| Year |
Film |
| 2006 |
Pulijanmam (Malayalam) |
| 2005 |
Kaalpurush (Bengali) |
| 2004 |
Page 3 (Hindi) |
| 2003 |
Shwaas (Marathi) |
| 2002 |
Mondo Meyer Upakhyan (Bengali) |
| 2001 |
Dweepa (Kannada) |
| 2000 |
Shantham (Malayalam) |
| 1999 |
Vaanaprastham (Hindi / Malayalam) |
| 1998 |
Samar (Hindi) |
| 1997 |
Thai Saheb (Kannada) |
| 1996 |
Lal Darja (Bengali) |
| 1995 |
Kathapurushan (Malayalam) |
| 1994 |
Unishe April (Bengali) |
| 1993 |
Charachar (Bengali) |
| 1992 |
Bhagwad Gita (Sanskrit) |
| 1991 |
Agantuk (Bengali) |
| 1990 |
Marupakkam (Tamil) |
| 1989 |
Bagh Bahadur (Hindi) |
| 1988 |
Piravi (Malayalam) |
| 1987 |
Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khaye (Assamese) |
| 1986 |
Tabarana Kathe (Kannada) |
| 1985 |
Chidambaram (Malayalam) |
| 1984 |
Damul (Hindi) |
| 1983 |
Adi Shankaracharya (Sanskrit) |
| 1982 |
Chokh (Bengali) |
| 1981 |
Dakhal (Bengali) |
| 1980 |
Akaaler Sandhane (Bengali) |
| 1979 |
Shodh (Hindi) |
| 1978 |
(Not Awarded In This Year) |
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| 1977 |
Ghatashraddha (Kannada) |
| 1976 |
Mrigayaa (Hindi) |
| 1975 |
Chomana Dudi (Kannada) |
| 1974 |
Chorus (Bengali) |
| 1973 |
Nirmalayam (Malayalam) |
| 1972 |
Swayamvaram (Malayalam) |
| 1971 |
Seemabhaddha (Bengali) |
| 1970 |
Samskara (Kannada) |
| 1969 |
Bhuvan Shome (Hindi) |
| 1968 |
Gopi Gyne Bagha Byne (Bengali) |
| 1967 |
Hatey Bazare (Bengali) |
| 1966 |
Teesri Kasam (Hindi) |
| 1965 |
Chemmeen (Malayalam) |
| 1964 |
Charulata (Bengali) |
| 1963 |
Shehar Aur Sapna (Hindi) |
| 1962 |
Dada Thakur (Bengali) |
| 1961 |
Bhagini Nivedita (Bengali) |
| 1960 |
Anuradha (Hindi) |
| 1959 |
Apur Sansar (Bengali) |
| 1958 |
Sagar Sangame (Bengali) |
| 1957 |
Do Ankhen Barah Haath (Urdu) |
| 1956 |
Kabuliwala (Bengali) |
| 1955 |
Pather Panchali (Bengali) |
| 1954 |
Mirza Ghalib (Urdu) |
| 1953 |
Shyamchi Aai (Marathi) |
