| National Film Award for Best Child Artist | |
| Subheader: | National award for contributions to Indian Cinema Instituted in 1968 |
| Awarded For: | Best performance by a child artist in a year |
| Sponsor: | Directorate of Film Festivals |
| Firstawarded: | 1968 |
| Lastawarded: | 2020 |
| Holder Label: | Most recent winner/s |
| Holder: | Anish Mangesh Gosavi, Akanksha Pingle and Divyesh Indulkar |
| Award1 Type: | Total awarded |
| Award1 Winner: | 80 |
| Award2 Type: | First winner |
| Award2 Winner: | Baby Rani |
| Most Wins: | Mysore Seshaiah Suresh Babu Naidu |
The National Film Award for Best Child Artist is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Silver Lotus (Rajat Kamal).
The award was instituted in 1968, at 16th National Film Awards and awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages. The actors whose performances have won awards have worked in eleven major languages. Hindi (24 awards), Tamil (13 awards), Malayalam (14 awards), Marathi (9 awards), Kannada (7 awards),Bengali (6 awards), Telugu (3 awards), Meitei (1 award), Konkani (1 award), Assamese (1 award), Oriya (1 award).
| Indicates a joint award for that year |
Award includes 'Silver Lotus' (Rajat Kamal) 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) and citation | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Recipient(s) | Role(s) | Film(s) | Language | Citation | ||
| 1968 | Baby Rani | Geetha | Kuzhanthaikkaga | Tamil | [1] | ||
| 1969 | No Award | [2] | |||||
| 1970 | Rishi Kapoor | Young Raju | Mera Naam Joker | Hindi | [3] | ||
| 1971 | Sachin Pilgaonkar | Ajab Tujhe Sarkar | Marathi | [4] | |||
| 1972 | Neera Malia | Ranur Pratham Bhag | Bengali | [5] | |||
| 1973 | G. S. Nataraj | Kitty | Kaadu | Kannada | [6] | ||
| 1974 | Kushal Chakraborty | Mukul Dhar | Sonar Kella | Bengali | [7] | ||
| 1975 | No Award | [8] | |||||
| 1976 | Raju Shrestha | Deepak Kumar Agnihotri | Chitchor | Hindi | |||
| 1977 | Ajith Kumar | Naani | Ghatashraddha | Kannada | [9] | ||
| 1978 | Kanchan De Biswas | Ganadevata | Bengali | [10] | |||
| 1979 | Geeta Khanna | Bhavana | Aangan Ki Kali | Hindi | |||
| 1980 | Aravind | Appu | Oppol | Malayalam | [11] | ||
| 1981 | Leikhendra Singh | Thoithoi | Imagi Ningthem | Meitei | [12] | ||
| 1982 | Vimal | Rajesh | Aaroodam | Malayalam | [13] | ||
| 1983 | Suresh | Kayama | Malamukalile Daivam | Malayalam | [14] | ||
| 1984 | Aravind | Vinod | My Dear Kuttichathan | Malayalam | [15] | ||
| Suresh | Vijay | ||||||
| Mukesh | |||||||
| Sonia | Lakshmi | ||||||
| 1985 | Puneeth Rajkumar | Ramu | Bettada Hoovu | Kannada | [16] | ||
| 1986 | Aniket Sengupta | Kanu | Phera | Bengali | [17] | ||
| 1987 | Manjunath | Swamy | Swamy | Hindi | [18] | ||
| 1988 | Shafiq Syed | Krishna | Salaam Bombay! | Hindi | [19] | ||
| 1989 | Mrinmayee Chandorkar | Chhakuli | Kalat Nakalat | Marathi | [20] | ||
| 1990 | Shamili | Anjali | Anjali | Tamil | [21] | ||
| Tarun | Arjun | ||||||
| Shruthi | Anu | ||||||
| 1991 | Santhosh Reddy | Bhadram Koduko | Telugu | [22] | |||
| 1992 | Amit Phalke | Mujhse Dosti Karoge | Hindi | [23] | |||
| 1993 | Tarasankar Misra | Lavanya Preethi | Oriya | [24] | |||
