National Film Award for Best Animation Film

This article is about the Indian award for non-feature films. For the current award for feature films, see National Film Award for Best Film in AVGC. For the former award for animated feature films, see National Film Award for Best Animated Film.

National Film Award for Best Animation Film
National award for contributions to non-feature film
Sponsored by	National Film Development Corporation of India
Reward(s)	Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus) ₹2,00,000
First awarded	1967
Last awarded	2022
Most recent winner	A Coconut Tree
Highlights
Total awarded	38
First winner	Inquiry

The National Film Award for Best Animation Film 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).

The award was instituted in 1967, at 15th National Film Awards ^[1] and awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages.

Awards

All the awardees are awarded with 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus Award) and cash prize. Award winners include Producer, Director and Animator of the film.

Cash prize amount varied over the period. Following table illustrates the cash prize amount over the years:

Year (Period)	Cash Prize
1967–1973	Producer: A Medal and ₹5,000 (US$60) Director: A Plaque and ₹2,000 (US$24)
1974–1976	Producer: Rajat Kamal and ₹5,000 (US$60) Director: Rajat Kamal and ₹4,000 (US$48)
1977–1980	Producer: Rajat Kamal and ₹5,000 (US$60) Director: Rajat Kamal and ₹5,000 (US$60) Animator: Rajat Kamal and ₹4,000 (US$48)
1981–1983	Producer, Director and Animator: Rajat Kamal and ₹5,000 (US$60) Each
1982–2005	Producer, Director and Animator: Rajat Kamal and ₹10,000 (US$120) Each
2006–2021	Producer, Director and Animator: Rajat Kamal and ₹50,000 (US$600) Each
2022–present	Producer, Director and Animator: Rajat Kamal and ₹2 lakh (US$2,400) Each

Following are the winners over the years:

