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:National Film Award for Best Screenplay

{{Short description|Indian film award}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2013}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}

{{Infobox award

| name = National Film Award for Best Screenplay

| image =

| image_size =

| alt =

| caption =

| subheader = National award for contributions to Indian Cinema

| awarded_for = Best screenplay for a feature film for a year

| sponsor = National Film Development Corporation of India

| firstawarded = 1967 {{small|(Screenplay Writer (Original))}}
2009 {{small|(Screenplay Writer (Adapted))}}
2009 {{small|(Dialogue)}}

| lastawarded = 2022

| reward = {{ubl|Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus)|{{INR|2,00,000}}}}

| former name =

| holder_label = Most recent winner

| holder = {{ubl

|Anand Ekarshi {{small|Screenplay Writer (Original)}}

|Arpita Mukherjee and Rahul V. Chittella {{small|(Dialogue)}}

}}

| award1_type = Total awarded

| award1_winner = 69 {{small|(Screenplay Writer (Original))}}
18 {{small|(Screenplay Writer (Adapted))}}
14 {{small|(Dialogue)}}

| award2_type = First winner

| award2_winner = S. L. Puram Sadanandan

}}

The National Film Award for Best Screenplay is one of the categories in the National Film Awards presented annually by the National Film Development Corporation of India. It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus). The award is announced for films produced in a year across the country, in all Indian languages. {{As of|2024}}, the award comprises a Rajat Kamal, a certificate, and a cash prize of {{INR}}2,00,000.{{cite web |author=Under Secretary to the Government of India |date=14 December 2023 |title=Report on Rationalization of Awards Conferred by the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting {{!}} Ministry of Information and Broadcasting {{!}} Government of India |url=https://mib.gov.in/filmsdocuments/report-rationalization-awards-conferred-ministry-information-broadcasting |access-date=25 August 2024 |publisher=Ministry of Information and Broadcasting}}

The National Film Awards were established in 1954 to "encourage production of the films of a high aesthetic and technical standard and educational and culture value" and also planned to include awards for regional films.{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm1stNFAAward.aspx|title=1st National Film Awards|publisher=International Film Festival of India|access-date=10 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517062641/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm1stNFAAward.aspx|archive-date=17 May 2017|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/1st_nff_1954.pdf|title=1st National Film Awards (PDF)|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=10 May 2017}} The awards were instituted as the "State Awards for Films" but were renamed to "National Film Awards" at the 15th National Film Awards in 1967 and a new category of award for Best Screenplay was introduced, presented with a plaque and a cash prize. At the 57th National Film Awards in 2009, the Screenplay award was reclassified into three different awards: Screenplay Writer (Original), Screenplay Writer (Adapted), and Dialogues. Although the Indian film industry produces films in around twenty languages and dialects,{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/nfa.asp|title=About National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals]|access-date=13 May 2017}} as of 2022 edition, the seventy-three unique writers who have been awarded, have worked in nine major languages: Hindi (twenty awards), Malayalam (twelve awards), Bengali (eleven awards), Tamil (eight awards), Marathi (seven awards), Kannada (five awards), Telugu (three awards), English (two awards), Sanskrit and Assamese (one award each).

The inaugural award, in 1967, of this category was presented to S. L. Puram Sadanandan for the Malayalam film Agniputhri. No award was presented at the 23rd National Film Awards (1975). {{As of|2016}}, Malayalam author and screenplay writer M. T. Vasudevan Nair holds the record of winning maximum awards in category with four wins for the films: Oru Vadakkan Veeragadha (1989), Kadavu (1991), Sadayam (1992), and Parinayam (1994). Bengali filmmaker Satyajit Ray was presented the award in 1993 posthumously for the film Uttoran; he had earlier received awards for Pratidwandi (1970) and Sonar Kella (1974). At the 59th National Film Awards in 2011, Girish Kulkarni was awarded both the Best Actor and Best Dialogue Awards for the Marathi film Deool. The film was itself was adjudged the Best Feature Film. In 2015 at the 63rd ceremony, the awards for both Original Screenplay and Dialogue were jointly presented to Juhi Chaturvedi and Himanshu Sharma for their films Piku and Tanu Weds Manu: Returns, respectively.{{cite press release|title=63rd National Film Awards|url=http://dff.nic.in/writereaddata/Winners_of_63rd_NFA_2015.pdf|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|date=28 March 2016|access-date=28 March 2016}}

{{As of|2022}}, sixty-nine awards have been presented for Original Screenplay writing, eighteen for Adapted Screenplay writing, and fourteen for dialogue.

