National Film Award – Special Mention (feature film) explained

National Film Award – Special Mention (Feature Film)
Subheader:National award for contributions to Indian Cinema
Sponsor:Directorate of Film Festivals
Firstawarded:1978
Lastawarded:2018
Former Name:Special Commendation (1978)
Holder Label:Most recent winner
Holder:
Award1 Type:Total awarded
Award1 Winner:72
Award2 Type:First winner
Award2 Winner:

The National Film Award — Special Mention (Feature Film) is a certificate of merit presented by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of several honours presented for feature films. The recipients of Special Mention are presented with a certificate of merit, without any trophies or cash prizes.

The certificate was instituted in 1978, at 26th National Film Awards and awarded for films produced in a given year across the country, in all Indian languages.

Winners

List of award recipients, showing the year (award ceremony), awarded as, film(s), language(s) and citation
YearRecipient(s)Awarded asFilm(s)Language(s)Citation
1978
Mrinal SenDirectorParasuramBengali[1]
Muzaffar AliDirectorGamanHindi
1979
No award[2]
1980
No award[3]
1981
No award[4]
1982
No award[5]
1983
Kumar ShahaniDirectorTarangHindi[6]
1984
No award[7]
1985
No award[8]
1986
Sandip RayDirectorHimgharBengali[9]
1987
No award[10]
1988
Aamir KhanActorQayamat Se Qayamat Tak
Raakh
Hindi[11]
1989
MohanlalActorKireedamMalayalam[12]
Anupam KherActorDaddyHindi
1990
Anoubham KiranmalaActressIshanouMeitei[13]
1991
Mamata ShankarActressAgantukBengali[14]
RavindranMusic directorBharathamMalayalam
1992
Sibaprasad SenDirectorPasanda PanditBengali[15]
1993
Tahir Hussain
Mahesh Bhatt
Producer
Director
Hum Hain Rahi Pyar KeHindi[16]
Jugal Debata
Susant Misra
Producer
Director
Indradhanura ChhaiOriya
1994
Mahesh MahadevanMusic directorNammavarTamil[17]
Bishnu KharghoriaActorXagoroloi BohudoorAssamese
S. KumarCinematographerParinayamMalayalam
1995
Uttara BaokarActressDoghiMarathi[18]
RohiniActressStriTelugu
Benaf DadachandjiChild actorHaloHindi
1996
Dolon RoyActressSanghatBengali[19]
BhagiratheeActressAdajyaAssamese
1997
NagarjunaActorAnnamayyaTelugu[20]
JomolActressEnnu Swantham JanakikuttyMalayalam
1998
Dasari Narayana RaoProducer
Director
Kante Koothurne KanuTelugu[21]
Prakash RajActorAntahpuramTelugu
Manju WarrierActressKannezhuthi Pottum ThottuMalayalam
1999
Mohan JoshiActorGharabaherMarathi[22]
Manju BorahDirectorBaibhabAssamese
Kavita LankeshDirectorDeveeriKannada
2000
No award[23]
2001
Dilip Doley
Narayan Seal
DirectorPanoi-JongkiMiri
Mishing
[24]
2002
JyothirmayiActressBhavamMalayalam[25]
2003
H. G. DattatreyaActorMouniKannada[26]
Nedumudi VenuActorMalayalam
2004
Gurdas MaanActorDes Hoyaa PardesPunjabi[27]
Pradeep NairDirectorOridamMalayalam
2005
No award[28]
2006
ThilakanActorEakanthamMalayalam[29]
Prosenjit ChatterjeeActorDosarBengali
2007
No award[30]
2008
No award[31]
2009
Padmapriya JanakiramanActressKerala Varma Pazhassi Raja
Kutty Srank
Malayalam[32]
2010
WriterBettada JeevaKannada[33]
2011
MallikaActressByariBeary[34]
SherreyDirectorAdimadhyanthamMalayalam
2012
LalActorOzhimuriMalayalam[35]
H. G. DattatreyaActorBharath StoresKannada
Bishnu KharghoriaActorBaandhonAssamese
Parineeti ChopraActressIshaqzaadeHindi
Tannishtha ChatterjeeActressDekh Indian CircusHindi
Hansraj JagtapChild actorDhagMarathi
ActorUstad HotelMalayalam
2013
Gauri GadgilChild actorYellowMarathi[36]
Sanjana RaiChild actorYellowMarathi
Anjali PatilActressNa Bangaaru TalliTelugu
2014
MusthafaActorAinMalayalam[37]
Palomi GhoshActressNachom-ia KumpasarKonkani
Parth BhaleraoChild actorKilla
Bhoothnath Returns
Marathi
Hindi
2015
Rinku RajguruActressSairatMarathi[38]
JayasuryaActorSu.. Su... Sudhi Vathmeekam
Lukka Chuppi
Malayalam
Ritika SinghActressIrudhi SuttruTamil
2016
Eleeanora Images Private Ltd.
Nila Madhab Panda
Producer
Director
Kadvi HawaHindi[39]
Red Carpet Moving Pictures
Shubhashish Bhutiani
Producer
Director
Mukti BhawanHindi
Adil HussainActorMukti Bhawan
Maj Rati Keteki
Hindi
Assamese
Sonam KapoorActressNeerjaHindi
2017
Pankaj TripathiActorNewtonHindi[40]
ParvathyActressTake OffMalayalam
Prakruti MishraActressHello ArsiOdia
Yasharaj KarhadeChild artistMhorkyaMarathi
2018
Sruthi HariharanActressNathicharamiKannada
Chandrachoor RaiActorKadakhHindi
Joju GeorgeActorJosephMalayalam
Savithri SreedharanActressSudani from NigeriaMalayalam
2019
Sajin BabuDirectorBiriyaaniMalayalam[41]
Benjamin DaimaryActorJonaki PoruaAssamese
Lata KareActressLata Bhagwan KareMarathi
Abhijeet Mohan WarangDirectorPicassoMarathi
2020
Aimee BaruahActressSemkhorDimasa
Kavya Prakash Director VaankuMalayalam
Siddharth MenonActorJuneMarathi
Kishor KadamActor Godakaath
Avwanchhit
Marathi
Varun BuddhadevChild ActorToolsidas JuniorHindi

