National Film Award for Best Direction
National Film Award for Best Direction | |
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Description | Excellence in cinematic direction achievement |
Sponsored by | Directorate of Film Festivals |
Formerly called | Award for excellence in direction (1967–1976) |
Reward(s) |
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First awarded | 1967 |
Last awarded | 2017 |
Most recent winner | Jayaraj |
Highlights | |
Total awarded | 52 |
First winner | Satyajit Ray |
Website | http://dff.nic.in/NFA.aspx |
The National Film Award for Best Direction is an honour presented annually at India's National Film Awards ceremony by the Directorate of Film Festivals (DFF), an organisation set up by the Indian Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.[1] Since 1967, the award is given by a national panel appointed annually by the DFF to a director for their work within Indian cinema.[1] It is presented by the President of India at a ceremony held in New Delhi.[1][2]
The winner is given a "Swarna Kamal" (Golden Lotus) certificate and a cash prize of ₹2.5 lakh (US$3,000).[a][7] Including ties and repeat winners, the DFF has presented a total of 52 Best Direction awards to 33 different directors. Although Indian cinema produces films in more than 20 languages,[1] the performances of films that have won awards are of nine languages: Bengali, English, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Malayalam, Assamese, Tamil and Punjabi.
The first recipient was Satyajit Ray, who was honoured at the 15th National Film Awards for directing the Bengali film Chiriyakhana (1967).[8] As of 2017, Ray and Adoor Gopalakrishnan are the most frequent recipients, with six and five wins respectively.[9] Gopalakrishnan won the award for his debut Malayalam film Swayamvaram (1972).[10] Mrinal Sen has been awarded four times. He is also the only recipient to win the award for directing films in two different languages: Bengali and Hindi.[11] At the 19th National Film Awards, Girish Karnad and B.V. Karanth shared the award for co-directing the Kannada film Vamsha Vriksha (1972).[12] The most recent recipient is Jayaraj, who was honoured at the 65th National Film Awards for directing the Malayalam film Bhayanakam (2018).
Winners
Footnotes
- ^ Before the 54th National Film Awards (2006), the cash prize was ₹50,000 (US$600),[3] ₹25,000 (US$300) during the 35th National Film Awards,[4] ₹20,000 (US$240) from 21st National Film Awards until 34th[5] and ₹20,000 (US$240) from 1967 to 1972.[6]
- ^ Denotes the year in which the film was censored by the Central Board of Film Certification.
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