National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment

National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment
National award for contributions to Indian Cinema
Sponsored by	National Film Development Corporation of India
Formerly called	Best Feature Film with Mass Appeal, Wholesome Entertainment and Aesthetic Value (1974–1985) Best Film Providing Popular and Wholesome Entertainment (1986–1988)
Reward(s)	Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus) ₹3,00,000
First awarded	1974
Last awarded	2022
Most recent winner	Kantara
Highlights
Total awarded	44
First winner	Kora Kagaz
Website	http://dff.gov.in/

The National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the National Film Development Corporation of India, and was constituted in the year 1975. This is one of the Golden Lotus Awards (Swarna Kamal) given among National Film Awards. It is announced for films produced in a year across the country, in all Indian languages.

Films in the following languages have won the Best Popular Feature Film award: Hindi (29 awards), Telugu (6 awards), Tamil (4 awards), Malayalam (3 awards), Bengali (2 awards), and Kannada (1 award).

With six wins, Yash Raj Films is the production house with the most wins. With five wins, Yash Chopra is the producer with the most wins, producing most of the company's winning films. He has also directed four winning films, the most for any director. Shah Rukh Khan has starred in seven winning films, the most for any actor in a leading role. Madhuri Dixit and Kajol have each starred in three winning films, the most for any actress in a leading role.