Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Film

The Bangladesh National Award for Best Film (officially National Award Best Film Bengali: জাতীয় চলচ্চিত্র পুরস্কার শ্রেষ্ঠ চলচ্চিত্র) is one of the categories in the National Film Awards presented annually by the Department of Films and Publications, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information in Bangladesh. It is the highest award for films in Bangladesh. This award goes to the producers of the film and is the only category in a year. The award comprises a medal, a certificate, and a cash prize of ৳50,000.

National Film Award for Best Film
Awarded for	Excellence in cinematic achievements for Bangladeshi cinema
Sponsored by	Government of Bangladesh
Location	Dhaka
Country	Bangladesh
Presented by	Ministry of Information
First awarded	1975 (1st)
Last awarded	2019 (44th)
Currently held by	Mahbubur Rahman - No Dorai Faridur Reza Sagar - Fagun Haway (2019)
Highlights
Most awards	Impress Telefilm Limited - Faridur Reza Sagar (9 awards)
First winner	Narayan Ghosh Mita, Lathial (1975)
Website	moi.gov.bd

Lathial, produced and directed by Narayan Ghosh Mita, won the first National Film Awards for Best Film in 1975. Chashi Nazrul Islam and Tauquir Ahmed are the most honoured directors, they both have three flims—Shuvoda (1986), Padma Meghna Jamuna (1991), Hason Raja (2002); and Joyjatra (2004), Daruchini Dip (2007), Oggatonama (2016) respecively —won the award. Followed by Sheikh Niamat Ali, Amjad Hossain and Morshedul Islam, Tanvir Mokammel (two each).

List of winners

Key

Symbol	Meaning
	Indicates a joint award for that year

Year[lower-alpha 1]	Film(s)	Producer(s)	Director(s)	Ref.
1975 (1st)	Lathial	Narayan Ghosh Mita	Narayan Ghosh Mita	[1]
1976 (2nd)	Megher Onek Rong	Anwar Ashraf	Harunur Rashid	[2][3]
1977 (3rd)	Bosundhora	Subhash Dutta	Subhash Dutta	[4][5]
1978 (4th)	Golapi Ekhon Traine	Amjad Hossain	Amjad Hossain	[4]
1979 (5th)	Surjo Dighol Bari	Masihuddin Shaker Sheikh Niamat Ali	Masihuddin Shaker Sheikh Niamat Ali	[6][7]
1980 (6th)	Emiler Goenda Bahini	Badal Rahman	Badal Rahman	[8][9]
1981	No Award			[8]
1982 (7th)	Not Given			[8]
1983 (8th)	Puroskar	Satya Saha	C. B. Zaman	[10]
1984 (9th)	Bhat De	Abu Zafar Khan	Amjad Hossain	[11]
1985 (10th)	Not Given			[11]
1986 (11th)	Shuvoda	AKM Jahangir Khan	Chashi Nazrul Islam	[12]
1987 (12th)	Rajlakshmi Srikanta	Bulbul Ahmed	Bulbul Ahmed	[12]
1988 (13th)	Dui Jibon	Suchona Films	Abdullah al Mamun	[13]
1989 (14th)	Not Given			[13]
1990 (15th)	Goriber Bou	S.S. Productions	Kamal Ahmed	[14]
1991 (16th)	Padma Meghna Jamuna	Mohammad Iqbal Hossain	Chashi Nazrul Islam	[14]
1992 (17th)	Shonkhonil Karagar	Government of Bangladesh	Mustafizur Rahman	[15]
1993 (18th)	Padma Nadir Majhi	Habibur Rahman Khan	Goutam Ghose	[16]
1994 (19th)	Desh Premik	Sheikh Mujibur Rahman	Kazi Hayat	[16]
1994 (19th)	Aguner Poroshmoni	Nuhash Chalachitra – Humayun Ahmed	Humayun Ahmed
1995 (20th)	Anya Jibon	Sheikh Niamat Ali	Sheikh Niamat Ali	[17]
1996 (21st)	Poka Makorer Ghor Bosoti	Bobita	Akhtaruzzaman	[18]
1997 (22nd)	Dukhai	Morshedul Islam	Morshedul Islam	[18]
1998 (23nd)	Not Given			[19]
1999 (24th)	Chitra Nodir Pare	Tanvir Mokammel	Tanvir Mokammel	[19]
2000 (25th)	Kittonkhola	Impress Telefilm Limited - Faridur Reza Sagar	Abu Sayeed	[20]
		Aangik Communications - Abu Sayeed
2001 (26th)	Lalsalu	Tanvir Mokammel	Tanvir Mokammel	[20]
2002 (27th)	Hason Raja	Helal Khan	Chashi Nazrul Islam	[21]
2003 (28th)	Not Given			[19]
2004 (29th)	Joyjatra	Nokkhotro Films - Tauquir Ahmed	Tauquir Ahmed	[22][23]
		Impress Telefilm Limited - Faridur Reza Sagar
2005 (30th)	Hajar Bachhor Dhore	Shuchanda	Shuchanda	[22][23]
2006 (31st)	Ghani	Kazi Morshed	Kazi Morshed	[24][23]
2007 (32nd)	Daruchini Dip	Impress Telefilm Limited - Faridur Reza Sagar	Tauquir Ahmed	[24][23][25]
2008 (33rd)	Chandragrohon	Azom Faruk	Murad Parvez	[26]
2009 (34th)	Monpura	Anjan Chowdhury Pintu	Giasuddin Selim	[26][27]
2010 (35th)	Gohine Shobdo	Impress Telefilm Limited - Faridur Reza Sagar	Khalid Mahmood Mithu	[28][29]
2011 (36th)	Guerrilla	Esha Yousuff	Nasiruddin Yousuff	[30][31][32]
		Impress Telefilm Limited - Faridur Reza Sagar
2012 (37th)	Uttarer Sur	Impress Telefilm Limited - Faridur Reza Sagar	Shahnewaz Kakoli	[33][34]
2013 (38th)	Mrittika Maya	Gazi Rakayet	Gazi Rakayet	[35]
		Impress Telefilm Limited - Faridur Reza Sagar
2014 (39th)	Nekabborer Mohaproyan	Masud Pathik	Masud Pathik	[36][37]
2015 (40th)	Bapjaner Bioscope	Reazul Mawla Rezu	Reazul Mawla Rezu	[1][38]
2015 (40th)	Anil Bagchir Ekdin	Morshedul Islam	Morshedul Islam
2016 (41st)	Oggatonama	Impress Telefilm Limited - Faridur Reza Sagar	Tauquir Ahmed	[39][40]
2017 (42nd)	Dhaka Attack	Kaiser Ahammed	Dipankar Dipon	[41][42]
2017 (42nd)		Sunny Sanwar
2018 (43rd)	Putro	Department of Films and Publications, Ministry of Information	Saiful Islam Mannu	[41][42]
2019 (44th)	No Dorai	Mahbubur Rahman	Taneem Rahman Angshu	[43]
2019 (44th)	Fagun Haway	Faridur Reza Sagar	Tauquir Ahmed

Individuals with multiple wins

9 wins Faridur Reza Sagar

2 wins Sheikh Niamat Ali Tanvir Mokammel Morshedul Islam

Production companies with multiple wins

Production Company	Wins
Impress Telefilm Limited	9

See also

• Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Short Film
• Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Director

Notes

1. Denotes The year in which the film was censored by Bangladesh Film Censor Board.

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