Award

The first recipient of the award, S. L. Puram Sadanandan, was presented with a plaque and {{INR}} 5000 cash prize. The award was revised in 1973 at the 21st ceremony to include {{INR}} 10,000 cash, a silver medal and a certificate. It was shared by Mrinal Sen and Ashish Burman for their Bengali film Padatik. At the 54th awarding ceremony in 2006, the next revision of the award was declared to include cash remuneration of {{INR}}50,000 which was presented to Abhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani and Vidhu Vinod Chopra for their Hindi film Lage Raho Munna Bhai in which Mahatma Gandhi's philosophy of non-violence was depicted. At the 70th National Film Awards (2022), the cash prize was revised to {{INR}}2,00,000.{{cite web |author=Under Secretary to the Government of India |date=14 December 2023 |title=Report on Rationalization of Awards Conferred by the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting {{!}} Ministry of Information and Broadcasting {{!}} Government of India |url=https://mib.gov.in/filmsdocuments/report-rationalization-awards-conferred-ministry-information-broadcasting |access-date=25 August 2024 |publisher=Ministry of Information and Broadcasting}}

For fourteen times, multiple writers were awarded for their work in a single film; Mrinal Sen and Ashish Burman for Padatik (1973), Satyadev Dubey, Shyam Benegal, and Girish Karnad for Bhumika (1977), T. S. Ranga and T. S. Nagabharana for Grahana (1978), Ashok Mishra and Saeed Akhtar Mirza for Naseem (1995), Manoj Tyagi and Nina Arora for Page 3 (2004), Prakash Jha, Shridhar Raghavan, and Manoj Tyagi for Apaharan (2005), Abhijat Joshi, Rajkumar Hirani, and Vidhu Vinod Chopra for Lage Raho Munna Bhai (2006), Gopal Krishan Pai and Girish Kasaravalli for Kanasemba Kudureyaneri (2009), P. F. Mathews and Harikrishna for Kutty Srank (2009), Anant Mahadevan and Sanjay Pawar for Mee Sindhutai Sapkal (2010), Vikas Bahl, Nitesh Tiwari, and Vijay Maurya for Chillar Party (2011), Bhavesh Mandalia and Umesh Shukla for OMG – Oh My God! (2012), Sriram Raghavan, Arijit Biswas, Yogesh Chandekar, Hemanth Rao, Pooja Ladha Surti for Andhadhun (2018), Sudha Kongara and Shalini Ushadevi for Soorarai Pottru (2020).{{Citation needed|date=August 2022}}

Shyamoli Banerjee Deb, one of the jury members at the 53rd National Film Awards, filed a petition objecting to the selections in five awards categories; the Best Feature Film in Hindi, the Best First Film of a Director, the Best Actress, the Best Screenplay, and the Best Special Effects. Deb challenged the decision to confer the award to Prakash Jha, Shridhar Raghavan, and Manoj Tyagi for the Hindi film Apaharan and claimed that the film was not in the primary selection list. The Delhi High Court put a stay on the announcement and requested a reply from the Directorate of Film Festivals.{{cite news|url=http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/news/fullstory.php?newsid=86222|title=Delhi HC stays National Films Awards|newspaper=The Indian Express|date=9 May 2007|access-date=13 May 2017}} Fourteen months later, Justice B. D. Ahmed removed the stay and the award was announced for Apaharan.{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/National-awards-Big-B-Sarika-win-top-honours/articleshow/2263775.cms|title=National awards: Big B, Sarika win top honours|newspaper=The Times of India|location=New Delhi|date=8 August 2007|access-date=13 May 2017}}{{cite news|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/hc-nod-for-presentation-of-national-film-awa/207928/|title=HC nod for presentation of National Film Awards|newspaper=The Indian Express|location=New Delhi|date=1 August 2007|access-date=13 May 2017}}

Winners

Following are the award winners over the years:

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| {{small|Screenplay Writer (Original)}}

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| {{small|Screenplay Writer (Adapted)}}

