National Film Award for Best Costume Design

National Film Award for Best Costume Design
National award for contributions to Indian Cinema
Awarded for	Best costume design for the feature films for a year
Sponsored by	National Film Development Corporation of India
Reward(s)	Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus) ₹2,00,000
First awarded	1984
Last awarded	2022
Most recent winner	Niki Joshi
Highlights
Total awarded	48
First winner	Harudas Bapuldas

The National Film Award for Best Costume Design 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 feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus).

The award was instituted in 1984, at 32nd National Film Awards and awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages.

Multiple Wins

• 4 wins : Neeta Lulla

• 2 wins : Bhanu Athaiya, P. Krishnamoorthy, Indrans Jayan, Dolly Ahluwalia

Recipients

Award includes 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus) and cash prize. Neeta Lulla has majority of wins in this category with four.

Following are the award winners over the years:

List of award recipients, showing the year (award ceremony), film(s), language(s) and citation
Year	Recipient(s)	Film(s)	Language(s)	Citation	Refs.
1984 (32nd)	Harudas	Ghare Baire	Bengali	–	[1]
	Bapuldas
1985 (33rd)	Saba Zaidi	Trikal	Hindi	For creatively designing the appropriate costumes for this period film, thereby lending authenticity to the milieu.	[2]
1986 (34th)	Prabhat Jha	Parinati	Hindi	For the authenticity in the use of costumes.	[3]
1987 (35th)	Ramilla Patel	Pestonjee	Hindi	For recreating the costumes of the period and the Parsi community with meticulous attention to detail, enhancing the quality of the film.	[4]
	Mani Rabadi
1988 (36th)	Sudharshan	Daasi	Telugu	For his tender handling of warped fabric and jewellery with correct hues and authenticity.	[5]
1989 (37th)	P. Krishnamoorthy	Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha	Malayalam	For his intimate knowledge, artistic competence and the brilliant execution of the costumes of a bygone era, recreating the reality of life in the past as few films have done.	[6]
1990 (38th)	Bhanu Athaiya	Lekin...	Hindi	For the texture and tone of the costumes, which heighten the visual quality of the film, breaking away from the traditional image of bright Rajasthani colours by using subdued pastel shades.	[7]
1991 (39th)	Neeta Lulla	Lamhe	Hindi	For faithfully recreating the color, variety and richness of the dresses worn in Rajasthan.	[8]
	Kachins
	Leena Daru
1992 (40th)	Mala Dey	Rudaali	Hindi	For the authentic designs they created to blend with the desert backdrop of Rajasthan.	[9]
	Simple Kapadia
1993 (41st)	Loveleen Bains	Muhafiz	Urdu	For recreating an entire spectrum of costumes, representing not only the protagonist, the ageing litterateur and his closeted world, but the entire milieu of the city and the small town.	[10]
1994 (42nd)	Supriya Dasgupta	Amodini	Bengali	For an aesthetic recreation of 18th century costumes, evoking the traditions of Bengali painting and theatre.	[11]
1995 (43rd)	Dolly Ahluwalia	Bandit Queen	Hindi	For her authentic creation of costumes in terms of the tone and texture of the rugged and harsh realities of ravines of Chambal and its people.	[12]
1996 (44th)	M. Dandapani	Kulam	Malayalam	For creating beautiful costumes that are authentic to the period depicted in the film.	[13]
1997 (45th)	Vaishali Kasaravalli	Thaayi Saheba	Kannada	For her care and perception in designing the period costuming required for a film that covers a demanding range encompassing the upper class to the common man.	[14]
1998 (46th)	S. B. Satheeshan	Daya	Malayalam	For a fantasy without any concrete reference to known periods, locales or styles – the film achieves a high quality design integrity. The use of fabrics, weaves and prints are superbly executed and leave a lasting impression.	[15]
1999 (47th)	Sarika	Hey Ram	Tamil	For recreating a range of period costumes worn by characters from regions as varied as Lahore, Calcutta, Madras and Delhi and coming down to present times.	[16]