Indicates a joint award for that year

List of award films, showing the year (award ceremony), language(s), producer(s), director(s), animator(s) and citation
Year	Film(s)	Language(s)	Producer(s)	Director(s)	Animator(s)	Citation	Refs.
1967 (15th)	Inquiry	Music only	C. T. Baptista	C. T. Baptista		–	[1]
1968 (16th)	Nag Aur Kauwa	Hindi	Children's Film Society	S. B. Nayampally		–	[2]
1969 (17th)	Umbrella	English	G. K. Gokhale for Films Division	B. R. Shendge		–	[3]
1970 (18th)	No Award						[4]
1971 (19th)	No Award
1972 (20th)	You Said It	English	Prasad Productions	Ram Mohan		–	[5]
1973 (21st)	No Award						[6]
1974 (22nd)	Synthesis	English	B. R. Shendge	•A. R. Sen  •B. R. Dohling		–	[7]
1975 (23rd)	Business is People	English	Akbar Films	Kantilal Rathod		–
1976 (24th)
1977 (25th)	Prakriti Ka Niyam	Hindi	G. P. Asthana for Films Division	B. R. Shendge	V. G. Samant	For successfully projecting the case against early marriage through excellent and emotive art work and animation techniques.	[8]
1978 (26th)	No Award						[9]
1979 (27th)
1980 (28th)	No Award						[10]
1981 (29th)	The Thinker?	English	B. R. Shendge for Films Division	A. R. Sen	M. Paralkar	For well done animation and for focusing on the problems of man and his environment.	[11]
1982 (30th)	Raju and Tinku	English	Children's Film Society	Ajoy Kumar Chakrabarty	Ajoy Kumar Chakrabarty	For an outstanding work in difficult art of puppet animation, made with professional finesse, a joyous treat to child and adult audiences alike.	[12]
1983 (31st)	Fire Games	English	Ranabir Ray	Ram Mohan	•Naik Satam  •Bapu Parulekar	For a highly professional standard of animation conceived and executed with great finesse.	[13]
	A Race With Death	English	B. R. Shedge	Yash Choudhary	•V. G. Samant  •V. K. Wankhede	For using media of animation with much skill for easy communication to any audience group; rural or urban.
1984 (32nd)	National Highway	English	National Institute of Design	R. N. Mistry	R. N. Mistry	–	[14]
1985 (33rd)	Karuna Ki Vijay	Hindi	Children's Film Society	K. S. Bansod	K. S. Bansod	For its artistice excellence in the use of animation techniques in presenting a heart-warming story for children.	[15]
1986 (34th)	A. B. See	English	P. B. Pendharkar for Films Division	Arun Gongade	Arun Gongade	For the freshness of treatment using animation technique to effectively convey a message of great social significance.	[16]
1987 (35th)	End Game	English	B. R. Shendge for Films Division	Arun Gongade	Arun Gongade	For effectively using the medium of animation to make a visual metaphor come live, the shadow of nuclear annihilation looms over the world as superpowers play a deadly game which has no winners.	[17]
1988 (36th)	No Award						[18]
1989 (37th)	My Tree	Music only	Vijay B. Chandra	•B. R. Shendge  •R. R. Swamy	•R. R. Swamy  •V. S. Shankardas	For effectively communicating man's alienation from nature.	[19]
1990 (38th)	No Award						[20]
1991 (39th)	Ballu Shah	Hindi	Children's Film Society	Rajesh Aggarwal	S. M. Hasan	For its humorous presentation of a traditional children's story done with imaginative animation and sound.	[21]
1992 (40th)	Gaaye Ki Sachai	Hindi	Climb Films and N'CYP	Bhimsain	Bhimsain	For an allegorical story skilfully told about moral values.	[22]
	The Threads	English	B. R. Shendge for Films Division	Girish Rao	Girish Rao	For an innovative film on the theme of unity.
1993 (41st)	Chetak	Hindi	N'CYP	V. G. Samant	V. G. Samant	For bringing alive the legendary horse in a most charming manner.	[23]
1994 (42nd)	Mahagiri	Hindi	Bhimsain	Kireet Khurana	S. M. Hasan	For its playful wit, its liveliness of line and indigenous idiom.	[24]
1995 (43rd)	O	English	Bhimsain	Kireet Khurana	Kireet Khurana	For succinctly and with humour showing that acquisitions can become a burden and only after this load is cast off that human beings become happy like children.	[25]
1996 (44th)	The Lost Horizon	Music only	Arun Gongade	Arun Gongade	Arun Gongade	For its creative synthesis of animation with Warli folk art in conveying a vital environmental message.	[26]
1997 (45th)	Trade: Commerce	Music only	Bhimsain	Kireet Khurana		This intriguingly titled expose of the evils of child prostitution uses the animation form in a creative and aesthetic manner.	[27]
1998 (46th)	Education Only Her Future	Music only	Arun Gongade for Films Division	Arun Gongade for Films Division	Arun Gongade for Films Division	For its imaginative use of technique to make a strong statement for the education of the girl-child.	[28]
1999 (47th)	No Award						[29]
2000 (48th)	The Landscape	Music only	Bankim for Films Division	Ravi Jadhav for Films Division		For its artistic visual narration of nature's beautiful landscapes turning into modern urban horrors.	[30]
2001 (49th)	The Pink Camel	Hindi	Children's Film Society	Paushali Ganguli	Paushali Ganguli	For interesting animation, enlightening the viewers against superstitions.	[31]
2002 (50th)	No Award						[32]
2003 (51st)	Jeo Aur Jeene Do	Hindi	Children's Film Society	B. R. Sarnaik	Harshad Sayeed Noori	In a humorous, colourful but effective way, the film conveys the message of wild life protection. The imaginative use of animation techniques enhances the appeal of the film, especially to children.	[33]
2004 (52nd)	Raju and I	English and Hindi	Aseema Charitable Trust	Gayatri Rao	Chetan Sharma	For depicting the emotional journey of a child and his experience and awareness of the social conditions through an excellent technique of animation.	[34]
2005 (53rd)	Kachua Aur Khargosh	Hindi	•Ramesh Sharma  • Uma Gajapati Raju	C. B. Arun	Moving Picture Company Animation team	For its delightful adaptation and twist to the well-known Hare and Tortoise story using apt voices, lively dialogues and the latest 3D animation technique skilfully in an Indian setting.	[35]
2006 (54th)	Nokpokliba	English	Children's Film Society	Meren Imchen		For relating a beautiful folk tale from Nagaland in lyrical colours and fluid animation.	[36]
2007 (55th)	No Award							[37]
2008 (56th)	Prince and The Crown of Stones	English	Children's Film Society	Gautam Benegal	Gautam Benegal	For a well knit theme-oriented film, complemented by 2D graphics and a restrained colour palette. A strong message about leadership emerges through the film making it relevant to the contemporary times.	[38]
2009 (57th)	No Award						[39]
2010 (58th)	No Award						[40]
2011 (59th)	No Award						[41]
2012 (60th)	No Award						[42]
2013 (61st)	No Award						[43]
2014 (62nd)	Sound of Joy	English	Aura Cinematics	Sukankan Roy	Rishi Sahany	For its flowing and engaging animation style in telling the stories from Vivekananda’s childhood and its emphasis on developing the power of concentration.	[44]
2015 (63rd)	Fisherwoman And Tuktuk	Music only	Nilima Eriyat	Suresh Eriyat	Studio Eeksaurus Productions	To dream a dream through lines and strokes.	[45]
2016 (64th)	Hum Chitra Banate Hai	Hindi	IDC, IIT Bombay	Nina Sabnani	•Piyush Varma  •Shyam Sundar Chatterjee	A playfully warm story that brings to life Indiais traditional art by incorporating it innovatively in the animation itself.	[46]
2017 (65th)	Tokri – The Basket	Music only	Nilima Eriyat	Suresh Eriyat	Studio Eeksaurus	A simple loving narrative using complex animation techniques.
	The Fish Curry	Hindi	Munish Tewari	Abhishek Verma	Abhishek Verma	A well crafted portrayal about accepting those with alternate sexual preferences.
2018 (66th)	No Award
2019 (67th)	Radha	Music only	Fairy Cows	Bimal Poddar	Nitin Kharkar		[47]

References

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External links

• National Film Awards Archives
• Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India