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| {{small|Dialogue}}

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! colspan="5" | List of award recipients, showing the year (award ceremony), film(s) and language(s)

scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:10%;"| Year

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:25%;"| Recipient(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:23%;"| Film(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:10%;"| Language(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:3%" class="unsortable" |{{Tooltip|Refs.|Reference}}

align="center"| 15th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | S. L. Puram Sadanandan

| Agniputhri

| Malayalam

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/15th_nff_1967.pdf|title=15th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=21 September 2011}}

align="center"| 16th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Pandit Anand Kumar

| Anokhi Raat

| Hindi

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/16th_nff_1970.pdf|title=16th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=22 September 2011}}

align="center"| 17th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Puttanna Kanagal

| Gejje Pooje

| Kannada

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/17th_NFF_1971.pdf|title=17th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=26 September 2011}}

align="center"| 18th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Satyajit Ray

| Pratidwandi

| rowspan="2" | Bengali

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/17th_NFF_1971.pdf|title=18th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=26 September 2011}}

align="center"| 19th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Tapan Sinha

| Ekhonee

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://www.hindilyrics.net/awards/national-film-awards-1972.html|title=19th National Film Awards 1972|access-date=12 July 2012}}

align="center"| 20th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Gulzar

| Koshish

| Hindi

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm20thNFAAward.aspx|title=20th National Film Awards|publisher=International Film Festival of India|access-date=26 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105220349/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm20thNFAAward.aspx|archive-date=5 November 2013|url-status=dead}}

align="center" rowspan="2" | 21st National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Mrinal Sen

| rowspan="2" | Padatik

| rowspan="3" | Bengali

| align="center" rowspan="2"|{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/21st_nff_1973.pdf|title=21st National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=29 September 2011}}

scope="row" | Ashish Burman
align="center"| 22nd National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Satyajit Ray

| Sonar Kella

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/22nd_nff_1974.pdf|title=22nd National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=1 October 2011}}

align="center"| 23rd National Film Awards

| colspan="3" bgcolor="#F5A9A9" align="center" | No Award

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/23rd_nff_1975.pdf|title=23rd National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=4 October 2011}}

align="center"| 24th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Vijay Tendulkar

| Manthan

| rowspan="4" | Hindi

| align="center" |{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-05-19/pune/27764342_1_marathi-playwright-vijay-tendulkar-noted-marathi-priya-tendulkar|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103144050/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-05-19/pune/27764342_1_marathi-playwright-vijay-tendulkar-noted-marathi-priya-tendulkar|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 January 2013|title=Marathi playwright Vijay Tendulkar passes away|date=19 May 2008|work=The Times of India|access-date=12 July 2012}}

align="center" rowspan="3" | 25th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Satyadev Dubey

| rowspan="3" | Bhumika

| align="center" rowspan="3" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/25th_nff_1977.pdf|title=25th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=4 October 2011}}

scope="row" | Shyam Benegal
scope="row" | Girish Karnad
align="center" rowspan="2" | 26th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | T. S. Ranga

| rowspan="2" | Grahana

| rowspan="2" | Kannada

| align="center" rowspan="2"|{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/26th_NFa.pdf|title=26th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=4 October 2011}}

scope="row" | T. S. Nagabharana
align="center"| 27th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Sai Paranjpye

| Sparsh

| Hindi

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://www.hindilyrics.net/awards/national-film-awards-1980.html|title=27th National Film Awards|access-date=10 July 2012}}

align="center"| 28th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Mrinal Sen

| Akaler Sandhane

| Bengali

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/28th_nff_1981.pdf|title=28th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=4 October 2011}}

align="center"| 29th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | K. Balachander

| Thanneer Thanneer

| Tamil

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/29th_nff_1982.pdf|title=29th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=4 October 2011}}

align="center"| 30th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Mrinal Sen

| Kharij

| Bengali

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/30th_nff_1983.pdf|title=30th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=4 October 2011}}

align="center"| 31st National Film Awards

! scope="row" | G. V. Iyer

| Adi Shankaracharya

| Sanskrit

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/31st_nff_1984.pdf|title=31st National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=9 December 2011}}

align="center"| 32nd National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Adoor Gopalakrishnan

| Mukhamukham

| Malayalam

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/32nd_nff_1985.pdf|title=32nd National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=6 January 2012}}

align="center"| 33rd National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Bhabendra Nath Saikia

| Agnisnaan

| Assamese

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/33nfa.pdf|title=33rd National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=7 January 2012}}

align="center"| 34th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Buddhadeb Dasgupta

| Phera

| Bengali

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/34th_NFF.pdf|title=34th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=7 January 2012}}

align="center"| 35th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Adoor Gopalakrishnan