2000 (48th)	P. Krishnamoorthy	Bharati	Tamil	For recreating a whole range of period costume to depict the early twentieth century of Tamil/Banaras. The aesthetic selection of colours go well with the décor of the structure/sets and the costumes give the film and authentic look.	[17]
2001 (49th)	Bhanu Athaiya	Lagaan	Hindi	For taking microscopic care in designing the costumes of pre independence era which gives the film an authentic look.	[18]
2002 (50th)	Neeta Lulla	Devdas	Hindi	For their researched, inventive, designing of costumes enhancing the persona of the various characters.	[19]
	Abu Jani
	Sandeep Khosla
	Reza Shariffi
2003 (51st)	Bibi Ray	Chokher Bali	Bengali	For evoking a period in harmony with the spirit of the film's art direction.	[20]
	Sushanto Pal
2004 (52nd)	Ishrath Nissar	Hasina	Kannada	For the costumes that lent a realistic feel to the characters thereby adding to their credibility.	[21]
2005 (53rd)	Anna Singh	Taj Mahal: An Eternal Love Story	Hindi	For creating costumes true to the spirit of a period film.	[22]
	Sabyasachi Mukherjee	Black	Hindi	For his imaginative creations that enhanced the mood and added to ambience of the film.
2006 (54th)	Manjeet Maan	Waris Shah: Ishq Daa Waaris	Punjabi	For accurate and convincing costumes, reflecting the socio-cultural fabric of a historic era.	[23]
2007 (55th)	Ruma Sengupta	Krishnakanter Will	Bengali	For creating realistic characters during that historic period when lavish costumes and colourful court life, were the order of the day.	[24]
2008 (56th)	Neeta Lulla	Jodhaa Akbar	Hindi	For its painstaking detail to recreate the costume costumes and jewellery of Mughal era.	[25]
2009 (57th)	Indrans Jayan	Kutty Srank	Malayalam	For capturing the essence of period and characters with the right blend of colour, style and texture.	[26]
2010 (58th)	Indrans Jayan	Namma Gramam	Tamil	For realising effectively the texture of a period in the history of modern India through minuscule attention to detailing.	[27]
2011 (59th)	Neeta Lulla	Balgandharva	Marathi	For creating a period with appropriate costumes embellished with the right colours and textures. Neeta Lulla of 'Balgandharva' and Niharika Khan in 'The Dirty Picture' have both done meticulous research into those times, not merely to be authentic but also to appropriately contextualise the respective narratives and their times.	[28]
	Niharika Khan	The Dirty Picture	Hindi
2012 (60th)	Poornima Ramaswamy	Paradesi	Tamil	A keen eye for details in costume design has given the film a look of authenticity.	[29]
2013 (61st)	Sabarni Das	Jaatishwar	Bengali	For realizing effectively the texture of colonial Bengal upto [sic] the modern period through a rigorous attention to details.	[30]
2014 (62nd)	Dolly Ahluwalia	Haider	Hindi	For capturing the essence of the characters and moods with creative flourish.	[31]
2015 (63rd)	Payal Saluja	Nanak Shah Fakir	Punjabi	For An imaginative use of colours, design and textures to recreate costumes for a host of characters, of an era, from different cultures and continents.	[32]
2016 (64th)	Sachin Lovalekar	Cycle	Marathi	The film is able to achieve a rustic and simple sense of rural life through its costumes.	[33]
2017 (65th)	Gobinda Mandal	Nagarkirtan	Bengali
2018 (66th)	Indrakshi Pattanaik	Mahanati	Telugu	Evolution of costumes in the Telugu film industry from Black & White era to modern times.
	Gaurang Shah
	Archana Rao
2019 (67th)	Sujith Sudhakaran	Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea	Malayalam	For the creating and designing costumes of diverse cultures of the characters and period in the film.	[34]
	V. Sai
2020 (68th)	Nachiket Barve	Tanhaji	Hindi	For the stylised recreation of the historical period through elegant costuming.
	Mahesh Sherla
2021 (69th)	Veera Kapur Ee	Sardar Udham	Hindi
2022 (70th)	Niki Joshi	Kutch Express	Gujarati

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External links

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