National Film Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role

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National Film Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
National award for contributions to Indian cinema
Neena Gupta.jpg
The 2022 recipient: Neena Gupta
Awarded forBest performance by an actress in a supporting role
Sponsored by National Film Development Corporation of India
Formerly calledNational Film Award for Best Supporting Actress (1984–2021)
Reward(s)
  • Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus)
  • ₹2,00,000
First awarded1984
Last awarded2022
Most recent winner Neena Gupta for Uunchai
Highlights
Total awarded41
First winner Rohini Hattangadi
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The National Film Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (known as National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress prior to 69th NFA) 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 1984, the award is given by a national panel appointed annually by the NFDC to an actress for the best performance in a supporting role within Indian cinema. [1] [2] It is presented by the President of India at a ceremony held in New Delhi. [3] Since the 70th National Film Awards, the name was changed to "Best Actress in a Supporting Role". [4]

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The winner is given a "Rajat Kamal" (Silver Lotus) certificate and a cash prize of ₹2,00,000. [lower-alpha 1] Including ties and repeat winners, the NFDC has presented a total of 41 Best Supporting Actress awards to 35 different actresses. Although Indian cinema produces films in more than 20 languages, [1] the performances of films that have won awards are of ten languages: Hindi (19 awards), Malayalam (7 awards), Bengali (4 awards), Tamil (4 awards), English (2 awards), Meitei (1 award), Marathi (1 award), Urdu (1 award), Haryanvi (1 award), Odia (1 award).

The first recipient was Rohini Hattangadi, who was honoured at the 32nd National Film Awards for her performance in the Hindi film Party (1984). [7] As of 2022 edition, Surekha Sikri have been honoured thrice for her Hindi films – Tamas (1987), Mammo (1994) and Badhaai Ho (2018). [8] K. P. A. C. Lalitha won the award two times for her work in the Malayalam films Amaram (1990) and Shantham (2000) [9] along with Pallavi Joshi for her work in Hindi films The Tashkent Files (2019) and The Kashmir Files (2021). Egyptian actress Aida El-Kashef, who was honoured at the 61st National Film Awards for her performance in the English-Hindi film Ship of Theseus (2013) is the only non-Indian actress to win the award. [10] Urvashi and Kalpana are the only siblings to receive the honour. Ties between two actresses have occurred in the years 1999, 2012 and 2013. Sharmila Tagore, Konkona Sen Sharma and Kangana Ranaut are the three actresses to receive honours in both acting categories: Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress. The most recent recipient is Neena Gupta, who was honoured at the 70th National Film Awards for her performance in the Hindi film Uunchai (2022).