| Anantaram

| Malayalam

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/35th_nff_1988.pdf|title=35th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=9 January 2012}}

align="center"| 36th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Arundhati Roy

| In Which Annie Gives It Those Ones

| English

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/36nfa.pdf|title=36th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=9 January 2012}}

align="center"| 37th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | M. T. Vasudevan Nair

| Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha

| Malayalam

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/37nfa.pdf|title=37th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=29 January 2012}}

align="center"| 38th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | K. S. Sethumadhavan

| Marupakkam

| Tamil

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/38th_nff_1991.pdf|title=38th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=9 January 2012}}

align="center"| 39th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | M. T. Vasudevan Nair

| Kadavu

| rowspan="2" | Malayalam

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/39nd_nff_1985.pdf|title=39th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=27 February 2012}}

align="center"| 40th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | M. T. Vasudevan Nair

| Sadayam

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/40th_nff_1993.pdf|title=40th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=2 March 2012}}

align="center"| 41st National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Satyajit Ray
{{small|(Posthumously)}}

| Uttoran

| Bengali

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/41st_nff_1994.pdf|title=41st National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=3 March 2012}}

align="center"| 42nd National Film Awards

! scope="row" | M. T. Vasudevan Nair

| Parinayam

| Malayalam

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/42nd_nff_1995.pdf|title=42nd National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=5 March 2012}}

align="center" rowspan="2" | 43rd National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Ashok Mishra

| rowspan="2" | Naseem

| rowspan="2" | Hindi

| align="center" rowspan="2"|{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/43rd_nff_1996.pdf|title=43rd National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=6 March 2012}}

scope="row" | Saeed Akhtar Mirza
align="center"| 44th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Agathiyan

| Kadhal Kottai

| Tamil

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/44th_nff_1997.pdf|title=44th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=9 January 2012}}

align="center"| 45th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Rituparno Ghosh

| Dahan

| Bengali

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/45th_NFA.pdf|title=45th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=11 March 2012}}

align="center"| 46th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Ashok Mishra

| Samar

| Hindi

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/46_nff_1999.pdf|title=46th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=12 March 2012}}

align="center"| 47th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Madampu Kunjukuttan

| Karunam

| Malayalam

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/47th_nff_2000.pdf|title=47th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=13 March 2012}}

align="center"| 48th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Bharathiraja

| Kadal Pookkal

| Tamil

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/48th_nff_2001.pdf|title=48th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=13 March 2012}}

align="center"| 49th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | G. Neelakanta Reddy

| Show

| Telugu

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/49th_nff_2002.pdf|title=49th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=14 March 2012}}

align="center"| 50th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Aparna Sen

| Mr. and Mrs. Iyer

| English

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/50nfa.pdf|title=50th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=14 March 2012}}

align="center"| 51st National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Gautam Ghose

| Abar Aranye

| Bengali

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/51st_nff_2004.pdf|title=51st National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=15 March 2012}}

align="center" rowspan="2" | 52nd National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Manoj Tyagi

| rowspan="2" | Page 3

| rowspan="9" | Hindi

| align="center" rowspan="2"|{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/52nd_nff_2005.pdf|title=52nd National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=28 January 2012}}

scope="row" | Nina Arora
align="center" rowspan="3" | 53rd National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Prakash Jha

| rowspan="3" | Apaharan

| align="center" rowspan="3" | {{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/53rd_nff_2006.pdf|title=53rd National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=19 March 2012}}

scope="row" | Shridhar Raghavan
scope="row" | Manoj Tyagi
align="center" rowspan="3" | 54th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Abhijat Joshi

| rowspan="3" | Lage Raho Munnabhai

| align="center" rowspan="3" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/54th_nff_2006.pdf|title=54th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=24 March 2012}}

scope="row" | Rajkumar Hirani
scope="row" | Vidhu Vinod Chopra
align="center"| 55th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Feroz Abbas Khan

| Gandhi, My Father

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/55th_nff_2007.pdf|title=55th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=26 March 2012}}

align="center"| 56th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Sachin Kundalkar

| Gandha

| Marathi

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/56th_nff_2008.pdf|title=56th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=27 March 2012}}

align="center" rowspan="5" | 57th National Film Awards

! scope="row" style="background-color:#E6E6FA"| P. F. Mathews

| rowspan="2" | Kutty Srank

| rowspan="2" | Malayalam

| align="center" rowspan="5"|{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/57thNFA.pdf|title=57th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=28 March 2012}}