| 1994 | Vijay Raghavendra | Kotresha | Kotreshi Kanasu | Kannada | [25] | ||
| 1995 | Vishwas | Murthy | Kraurya | Kannada | [26] | ||
| 1996 | Annapareddy Kavya | Bunny | Little Soldiers | Telugu | [27] | ||
| Kumar | Parameswaran | Desadanam | Malayalam | ||||
| 1997 | Dhanraj | Dhanna | Hindi | [28] | |||
| 1998 | P. Shwetha | Malli | Malli | Tamil | [29] | ||
| 1999 | Aswin Thampy | Jalamarmaram | Malayalam | [30] | |||
| 2000 | Udayaraj | Balasubramaniam | Nila Kaalam | Tamil | [31] | ||
| 2001 | P. Shwetha | Kannamma | Kutty | Tamil | [32] | ||
| 2002 | Shweta Prasad | Chunni Munni | Makdee | Hindi | [33] | ||
| P. S. Keerthana | Amudha | Kannathil Muthamittal | Tamil | ||||
| 2003 | Ashwin Chitale | Parashuram Vichare | Shwaas | Marathi | [34] | ||
| Kalidas Jayaram | Vasudev | Ente Veedu Appoontem | Malayalam | ||||
| 2004 | Om Bhutkar | Chhota Sipahi | Hindi | [35] | |||
| 2005 | Sai Kumar | Bommalata | Telugu | [36] | |||
| 2006 | Divya Chaphadkar | Antarnad | Konkani | [37] | |||
| 2007 | Sharad Goekar | Tingya | Marathi | [38] | |||
| 2008 | Shams Patel | Municipality | Thanks Maa | Hindi | [39] | ||
| 2009 | Kishore | Anbukkarasu | Pasanga | Tamil | [40] | ||
| Sree Raam | Jeeva Nithyanandham | ||||||
| 2010 | Harsh Mayar | Chotu | I Am Kalam | Hindi | [41] | ||
| Shantanu Ranganekar | Champions | Marathi | |||||
| Machindra Gadkar | |||||||
| Vivek Chabukswar | Baboo Band Baaja | Marathi | |||||
| 2011 | Partho Gupte | Stanley Fernandes | Stanley Ka Dabba | Hindi | [42] | ||
| Irrfan Khan | Fatka | Chillar Party | Hindi | ||||
| Sanath Menon | Arjun / Encyclopedia | ||||||
| Rohan Grover | Rishabh / Ronny / Ramashanker Iyer / Akram | ||||||
| Naman Jain | Balwan / Jhangiya | ||||||
| Aarav Khanna | Aflatoon | ||||||
| Vishesh Tiwari | Lakshman / Second Hand | ||||||
| Chinmai Chandranshuh | Lucky / Panauti | ||||||
| Vedant Desai | Silencer | ||||||
| Divij Handa | Shaolin | ||||||
| Shriya Sharma | Toothpaste | ||||||
| 2012 | Virendra Pratap | Ghumroo | Dekh Indian Circus | Hindi | [43] | ||
| Minon | Anilkumar Bokaro | 101 Chodyangal | Malayalam | ||||
| 2013 | Somnath Awghade | Jambuvant Kachru Mane | Fandry | Marathi | [44] | ||
| Sadhana | Chellamma | Thanga Meenkal | Tamil | ||||
| 2014 | J. Vignesh | Periya Kaaka Muttai | Kaaka Muttai | Tamil | [45] | ||
| Ramesh | Chinna Kaaka Muttai | ||||||
| 2015 | Gourav Menon | Ben | Ben | Malayalam | [46] | ||
| 2016 | Adish Praveen | Joseph / Ousepachan | Kunju Daivam | Malayalam | [47] | ||
| Noor Islam | Chhotu | Sahaj Paather Gappo | Bengali | ||||
| Samiul Alam | Gopal | ||||||
| Manohara K. | Jollu | Railway Children | Kannada | ||||
| 2017 | Bhanita Das | Dhunu | Village Rockstars | Assamese | |||
| 2018 | P. V. Rohith | Sameera | Ondalla Eradalla | Kannada | [48] | ||
| Sameep Singh | Young Harjeet Singh | Harjeeta | Punjabi | ||||
| Talha Ahmed Reshi | Hamid | Hamid | Urdu | ||||
| Shrinivas Pokale | Chaitanya Bhosale | Naal | Marathi | ||||
| 2019 | Naga Vishal | Kutty | Karuppudurai | Tamil | [49] | ||
| 2020 | Akanksha Pingle | Sumi | Marathi | [50] | |||
| Divyesh Indulkar | |||||||
| Anish Mangesh Gosavi | Tak-Tak | ||||||
| 2021 | Bhavin Rabari | Samay | Last Film Show | Gujarati | |||