Recipients

Key

SymbolMeaning
Indicates a joint award for that year
Rohini Hattangadi is the first-ever recipient of the Best Supporting Actress Award for her performance in Hindi film Party in 1984. Rohini Hattangadi in 2010.jpg
Rohini Hattangadi is the first-ever recipient of the Best Supporting Actress Award for her performance in Hindi film Party in 1984.
Surekha Sikri has been the most honoured (three times) actress in the category. Surekha Sikri.jpg
Surekha Sikri has been the most honoured (three times) actress in the category.
Sharmila T Lux-Award 2016.jpg
Konkona at Taj lands end.jpg
Kangna Ranaut, July 2015.jpg
Sharmila Tagore (top), Konkona Sen Sharma (middle) and Kangana Ranaut (bottom) have received honours in both acting categories: Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress. [11]
List of award recipients, showing the year, role, film and language(s).
Year [lower-alpha 2] RecipientRoleWorkLanguage(s)Ref. [lower-alpha 3]
1984
(32nd)
Rohini Hattangadi Mohini Barve Party Hindi [2]
1985
(33rd)
Vijaya Mehta Mausi Rao Saheb Hindi [12]
1986
(34th)
Manjula Kanwar ChampaBhangala Silata Odia [13]
1987
(35th)
Surekha Sikri Rajo Tamas Hindi [14]
1988
(36th)
Uttara Baokar Sudha Ek Din Achanak Hindi [15]
1989
(37th)
Manorama Unknown Pudhea Paadhai Tamil [16]
1990
(38th)
K. P. A. C. Lalitha Bhargavi Amaram Malayalam [17]
1991
(39th)
Santha Devi Unknown Yamanam Malayalam [18]
1992
(40th)
Revathi Panchavarnam Thevar Magan Tamil [19]
1993
(41st)
Neena Gupta Geeta Devi Woh Chokri Hindi [20]
1994
(42nd)
Surekha Sikri Fayyazi Mammo Hindi [21]
1995
(43rd)
Aranmula Ponnamma Grandmother Kathapurushan Malayalam [22]
1996
(44th)
Rajeshwari Sachdev Sakina Sardari Begum Urdu [23]
1997
(45th)
Karisma Kapoor Nisha Sandhu Dil To Pagal Hai Hindi [24]
1998
(46th)
Suhasini Mulay Maltibai Barve Hu Tu Tu Hindi [25]
1999
(47th)
Sudipta Chakraborty Malati Bariwali Bengali [26]
Sohini Sengupta Khuku Paromitar Ek Din Bengali
2000
(48th)
K. P. A. C. Lalitha Narayani Shantham Malayalam [27]
2001
(49th)
Ananya Khare Deepa Pandey Chandni Bar Hindi [28]
2002
(50th)
Rakhee Gulzar Ranga Pishima Shubho Mahurat Bengali [29]
2003
(51st)
Sharmila Tagore Aparna Abar Aranye Bengali [30]
2004
(52nd)
Sheela Margaret D'Costa Akale Malayalam [31]
2005
(53rd)
Urvashi K. P. Vanaja Achuvinte Amma Malayalam [6]
2006
(54th)
Konkona Sen Sharma Indu Tyagi Omkara Hindi [32]
2007
(55th)
Shefali Shah Vandana The Last Lear English [33]
2008
(56th)
Kangana Ranaut Shonali Gujral Fashion Hindi [34]
2009
(57th)
Arundathi Nag Vidya's Mother ("Bum") Paa Hindi [35]
2010
(58th)
Sukumari Ammini Amma Namma Gramam Tamil [36]
2011
(59th)
Leishangthem Tonthoingambi Devi Yaipabhee Phijigee Mani Meitei [37]
2012
(60th)
Dolly Ahluwalia Dolly Arora Vicky Donor Hindi [38]
Kalpana Razia Beevi Thanichalla Njan Malayalam
2013
(61st)
Amruta Subhash Channamma Astu Marathi [10]
Aida El-Kashef Aliya Kamal Ship of Theseus English/Hindi
2014
(62nd)
Baljinder Kaur UnknownPagdi – The Honour Haryanvi [39]
2015
(63rd)
Tanvi Azmi Radhabai Bajirao Mastani Hindi [40]
2016
(64th)
Zaira Wasim Young Geeta Phogat Dangal Hindi [41]
2017
(65th)
Divya Dutta Ramadeep Braitch Irada Hindi [42]
2018
(66th)
Surekha Sikri Durga Devi Kaushik ("Dadi") Badhaai Ho Hindi [43]
2019
(67th)
Pallavi Joshi Ayisha Ali Shah The Tashkent Files Hindi
2020
(68th)
Lakshmi Priyaa Chandramouli Sivaranjini Sivaranjiniyum Innum Sila Pengalum Tamil [44]
2021
(69th)
Pallavi Joshi Radhika Menon The Kashmir Files Hindi
2022
(70th)
Neena Gupta Shabina Siddiqui Uunchai Hindi

See also

Footnotes

  1. The cash prize was ₹50,000, from 54th National Film Awards (2006) until 69th National Film Awards (2021). [5] Before the 54th National Film Awards (2006), the cash prize was 10,000 (US$120). [6]
  2. Year in which the film was censored by the Central Board of Film Certification.
  3. The reference cites the winner and the role played by them in the film. While there are some sources that are written in both English and Hindi, other references are entirely in Hindi.

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