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 26th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
  2. Web site: 27th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
  3. Web site: 28th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
  4. Web site: 29th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
  5. Web site: 30th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 22 March 2022.
  6. Web site: 31st National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
  7. Web site: 32nd National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
  8. Web site: 33rd National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
  9. Web site: 34th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
  10. Web site: 35th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
  11. Web site: 36th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
  12. Web site: 37th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
  13. Web site: 38th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
  14. Web site: 39th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
  15. Web site: 40th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
  16. Web site: 41st National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
  17. Web site: 42nd National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
  18. Web site: 43rd National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
  19. Web site: 44th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
  20. Web site: 45th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
  21. Web site: 46th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
  22. Web site: 47th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
  23. Web site: 48th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
  24. Web site: 49th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
  25. Web site: 50th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
  26. Web site: 51st National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
  27. Web site: 52nd National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
  28. Web site: 53rd National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
  29. Web site: 54th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
  30. Web site: 55th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
  31. Web site: 56th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
  32. Web site: 57th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
  33. Web site: 58th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
  34. Web site: 59th National Film Awards for the Year 2011 Announced. Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. 7 March 2012.
  35. 60th National Film Awards Announced. Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. 18 March 2013.
  36. Web site: 61st National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 16 April 2014. 16 April 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140416181218/http://www.dff.nic.in/List%20of%20Awards.pdf. 16 April 2014.
  37. 62nd National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 24 March 2015. 24 March 2015.
  38. 63rd National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 28 March 2016. 28 March 2016.
  39. 64th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 7 April 2017. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170606051143/http://dff.nic.in/writereaddata/NFA64PressNote2016.pdf. 6 June 2017.
  40. Web site: Odia film Hello Arsi wins big at 65th National Film Awards . The Times of India. 2019-03-03.
  41. Web site: 67th National Film Awards. PDF. 25 May 2022. Directorate of Film Festivals.