scope="row" style="background-color:#E6E6FA"| Harikrishna
scope="row" style="background-color:#EBEBE0"| Gopalakrishna Pai

| rowspan="2" | Kanasemba Kudureyaneri

| rowspan="2" | Kannada

scope="row" style="background-color:#EBEBE0"| Girish Kasaravalli
scope="row" style="background-color:#E0EAEA" | Pandiraj

| Pasanga

| rowspan="2" | Tamil

align="center" rowspan="4" | 58th National Film Awards

! scope="row" style="background-color:#E6E6FA" | Vetrimaaran

| Aadukalam

| align="center" rowspan="4" |{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/58_NFA.pdf|title=58th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=29 March 2012}}

scope="row" style="background-color:#EBEBE0" | Anant Mahadevan

| rowspan="2" | Mee Sindhutai Sapkal

| rowspan="3" | Marathi

scope="row" style="background-color:#EBEBE0" | Sanjay Pawar
scope="row" style="background-color:#E0EAEA" | Sanjay Pawar

| Mee Sindhutai Sapkal

align="center" rowspan="5" | 59th National Film Awards

! scope="row" style="background-color:#E6E6FA" | Vikas Bahl

| rowspan="3" | Chillar Party

| rowspan="3" | Hindi

| align="center" rowspan="5" |{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/release/rel_print_page.asp?relid=80734|title=59th National Film Awards for the Year 2011 Announced|publisher=Press Information Bureau (PIB), India|access-date=7 March 2012}}

scope="row" style="background-color:#E6E6FA" | Nitesh Tiwari
scope="row" style="background-color:#E6E6FA" | Vijay Maurya
scope="row" style="background-color:#EBEBE0" | Avinash Deshpande Nigdi

| Shala

| rowspan="2" | Marathi

scope="row" style="background-color:#E0EAEA" | Girish Kulkarni

| Deool

align="center" rowspan="4" | 60th National Film Awards

! scope="row" style="background-color:#E6E6FA" | Sujoy Ghosh

| Kahaani

| rowspan="3" | Hindi

| align="center" rowspan="4" |{{cite press release|title=60th National Film Awards Announced|url=http://pib.nic.in/archieve/others/2013/mar/d2013031801.pdf|publisher=Press Information Bureau (PIB), India|access-date=18 March 2013}}

scope="row" style="background-color:#EBEBE0"| Bhavesh Mandalia

| rowspan="2" | OMG - Oh My God!

scope="row" style="background-color:#EBEBE0" | Umesh Shukla
scope="row" style="background-color:#E0EAEA" | Anjali Menon

| Ustad Hotel

| Malayalam

align="center" rowspan="3" | 61st National Film Awards

! scope="row" style="background-color:#E6E6FA" | P. Sheshadri

| December-1

| rowspan="2" | Kannada

| align="center" rowspan="3" |{{cite web|title=61st National Film Awards|url=http://www.dff.nic.in/List%20of%20Awards.pdf|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|date=16 April 2014|access-date=16 April 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416181218/http://www.dff.nic.in/List%20of%20Awards.pdf|archive-date=16 April 2014}}

scope="row" style="background-color:#EBEBE0" | Panchakshari

| Prakruti

scope="row" style="background-color:#E0EAEA" | Sumitra Bhave

| Astu

| Marathi

align="center" rowspan="3" | 62nd National Film Awards

! scope="row" style="background-color:#E6E6FA" | Srijit Mukherji

| Chotushkone

| Bengali

| align="center" rowspan="3" |{{cite press release|title=62nd National Film Awards|url=http://dff.nic.in/writereaddata/62nd%20National%20Film%20Awards%202014%20-%20Press%20Release.pdf|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|date=24 March 2015|access-date=24 March 2015}}

scope="row" style="background-color:#EBEBE0" | Joshy Mangalath

| Ottaal

| Malayalam

scope="row" style="background-color:#E0EAEA" | Vishal Bhardwaj

| Haider

| rowspan="4" | Hindi

align="center" rowspan="3" | 63rd National Film Awards

! scope="row" style="background-color:#E6E6FA" | Juhi Chaturvedi

| Piku

|

scope="row" style="background-color:#E6E6FA" | Himanshu Sharma

| Tanu Weds Manu Returns

|

scope="row" style="background-color:#EBEBE0" | Vishal Bhardwaj

| Talvar

|

align="center" rowspan="3" | 64th National Film Awards

! scope="row" style="background-color:#E6E6FA" | Syam Pushkaran

| Maheshinte Prathikaaram

| Malayalam

| align="center" rowspan="3" |{{cite press release|title=64th National Film Awards|url=http://www.dff.nic.in/writereaddata/NFA64PressNote2016.pdf|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=7 April 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606051143/http://dff.nic.in/writereaddata/NFA64PressNote2016.pdf|archive-date=6 June 2017}}

