National Film Award for Best Editing

National Film Award for Best Editing
National award for contributions to Indian Cinema
Awarded for	Best film editing for the feature film for a year
Sponsored by	National Film Development Corporation of India
Reward(s)	Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus) ₹2,00,000
First award	1976
Final award	2022
Most recent winner	Mahesh Bhuvanend, Aattam
Highlights
Total awarded	51
First winner	K. Babu Rao

The National Film Award for Best Editing 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 1976, at the 24th National Film Awards and awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages. The editor with the most awards in this category is A. Sreekar Prasad with nine wins.

Multiple winners

9 wins : A. Sreekar Prasad

4 wins : Renu Saluja

3 wins : Gangadhar Naskar

2 wins : M. S. Mani, Suresh Pai, Kishore Te

Recipients

Award includes 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus) and cash prize. Following are the award winners over the years:

List of award recipients, showing the year (award ceremony), film(s) and language(s)
Year	Recipient(s)	Film(s)	Language(s)	Refs.
1976 (24th)	K. Babu Rao	Siri Siri Muvva	Telugu	[1]
1977 (25th)	Waman Bhonsle	Inkaar	Hindi	[2]
	Gurudutt Shirali
1978 (26th)	Gangadhar Naskar	Parasuram	Bengali	[3]
1979 (27th)	Gangadhar Naskar	Ek Din Pratidin	Bengali	[4]
1980 (28th)	Gangadhar Naskar	Akaler Shandhaney	Bengali	[5]
1981 (29th)	Bhanudas Divakar	Arohan	Hindi	[6]
1982 (30th)	Keshav Hirani	Arth	Hindi	[7]
1983 (31st)	Mrinmoy Chakraborty	Khandhar	Hindi	[8]
1984 (32nd)	Anil Malnad	Sitaara	Telugu	[9]
1985 (33rd)	Babu Sheikh	Hum Naujawan	Hindi	[10]
1986 (34th)	Sanjiv Shah	Mirch Masala	Hindi	[11]
1987 (35th)	P. Mohanraj	Vedham Pudhithu	Tamil	[12]
1988 (36th)	A. Sreekar Prasad	Raakh	Hindi	[13]
1989 (37th)	Renu Saluja	Parinda	Hindi	[14]
1990 (38th)	M. S. Mani	Iyer the Great	Malayalam	[15]
1991 (39th)	Renu Saluja	Dharavi	Hindi	[16]
1992 (40th)	M. S. Mani	Sargam	Malayalam	[17]
1993 (41st)	Renu Saluja	Sardar	Hindi	[18]
1994 (42nd)	B. Lenin	Kaadhalan	Tamil	[19]
	V. T. Vijayan
1995 (43rd)	Suresh Urs	Bombay	Tamil	[20]
1996 (44th)	A. Sreekar Prasad	Rag Birag	Assamese	[21]
1997 (45th)	A. Sreekar Prasad	The Terrorist	Tamil	[22]
1998 (46th)	Renu Saluja	Godmother	Hindi	[23]
1999 (47th)	A. Sreekar Prasad	Vanaprastham	Malayalam	[24]
2000 (48th)	Suresh Pai	Snip!	English	[25]
	Apurva Asrani
2001 (49th)	Beena Paul	Mitr, My Friend	English	[26]
2002 (50th)	A. Sreekar Prasad	Kannathil Muthamittal	Tamil	[27]
2003 (51st)	Aarif Sheikh	Samay: When Time Strikes	Hindi	[28]
2004 (52nd)	Suresh Pai	Page 3	Hindi	[29]
2005 (53rd)	P. S. Bharati	Rang De Basanti	Hindi	[30]
2006 (54th)	Raja Mohammad	Paruthiveeran	Tamil	[31]
2007 (55th)	B. Ajith Kumar	Naalu Pennungal	Malayalam	[32]
2008 (56th)	A. Sreekar Prasad	Firaaq	Hindi	[33]
2009 (57th)	Arghyakamal Mitra	Abohomaan	Bengali	[34]
2010 (58th)	Kishore Te.	Aadukalam	Tamil	[35]
2011 (59th)	Praveen K. L.	Aaranya Kaandam	Tamil	[36]
	N. B. Srikanth
2012 (60th)	Namrata Rao	Kahaani	Hindi	[37]
2013 (61st)	V. J. Sabu Joseph	Vallinam	Tamil	[38]
2014 (62nd)	Vivek Harshan	Jigarthanda	Tamil	[39]
2015 (63rd)	Kishore Te	Visaranai	Tamil	[40]
2016 (64th)	Rameshwar S. Bhagat	Ventilator	Marathi	[41]
2017 (65th)	Rima Das	Village Rockstars	Assamese
2018 (66th)	Nagendra K. Ujjani	Nathicharami	Kannada	[42]
2019 (67th)	Naveen Nooli	Jersey	Telugu	[43]
2020 (68th)	A. Sreekar Prasad	Sivaranjiniyum Innum Sila Pengalum	Tamil	[44]
2021 (69th)	Sanjay Leela Bhansali	Gangubai Kathiawadi	Hindi	[45]
2022 (70th)	Mahesh Bhuvanend	Aattam	Malayalam	[46]

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External links

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