The Filmfare Best Documentary Award was one of the

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, given by the magazine ''

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documentary films A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional film, motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". Bill Nichols (film critic), Bil ...

. It was first presented in 1967, and was eliminated in 1998.

Winners and nominees

1960s

* 1967 '' Handicrafts of Rajasthan'' – Clement T. Baptista * 1968 '' India '67'' – S. Sukhdev * 1969 ''

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'' – Promod Pati

1970s

* 1970 '' Then, The Rain'' – Ramesh Gupta * 1971 ''

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'' – Mushir Ahmed * 1972 '' Creations in Metal'' – Homi D. Sethna * 1973 '' Nine Months to Freedom'' – S. Sukhdev * 1974 '' A Day with the Builders'' – C.J. Paulose * 1975 '' The Nomad Puppeteer'' –

Mani Kaul Mani Kaul (25 December 1944 – 6 July 2011) was an Indian director of Hindi films and a reputed figure in Indian parallel cinema. He graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) where he was a student of Ritwik Ghatak and ...

* 1976 ''

Sarojini Naidu Sarojini Naidu (''née'' Chattopadhyay; 13 February 1879 – 2 March 1949) was an Indian political activist, feminist and poet. A proponent of civil rights, women's emancipation, and anti-imperialistic ideas, she was an important person in Indi ...

'' – B.D. Garga * 1977 '' Marvel of Memory'' – N.K. Issar * 1978 '' Transformations'' –

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* 1979 no award

1980s

* 1980 ''

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Pankaj Parashar Pankuj Parashar is an Indian film and television director. Among his most-known are police-thriller ''Jalwa'' (1987) starring Naseeruddin Shah, the Sridevi hit, ''ChaalBaaz'' (1989), and television detective series ''Karamchand'' (1985). He als ...

* 1981 ''

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Lokesh Lalvani Lokesh (; 19 May 1947 – 14 October 2004) was an Indian actor who appeared in Kannada plays and films. His wife Girija Lokesh is an actress and film director. His father was Subbaiah Naidu, who is credited to be first hero of Kannada silent mo ...

* 1982 ''

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Prakash Jha Prakash Jha (born 27 February 1952) is an Indian film producer, actor, director and screenwriter, mostly known for his political and socio-political films such as “Hip Hip Hurray” (1984), ''Damul'' (1984), ''Mrityudand'' (1997), ''Gangaaja ...

* 1983 ''

Experience India Experience refers to conscious events in general, more specifically to perceptions, or to the practical knowledge and familiarity that is produced by these conscious processes. Understood as a conscious event in the widest sense, experience involv ...

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* 1984 ''

Veer Savarkar Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (), Marathi pronunciation: �inaːjək saːʋəɾkəɾ also commonly known as Veer Savarkar (28 May 1883 – 26 February 1966), was an Indian politician, activist, and writer. Savarkar developed the Hindu nationalis ...

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Prem Vaidya Prem may refer to: People Given name * Prem (film director) (born 1978), film director and actor in Kannada films * Prem Bahadur Kansakar (1918–1991), Nepalese politician and activist * Prem Bahadur Singh, Nepalese politician * Prem Bhatia ...

* 1985 '' Charakku'' – Om Prakash Sharma * 1986 '' Bombay: Our City'' –

Anand Patwardhan Anand Patwardhan (born 18 February 1950) is an Indian documentary filmmaker known for his socio-political, human rights-oriented films. Some of his films explore the rise of religious fundamentalism, sectarianism and casteism in India, while oth ...

* 1987 no award * 1988 no award * 1989 no award

1990s

* 1990 '' Siddeshwari'' –

* 1991 ''

Amjad Ali Khan Ustad Amjad Ali Khan (born 9 October 1945) is an Indian classical ''sarod'' player, best known for his clear and fast ekhara taans. Khan was born into a classical musical family and has performed internationally since the 1960s. He was awarde ...

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Gulzar Sampooran Singh Kalra (born 18 August 1934), known professionally as Gulzar, is an Indian Urdu poet, lyricist, author, screenwriter, and film director known for his works in Hindi cinema. He is regarded as one of greatest Urdu poets of this ...

* 1992 ''

Ram ke Naam ''Ram ke Naam'' (English: ''In the Name of God'') is a 1992 documentary by Indian filmmaker Anand Patwardhan. The film explores the campaign waged by the right-wing Hindu nationalist organisation Vishva Hindu Parishad to build a Ram temple at th ...

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* 1993 ''

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Ketan Mehta Ketan Mehta (born 21 July 1952) is an Indian film director who has also directed documentaries and television serials since 1975. Early life and education Born on 21 July 1952 in Navsari in Gujarat, Mehta did his schooling from Sardar Patel Vid ...

* 1994 '' I Live in Behrampada'' – Madhushree Datta * 1995 '' Manzar'' –

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* 1996 ''

A Narmada Diary ''A Narmada Diary'' is a 1995 documentary on the struggle of those adversely impacted by the Sardar Sarovar Dam project. It was directed by Anand Patwardhan and Simantini Dhuru and released in 1995. A record from about 1990–1993, of the measure ...

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and Simantini Dhuru * 1997 '' Beyond the Himalayas'' –

Goutam Ghose Goutam Ghose (also spelled Gautam Ghosh born 24 July 1950) is an Indian film director, Actor, music director and cinematographer, who works primarily in Bengali cinema. He is the only Indian to have received the "Vittorio Di Sica" Award, Italy ...

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Winners and nominees

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

See also

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