Karun
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Story
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Pierre Assouline
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Producer
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Mohanlal and Pierre Assouline
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Starring
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Mohanlal,Mohanlal,Suhasini, Mattannur Sankarankutty Marar. Kukku Parameswaran
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Released Date
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25-Dec-1999
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8. Shantham(2000)
National Award serial#48
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Director
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Jayaraj
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Story
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P. Suresh Kumar ,Madampu Kunjukuttan
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Producer
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P. V. Gangadharan
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Starring
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Seema Biswas, KPAC Lalitha, IM Vijayan
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Released date
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2001
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9. Pulijanmam(2006)
National Award serial#54
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Director
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Priyanandanan
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Story
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N. Prabhakaran and N. Sasidharan
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Producer
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M. G. Vijay
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Starring
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Murali, Vineeth Kumar, Salim Kumar, Samvrutha Sunil, Sindhu Menon
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Released Date
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19-May-2006
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10. Kutty Srank(2009)
National Award serial#57
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Director
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Shaji N Karun
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Story
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Shaji N Karun
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Producer
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Mahesh Ramanathan, Reliance BIG Entertainment
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Starring
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Mammootty, Kamline Mukherjee, Padmapriya, Saikumar, Siddique and Suresh Krishna
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Released Date
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23-Jul-2010
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Screenplay by
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Harikrishnan and P. F. Mathews
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11. Adaminte Makan Abu(2010)
National Award serial#58
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Director
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Salim Ahamed
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Story
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Salim Ahamed
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Producer
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Salim Ahamed and Ashraf Bedi
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Starring
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Salim Kumar and Zarina Wahab
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Released Date
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24 Jun 2011
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