National Film Award for Best Animated Film

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National Film Award for Best Animated Film
National award for contributions to Indian Cinema
Sponsored by Directorate of Film Festivals
Reward(s)
  • Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus)
  • ₹1,00,000
First award2006
Final award2016
Most recent winner Mahayoddha Rama
Highlights
Total awarded5
First winner Kittu

The National Film Award for Best Animated Film 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 a Golden Lotus (Swarna Kamal). At the 70th National Film Awards, the category was discontinued and combined with Best Special Effects. The new award is named as National Film Award for Best Film in AVGC ( Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming & Comic) with two categories, one for the producer and director, and the other one for visual effects supervisor. [1]

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The award was instituted in 2006, at 54th National Film Awards and awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages; Hindi (3 awards), Tamil and Telugu (1 each).

The award includes a cash prize of ₹1,00,000.

Winners

List of award films, showing the year (award ceremony), language(s), producer(s), director(s) and animator(s)
YearFilm(s)Language(s)Producer(s)Director(s)Animator(s)Refs.
2006
(54th)
Kittu Telugu Bhargava KodavantiB. Sathya  [2]
2007
(55th)
Inimey Nangathan Tamil S. SrideviS. Venky BabooMayabimbham Media P Ltd [3]
2008
(56th)
Roadside Romeo Hindi Aditya Chopra Jugal Hansraj Tata Elxsi/VCL [4]
2009
(57th)
No Award [5]
2010
(58th)
No Award [6]
2011
(59th)
No Award [7]
2012
(60th)
Delhi Safari Hindi  Anupama Patil
 Kishor Patil
Nikhil Advani Rafique Shaikh [8]
2013
(61st)
No Award [9]
2014
(62nd)
No Award [10]
2015
(63rd)
No Award [11]
2016
(64th)
Mahayoddha Rama Hindi Contiloe Pictures Pvt. Ltd. Rohit VaidDeepak S.V [12]

References

  1. Bharat, E. T. V. (13 February 2024). "National Film Awards Undergo Changes, Nargis Dutt, Indira Gandhi Categories Renamed". ETV Bharat News. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
  2. "54th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  3. "55th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  4. "56th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  5. "57th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  6. "58th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  7. "59th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  8. "60th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  9. "61th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  10. "62th National Film Awards". Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  11. "63th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  12. "64th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.