| 1978 (26th)
 | Loksen Lavnani for Films Division | Director | The Burning Stone | English | 
					
						| 1979 (27th)
 | No Award |  |  |  | 
					
						| 1980 (28th)
 | Adoor Gopalakrishnan | • Producer • Director
 | The Chola Heritage | English | 
					
						| 1980 (28th)
 | • Films Division • P. C. Sharma
 | • Producer • Director
 | Pampa | English | 
					
						| 1981 (29th)
 | No Award |  |  |  | 
					
						| 1982 (30th)
 | No Award |  |  |  | 
					
						| 1983 (31st)
 | • National Institute of Design • I. S. Mathur
 | • Producer • Director
 | Jalshakti | Hindi | 
					
						| 1983 (31st)
 | • Kerala State Film Development Corporation • Joy Mathew
 | • Producer • Director
 | Thalam | Malayalam | 
					
						| 1983 (31st)
 | National Institute of Design | Producer | Energy-Merry-Go-Round | English | 
					
						| 1983 (31st)
 | – | Best Biographical Film | Veer Savarkar | Marathi | 
					
						| 1983 (31st)
 | – | Best Scientific Film | Handling Fuel Oils Fission Power 306 Rejuvenation | English | 
					
						| 1983 (31st)
 | – | Best Exploration/Adventure Film | Against Current Exploration Antartica | English | 
					
						| 1983 (31st)
 | – | Best Anthropological/Ethnographic Film | • Cobra: The Snake God • Perumkaliattam
 • Leather Puppetry of Karnataka
 • Nishan
 | • English • Malayalam
 • English
 • Hindi
 | 
					
						| 1983 (31st)
 | – | Best Exploration/Adventure Film | Against Current Exploration Antartica | English | 
					
						| 1983 (31st)
 | – | Best Historical Reconstruction Film | • Tambaccucha Samna • Bidaai
 | • Marathi • Hindi
 | 
					
						| 1984 (32nd)
 | Hemkunt Saahib | – | – | – | 
					
						| 1985 (33rd)
 | Rajan Khosa | Director | Bodhvriksha | Hindi | 
					
						| 1985 (33rd)
 | • FTII • Ramesh Handoo
 | • Producer • Director
 | Prisoners of Circumstances | Telugu | 
					
						| 1985 (33rd)
 | • R. K. Gupta • Gul Bahar Singh
 | • Producer • Director
 | Anukaran | Telugu | 
					
						| 1986 (34th)
 | Yash Chaudhary | Director | Equal Partners | English | 
					
						| 1987 (35th)
 | Rajiv Mehrotra | • Producer • Director
 • Cameraman
 | Barren Harvest | English | 
					
						| 1987 (35th)
 | Ashok Gunjal | Cameraman | The Kingdom of God | English | 
					
						| 1988 (36th)
 | Mani Kaul | Director | Before My Eyes | – | 
					
						| 1988 (36th)
 | N. H. Prasad | Director | Dispossession | English | 
					
						| 1989 (37th)
 | K. R. Mohanan | Director | Kalamandalam Krishnankutty Poduval | Malayalam | 
					
						| 1990 (38th)
 | Gulzar | Director | Ustad Amjad Ali Khan | Hindi | 
					
						| 1990 (38th)
 | Raj Gopal Rao | Director | Technique of Seed Production in Wheat and Paddy | English | 
					
						| 1990 (38th)
 | Siddharth Kak | Director | Cactus and Roses | English | 
					
						| 1990 (38th)
 | Dilip Ghose | Director | Aadhi Haqueeqat Aadha Fasana | Hindi | 
					
						| 1990 (38th)
 | Naresh Saxena | Director | Sambandh | Hindi | 
					
						| 1991 (39th)
 | Aribam Syam Sharma | Director | Meitei Pung | English | 
					
						| 1991 (39th)
 | B. Narsing Rao | Director | Akruti | – | 
					
						| 1991 (39th)
 | Debal Basu | Director | Living on the Junk | English | 
					
						| 1992 (40th)
 | • Salam Karassery • Sasibhushan
 | • Producer • Director
 | Noottantinte Sakshi | Malayalam | 
					
						| 1993 (41st)
 | Murali Nair | Director | Tragedy of an Indian Farmer | English | 
					
						| 1993 (41st)
 | Mahesh Thottathil | Director | Death of a Prodigal Son | • Hindi • English
 | 
					
						| 1994 (42nd)
 | Soumitra Sarkar | • Producer • Director
 • Screenwriter
 | Games We Played in My Youth | • English • Bengali
 | 
					
						| 1994 (42nd)
 | Arun Kumar Roy | • Director • Screenwriter
 | Of Tagore and Cinema | English | 
					
						| 1994 (42nd)
 | Gautam Haldar | Director | The Story of Integration | English | 
					
						| 1994 (42nd)
 | Sivaprasad | • Director • Screenwriter
 • Editor
 | Ormaynde Theerangalil | Malayalam | 
					
						| 1995 (43rd)
 | Sehjo Singh | • Producer | Sona Maati | Marwari | 
					
						| 1995 (43rd)
 | Arvind Singh | Director | Ajit | Hindi | 
					
						| 1995 (43rd)
 | Rashmi Film Society | Producer | Ithihasathile Khasak | • English • Malayalam
 | 
					
						| 1995 (43rd)
 | Biswadeb Dasgupta | • Producer • Director
 | Majhi | Bengali | 
					
						| 1996 (44th)
 | Nilotpal Majumdar | • Producer • Director
 • Cinematographer
 | Dhatu Jhar '96 | Bengali | 
					
