National Film Award For Best Direction

National Film Award for Best Direction
The National Film Award for Best Direction is an honour

presented annually at India's National Film Awards ceremony by
National Film Award for Best
the Directorate of Film Festivals (DFF), an organisation set up by Direction
the Indian Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.[1] Since Awarded Excellence in cinematic
1967, the award is given by a national panel appointed annually for direction achievement
by the DFF to a director for their work within Indian cinema.[1] It Sponsored Directorate of Film
is presented by the President of India at a ceremony held in New
by Festivals
Delhi.[1][2]
Formerly Award for excellence in
The winner is given a "Swarna Kamal" (Golden Lotus) certificate called direction (1967–1976)
and a cash prize of ₹2.5 lakh (US$3,500).[a][7] Including ties and Reward(s) Swarna Kamal (Golden
repeat winners, the DFF has presented a total of 52 Best Direction
Lotus)
awards to 33 different directors. Although Indian cinema
produces films in more than 20 languages,[1] the performances of ₹ 2,50,000
films that have won awards are of nine languages: Bengali (16 First 1967
awards), Malayalam (13 awards), Hindi (10 awards), Tamil (4 awarded
awards), English (3 awards), Kannada (2 awards), Assamese,
Panjabi and Marathi (1 each). Last 2018
awarded
The first recipient was Satyajit Ray, who was honoured at the
Most Aditya Dhar
15th National Film Awards for directing the Bengali film
recent
Chiriyakhana (1967).[8] As of 2017, Satyajit Ray is the most
winner
frequent recipient, with six wins.[9] Gopalakrishnan won the
award for his debut Malayalam film Swayamvaram (1972).[10] Highlights
Mrinal Sen has been awarded four times. He is also the only Total 53
recipient to win the award for directing films in two different awarded
languages: Bengali and Hindi.[11] At the 19th National Film
Awards, Girish Karnad and B.V. Karanth shared the award for First Satyajit Ray
co-directing the Kannada film Vamsha Vriksha (1972).[12] The winner
most recent recipient is Aditya Dhar, who was honoured at the Website http://dff.nic.in/NFA.aspx
66th National Film Awards for directing the Hindi film Uri: The
Surgical Strike (2018).
Contents
Winners
Footnotes
References
External links
Winners
List of award recipients, showing the year, film and language
Year[b] Recipient Film Language Ref
1967 [13]
Satyajit Ray Chiriyakhana Bengali
(15th)
1968 [14]
Satyajit Ray Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne Bengali
(16th)
1969 [15]
Mrinal Sen Bhuvan Shome Hindi
(17th)
1970 [16]
Satyajit Ray Pratidwandi Bengali
(18th)
1971 B. V. Karanth
Vamsha Vriksha Kannada [17]
(19th) Satyajit Ray is the most
Girish Karnad
frequent recipient with six
1972 [18] wins.
Adoor Gopalakrishnan Swayamvaram Malayalam
(20th)
1973 [19]
Mani Kaul Duvidha Hindi
(21st)
1974 [20]
Satyajit Ray Sonar Kella Bengali
(22nd)
1975 [21]
Satyajit Ray Jana Aranya Bengali
(23rd)
1976 [22]
P. Lankesh Pallavi Kannada
(24th)
1977 [23]
G. Aravindan Kanchana Sita Malayalam
(25th)
1978 [24]
G. Aravindan Thampu Malayalam
(26th)
1979 [25] Adoor Gopalakrishnan has

Mrinal Sen Ek Din Pratidin Bengali
(27th) received the honour five
1980 [26]
times.
Mrinal Sen Akaler Shandhaney Bengali
(28th)
1981 [27]
Aparna Sen 36 Chowringhee Lane English
(29th)
1982 [28]
Utpalendu Chakrabarty Chokh Bengali
(30th)
1983 [29]
Mrinal Sen Khandhar Hindi
(31st)
1984 [30]
Adoor Gopalakrishnan Mukhamukham Malayalam
(32nd)
1985 [31]
Shyam Benegal Trikal Hindi
(33rd)
1986 [32]
G. Aravindan Oridathu Malayalam
(34th)
1987 [33]
Adoor Gopalakrishnan Anantaram Malayalam
(35th)
Mrinal Sen has been
1988 [34]
Shaji N. Karun Piravi Malayalam awarded four times.
(36th)
1989 Adoor Gopalakrishnan Mathilukal Malayalam [35]

(37th)
1990 [36]
Tapan Sinha Ek Doctor Ki Maut Hindi
(38th)
1991 [37]
Satyajit Ray Agantuk Bengali
(39th)
1992 [38]
Goutom Ghosh Padma Nadir Majhi Bengali
(40th)
1993 [39]
T. V. Chandran Ponthan Mada Malayalam
(41st)
1994 [40]
Jahnu Barua Xagoroloi Bohudoor Assamese
(42nd)
Aparna Sen is the only
1995 [41]
Saeed Akhtar Mirza Naseem Hindi woman director honored by
(43rd)
this award.
1996 [42]
Agathiyan Kadhal Kottai Tamil
(44th)
1997 [43]
Jayaraj Kaliyattam Malayalam
(45th)
1998 [44]
Rajeevnath Janani Malayalam
(46th)
1999 [45]
Buddhadeb Dasgupta Uttara Bengali
(47th)
2000 [46]
Rituparno Ghosh Utsab Bengali
(48th)
2001 [47]
B. Lenin Ooruku Nooruper Tamil
(49th)
2002 [48]
Aparna Sen Mr. and Mrs. Iyer English
(50th)
2003 [49]
Goutom Ghosh Abar Aranye Bengali
(51st)
2004 [50]
Buddhadeb Dasgupta Swapner Din Bengali
(52nd)
2005 [51]
Rahul Dholakia Parzania English
(53rd)
2006 [52]
Madhur Bhandarkar Traffic Signal Hindi
(54th)
2007 [53]
Adoor Gopalakrishnan Naalu Pennungal Malayalam
(55th)
2008 [54]
Bala Naan Kadavul Tamil
(56th)
2009 [55]
Rituparno Ghosh Abohomaan Bengali
(57th)
2010 [56]
Vetrimaaran Aadukalam Tamil
(58th)
2011 [57]
Gurvinder Singh Anhe Ghore Da Daan Punjabi
(59th)
2012 [58]
Shivaji Lotan Patil Dhag Marathi
(60th)
2013 [59]
Hansal Mehta Shahid Hindi
(61st)
2014 Srijit Mukherji Chotushkone Bengali [60]
(62nd)
2015 [61]
Sanjay Leela Bhansali Bajirao Mastani Hindi
(63rd)
2016 [62]
Rajesh Mapuskar Ventilator Marathi
(64th)
2017 [63]
Jayaraj Bhayanakam Malayalam
(65th)
2018 [64]
Aditya Dhar Uri: The Surgical Strike Hindi
(66th)
Footnotes
a. Before the 54th National Film Awards (2006), the cash prize was ₹50,000 (US$700),[3]
₹25,000 (US$350) during the 35th National Film Awards,[4] ₹20,000 (US$280) from 21st
National Film Awards until 34th[5] and ₹20,000 (US$280) from 1967 to 1972.[6]
b. Denotes the year in which the film was censored by the Central Board of Film Certification.
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1979 [25] Adoor Gopalakrishnan has

1989 Adoor Gopalakrishnan Mathilukal Malayalam [35]

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