National Film Award for Best Direction (non-feature film)
Indian film award
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The National Film Award for Best Direction 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 Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus).
Awarded forExcellence in cinematic direction achievement
Sponsored byNational Film Development Corporation of India
Rewards
- Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus)
- ₹3,00,000
First award2000
| National Film Award for Best Direction | |
|---|---|
| National award for contributions to non-feature films | |
| Awarded for | Excellence in cinematic direction achievement |
| Sponsored by | National Film Development Corporation of India |
| Rewards |
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| First award | 2000 |
| Most recent winner | Piyush Thakur, The First Film (2023) |
The award was instituted in 2000, at 48th National Film Awards and awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages.
Winners
Award includes 'Swarna Kamal' (Golden Lotus) and cash prize. Following are the award winners over the years:
| List of award recipients, showing the year (award ceremony), film(s) and language(s) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Director(s) | Film(s) | Language(s) | Refs. |
| 2000 (48th) |
Arun Vasant Khopkar | Rasikpriya | Hindi and English | [1] |
| 2001 (49th) |
Buddhadeb Dasgupta | Jorasanko Thakurbari | English | [2] |
| 2002 (50th) |
Anjali Panjabi | A Few Things I Know About Her | English | [3] |
| 2003 (51st) |
Arvind Sinha | Kaya Poochhe Maya Se | Hindi | [4] |
| 2004 (52nd) |
Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni | Girni | Marathi | [5] |
| 2005 (53rd) |
Ganesh Shankar Gaikwad | Voices Across the Oceans | English and Hindi | [6] |
| 2006 (54th) |
Ramesh Asher | Ek Aadesh – Command For Choti | Hindi | [7] |
| 2007 (55th) |
Jayaraj | Vellapokkathil | Malayalam | [8] |
| 2008 (56th) |
Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni | Three of Us | Only Music | [9] |
| 2009 (57th) |
No Award | [10] | ||
| 2010 (58th) |
Arunima Sharma | Shyam Raat Seher | Hindi | [11] |
| 2011 (59th) |
Iram Ghufran | There is Something in the Air | Hindi, Urdu and English | [12] |
| 2012 (60th) |
Vikrant Pawar | Kaatal | Marathi | [13] |
| 2013 (61st) |
Pranjal Dua | Chidiya Udh | – | [14] |
| 2014 (62nd) |
Renu Savant | Aaranyak | Marathi and English | [15] |
| 2015 (63rd) |
Christo Tomy | Kamuki | Malayalam | [16] |
| 2016 (64th) |
Aaditya Jambhale | Aaba... Aiktaay Na? | Marathi | [17] |
| 2017 (65th) |
Nagraj Manjule | Pavasacha Nibandha | Marathi | |
| 2018 (66th) |
Gautam Vaze | Aai Shappath | ||
| 2019 (67th) |
Sudhanshu Saria | Knock Knock Knock | English and Bengali | [18] |
| 2020 (68th) |
R V Ramani | Oh That’s Bhanu | English, Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi | [19] |
| 2021 (69th) |
Bakul Matiyani | Smile Please | Hindi | [20] |
| 2022 (70th) |
Miriam Chandy Menacherry | From the Shadows | English, Bengali and Hindi | [21] |
| 2023 (71st) |
Piyush Thakur | The First Film | Hindi | [22] |