The inaugural award was named as " President 's Gold Medal for the All India Best Feature Film " and was awarded to Marathi film , '' Shyamchi Aai '' ( '' Shyam 's Mother '' ) , produced and directed by Pralhad Keshav Atre and is based on Pandurang Sadashiv Sane 's Marathi novel of the same name . , sixty-four feature films have been awarded which are made in twelve different languages : Bengali ( twenty-two ) , Hindi ( fifteen ) , Malayalam ( eleven ) , Kannada ( six ) , Marathi ( five ) , Assamese , English , Sanskrit , and Tamil ( two each ) , Beary , Gujarati , and Telugu ( one each ) . At the 26th National Film Awards ( 1978 ) , no feature film was awarded with the Best Feature film award as the jury headed by filmmaker Chetan Anand scrutinised eighty films but did not consider any film to be " worthy of merit " and " measured up to the standard of excellence set forth by the jury " . At the 59th National Film Awards , two feature films shared the award ; Marathi film '' Deool '' ( '' Temple '' ) and Beary film '' Byari '' . Most recently , the award is presented to Assamese film '' Village Rockstars '' , produced and directed by Rima Das
26th National Film Awards
26th National Film Awards
National Film Award for Best Feature Film