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

{{Use Indian English|date=April 2017}}

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

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| name = National Film Award for Best Music Direction

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| subheader = National award for contributions to non-feature film

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| sponsor = National Film Development Corporation of India

| firstawarded = 1993

| lastawarded = 2022

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

| former name =

| holder_label = Most recent winner

| holder = Vishal Bhardwaj

| award1_type = Total awarded

| award1_winner = 18

| award2_type = First winner

| award2_winner = Rajat Dholakia

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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:

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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:5%;"| Year

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:20%;"| Recipient(s)

! scope="col" style="background-color:#EFE4B0;width:25%;"| 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}}

style="text-align:center;" | 41st National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Rajat Dholakia

| Sunday

| Hindi

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/76_41stNfacatalogue.pdf|title=41st National Film Awards |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

style="text-align:center;" | 42nd National Film Awards

! scope="row" | K. P. Udayabhanu

| The Myth to the Tree, The Serpent and The Mother

| Malayalam

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/75_42ndNfacatalogue.pdf|title=42nd National Film Awards (PDF)|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

style="text-align:center;" | 43rd National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Shubha Mudgal

| Amrit Beeja

| {{•}}English
{{•}}Kannada

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/74_43rdNfacatalogue.pdf|title=43rd National Film Awards |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

style="text-align:center;" | 44th National Film Awards

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

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/73_44thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=44th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

style="text-align:center;" | 45th National Film Awards

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

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/72_45thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=45th National Film Awards |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

style="text-align:center;" | 46th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Biswadeb Dasgupta

| A Painter of Eloquent Silence: Ganesh Pyne

| English

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/71_46thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=46th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

style="text-align:center;" | 47th National Film Awards

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

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/70_47thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=47th National Film Awards|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

style="text-align:center;" | 48th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Usha Khanna

| Ajeeb Ghar

| Hindi

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/69_48thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=48th National Film Awards |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

style="text-align:center;" | 49th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Bhaskar Chandavarkar

| Chaitra

| Marathi

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/68_49thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=49th National Film Awards |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

style="text-align:center;" | 50th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Raja Mitra

| Kalighat Paintings And Drawings

| English

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/67_50thNfacatalogue.pdf|title=50th National Film Awards |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

style="text-align:center;" | 51st National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Julius Packiam

| Fiddlers on the Thatch

| English

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/66_51stNfacatalogue.pdf|title=51st National Film Awards |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

style="text-align:center;" | 52nd National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Dhwani

| Ek Sagar Kinaree... A Seaside Story

| {{•}}Marathi
{{•}}English

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/50_52thNfacatalogue%20-%20.pdf|title=52nd National Film Awards |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

style="text-align:center;" | 53rd National Film Awards

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

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/49_53Nfacatalogue-%20.pdf|title=53rd National Film Awards |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2" | 54th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Ramakant Gundecha

| rowspan="2" | Raga of River Narmada

| rowspan="2" | Music Only

| align="center" rowspan="2" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/48_54sthNfaArchives.pdf|title=54th National Film Awards |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

scope="row" | Umakant Gundecha
style="text-align:center;" | 55th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Zubeen Garg

| Echoes of Silence

| {{•}}English
{{•}}Khasi

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/47_55Nfacatalogue-%20.pdf|title=55th National Film Awards (PDF)|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

style="text-align:center;" | 56th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Vipin Mishra

| Narmeen

| {{•}}Hindi
{{•}}Punjabi

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/46_56thNfacatalogue%20-%20.pdf|title=56th National Film Awards |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

style="text-align:center;" | 57th National Film Awards

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

| align="center" |{{cite web|url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/45_57thNfacatalogue%20-%20.pdf|title=57th National Film Awards |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

style="text-align:center;" | 58th National Film Awards

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

| align="center" |{{cite web|title=58th National Film Awards |url=https://www.dff.gov.in/images/Documents/44_58thNfacatalogue%20-%20.pdf|publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=30 March 2022}}

style="text-align:center;" | 59th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Dhruba Jyoti Phukan

| Panchakki

| Hindi

| align="center" |{{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}}

style="text-align:center;" | 60th National Film Awards

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

| align="center" |{{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}}

style="text-align:center;" | 61st National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Anuraag Saikia

| Yugadrashta

| Assamese

| align="center" |{{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}}

style="text-align:center;" | 62nd National Film Awards

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

| align="center" |{{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}}

style="text-align:center;" | 63rd National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Aravind–Shankar

| A Far Afternoon: A Painted Saga

| {{•}}Hindi
{{•}}English

| align="center" |{{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}}

align="center"| 64th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Tanuj Tiku

| Leeches

|

| align="center" |{{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}}

align="center" | 65th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Ramesh Narayanan

| Shored of Liberty

|

| align="center" |

align="center" | 66th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Kedar Divekar

| Jyoti

|

| align="center" |

align="center"| 67th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Bishakh Jyoti

| Kranti Darshi Guruji {{Ndash}} Ahead of Times

| Hindi

| align="center"| {{Cite web |date=22 March 2021 |title=67th National Film Awards announced |url=https://pib.gov.in/Pressreleaseshare.aspx?PRID=1706663 |access-date=9 October 2024 |website=Press Information Bureau}}

align="center"| 68th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Vishal Bhardwaj

| 1232 KMS

| Hindi

| align="center"| {{Cite web |date=22 July 2022 |title=68th National Film Awards announced |url=https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1843932 |access-date=7 February 2025 |website=Press Information Bureau}}

align="center"| 69th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Ishaan Divecha

| scope="row" | Succulent

| {{•}} Hindi
{{•}} English
{{•}} Marathi

| align="center"| {{Cite web |date=24 August 2023 |title=69th National Film Awards for the year 2021 announced |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1951758 |access-date=9 October 2024 |website=Press Information Bureau}}

align="center"| 70th National Film Awards

! scope="row" | Vishal Bhardwaj

| Fursat

| Hindi

| align="center"| {{Cite web |date=16 August 2024 |title=70th National Film Awards for the year 2022 announced |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2045960 |access-date=8 October 2024 |website=Press Information Bureau}}

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