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National Film Award for Best Music Direction (non-feature film)

National Film Award for Best Music Direction
National award for contributions to non-feature film
Sponsored byNational Film Development Corporation of India
Reward(s)
  • Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus)
  • ₹2,00,000
First award1993
Final award2022
Most recent winnerVishal Bhardwaj
Highlights
Total awarded18
First winnerRajat 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.

Winners

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)
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]

References

  1. ^ "41st National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  2. ^ "42nd National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  3. ^ "43rd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  4. ^ "44th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  5. ^ "45th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  6. ^ "46th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  7. ^ "47th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  8. ^ "48th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  9. ^ "49th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  10. ^ "50th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  11. ^ "51st National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  12. ^ "52nd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  13. ^ "53rd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  14. ^ "54th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  15. ^ "55th National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  16. ^ "56th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  17. ^ "57th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  18. ^ "58th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  19. ^ "59th National Film Awards for the Year 2011 Announced". Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  20. ^ "60th National Film Awards Announced" (PDF) (Press release). Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
  21. ^ "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.
  22. ^ "62nd National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. 24 March 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  23. ^ "63rd National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. 28 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  24. ^ "64th National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
  25. ^ "67th National Film Awards announced". Press Information Bureau. 22 March 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  26. ^ "68th National Film Awards announced". Press Information Bureau. 22 July 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
  27. ^ "69th National Film Awards for the year 2021 announced". Press Information Bureau. 24 August 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
  28. ^ "70th National Film Awards for the year 2022 announced". Press Information Bureau. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 8 October 2024.