National Film Award for Best Editing
Indian film award
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The National Film Award for Best Editing 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).
- Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus)
- ₹2,00,000
| National Film Award for Best Editing | |
|---|---|
| National award for contributions to Indian Cinema | |
| Awarded for | Best film editing for the feature film for a year |
| Sponsored by | National Film Development Corporation of India |
| Rewards |
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| First award | 1976 |
| Most recent winner | R. Kalaivannan, Amaran (2024) |
The award was instituted in 1976, at the 24th National Film Awards and awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages; Hindi (17 awards), Tamil (12 awards), Malayalam (6 awards), Bengali (4 awards), Telugu (3 awards), English and Assamese (2 awards each), and Kannada, and Marathi (one award each) The editor with the most awards in this category is A. Sreekar Prasad with seven wins.
Multiple winners
7 wins : A. Sreekar Prasad
4 wins : Renu Saluja
3 wins : Gangadhar Naskar
2 wins : M. S. Mani, Suresh Pai, Kishore Te
Recipients
Award includes 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus) and cash prize. Following are the award winners over the years: