National Film Award for Best Editing explained

National Film Award for Best Editing
Subheader:	National award for contributions to Indian Cinema
Awarded For:	Best film editing for the feature film for a year
Sponsor:	National Film Development Corporation of India
Firstawarded:	1976
Lastawarded:	2022
Holder Label:	Most recent winner
Holder:	Mahesh Bhuvanend
Award1 Type:	Total awarded
Award1 Winner:	51
Award2 Type:	First winner
Award2 Winner:	K. Babu Rao

The National Film Award for Best Editing 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 feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus).

The award was instituted in 1976, at 24th National Film Awards and awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages. The editor with the most awards in this category is A. Sreekar Prasad with nine wins.

Multiple winners

9 wins : A. Sreekar Prasad

4 wins : Renu Saluja

3 wins : Gangadhar Naskar

2 wins : M. S. Mani, Suresh Pai, Kishore Te

Recipients

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), language(s) and citation
Year	Recipient(s)	Film(s)	Language(s)	Citation
1976	K. Babu Rao	Siri Siri Muvva	Telugu		^[1]
1977	Waman Bhonsle	Inkaar	Hindi		^[2]
	Gurudutt Shirali
1978	Gangadhar Naskar	Parasuram	Bengali		^[3]
1979	Gangadhar Naskar	Ek Din Pratidin	Bengali		^[4]
1980	Gangadhar Naskar	Akaler Shandhaney	Bengali		^[5]
1981	Bhanudas Divakar	Arohan	Hindi		^[6]
1982	Keshav Hirani	Arth	Hindi		^[7]
1983	Mrinmoy Chakraborty	Khandhar	Hindi		^[8]
1984	Anil Malnad	Sitaara	Telugu		^[9]
1985	Babu Sheikh	Hum Naujawan	Hindi		^[10]
1986	Sanjiv Shah	Mirch Masala	Hindi		^[11]
1987	P. Mohanraj	Vedham Pudhithu	Tamil		^[12]
1988	A. Sreekar Prasad	Raakh	Hindi		^[13]
1989	Renu Saluja	Parinda	Hindi		^[14]
1990	M. S. Mani	Iyer the Great	Malayalam		^[15]
1991	Renu Saluja	Dharavi	Hindi		^[16]
1992	M. S. Mani	Sargam	Malayalam		^[17]
1993	Renu Saluja	Sardar	Hindi		^[18]
1994	B. Lenin	Kadhalan	Tamil		^[19]
	V. T. Vijayan
1995	Suresh Urs	Bombay	Tamil		^[20]
1996	A. Sreekar Prasad	Rag Birag	Assamese		^[21]
1997	A. Sreekar Prasad	The Terrorist	Tamil		^[22]
1998	Renu Saluja	Godmother	Hindi		^[23]
1999	A. Sreekar Prasad	Vanaprastham	Malayalam		^[24]
2000	Suresh Pai	Snip		English		^[25]
	Apurva Asrani
2001	Beena Paul	Mitr, My Friend	English		^[26]
2002	A. Sreekar Prasad	Kannathil Muthamittal	Tamil		^[27]
2003	Aarif Sheikh		Hindi		^[28]
2004	Suresh Pai	Page 3	Hindi		^[29]
2005	P. S. Bharati	Rang De Basanti	Hindi		^[30]
2006	Raja Mohammad	Paruthiveeran	Tamil		^[31]
2007	B. Ajith Kumar	Naalu Pennungal	Malayalam		^[32]
2008	A. Sreekar Prasad	Firaaq	Hindi		^[33]
2009	Arghyakamal Mitra	Abohomaan	Bengali		^[34]
2010	Kishore Te.	Aadukalam	Tamil		^[35]
2011	Praveen K. L.	Aaranya Kaandam	Tamil		^[36]
	N. B. Srikanth
2012	Namrata Rao	Kahaani	Hindi		^[37]
2013	V. J. Sabu Joseph	Vallinam	Tamil		^[38]
2014	Vivek Harshan	Jigarthanda	Tamil		^[39]
2015	Kishore Te	Visaranai	Tamil		^[40]
2016	Rameshwar S. Bhagat	Ventilator	Marathi		^[41]
2017	Rima Das	Village Rockstars	Assamese
2018	Nagendra K. Ujjani	Nathicharami	Kannada		^[42]
2019	Naveen Nooli	Jersey	Telugu	For maintaining a seamless flow of the scenes and cricket.	^[43]
2020	A. Sreekar Prasad	Sivaranjiniyum Innum Sila Pengalum	Tamil
2021	Sanjay Leela Bhansali	Gangubai Kathiawadi	Hindi
2022	Mahesh Bhuvanend	Aattam	Malayalam

External links

• Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India
• National Film Awards Archives
• National Film Awards at IMDb

Notes and References

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4. Web site: Ek Din Pratidin @mrinalsen.org. 12 July 2012.
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42. 9 August 2019. 66th National Film Awards for 2018 announced . . 12 August 2019.
43. Web site: 67th National Film Awards. 30 May 2021. Directorate of Film Festivals.