National Film Award/Bester Film in Tamilisch

Die Gewinner des National Film Award der Kategorie Bester Film in Tamilisch (Best Feature Film in Tamil) waren:

Jahr	Film	Regisseur	Produzent
1969	Iru Kodukal	K. Balachander
1973	Dikkatra Parvathi	Singeetham Srinivasa Rao
1975	Apoorva Ragangal	K. Balachander	Kalakendra Films
1979	Pasi	Durai	Sunitha Cine Arts
1981	Thanneer Thanneer	K. Balachander	Kalakendra Movies
1982	Ezhavathu Manithan	K. Hariharan	Palai N. Shanmugham
1984	Achamillai Achamillai	K. Balachander	Kavithalaya Prod.
1985	Muthal Mariyathai	Bharathiraja	Manoj Creations
1986	Mouna Ragam	Mani Ratnam	G. Venkateswaran
1989	Pudhiya Pathai	R. Parthiban
1990	Anjali	Mani Ratnam	G. Venkateswaran
1991	Vanna Vanna Pookkal	Balu Mahendra
1992	Thevar Magan	B. G. Bharathan	Kamalahasan
1993	Mahanadi	Santhana Bharathi	S. A. Rajkanna
1994	Karuththamma	Bharathiraja	Vetrivel Art Creations
1995	Anthimantharai	Bharathiraja
1996	Kadhal Kottai	Agaththian
1997	The Terrorist	Santosh Sivan
1998	Housefull	R. Parthiban
1999	Sethu	Bala
2000	Bharati	Gnana Rajasekaran
2001	Ooruku Nooruper	B. Lenin
2002	Kannathil Muthamittal	Mani Ratnam
2003	Iyarkai	S. P. Jananathan	V. R. Kumar
2004	Navarasa	Santosh Sivan	Sunil Doshi
2005	Aadum Kothu	T. V. Chandran	Light & Shadow Movie Makers
2006	Veyil	G. Vasanta Balan	S. Shankar
2007	Periyar	Gnana Rajasekaran	M/s Liberty Creations
2008	Veranam Airam	Gautham Vasudeva Menon	V. Ravichandran

Derzeit erhalten Produzent und Regisseur des Gewinnerfilms je einen Rajat Kamal und ein Preisgeld von 100.000 Rupien.