National Film Award for Best Production Design

National Film Award for Best Production Design
National award for contributions to Indian Cinema
Sponsored by	Directorate of Film Festivals
Formerly called	National Film Award for Best Art Direction (1979–2010)
Reward(s)	Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus) ₹50,000 (US$630)
First awarded	1979
Last awarded	2020
Most recent winner	Anees Nadodi
Highlights
Total awarded	43
First winner	Jayoo Patwardhan

The National Film Award for Best Production Design is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus).

The award was instituted in 1979, at 27th National Film Awards as National Film Award for Best Art Direction, and awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages; Hindi (18 awards), Tamil (6 awards), Malayalam (6 awards), Bengali (3 awards), Kannada, Urdu, English, Marathi (two each), Telugu, Gujarati, Punjabi, Konkani (one Each).

The award renamed as National Film Award for Best Production Design from the 57th National Film Awards in 2011. ^{[1] [2]}

Multiple winners

• 4 Wins: Nitin Chandrakant Desai , Samir Chanda & Sabu Cyril
• 3 Wins: Nitish Roy & P. Krishnamoorthy
• 2 Wins: Jayoo Patwardhan, Thota Tharani & Indranil Ghosh

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(s)	Film(s)	Language(s)	Citation	Refs.
1979 (27th)	Jayoo Patwardhan	22 June 1897	Marathi	–	[3]
1980 (28th)	Meera Lakhia	Bhavni Bhavai	Gujarati	For perfectly creating the glamour of the royal palace juxtaposed with the grim austerity of hutments, for successfully providing a period touch down to the smallest details, for providing a stamp of authenticity to the film.	[4]
1981 (29th)	Manzur	Umrao Jaan	Urdu	For re-creating the sets of the Lucknow Kothas and aristocratic homes with an unerring sense of the historical period portrayed.	[5]
1982 (30th)	Nitish Roy	Kharij	Bengali	For recreating milieu with delicate details.	[6]
1983 (31st)	Nitish Roy	Mandi	Hindi	For the inventive creation of a backdrop which admirably complemented the varying moods of the film.	[7]
1984 (32nd)	Nachiket Patwardhan	Utsav	Hindi	–	[8]
	Jayoo Patwardhan
1985 (33rd)	Sham Bhutker	Rao Saheb	Hindi	For the authentic creation of a setting of the early years of the century.	[9]
1986 (34th)	P. Krishnamoorthy	Madhvacharya	Kannada	For effectively recreating the era of Madhvacharya.	[10]
1987 (35th)	Thota Tharani	Nayakan	Tamil	For interpreting the visual content of the film as authentically as possible, both in the design and construction of the sets and the colour schemes, to create the appropriate atmosphere and character of the film.	[11]
1988 (36th)	T. Vaikundam	Daasi	Telugu	For his minute care and concern for detail of prop and decor, creating a period locale which becomes an amalgamated part of the film enhancing its aesthetic value.	[12]
1989 (37th)	P. Krishnamoorthy	Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha	Malayalam	For adding to the aesthetic value of the film as a whole by carefully recreating the essence of the reality of a bygone era in Kerala with minute attention to details of pros and decor.	[13]
1990 (38th)	Nitish Roy	Lekin...	Hindi	For maintaining the era, etching the characters against the canvas, with perfect color, design and execution.	[14]
1991 (39th)	Samir Chanda	Rukmavati Ki Haveli	Hindi	For creating an authentic and real setting, matching the mood and manner of the film.	[15]
1992 (40th)	Samir Chanda	Rudaali	Hindi	For its realistic recreation of the desert scape, with its requisite architectural structures, both opulent and humble.	[16]
1993 (41st)	Suresh Sawant	Muhafiz	•Hindi  •Urdu	For recreating architecture, landscape and interiors of exceptional beauty and cinematic integrity, synchronised to perfection with the thematic content of the protagonist's search for the poetry of an ailing maestro.	[17]
1994 (42nd)	Sabu Cyril	Thenmavin Kombath	Malayalam	For creating an appropriate space for a romantic fantasy in cinema-scope in tandem with the cinematography.	[18]
1995 (43rd)	Sabu Cyril	Kalapani	Malayalam	For his apt and outstanding recreation of the early decades of this century, with a remarkably detailed work of mis-en-scene.	[19]
1996 (44th)	Thota Tharani	Indian	Tamil	For erection of sets and selection of locations perfectly retaining the period depicted in the story and enhancing the huge canvas of the film.	[20]
1997 (45th)	Ramesh Desai	Thaayi Saheba	Kannada	For his meticulous attention to minute details creating the exact atmosphere and aura of the film's period lifestyle and its changing perspective decade to decade.	[21]
