National Film Award for Best Special Effects

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The National Film Award for Best Special Effects was one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It was one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus). At the 70th National Film Awards, the category was combined with Best Animated Film, with two categories, one for the producer and director, and the other one for visual effects supervisor, named Best AVGC Film.[1]

Awarded forBest special graphic effects for a feature film for a year
Sponsored byDirectorate of Film Festivals
Rewards
  • Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus)
  • ₹50,000
First award1992
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National Film Award for Best Special Effects
National award for contributions to Indian Cinema
Awarded forBest special graphic effects for a feature film for a year
Sponsored byDirectorate of Film Festivals
Rewards
  • Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus)
  • ₹50,000
First award1992
Final award2021
Most recent winnerV. Srinivas Mohan, RRR
Highlights
Total awarded29
First winnerShashilal K. Nair
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The award was instituted in 1991 at 39th National Film Awards but awarded first time at 40th National Film Awards and then awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages. As of 2020, twenty six feature films have been awarded which are made in five different languages: Tamil (ten), Hindi (seven), Telugu (seven), Malayalam (two), and Kannada (one).

Winners

Award includes 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus) and cash prize. Following are the award winners over the years:

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List of award recipients, showing the year (award ceremony), film(s) and language(s)
Year Recipient(s) Film(s) Language(s) Refs.
1991
(39th)		 No Award [2]
1992
(40th)		 Shashilal K. Nair Angaar Hindi [3]
1993
(41st)		 Sethu Thiruda Thiruda Tamil [4]
1994
(42nd)		 C. Murugesh Kaadhalan Tamil [5]
S. T. Venki
1995
(43rd)		 S. T. Venki Kaalapani Malayalam [6]
1996
(44th)		 S. T. Venki Indian Tamil [7]
1997
(45th)		 No Award [8]
1998
(46th)		 S. T. Venki Jeans Tamil [9]
1999
(47th)		 Mantra Hey Ram Tamil [10]
2000
(48th)		 No Award [11]
2001
(49th)		 N. Madhusudhanan Aalavandhan Tamil [12]
2002
(50th)		 Indian Artists Magic Magic Tamil [13]
2003
(51st)		 Bimmini Special Fx Design Studios
 • James Colmer
 • Lara Denman
 Koi... Mil Gaya Hindi [14]
Digital Art Media
 • Marc Kolbe
 • Craig Mumma
2004
(52nd)		 P. C. Sanath Anji Telugu [15]
2005
(53rd)		 Tata Elxsi Anniyan Tamil [16]
2006
(54th)		 EFX, Chennai Krrish Hindi [17]
2007
(55th)		 Indian Artists Sivaji Tamil [18]
2008
(56th)		 Govardhan
(Tata Elxsi)		 Mumbai Meri Jaan Hindi [19]
2009
(57th)		 R. C. Kamalakannan Magadheera Telugu [20]
2010
(58th)		 V. Srinivas Mohan Enthiran Tamil [21]
2011
(59th)		 Red Chillies VFX
 • Harry Hingorani
 • Keitan Yadav
 Ra.One Hindi [22]
2012
(60th)		 Makuta VFX Eega Telugu [23]
2013
(61st)		 Intermezzo Studio Alien Sense Films Pvt Ltd Jal Hindi [24]
2014
(62nd)		 No Award [25]
2015
(63rd)		 V. Srinivas Mohan Baahubali: The Beginning Telugu [26]
2016
(64th)		 Naveen Paul Shivaay Hindi [27]
2017
(65th)		 R. C. Kamalakannan Baahubali 2: The Conclusion Telugu [28]
2018
(66th)		 Srushti Creative Studio Awe Telugu
Unifi Media KGF: Chapter 1 Kannada
2019
(67th)		 Siddharth Priyadarshan Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea Malayalam [29]
2020
(68th)		 No Award
2021
(69th)		 V. Srinivas Mohan RRR Telugu [30]
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