National Film Award for Best Direction (non-feature film)

National Film Award for Best Direction
National award for contributions to non-feature films
Awarded for	Excellence in cinematic direction achievement
Sponsored by	National Film Development Corporation of India
Reward(s)	Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus) ₹3,00,000
First awarded	2000
Last awarded	2022
Most recent winner	Miriam Chandy Menacherry
Highlights
Total awarded	18
First winner	Arun Vasant Khopkar

The National Film Award for Best Direction 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 Swarna Kamal (Golden Lotus).

The award was instituted in 2000, at 48th National Film Awards and awarded annually for films produced 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:

List of award recipients, showing the year (award ceremony), film(s), language(s) and citation
Year	Director(s)	Film(s)	Language(s)	Citation	Refs.
2000 (48th)	Arun Vasant Khopkar	Rasikpriya	• Hindi  •English	For artistically weaving visual metaphors to the rhythms of Hindustani classical music in a stylised and poetic manner.	[1]
2001 (49th)	Buddhadeb Dasgupta	Jorasanko Thakurbari	English	For artistically unfolding the history of the house of the Tagores.	[2]
2002 (50th)	Anjali Panjabi	A Few Things I Know About Her	English	For the film on the saint Mirabai. With rare cinematic virtuosity, she brings together different strands from the elusive Mirabai's drawing upon stories, poetry, myth and legend into a cohesive whole.	[3]
2003 (51st)	Arvind Sinha	Kaya Poochhe Maya Se	Hindi	For the teeming surge of humanity in Howrah station with compassion and warmth.	[4]
2004 (52nd)	Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni	Girni	Marathi	For portraying the impact of sound on a young and sensitive mind with excellent dramatic and cinematic style.	[5]
2005 (53rd)	Ganesh Shankar Gaikwad	Voices Across the Oceans	•English  •Hindi	This sensitive film uses simple, masterly non-linear storytelling to take us through a nostalgic journey of BBC’s association with India’s key defining moments in the nation’s history.	[6]
2006 (54th)	Ramesh Asher	Ek Aadesh – Command For Choti	Hindi	For making imaginative use of the locale and cast of characters, and for displaying complete command over all disciplines of film making.	[7]
2007 (55th)	Jayaraj	Vellapokkathil	Malayalam	For his minimalist portrayal of the traumatic tale of a faithful canine.	[8]
2008 (56th)	Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni	Three of Us	Only Music	With immense sensitivity, the film offers a slice of life of a physically challenged person, which transcends into a telling cinematic practice of minimalism and control. A poetic exploration that breathes the indomitable spirit of these real characters playing themselves, way above its bleak mise-en-scene.	[9]
2009 (57th)	No Award				[10]
2010 (58th)	Arunima Sharma	Shyam Raat Seher	Hindi	For intelligent articulation of a shared urban angst in a powerful cinematic style and well constructed mise-en-scene. The maturity of the director is reflected in the balanced approach to all the elements that blend to create an impression in the viewers mind.	[11]
2011 (59th)	Iram Ghufran	There is Something in the Air	•Hindi  • Urdu  •English	For weaving a sensitive and confident narrative of lesser-recognized pains and healing and affirming a strong grasp of cinematic language in her very first film.	[12]
2012 (60th)	Vikrant Pawar	Kaatal	Marathi	For a keen and precise cinematic imagination that creates the world of the film Kaatal, imbuing it with concerns that lift the narrative into another realm that is both in the present and beyond it, with freshness and a distinctive craft.	[13]
2013 (61st)	Pranjal Dua	Chidiya Udh	–	For his unique vision of urban angst told without dialogue. The de-emphasised narrative masterfully blends visual, sound, music and acting.	[14]
2014 (62nd)	Renu Savant	Aaranyak	•Marathi  •English	For its existential definition of layered thoughts and emotion that move through a reflective search to end in an ironic arrival into the real.	[15]
2015 (63rd)	Christo Tomy	Kamuki	Malayalam	A sensitive portrayal of a young woman's determination to uphold her dignity against odds.	[16]
2016 (64th)	Aaditya Jambhale	Aaba... Aiktaay Na?	Marathi	A poignant story of a seemingly happy family that erupts in an unpredictable climax, held together by strong cinematic craftsmanship.	[17]
2017 (65th)	Nagraj Manjule	Pavasacha Nibandha	Marathi	A realistic and moving story told with masterful cinematic skill and enduring empathy.
2018 (66th)	Gautam Vaze	Aai Shappath		For its unpretentious execution and sensitive treatment of an anxious eight-year-old, gripped by the fear of a false promise.

References

1. "48th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 March 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
2. "49th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 February 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
3. "50th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 February 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
4. "51st National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 February 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
5. "52nd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 February 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
6. "53rd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 February 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
7. "54th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
8. "55th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 February 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
9. "56th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 February 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
10. "57th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 February 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
11. "58th National Film Awards, 2010" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 February 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
12. "59th National Film Awards for the Year 2011 Announced". Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. Archived from the original on 31 October 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
13. "60th National Film Awards Announced" (PDF) (Press release). Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 April 2013. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
14. "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.
15. "62nd National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. 24 March 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
16. "63rd National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. 28 March 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 October 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
17. "64th National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2017.

External links

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