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title: "Which was the first Hindi Movie to receive the national award?"  
description: "Which was the first Hindi Movie to receive the national award?"  
author: "Aaryahi Bakshi"  
published: 2017-11-14  
updated: 2017-11-14  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/30533/which-was-the-first-hindi-movie-to-receive-the-national-award  
category: "entertainment & arts"  
tags: ["movies", "award", "national award"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Which was the first Hindi Movie to receive the national award?

Which was the first Hindi Movie to receive the [national award](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/114769/who-was-the-first-indian-actor-to-win-a-national-award-for-best-actor-in-bollywood-history)?

## Answers

### Answer by Vishal Kesarwani

**Mirza Ghalib** was the first **Hindi movie** which received the **first national award** in the year **1955.** This film was directed by **Sohrab Modi** and it stars **Bhushan as Ghalib and Suraiya** as his courtesan lover.![Which was the first Hindi Movie to receive the national award?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/739aee0d-1957-453d-908a-5430471d2088/images/c2c8de1a-f606-4999-bd78-07083c32f846.png)Released in the **year 1954,** the movie was based on the life of Mirza Ghalib who was a **great poet.** It was a **romantic drama** movie which depicted the life of Mirza Ghalib so beautifully for which Mirza Ghalib was honored with the first **president's Silver Medal** for Best Feature Film in Hindi.


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