National Film Award for Best Music Direction | |
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National award for contributions to non-feature film | |
Sponsored by | National Film Development Corporation of India |
Reward(s) |
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First award | 1993 |
Final award | 2022 |
Most recent winner | Vishal Bhardwaj |
Highlights | |
Total awarded | 18 |
First winner | Rajat Dholakia |
The National Film Award for Best Music 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 Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus).
The award was instituted in 1993, at 41st National Film Awards and awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages.
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) | ||||
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Year | Recipient(s) | Film(s) | Language(s) | Refs. |
1993 (41st) | Rajat Dholakia | Sunday | Hindi | [1] |
1994 (42nd) | K. P. Udayabhanu | The Myth to the Tree, The Serpent and The Mother | Malayalam | [2] |
1995 (43rd) | Shubha Mudgal | Amrit Beeja | •English • Kannada | [3] |
1996 (44th) | No Award | [4] | ||
1997 (45th) | No Award | [5] | ||
1998 (46th) | Biswadeb Dasgupta | A Painter of Eloquent Silence: Ganesh Pyne | English | [6] |
1999 (47th) | No Award | [7] | ||
2000 (48th) | Usha Khanna | Ajeeb Ghar | Hindi | [8] |
2001 (49th) | Bhaskar Chandavarkar | Chaitra | Marathi | [9] |
2002 (50th) | Raja Mitra | Kalighat Paintings And Drawings | English | [10] |
2003 (51st) | Julius Packiam | Fiddlers on the Thatch | English | [11] |
2004 (52nd) | Dhwani | Ek Sagar Kinaree... A Seaside Story | •Marathi •English | [12] |
2005 (53rd) | No Award | [13] | ||
2006 (54th) | Ramakant Gundecha | Raga of River Narmada | Music Only | [14] |
Umakant Gundecha | ||||
2007 (55th) | Zubeen Garg | Echoes of Silence | •English • Khasi | [15] |
2008 (56th) | Vipin Mishra | Narmeen | •Hindi • Punjabi | [16] |
2009 (57th) | No Award | [17] | ||
2010 (58th) | No Award | [18] | ||
2011 (59th) | Dhruba Jyoti Phukan | Panchakki | Hindi | [19] |
2012 (60th) | No Award | [20] | ||
2013 (61st) | Anuraag Saikia | Yugadrashta | Assamese | [21] |
2014 (62nd) | No Award | [22] | ||
2015 (63rd) | Aravind–Shankar | A Far Afternoon: A Painted Saga | •Hindi •English | [23] |
2016 (64th) | Tanuj Tiku | Leeches | [24] | |
2017 (65th) | Ramesh Narayanan | Shored of Liberty | ||
2018 (66th) | Kedar Divekar | Jyoti | ||
2019 (67th) | Bishakh Jyoti | Kranti Darshi Guruji – Ahead of Times | Hindi | [25] |
2020 (68th) | Vishal Bhardwaj | 1232 KMS | Hindi | [26] |
2021 (69th) | Ishaan Divecha | Succulent | • Hindi • English • Marathi | [27] |
2022 (70th) | Vishal Bhardwaj | Fursat | Hindi | [28] |