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

National Film Award for Best Music Direction
Subheader:	National award for contributions to non-feature film
Sponsor:	National Film Development Corporation of India
Firstawarded:	1993
Lastawarded:	2022
Holder Label:	Most recent winner
Holder:	Vishal Bhardwaj
Award1 Type:	Total awarded
Award1 Winner:	18
Award2 Type:	First winner
Award2 Winner:	Rajat Dholakia

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:

List of award recipients, showing the year (award ceremony), film(s), language(s) and citation
Year	Recipient(s)	Film(s)	Language(s)	Citation
1993	Rajat Dholakia	Sunday	Hindi		^[1]
1994	K. P. Udayabhanu	The Myth to the Tree, The Serpent and The Mother	Malayalam		^[2]
1995	Shubha Mudgal	Amrit Beeja	English Kannada		^[3]
1996	No Award				^[4]
1997	No Award				^[5]
1998	Biswadeb Dasgupta	A Painter of Eloquent Silence: Ganesh Pyne	English		^[6]
1999	No Award				^[7]
2000	Usha Khanna	Ajeeb Ghar	Hindi		^[8]
2001	Bhaskar Chandavarkar	Chaitra	Marathi		^[9]
2002	Raja Mitra	Kalighat Paintings And Drawings	English		^[10]
2003	Julius Packiam	Fiddlers on the Thatch	English		^[11]
2004	Dhwani	Ek Sagar Kinaree... A Seaside Story	Marathi English		^[12]
2005	No Award				^[13]
2006	Ramakant Gundecha	Raga of River Narmada	Music Only		^[14]
	Umakant Gundecha
2007	Zubeen Garg	Echoes of Silence	English Khasi		^[15]
2008	Vipin Mishra	Narmeen	Hindi Punjabi		^[16]
2009	No Award				^[17]
2010	No Award				^[18]
2011	Dhruba Jyoti Phukan	Panchakki	Hindi		^[19]
2012	No Award				^[20]
2013	Anuraag Saikia	Yugadrashta	Assamese		^[21]
2014	No Award				^[22]
2015	Aravind–Shankar	A Far Afternoon: A Painted Saga	Hindi English		^[23]
2016	Tanuj Tiku	Leeches			^[24]
2017	Ramesh Narayanan	Shored of Liberty
2018	Kedar Divekar	Jyoti

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: 41st National Film Awards . Directorate of Film Festivals. 30 March 2022.
2. Web site: 42nd National Film Awards (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. 30 March 2022.
3. Web site: 43rd National Film Awards . Directorate of Film Festivals. 30 March 2022.
4. Web site: 44th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 30 March 2022.
5. Web site: 45th National Film Awards . Directorate of Film Festivals. 30 March 2022.
6. Web site: 46th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 30 March 2022.
7. Web site: 47th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 30 March 2022.
8. Web site: 48th National Film Awards . Directorate of Film Festivals. 30 March 2022.
9. Web site: 49th National Film Awards . Directorate of Film Festivals. 30 March 2022.
10. Web site: 50th National Film Awards . Directorate of Film Festivals. 30 March 2022.
11. Web site: 51st National Film Awards . Directorate of Film Festivals. 30 March 2022.
12. Web site: 52nd National Film Awards . Directorate of Film Festivals. 30 March 2022.
13. Web site: 53rd National Film Awards . Directorate of Film Festivals. 30 March 2022.
14. Web site: 54th National Film Awards . Directorate of Film Festivals. 30 March 2022.
15. Web site: 55th National Film Awards (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. 30 March 2022.
16. Web site: 56th National Film Awards . Directorate of Film Festivals. 30 March 2022.
17. Web site: 57th National Film Awards . Directorate of Film Festivals. 30 March 2022.
18. Web site: 58th National Film Awards . Directorate of Film Festivals. 30 March 2022.
19. Web site: 59th National Film Awards for the Year 2011 Announced. Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. 7 March 2012.
20. 60th National Film Awards Announced. Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. 18 March 2013.
21. 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.
22. 62nd National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 24 March 2015. 24 March 2015.
23. 63rd National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 28 March 2016. 28 March 2016.
24. 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.