scope="row" style="background-color:#EBEBE0" | Sanjay Krishnaji Patil

| Dashakriya

| Marathi

scope="row" style="background-color:#E0EAEA" | Tharun Bhascker Dhaassyam

| Pelli Choopulu

| Telugu

align="center" rowspan="3" | 65th National Film Awards

! scope="row" style="background-color:#E6E6FA" | Sajeev Pazhoor

| Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum

| rowspan="2" | Malayalam

| align="center" rowspan="3" |{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/odia-film-hello-arsi-wins-big-at-65th-national-film-awards/articleshow/63785182.cms|title=Odia film Hello Arsi wins big at 65th National Film Awards - Times of India|website=The Times of India|access-date=2019-03-03}}

scope="row" style="background-color:#EBEBE0" | Jayaraj

| Bhayanakam

scope="row" style="background-color:#E0EAEA" | Sambit Mohanty
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| Hello Arsi

| Oriya

align="center" rowspan="7" | 66th National Film Awards

! scope="row" style="background-color:#E6E6FA" | Rahul Ravindran

| Chi La Sow

| Telugu

|

scope="row" style="background-color:#EBEBE0" | Sriram Raghavan

| rowspan="5" | Andhadhun

| rowspan="5" | Hindi

| align="center" rowspan="6" |{{cite web|url=https://dff.gov.in/images/News/66th_NFA_Results.pdf|access-date=9 August 2019|title=66th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals}}

scope="row" style="background-color:#EBEBE0" | Arijit Biswas
scope="row" style="background-color:#EBEBE0" | Yogesh Chedekar
scope="row" style="background-color:#EBEBE0" | Hemanth Rao
scope="row" style="background-color:#EBEBE0" | Pooja Ladha Surti
scope="row" style="background-color:#E0EAEA" | Churni Ganguly

| Tarikh

| rowspan="3" | Bengali

align="center" rowspan="3" | 67th National Film Awards

! scope="row" style="background-color:#E6E6FA" | Kaushik Ganguly

| Jyeshthoputro

| align="center" rowspan="3" |{{cite web|url=https://dff.nic.in/images/News/1098_winners_for_67th.pdf|title=67th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals}}

scope="row" style="background-color:#EBEBE0" | Srijit Mukherji

| Gumnaami

scope="row" style="background-color:#E0EAEA" | Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri

| The Tashkent Files

| Hindi

align="center" rowspan="3" | 68th National Film Awards

! scope="row" style="background-color:#E6E6FA"| Sudha Kongara

| rowspan="2" | Soorarai Pottru

| rowspan="3" | Tamil

| rowspan="3"|

scope="row" style="background-color:#E6E6FA"| Shalini Ushadevi
scope="row" style="background-color:#E0EAEA" | Madonne Ashwin

| Mandela

rowspan="4" align="center" | 69th National Film Awards

! scope="row" style="background-color:#E6E6FA" | Shahi Kabir

| Nayattu

| Malayalam

| rowspan="4" align="center" |

scope="row" style="background-color:#EBEBE0" | Sanjay Leela Bhansali

| rowspan="3" | Gangubai Kathiawadi

| rowspan="3" | Hindi

scope="row" style="background-color:#EBEBE0"| Utkarshini Vashishtha
scope="row" style="background-color:#E0EAEA"| Prakash Kapadia
align="center" rowspan="3" |70th National Film Awards

! scope="row" style="background-color:#E6E6FA" | Anand Ekarshi

|Aattam

|Malayalam

|

scope="row" style="background-color:#E0EAEA"| Arpita Mukherjee

| rowspan="2" |Gulmohar

| rowspan="2" |Hindi

| rowspan="2" |

scope="row" style="background-color:#E0EAEA"| Rahul V. Chittella

References

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External links

  • [http://dff.nic.in Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India]
  • [http://dff.nic.in/NFA_archive.asp National Film Awards Archives]

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