1998 (46th)	Nitin Chandrakant Desai	Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar	English	The film covers a large time span from the pre-electricity age to post independence India. The scene, both indoor and outdoor move effortlessly around rural, urban, Indian and foreign locales and blur the distinction between sets and locations – with the aid of faultless camerawork, the art direction almost single handedly creates the entire period mood and feel of the film.	[22]
1999 (47th)	Nitin Chandrakant Desai	Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam	Hindi	For recreating the haveli ambience and matching it with the existing structure used, the décor of the sets and for recreating the best of life styles of the region.	[23]
2000 (48th)	P. Krishnamoorthy	Bharati	Tamil	For aesthetically recreating the period of early twentieth century taking great care in selecting authentic properties of the time to enhance the décor of both interiors as well as exteriors, thus bringing alive Tamilnadu of that period.	[24]
2001 (49th)	Nitin Chandrakant Desai	Lagaan	Hindi	For aesthetically recreating the pre independence period village with authentic details.	[25]
2002 (50th)	Nitin Chandrakant Desai	Devdas	Hindi	For creating an evocative visual setting for the romantic drama.	[26]
2003 (51st)	Indranil Ghosh	Chokher Bali	Bengali	For his muted recreation of a period and its ambiance.	[27]
	Sharmishta Roy	Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities	Hindi	For creating a colourful ambiance which effectively supported the narrative.
2004 (52nd)	Samir Chanda	Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero	•English  •Hindi	For effectively recreating the period prior to the second world war across nations.	[28]
2005 (53rd)	C. B. More	Taj Mahal: An Eternal Love Story	Hindi	For effectively recreating the mughal period and rendering life to an era.	[29]
2006 (54th)	Rashid Rangrez	Waris Shah: Ishq Daa Waaris	Punjabi	For the authentic recreation of a historic and culturally rich era.	[30]
2007 (55th)	Sabu Cyril	Om Shanti Om	Hindi	For creating authentic film settings of 1970s and recreating them in a dilapidated condition a generation later.	[31]
2008 (56th)	Gautam Sen	Firaaq	Hindi	For its perfect use of props and choice of colours to enhance the ambience of a post-riots.	[1]
2009 (57th)	Samir Chanda	Delhi-6	Hindi	For a very convincing match of actual locations with detailed, recreated sets.	[2]
2010 (58th)	Sabu Cyril	Enthiran	Tamil	For the style and finesse realised in the creation of a set design that is coherent with the futuristic visual style of the narrative.	[32]
2011 (59th)	Indranil Ghosh	Noukadubi	Bengali	For a detailed visualisation of the Bengal renaissance through a very intricate weaving of sets, props and the colours that epitomise such an era. He brings in his expertise and knowledge of that period and deftly merges it with the tragic plight of star-crossed lovers in this famous Tagorean tragedy. Recreating locations without making them too elaborate is a highlight of this film.	[33]
2012 (60th)	Boontawee 'Thor' Taweepasas	Vishwaroopam	Tamil	For a subject that transcends different times and space, the commendable production design has played a huge part in making this film what it is.	[34]
	Lalgudi N. Ilayaraja
2013 (61st)	Ashim Ahluwalia	Miss Lovely	Hindi	For a style and finesse realized by authentic recreating an era in a not too distant past and dressing up the location that is coherent with the visual style of the narrative.	[35]
	Tabasheer Zutshi
	Parichit Paralkar
2014 (62nd)	Aparna Raina	Nachom-ia Kumpasar	Konkani	For convincingly recreating spaces from a different era and with minute attention to detail.	[36]
2015 (63rd)	Shriram Iyengar	Bajirao Mastani	Hindi	For the inventive use of spaces, props and set decoration to provide a dramatic setting for a grand historical spectacle.	[37]
	Saloni Dhatrak
	Sujeet Sawant
2016 (64th)	Subrata Chakraborthy	24	Tamil	The total production value of the film is more than its art effects, locations, gadgets etc. whereby giving it an organic whole.	[38]
	Shreyas Khedekar
	Amit Ray
2017 (65th)	Santhosh Raman	Take Off	Malayalam	–
2018 (66th)	Vinesh Banglan	Kammara Sambhavam	Malayalam	Preparing relevant terrains and sets of different periods and cultures.	[39]
2019 (67th)	Nilesh Wagh	Anandi Gopal	Marathi	For re creating the late 19th century Maharashtra and it's British lifestyle through its location choices, properties and enabling us to drive into its period reality.	[40]
	Sunil Nigwekar
2020 (68th)	Anees Nadodi	Kappela	Malayalam	For the life like ambience and meticulous handling of the various visual components.	[41]

References

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External links

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