National Film Award for Best Sound Design (non-feature film)

National Film Award for Best Sound Design
National award for contributions to non-feature films
Sponsored by	National Film Development Corporation of India
Formerly called	National Film Award for Best Audiography (1991–2021)
Reward(s)	Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus) ₹2,00,000
First award	1990
Final award	2022
Most recent winner	Manas Choudhury
Highlights
Total awarded	37
First winner	Sujit Sarkar

The National Film Award for Best Sound Design 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 1990, at 38th National Film Awards and awarded annually for the short films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages. At the 70th National Film Awards, both Best Audiography and Best On-location Sound Recordist were clubbed to a single category as Best Sound Design. Since then, only the sound designer is eligible for the award. ^[1]

Winners

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

Awards legends
*	On-location Sound Recordist (until 2021)

List of award recipients, showing the year (award ceremony), film(s) and language(s)
Year	Recipient(s)	Film(s)	Language(s)	Refs.
1990 (38th)	Sujit Sarkar	Mohor	Bengali	[2]
1991 (39th)	Anil Tendulkar	Sons of Abotani: The Misings	Mishing	[3]
	Gautam Bora
1992 (40th)	Sanjoy Chatterjee	Wangala: A Garo Festival	English	[4]
1993 (41st)	Indrajit Neogi	Maihar Raag	Bengali	[5]
1994 (42nd)	Indrajit Neogi	Another Way of Learning	English	[6]
	A. M. Padmanabhan
1995 (43rd)	Shyam Sunder	Tatva	Hindi	[7]
1996 (44th)	Nihar R. Samal	Tat Tvam Asi	•Hindi  •English	[8]
1997 (45th)	Pankaj Shil	Matir Bhanr	Bengali	[9]
1998 (46th)	Satheesh P. M.	Kumar Talkies	Hindi	[10]
1999 (47th)	Chinmoy Nath	The Vehicle with a Soul of a Man	–	[11]
2000 (48th)	Hari Kumar	A Memory of the Sea	English	[12]
2001 (49th)	Anup Mukherjee	Enough of Silence	English	[13]
2002 (50th)	No Award			[14]
2003 (51st)	Ramesh Birajdar	Bhaba Paagla	Bengali	[15]
2004 (52nd)	Vivek	Kshy Tra Ghya	Hindi	[16]
2005 (53rd)	Anmol Bhave	Closer	–	[17]
2006 (54th)	Partha Barman	Bishar Blues	Bengali	[18]
2007 (55th)	Ajit Singh Rathore	Kramasha	Hindi	[19]
2008 (56th)	Mateen Ahmad	Children of the Pyre	Hindi	[20]
2009 (57th)	Lipika Singh Darai	Gaarud	•Hindi  • Marathi	[21]
2010 (58th)	Harikumar Madhavan Nair	A Pestering Journey	• Malayalam  • Punjabi  •Hindi  •English  • Tulu	[22]
2011 (59th)	Gautam Nair	1, 2	Hindi	[23]
2012 (60th)	Harikumar M.	Do Din Ka Mela	Kutchi	[24]
2013 (61st)	Gautam Nair	Chidiya Udh	–	[25]
2014 (62nd)	Anindit Roy	Tender is the Sight	–	[26]
	Ateesh Chattopadhyay
	Ayan Bhattacharya
2015 (63rd)	Moumita Roy	Edpa Kana	Kurukh	[27]
2016 (64th)	Ajith Abraham George	In Return Just a Book	English	[28]
2017 (65th)	Avinash Sonawane	Pavasacha Nibandha	Marathi
	Samarth Mahajan	The Unreserved
2018 (66th)	Bishwadeep Chatterjee	Children of the Soil
	Ajay Bedi	The Secret Life of Frogs
2019 (67th)	Allwin Rego	Radha	Musical	[29]
	Sanjay Maurya
	Saptarshi Sarkar	Rahas	Hindi
2020 (68th)	Ajit Singh Rathore	Pearl of the Desert	Rajasthani	[30]
	Sandip Bhati	Jadui Jangal (Magical Forest)	Hindi
	Pradeep Lekhwar
2021 (69th)	Krishnanunni N R	Ek Tha Gaon	• Garhwali  • Hindi	[31]
	Suruchi Sharma	Meen Raag	Rajasthani
2022 (70th)	Manas Choudhury	Yaan	• Hindi  • Malwi	[32]

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. "38th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
3. "39th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
4. "40th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
5. "41st National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
6. "42nd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
7. "43rd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
8. "44th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
9. "45th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
10. "46th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
11. "47th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
12. "48th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
13. "49th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
14. "50th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
15. "51st National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
16. "52nd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
17. "53rd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
18. "54th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
19. "55th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
20. "56th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
21. "57th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
22. "58th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
23. "59th National Film Awards for the Year 2011 Announced". Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
24. "60th National Film Awards Announced" (PDF) (Press release). Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
25. "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.
26. "62nd National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. 24 March 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
27. "63rd National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. 28 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
28. "64th National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
29. "67th National Film Awards announced". Press Information Bureau . 22 March 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
30. "68th National Film Awards announced". Press Information Bureau . 22 July 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
31. "69th National Film Awards for the year 2021 announced". Press Information Bureau . 24 August 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
32. "70th National Film Awards for the year 2022 announced". Press Information Bureau . 16 August 2024. Retrieved 8 October 2024.

External links

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