National Film Award for Best Direction
Indian film award
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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.[1] Since 1967, the award is given by a national panel appointed annually by the NFDC 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]
- Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus)
- ₹3,00,000
| National Film Award for Best Direction | |
|---|---|
The 2024 recipient: Rajkumar Periasamy | |
| Awarded for | Excellence in cinematic direction achievement |
| Sponsored by | National Film Development Corporation of India |
| Formerly called | Award for excellence in direction (1967–1976) |
| Rewards |
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| First award | 1967 |
| Most recent winner | Rajkumar Periasamy, Amaran (2024) |
The winner is given a "Swarna Kamal" (Golden Lotus) certificate and a cash prize of ₹3,00,000.[a] Including ties and repeat winners, the NFDC has presented a total of 57 Best Direction awards to 38 different directors. Although Indian cinema produces films in more than twenty languages,[1] the performances of films that have won awards are of nine languages: Bengali (16 awards), Malayalam (14 awards), Hindi (11 awards), Tamil (5 awards), English, Kannada and Marathi (3 awards each), Assamese and Punjabi (1 award each).
The first recipient was Satyajit Ray, who was honoured at the 15th National Film Awards for directing the Bengali film Chiriyakhana (1967).[8] Ray is also the most frequent recipient, with six wins.[9] Adoor Gopalakrishnan has won 5 awards, which includes 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]
Winners
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- Top left: Satyajit Ray is the most frequent recipient with six wins.
- Top right: Adoor Gopalakrishnan has received the honour five times.
- Bottom left: Mrinal Sen has been awarded four times.
- Bottom right: Aparna Sen is the only woman director honored by this award..
Footnotes
- The cash prize was ₹2,50,000, from 54th National Film Awards (2006) until 69th National Film Awards (2021).[3] Before the 54th National Film Awards (2006), the cash prize was ₹50,000 (US$520),[4] ₹25,000 (US$260) during the 35th National Film Awards,[5] ₹20,000 (US$210) from 21st National Film Awards until 34th[6] and ₹20,000 (US$210) from 1967 to 1972.[7]
- Denotes the year in which the film was censored by the Central Board of Film Certification.