National Film Award for Best Make-up

National Film Award for Best Make-up
National award for contributions to Indian Cinema
Sponsored by	National Film Development Corporation of India
Formerly called	National Film Award for Best Make-up Artist (2006–2021)
Reward(s)	Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus) ₹2,00,000
First awarded	2006
Last awarded	2022
Most recent winner	Somnath Kundu
Highlights
Total awarded	18
First winner	Anil Motiram Palande

The National Film Award for Best Make-up 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 2006, at 54th National Film Awards and awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages. Since the 70th National Film Awards, the name was changed to "National Film Award for Best Make-up". ^[1]

Multiple Winners

• 3 wins : Vikram Gaikwad

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), language(s) and citation
Year	Recipient	Film(s)	Language(s)	Citation	Refs.
2006 (54th)	Anil Motiram Palande	Traffic Signal	Hindi	For subtle and convincing make-up for a wide range of characters.	[2]
2007 (55th)	Pattanam Rasheed	Paradesi	Malayalam	For technical excellence of detailing through makeup the character of the protagonist.	[3]
2008 (56th)	U. K. Sasi	Naan Kadavul	Tamil	For its wide variety of make-up inputs to reflect the large spectrum of characters.	[4]
2009 (57th)	Christien Tinsley	Paa	Hindi	For authentic, detailed creation of a heart-warming character stricken by a fatal disease.	[5]
	Dominie Till
2010 (58th)	Vikram Gaikwad	Moner Manush	Bengali	For the admirable detailing and remarkable consistency achieved in the etching of the characters across an extensive time span.	[6]
2011 (59th)	Vikram Gaikwad	• Balgandharva  • The Dirty Picture	• Marathi  •Hindi	For bringing to life the primary characters who propel the two films. He has especially worked on the transformations of the two characters as they journey towards their tragic fate. The makeup lends authenticity and highlights their emotional frailties thus raising the film to another temporal level.	[7]
2012 (60th)	Raja	Vazhakku Enn 18/9	Tamil	Unobtrusive, yet effective make up is the hallmark of this Tamil film.	[8]
2013 (61st)	Vikram Gaikwad	Jaatishwar	Bengali	For the admirable detailing and remarkable consistency achieved in the etching of the characters played by Prosenjit Chatterjee.	[9]
2014 (62nd)	Raju	Naanu Avanalla...Avalu	Kannada	For the realistic creation of gender duality in a character through different phases of life.	[10]
	Nagaraj
2015 (63rd)	Preetisheel Singh	Nanak Shah Fakir	Punjabi	For Creating detailed appearances, and meticulous 'ageing' technique to a wide range of historic characters.	[11]
	Clover Wootton
2016 (64th)	N. K. Ramakrishna	Allama	Kannada	The film gives a sense of 'a historical figure' and 'time' through the art and craft of make-up.	[12]
2017 (65th)	Ram Rajjak	Nagarkirtan	Bengali	–
2018 (66th)	Ranjith	Awe	Telugu	For bringing out the texture of each face and giving personality to every character.
2019 (67th)	Ranjith Ambady	Helen	Malayalam	For creating gradual changes in the face and body of the lead character even in the adverse and unfavorable conditions.	[13]
2020 (68th)	T. V. Ram Babu	Natyam	Telugu	For an inspired and imaginative make up that brings home the nuances embedded in the script.
2021 (69th)	Preetisheel Singh	Gangubai Kathiawadi	Hindi		[14] [15]
2022 (70th)	Somnath Kundu	Aparajito	Bengali

References

1. Under Secretary to the Government of India (14 December 2023). "Report on Rationalization of Awards Conferred by the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting | Ministry of Information and Broadcasting | Government of India". Ministry of Information and Broadcasting . Retrieved 25 August 2024.
2. "54th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
3. "55th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
4. "56th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
5. "57th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
6. "58th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
7. "59th National Film Awards for the Year 2011 Announced". Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
8. "60th National Film Awards Announced" (PDF) (Press release). Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
9. "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.
10. "62nd National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. 24 March 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
11. "63rd National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. 28 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
12. "64th National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
13. "67th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals . Retrieved 25 May 2022.
14. "69th National Film Awards: Here's the complete updated winners' list". Business Standard . Retrieved 18 October 2023.
15. "'RRR' bags six national awards, 'Gangubai Kathiawadi' takes five". The Hindu . Retrieved 25 August 2023.

External links

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