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National Film Award for Best Direction

Indian film award

Indian film award

FieldValue
nameNational Film Award for Best Direction
awarded_forExcellence in cinematic direction achievement
sponsorNational Film Development Corporation of India
firstawarded1967
reward
former nameAward for excellence in direction (19671976)
holder_labelMost recent winner
holderSudipto Sen, The Kerala Story (2023)

The National Film Award for Best Direction is an honour presented annually at India's National Film Awards ceremony by the National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC), an organisation set up by the Indian Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Since 1967, the award is given by a national panel appointed annually by the NFDC to a director for their work within Indian cinema.

The winner is given a "Swarna Kamal" (Golden Lotus) certificate and a cash prize of . Including ties and repeat winners, the NFDC has presented a total of 53 Best Direction awards to 34 different directors. Although Indian cinema produces films in more than twenty languages, the performances of films that have won awards are of nine languages: Bengali (16 awards), Malayalam (14 awards), Hindi (11 awards), Tamil (4 awards), English, Kannada and Marathi (3 awards each), Assamese and Punjabi (1 each).

The first recipient was Satyajit Ray, who was honoured at the 15th National Film Awards for directing the Bengali film Chiriyakhana (1967). Ray is also the most frequent recipient, with six wins. Adoor Gopalakrishnan has won 5 awards, which includes his debut Malayalam film Swayamvaram (1972). Mrinal Sen has been awarded four times. He is also the only recipient to win the award for directing films in two different languages: Bengali and Hindi. At the 19th National Film Awards, Girish Karnad and B.V. Karanth shared the award for co-directing the Kannada film Vamsha Vriksha (1972).

Winners

YearRecipientFilmLanguageRefNikhil MahajanSooraj BarjatyaSudipto Sen
[1967
(15th)](15th-national-film-awards)ChiriyakhanaBengali
[1968
(16th)](16th-national-film-awards)Goopy Gyne Bagha ByneBengali
[1969
(17th)](17th-national-film-awards)Bhuvan ShomeHindi
[1970
(18th)](18th-national-film-awards)PratidwandiBengali
[1971
(19th)](19th-national-film-awards)Vamsha VrikshaKannada
[1972
(20th)](20th-national-film-awards)SwayamvaramMalayalam
[1973
(21st)](21st-national-film-awards)DuvidhaHindi
[1974
(22nd)](22nd-national-film-awards)Sonar KellaBengali
[1975
(23rd)](23rd-national-film-awards)Jana AranyaBengali
[1976
(24th)](24th-national-film-awards)PallaviKannada
[1977
(25th)](25th-national-film-awards)Kanchana SitaMalayalam
[1978
(26th)](26th-national-film-awards)ThampuMalayalam
[1979
(27th)](27th-national-film-awards)Ek Din PratidinBengali
[1980
(28th)](28th-national-film-awards)Akaler ShandhaneyBengali
[1981
(29th)](29th-national-film-awards)36 Chowringhee LaneEnglish
[1982
(30th)](30th-national-film-awards)ChokhBengali
[1983
(31st)](31st-national-film-awards)KhandharHindi
[1984
(32nd)](32nd-national-film-awards)MukhamukhamMalayalam
[1985
(33rd)](33rd-national-film-awards)TrikalHindi
[1986
(34th)](34th-national-film-awards)OridathuMalayalam
[1987
(35th)](35th-national-film-awards)AnantaramMalayalam
[1988
(36th)](36th-national-film-awards)PiraviMalayalam
[1989
(37th)](37th-national-film-awards)MathilukalMalayalam
[1990
(38th)](38th-national-film-awards)Ek Doctor Ki MautHindi
[1991
(39th)](39th-national-film-awards)AgantukBengali
[1992
(40th)](40th-national-film-awards)Padma Nadir MajhiBengali
[1993
(41st)](41st-national-film-awards)Ponthan MadaMalayalam
[1994
(42nd)](42nd-national-film-awards)Xagoroloi BohudoorAssamese
[1995
(43rd)](43rd-national-film-awards)NaseemHindi
[1996
(44th)](44th-national-film-awards)Kadhal KottaiTamil
[1997
(45th)](45th-national-film-awards)KaliyattamMalayalam
[1998
(46th)](46th-national-film-awards)JananiMalayalam
[1999
(47th)](47th-national-film-awards)UttaraBengali
[2000
(48th)](48th-national-film-awards)UtsabBengali
[2001
(49th)](49th-national-film-awards)Ooruku NooruperTamil
[2002
(50th)](50th-national-film-awards)Mr. and Mrs. IyerEnglish
[2003
(51st)](51st-national-film-awards)Abar AranyeBengali
[2004
(52nd)](52nd-national-film-awards)Swapner DinBengali
[2005
(53rd)](53rd-national-film-awards)ParzaniaEnglish
[2006
(54th)](54th-national-film-awards)Traffic SignalHindi
[2007
(55th)](55th-national-film-awards)Naalu PennungalMalayalam
[2008
(56th)](56th-national-film-awards)Naan KadavulTamil
[2009
(57th)](57th-national-film-awards)AbohomaanBengali
[2010
(58th)](58th-national-film-awards)AadukalamTamil
[2011
(59th)](59th-national-film-awards)Anhe Ghore Da DaanPunjabi
[2012
(60th)](60th-national-film-awards)DhagMarathi
[2013
(61st)](61st-national-film-awards)ShahidHindi
[2014
(62nd)](62nd-national-film-awards)ChotushkoneBengali
[2015
(63rd)](63rd-national-film-awards)Bajirao MastaniHindi
[2016
(64th)](64th-national-film-awards)VentilatorMarathi
[2017
(65th)](65th-national-film-awards)BhayanakamMalayalam
[2018
(66th)](66th-national-film-awards)Uri: The Surgical StrikeHindi
[2019
(67th)](67th-national-film-awards)Bahattar HoorainHindi
2020
(68th)Ayyappanum KoshiyumMalayalam
2021
(69th)GodavariMarathi
2022
(70th)UunchaiHindi
2023
(71st)The Kerala StoryHindi

Footnotes

References

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