National Film Award for Best Direction

National Film Award for Best Direction
Awarded for Excellence in cinematic direction achievement
Sponsored by Directorate of Film Festivals
Formerly called Award for excellence in direction (1967–1976)
Reward(s)
  • Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus)
  • ₹ 2,50,000
First awarded 1967
Last awarded 2017
Most recent winner Jayaraj
Highlights
Total awarded 52
First winner Satyajit Ray

The National Film Award for Best Direction is an honour presented annually at India's National Film Awards ceremony by the Directorate of Film Festivals (DFF), an organisation set up by the Indian Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.[1] Since 1967, the award is given by a national panel appointed annually by the DFF to a director for their work within Indian cinema.[1] It is presented by the President of India at a ceremony held in New Delhi.[1][2]

The winner is given a "Swarna Kamal" (Golden Lotus) certificate and a cash prize of ₹2.5 lakh (US$3,500).[lower-alpha 1][7] Including ties and repeat winners, the DFF has presented a total of 52 Best Direction awards to 33 different directors. Although Indian cinema produces films in more than 20 languages,[1] the performances of films that have won awards are of nine languages: Bengali, English, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Malayalam, Assamese, Tamil and Punjabi.

The first recipient was Satyajit Ray, who was honoured at the 15th National Film Awards for directing the Bengali film Chiriyakhana (1967).[8] As of 2017, Ray and Adoor Gopalakrishnan are the most frequent recipients, with six and five wins respectively.[9] Gopalakrishnan won the award for his debut Malayalam film Swayamvaram (1972).[10] 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.[11] At the 19th National Film Awards, Girish Karnad and B.V. Karanth shared the award for co-directing the Kannada film Vamsha Vriksha (1972).[12] The most recent recipient is Jayaraj, who was honoured at the 65th National Film Awards for directing the Malayalam film Bhayanakam (2018).

Winners

A painting of Ray
Satyajit Ray is the most frequent recipient with six wins.
An image of Adoor Gopalakrishnan
Adoor Gopalakrishnan has received the honour five times.
An image of Mrinal Sen
Mrinal Sen has been awarded four times.
an image of Aparna Sen
Aparna Sen is the only woman director honored by this award.
List of award recipients, showing the year, film and language
Year[lower-alpha 2] Recipient Film Language Ref
1967
(15th)		 Satyajit Ray Chiriyakhana Bengali [13]
1968
(16th)		 Satyajit Ray Goopy Gyne Bagha Byne Bengali [14]
1969
(17th)		 Mrinal Sen Bhuvan Shome Hindi [15]
1970
(18th)		 Satyajit Ray Pratidwandi Bengali [16]
1971
(19th)		 B. V. Karanth Vamsha Vriksha Kannada [17]
Girish Karnad
1972
(20th)		 Adoor Gopalakrishnan Swayamvaram Malayalam [18]
1973
(21st)		 Mani Kaul Duvidha Hindi [19]
1974
(22nd)		 Satyajit Ray Sonar Kella Bengali [20]
1975
(23rd)		 Satyajit Ray Jana Aranya Bengali [21]
1976
(24th)		 P. Lankesh Pallavi Kannada [22]
1977
(25th)		 G. Aravindan Kanchana Sita Malayalam [23]
1978
(26th)		 G. Aravindan Thampu Malayalam [24]
1979
(27th)		 Mrinal Sen Ek Din Pratidin Bengali [25]
1980
(28th)		 Mrinal Sen Akaler Shandhaney Bengali [26]
1981
(29th)		 Aparna Sen 36 Chowringhee Lane English [27]
1982
(30th)		 Utpalendu Chakrabarty Chokh Bengali [28]
1983
(31st)		 Mrinal Sen Khandhar Hindi [29]
1984
(32nd)		 Adoor Gopalakrishnan Mukhamukham Malayalam [30]
1985
(33rd)		 Shyam Benegal Trikal Hindi [31]
1986
(34th)		 G. Aravindan Oridathu Malayalam [32]
1987
(35th)		 Adoor Gopalakrishnan Anantaram Malayalam [33]
1988
(36th)		 Shaji N. Karun Piravi Malayalam [34]
1989
(37th)		 Adoor Gopalakrishnan Mathilukal Malayalam [35]
1990
(38th)		 Tapan Sinha Ek Doctor Ki Maut Hindi [36]
1991
(39th)		 Satyajit Ray Agantuk Bengali [37]
1992
(40th)		 Goutom Ghosh Padma Nadir Majhi Bengali [38]
1993
(41st)		 T. V. Chandran Ponthan Mada Malayalam [39]
1994
(42nd)		 Jahnu Barua Xagoroloi Bohudoor Assamese [40]
1995
(43rd)		 Saeed Akhtar Mirza Naseem Hindi [41]
1996
(44th)		 Agathiyan Kadhal Kottai Tamil [42]
1997
(45th)		 Jayaraj Kaliyattam Malayalam [43]
1998
(46th)		 Rajeevnath Janani Malayalam [44]
1999
(47th)		 Buddhadeb Dasgupta Uttara Bengali [45]
2000
(48th)		 Rituparno Ghosh Utsab Bengali [46]
2001
(49th)		 B. Lenin Ooruku Nooruper Tamil [47]
2002
(50th)		 Aparna Sen Mr. and Mrs. Iyer English [48]
2003
(51st)		 Goutom Ghosh Abar Aranye Bengali [49]
2004
(52nd)		 Buddhadeb Dasgupta Swapner Din Bengali [50]
2005
(53rd)		 Rahul Dholakia Parzania English [51]
2006
(54th)		 Madhur Bhandarkar Traffic Signal Hindi [52]
2007
(55th)		 Adoor Gopalakrishnan Naalu Pennungal Malayalam [53]
2008
(56th)		 Bala Naan Kadavul Tamil [54]
2009
(57th)		 Rituparno Ghosh Abohoman Bengali [55]
2010
(58th)		 Vetrimaaran Aadukalam Tamil [56]
2011
(59th)		 Gurvinder Singh Anhe Ghore Da Daan Punjabi [57]
2012
(60th)		 Shivaji Lotan Patil Dhag Marathi [58]
2013
(61st)		 Hansal Mehta Shahid Hindi [59]
2014
(62nd)		 Srijit Mukherji Chotushkone Bengali [60]
2015
(63rd)		 Sanjay Leela Bhansali Bajirao Mastani Hindi [61]
2016
(64th)		 Rajesh Mapuskar Ventilator Marathi [62]
2017
(65th)		 Jayaraj Bhayanakam Malayalam [63]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 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]
  2. ↑ Denotes the year in which the film was censored by the Central Board of Film Certification.

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