National Film Award for Best Debut Film of a Director (non-feature film)
Indian film award
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The National Film Award for Best Debut Film of a Director 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 non-feature films and awarded with Golden Lotus (Swarna Kamal).
Awarded forBest debutant directorial work for a short film of a year
Sponsored byNational Film Development Corporation of India
Formerly calledNational Film Award for Best First Non-Feature Film of a Director (1991–2021)
Rewards
- Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus)
- ₹3,00,00
| National Film Award for Best Debut Film of a Director | |
|---|---|
| National award for contributions to non-feature films | |
| Awarded for | Best debutant directorial work for a short film of a year |
| Sponsored by | National Film Development Corporation of India |
| Formerly called | National Film Award for Best First Non-Feature Film of a Director (1991–2021) |
| Rewards |
|
| First award | 1991 (Instituted in 1989) |
| Most recent winner | Shilpika Bordoloi, Mau: The Spirit Dreams of Cheraw (2023) |
The award was instituted in 1989, at 37th National Film Awards and awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages. Since the 70th National Film Awards, the name was changed to "Best Debut Film of a Director" and was changed the status from Silver Lotus to Golden Lotus.[1] Also, the director is alone eligible for the award since this edition.
Winners
Award includes 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus) and cash prize. Following are the award winners over the years:
| Indicates a joint award for that year |
1992–present
| List of award recipients, showing the year, film(s), language(s), producer(s) and director(s) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Film(s) | Language(s) | Producer(s) | Director(s) | Refs. |
| 1991 (39th) |
Kamlabai | Marathi and Hindi | Reena Mohan | Reena Mohan | [2] |
| 1992 (40th) |
Knock-Out | Tamil | B. Lenin | B. Lenin | [3] |
| 1993 (41st) |
Bazar Sitaram | Hindi | Neena Gupta for Films Division | Neena Gupta | [4] |
| 1994 (42nd) |
A Little War | Hindi | FTII | Atanu Biswas | [5] |
| 1995 (43rd) |
All Alone If Need Be | English | Amulya Kakati | Ranjit Das | [6] |
| 1996 (44th) |
Yeh Woh Sahar To Nahin | Hindi | FTII | Sudhakar Rao | [7] |
| 1997 (45th) |
Mizhavu – A Silent Drum Beat | English | P. D. Raphel | K. R. Subhash | [8] |
| 1998 (46th) |
Repentance | Malayalam | Mohan Agashe for Films Division | Rajeev Raj | [9] |
| 1999 (47th) |
Deivangal Padiyirangumbol (When Gods Depart) |
Tamil | Pradeep Kumar | Pradeep Kumar | [10] |
| 2000 (48th) |
Meena Jha | Hindi | Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute | Anjalika Sharma | [11] |
| 2001 (49th) |
Diary of a Housewife | Malayalam | Asha Joseph and Vinod Sukumaran | Vinod Sukumaran | [12] |
| 2002 (50th) |
Paramapatham | Tamil | Film and Television Institute of Tamil Nadu | Prabhu Radhakrishnan | [13] |
| Beyond or Within | English | P. T. M. Payyoli | Vinod Mankara | ||
| 2003 (51st) |
An Encounter with a Life Living | Hindi and English | Vinu Abraham | Suja | [14] |
| 2004 (52nd) |
Ek Sagar Kinaree... A Seaside Story | Marathi and English | Gomantak Marathi Academy | Laxmikant Shetgaonkar | [15] |
| 2005 (53rd) |
John and Jane | English | Ashim Ahluwalia | Ashim Ahluwalia | [16] |
| 2006 (54th) |
Andhiyum | Malayalam | N. Dinesh Rajkumar | Jacob Verghese | [17] |
| 2007 (55th) |
Lal Juto | Bengali | Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute | Shweta Merchant | [18] |
| 2008 (56th) |
Vitthal | Marathi | Vinoo Choliparambil and Manu Pushpendran | Vinoo Choliparambil | [19] |
| 2009 (57th) |
Vaishnav Jan Toh | Hindi | FTII | Kaushal Oza | [20] |
| Ekti Kaktaliyo Golpo | Bengali | FTII | Tathagata Singha | ||
| 2010 (58th) |
Pistulya | Marathi and Telugu | Nagraj Manjule | Nagraj Manjule | [21] |
| 2011 (59th) |
The Silent Poet | Meitei | Borun Thokchom | Borun Thokchom | [22] |
| 2012 (60th) |
Eka Gachha Eka Manisa Eka Samudra | Oriya | Veenu Bhushan Vaid | Lipika Singh Darai | [23] |
| 2013 (61st) |
Kanyaka | Malayalam | Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute | Christo Tomy | [24] |
| 2014 (62nd) |
Goonga Pehelwan | Drishti Media | Mit Jani, Prateek Gupta and Vivek Chaudhary | [25] | |
| 2015 (63rd) |
Daaravtha | Marathi | Nishantroy Bombarde | Nishantroy Bombarde | [26] |
| 2016 (64th) |
Soz...A Ballad of Maladies | Rajiv Mehrotra | Tushar Madhav | [27] | |
| 2017 (65th) |
Water Baby | Varun Shah | Pia Shah | ||
| 2018 (66th) |
Feluda: 50 Years of Ray's Detective | Sagnik Chatterjee | Sagnik Chatterjee | ||
| 2019 (67th) |
Khisa | Marathi | Santosh Maithani | Raj Pritam More | [28] |
| 2020 (68th) |
Pariah | Marathi and Hindi | MIT School of Film & Television | Vishesh Iyer | [29] |
| 2021 (69th) |
Paanchika | Shreya Kapadiya | Ankit Kothari | [30] | |
2022–present
Since the 70th National Film Awards, director alone is awarded.
| List of award films, showing the year (award ceremony), language(s) and director(s) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Film(s) | Language(s) | Director(s) | Refs. |
| 2022 (70th) |
Madhyantara | Kannada | Basti Dinesh Shenoy | [31] |
| 2023 (71st) |
Mau: The Spirit Dreams of Cheraw | Mizo | Shilpika Bordoloi | [32] |