						| 1997 (45th)
 | Gulbahar Singh | Director | Gotipua | English | 
					
						| 1998 (46th)
 | Pavan Malhotra | Actor | Faqir | Hindi | 
					
						| 1998 (46th)
 | Unni Vijayan | Director | Jee Karta Tha | Hindi | 
					
						| 1999 (47th)
 | Deep Prakash | Director | Of Confucius, S-Spots and Toyguns | • English • Hindi
 • Marathi
 • Tamil
 | 
					
						| 1999 (47th)
 | Vinod Subramanian | Director | Fire | • English • Hindi
 | 
					
						| 2000 (48th)
 | • Roabin Mazumdar • Lygia Mathews
 | • Producer • Director
 | A Memory of the Sea | English | 
					
						| 2000 (48th)
 | Amal Neerod C. R. | Cameraman | Meena Jha | Hindi | 
					
						| 2000 (48th)
 | Haimanti Banerjee | Director | Balgandharv | Marathi | 
					
						| 2001 (49th)
 | • Kireet Khurana • Bhimsain
 | • Producer • Director
 | Orchestra | Hindi | 
					
						| 2001 (49th)
 | A. R. Tripathi | Producer | Kalahandi | • Oriya • English
 | 
					
						| 2001 (49th)
 | Sonali Kulkarni | Actress | Chaitra | Marathi | 
					
						| 2002 (50th)
 | Wrik Basu and team | Director | 00:00 | English | 
					
						| 2002 (50th)
 | Raja Mitra | Director | Kalighat Paintings And Drawings | English | 
					
						| 2003 (51st)
 | • Kadhambari Chintamani • Ajit Oommen
 | • Producer • Director
 | The Lijjat Sisterhood | English | 
					
						| 2003 (51st)
 | Sudhakar Reddyr | Director | Ek Aakash | – | 
					
						| 2003 (51st)
 | Shilpi Dasgupta | Director | Mangali: An Exorcision | – | 
					
						| 2003 (51st)
 | Aseem Bose | Cameraman | Water | English | 
					
						| 2004 (52nd)
 | Amit Dutta | Director | Kshy Tra Ghya | Hindi | 
					
						| 2005 (53rd)
 | Rakesh Sharma | Director | Final Solution | • Hindi • Gujarati
 • English
 | 
					
						| 2005 (53rd)
 | Vibhu Puri] | Director | Chabiwali Pocket Watch | Hindi | 
					
						| 2005 (53rd)
 | Bidyut Kotoky | Director | Bhraimoman Theatre | Assamese | 
					
						| 2006 (54th)
 | • Anuradha Mookerjee • Manash Bhowmick
 | • Producer • Director
 | Lama Dances of Sikkim | English | 
					
						| 2006 (54th)
 | • Kuldip Sinha • Suresh Menon
 | • Producer • Director
 | Special Children | English | 
					
						| 2007 (55th)
 | • Amalan Datta • Anirban Datta
 | • Producer • Director
 | Bhultir Khero | Bengali | 
					
						| 2007 (55th)
 | • Public Service Broadcasting Trust • Vipin Vijay
 | • Producer • Director
 | Poomaram | Malayalam | 
					
						| 2008 (56th)
 | Rajesh S. Jala | Director | Children of the Pyre | Hindi | 
					
						| 2008 (56th)
 | Aniket Rumade | Child actor | Vitthal | Marathi | 
					
						| 2009 (57th)
 | Aasna Aslam | Child actor | Kelkkunnundo | Malayalam | 
					
						| 2009 (57th)
 | Nikita Bhagat | Cinematographer | Vilay | – | 
					
						| 2010 (58th)
 | Shiny Jacob Benjamin | Director | Ottayal (One Woman Alone)
 | Malayalam | 
					
						| 2010 (58th)
 | Ronel Haobam | Director | The Zeliangrongs | • Manipuri • English
 | 
					
						| 2010 (58th)
 | Suraj Pawar | Child actor | Pistulya | • Marathi • Telugu
 | 
					
						| 2011 (59th)
 | Anand Patwardhan | Director | Jai Bhim Comrade | Marathi | 
					
						| 2011 (59th)
 | Spandan Banerjee | Director | You Don’t Belong | • Bengali • English
 | 
					
						| 2011 (59th)
 | Renu Savant | Director | Airawat | • Marathi • Hindi
 | 
					
						| 2012 | Shumona Goel Shai Heredia
 | Director | I Am Micro | English | 
					
						| 2012 | Vasudha Joshi | Director | Cancer Katha | English | 
					
						| 2012 | Priya Goswami | Director | Pinch of Skin | English Hindi
 | 
					
						| 2012 | Andrea Iannetta | Director | Allah Is Great | English Hindi
 Danish
 | 
					
						| 2012 | Sanjay Jangid | Animator | Raah | - | 
					
						| 2013 | Girish Kasaravalli | Director | Ananthamurthy – Not A Biography...But A Hypothesis | English | 
					
						| 2013 | Satyanshu Singh Devanshu Singh
 | Director | Tamaash | English | 
					
						| 2013 | Shweta Ghosh | Director | Accsex | English | 
					
						| 2013 | Kavita Bahl Nandan Saxena
 | Director | Candles In The Wind | Punjabi | 
					
						| 2013 | Madonne M Ashwin | Director | Dharmam | Tamil | 
					
						| 2013 | Rajdeep Paul Sarmistha Maiti
 | Director | At the Cross Roads : Nondon Bagchi Life and Living | Bengali |