The successful growth of Punjabi cinema had now once again entered in the list of National Films awards organised by Indian government. This year, on the 66th National Films award ceremony, Harjeeta had received the title of best Punjabi film of the year for the year 2018. Not only this, the child actor who played the role of Harjeet Singh Tuli, Smeep Singh had also received the title of best child actor. The moment uplifted the Punjabi audience with pride and honour. Harjeeta had created a history after 4 years as the last Punjabi film which received the same award was Punjab 1984 featuring Diljit Dosanjh.
Till now, out of 500 films only 21 had received this title. The list for the same is given below.
YEAR-1962
CHAUDHARY KARNAIL SINGH
Director- Krishan Kumar
Producer- Krishan Kumar
Star Cast- Jagdeesh Sethi, Prem Chopra, Jabeen, Krishna Duggal and many more.
YEAR-1964
JAGGA
Director-Jugal Kishore
Producer-KB Chadha
Star Cast- Dara Singh, Jugal Kishore, Indra, Kharaiti, Mumtaz Begum, Baldev Mehta and many more.
YEAR-1965
SASSI PUNNU
Director-SP Bakshi
Producer- Tola Ram Jalan
Star Cast- Indra Billi, Gulshan Bawra, Chaman Lal Shugal and many more.
YEAR-1967
SATLUJ DE KANDE
Director- Padam Maheshwari
Producer-Padam Maheshwari
Star Cast-Balraj Sahni, Gopal Sehgal, Bhag Singh Boota, Mumtaz Begam and many more.
YEAR-1969
NANAK NAAM JAHAAZ HAI
Director- Ram Maheshwari
Producer- Panna Lal Maheshwari
Star Cast- Som Dutt, Prithviraj Kapoor and many more.
YEAR-1980
CHANN PARDESI
Director- Chibrarat Singh
Producer- Baldev Singh, JS Cheema
Star Cast- Raj Babbar, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Om Puri, Mehar Mittal, Rama Vij, Sunita Dhir, Amrish Puri and many more.
YEAR-1989
MARHI DA DEEVA
Director-Surinder Singh
Producer-NFD
Star Cast- Raj Babbar, Dipti Nawal, Pankaj Kapoor, Prakash Gadhu, Kanwaljeet Singh and many more.
YEAR-1994
KACHEHRI
Director-Ravinder Pipat
Producer-Vijay Tandon
Star Cast- Gurdas Maan, Bhagwant Maan, Yograj Singh, Rama Vij, Surinder Shinda and many more.
YEAR-1997
MAIN MAA PUNJAB DI
Director-Balwant Dullat
Producer-Davinder Walia
Star Cast-Dara Singh, Manjeet Kular, Bhagwant Maan, Shavinder Mahal, Neeru Singh and many more.
YEAR-1998
SHAHEEDE MOHABBAT BOOTA SINGH
Director- Manjot Punj
Producer-Manjeet Maan
Star Cast- Gurdaas Maan, Divya Dutta, Gurkirat, BN Sharma, Amar Noori and many more.
YEAR-2000
SHAHEED UDHAM SINGH
Director-Chitarath Singh
Producer-Iqbal Dhilon
Star Cast- Raj Babbar, Gurdaas Maan, Shatrugan Sinha, Amrish Puri and Many more.
YEAR-2004
DESH HOYA PARDESH
Director-Manoj Punj
Producer-Manjeet Maan
Star Cast- Gurdas Maan, Juhi Chawla, Divya Dutta and many more.
YEAR-2005
BAAGHI
Director-Sukhminder Dhanjal
Producer-Raj Deol
Star Cast- Dharamveer Singh, Gurleen Chopra, Sardar Sohi, Om Puri, Girja Shankar and many more.
YEAR-2006
WARISH SHAH
Director-Manoj Punj
Producer-Manjeet Maan
Star Cast-Gurdas Maan, Juhi Chawla, Divya Dutta, BN Sharma, Mukesh Rishi, Sukhbir nd many more.
YEAR-2011
ANNE GHODE DA DAAN
Director-Gurwinder Singh
Producer-NFDC
Star Cast-Samuel John, Kul Sidhu and many more.
YEAR-2012
NAABAR
Director-Rajiv Sharma
Producer-Jasbir Singh Derewal
Star Cast-Hardeep Gill, Harwinder Babli, Nishwan Bhullar, Rana Ranbir and many more.
YEAR-2014
PUNJAB 1984
Director-Anurag Singh
Producer- Gunbir Singh Sidhu, Manmord Sidhu
Star Cast- Diljit Dosanjh, Kiron Kher, Sonam Bajwa, Kartar Cheema, Pawan Malhotra, Vishal Bhardwaj, Rana Ranbir, Manav Vij and many more.
YEAR-2015
CHAUTHI KOOT
Director-Gurwinder Singh
Producer-NFDC
Star Cast-Shawinder Vicky, Harnek Aulakh, Gurpreet Bhangu, Rajvir Kaur and many more.
YEAR-2019
HARJEETA
Director-Vijay Kumar Arora
Producer-Nik Behal, Munish Sahni, Bhagwant Virk
Star Cast-Ammy Virk, Pankaj Tripathi, Sawan Roopowali, Smeep Singh, Raj Singh Jhinger, Parkash Gadhu, Gurpreet Bhangu, Pukhraj Bhalla and Many more.
