National Film Award for Best Sound Design
Indian film award
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The National Film Award for Best Sound Design is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the National Film Development Corporation of India. It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus).
Best Audiography (1980–2021)
- Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus)
- ₹2,00,000
| National Film Award for Best Sound Design | |
|---|---|
| National award for contributions to Indian Cinema | |
| Sponsored by | National Film Development Corporation of India |
| Formerly called | Best Sound Recording (1976–1979) Best Audiography (1980–2021) |
| Rewards |
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| First award | 1976 |
| Most recent winner | Manas Choudhury, Bhool Bhulaiyaa 3 (2024) |
The award was instituted in 1976, at 24th National Film Awards and awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages; Hindi (30 awards), Malayalam (15 awards), Bengali (10 awards), Tamil (9 awards), Marathi (5 awards), Telugu, Ladakhi (2 awards each), and Assamese, and Sanskrit (one award each).
Since the 57th National Film Awards the award has been sub-categorised into Location sound recordist, Sound designer and Re-recordist of the final mixed track. At the 70th National Film Awards, the award was renamed to Best Sound Design. Two sub-categories Location Sound Recordist and Re-recordist of the Final Mixed Track were discontinued, with only sound designer being eligible to the award.[1][2] The decision to discontinue the two other sub-categories received some criticism.[3]
Winners
| Awards legends | |
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Location Sound Recordist (2009–2021) |
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Sound Designer (2009–2021) |
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Re-recordist of the Final Mixed Track (2009–2021) |
Award includes 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus) and cash prize. Following are the award winners over the years: