National Film Award for Best Book on Cinema

National Film Award for Best Book on Cinema
National award for contributions to Best Writing on Indian Cinema
Sponsored by	Directorate of Film Festivals
Reward(s)	Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus) ₹50,000 (US$570)
First award	1981
Final award	2022
Most recent winner	Kishore Kumar: The Ultimate Biography
Highlights
Total awarded	43
First winner	Thamizh Cinemavin Kathai

The National Film Award for Best Book on Cinema is 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 is one of several awards presented for Best Writing on Indian Cinema and awarded with Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus).

The award was instituted in 1981, at 29th National Film Awards and awarded annually for books written 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:

Awards legends
	Indicates a joint award for the year

List of books, showing the year (award ceremony), language(s), author(s) and publisher(s)
Year	Book(s)	Language(s)	Author(s)	Publisher(s)	Refs.
1981 (29th)	Thamizh Cinemavin Kathai	Tamil	Aranthai Narayanan	–	[1]
1982 (30th)	Chalachitra Sameeksha	Malayalam	Vijayakrishnan	–	[2]
1983 (31st)	Cinemayude Lokam	Malayalam	Adoor Gopalakrishnan	–	[3]
1984 (32nd)	Chalachitrer Abirbhab	Bengali	Jagannath Chathopadhyay	–	[4]
1985 (33rd)	Guru Dutt: Teen Anki Shokantika	Marathi	Arun Khopkar	–	[5]
1986 (34th)	Rabindranath O Chalachithra	Bengali	Arun Kumar Roy	–	[6]
1987 (35th)	Kazhchayude Asanthi (Torments of Seeing)	Malayalam	V. Rajakrishnan	–	[7]
1988 (36th)	The Moving Image	English	Kishore Vallicha	Orient Longman	[8]
1989 (37th)	Shataranj Ke Khiladi	Hindi	Surendranath Tiwari	Madhya Pradesh Film Development Corporation	[9]
1989 (37th)	Cinema, Kannakkum Kavithayum	Malayalam	Sreekumaran Thampi	Sahithya Pravarthaka
1990 (38th)	Hindi Cinema Ka Itihaas	Hindi	Manmohan Chadhha	Sachin Prakashan	[10]
1991 (39th)	Athmanindayude Pookal (Flowers of Self-Condemnation)	Malayalam	Aravindan Vallachira	V. R. Pushpakaran	[11]
1992 (40th)	Awara	English	Gayatri Chatterjee	Wiley Eastern Ltd	[12]
1993 (41st)	Naalo Nenu	Telugu	Bhanumathi Ramakrishna	K. N. T. Sastry	[13]
1994 (42nd)	Abhinayam Anubhavam	Malayalam	Bharath Gopi	P. Bhuvanesan	[14]
1995 (43rd)	Marathi Cinema: In Retrospect	English	Sanjit Narwekar	Govind Swarup	[15]
1996 (44th)	The Eye of the Serpent	English	S. Theodore Baskaran	East West Books Pvt. Ltd.	[16]
1997 (45th)	Cinemachi Goshta	Marathi	Anil Jhankar	Rajhans Prakashan	[17]
	Hindi Cinema Aur Delhi	Hindi	•Savita Bhakhri  •Adithya Aswathi	Praveen Prakashan
1998 (46th)	Cinemaee Bhasha Aur Hindi Samvadon Ka Vishleshan	Hindi	Kishore Vaswani	Hindi Book Centre	[18]
1999 (47th)	Malayala Cinemayum Sahithyavum	Malayalam	Madhu Eravankara	D. C. Books	[19]
	Marathi Chitrapat Sangeetachi Vatchal	Marathi	Aruna Anant Damle	Anil Damle
2000 (48th)	Sholay: The Making of a Classic	English	Anupama Chopra	Penguin Books	[20]
2001 (49th)	Asoumiya Chalachitrar Chaa-Pohar	Assamese	Apurba Sarma	Jnan Pujari	[21]
	Moulik Marathi Chitrageete	Marathi	Gangadhar Mahambare	Rajiv D. Barve
2002 (50th)	Paroma and other Outsiders: The Cinema of Aparna Sen	English	Shoma Chatterjee	Parumita Publications	[22]
	Ritu Aaye Ritu Jaaye	Hindi	Sarat Dutt	Saaransh Publications
2003 (51st)	Filmi Jagat Mein Ardhashakti Ka Romanch	Hindi	Bharatiya Jnanpith	Ramakrishna	[23]
2004 (52nd)	Stardust: Vignettes from the Fringes of Film Industry	English	Roopa Swaminathan	Penguin Books	[24]
2005 (53rd)	Kundan	Hindi	Saransh Prakashan	Sharad Dutt	[25]
2006 (54th)	Helen: The Life and Times of an H-Bomb	English	Jerry Pinto	Penguin Books	[26]
2007 (55th)	From Raj to Swaraj: The Non-fiction Film in India	English	B. D. Garga	Penguin Books	[27]
2008 (56th)	Bollywood Melodies	English	Ganesh Anantharaman	Penguin Books	[28]
2009 (57th)	Cinemaa Yaana	Kannada	K. Puttaswamy	Hasiru Prakashana	[29]
2010 (58th)	From Rajahs and Yogis to Gandhi and Beyond: Images of India in International Films of the Twentieth Century	English	Vijaya Mulay	Seagull Books	[30]
2011 (59th)	R. D. Burman: The Man The Music	English	• Anirudha Bhattacharjee  • Balaji Vittal	HarperCollins India	[31]
2012 (60th)	Silent Cinema in India - A Pictorial Journey	English	B. D. Garga	HarperCollins India	[32]
2013 (61st)	Cinema Ga Cinema	Telugu	Nandagopal	Praga India	[33]
2014 (62nd)	Silent Cinema (1895–1930)	•English  •Telugu	Pasupuleti Purnachandra Rao	Emesco Books	[34]
2015 (63rd)	Dr. Rajkumar Samagra Charitre	Kannada	Doddahullur Rukkoji	Preethi Prakashana	[35]
2016 (64th)	Lata : Sur Gatha	Hindi	Yatindra Mishra	Vani Prakashan	[36]
2017 (65th)	Matmagi Manipur: The first Manipuri Feature Film		Bobby Wahengbam	Angomningthou Preservation and Documentation
2018 (66th)	Mouna Prathanapole	Malayalam	S. Jayachandran Nair	Kerala State Chalachitra Academy	[37]
2019 (67th)	A Gandhian Affair: India's Curious Portrayal of Love in Cinema	English	Sanjay Suri	HarperCollins India	[38]
2020 (68th)	The Longest Kiss: The Life and Times of Devika Rani	English	Kishwar Desai	Westland Publications	[39]
2021 (69th)	Music by Laxmikant Pyarelal: The Incredibly Melodious Journey	English	Rajiv Vijayakar	Rupa Publications	[40]
2022 (70th)	Kishore Kumar: The Ultimate Biography	English	• Anirudha Bhattacharjee  • Parthiv Dhar	HarperCollins India	[41]

References

1. "29th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
2. "30th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
3. "31st National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
4. "32nd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
5. "33rd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
6. "34th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
7. "35th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
8. "36th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
9. "37th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
10. "38th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
11. "39th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
12. "40th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
13. "41st National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
14. "42nd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
15. "43rd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
16. "44th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
17. "45th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
18. "46th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
19. "47th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
20. "48th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
21. "49th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
22. "50th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
23. "51st National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
24. "52nd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
25. "53rd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
26. "54th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
27. "55th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
28. "56th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
29. "57th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
30. "58th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
31. "59th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
32. "60th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
33. "61st National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. 16 April 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
34. "62nd National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. 24 March 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
35. "63rd National Film Awards: List of winners". The Times of India. 28 March 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
36. "64th National Film Awards: List of winners" (PDF). Directorate od Film Festivals . 7 April 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
37. "66th National Film Awards for 2018 announced". pib.gov.in. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
38. "67th National Film Awards announced". Press Information Bureau . 22 March 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
39. "68th National Film Awards announced". Press Information Bureau . 22 July 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
40. "69th National Film Awards for the year 2021 announced". Press Information Bureau . 24 August 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
41. "70th National Film Awards for the year 2022 announced". Press Information Bureau . 16 August 2024. Retrieved 8 October 2024.

External links

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