National Film Award for Best Sound Design (non-feature film) explained

National Film Award for Best Sound Design
Subheader:	National award for contributions to non-feature films
Sponsor:	National Film Development Corporation of India
Firstawarded:	1990
Lastawarded:	2022
Former Name:	National Film Award for Best Audiography (1991–2021)
Holder Label:	Most recent winner
Holder:	Manas Choudhury
Award1 Type:	Total awarded
Award1 Winner:	37
Award2 Type:	First winner
Award2 Winner:	Sujit Sarkar

The National Film Award for Best Sound Design 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 1990, at 38th National Film Awards and awarded annually for the short films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages. At the 70th National Film Awards, both Best Audiography and Best On-location Sound Recordist were clubbed to a single category as Best Sound Design. Since then, only the sound designer is eligible for the award.^[1]

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
1990	Sujit Sarkar	Mohor	Bengali		^[2]
1991	Anil Tendulkar	Sons of Abotani: The Misings	Mishing		^[3]
	Gautam Bora
1992	Sanjoy Chatterjee	Wangala: A Garo Festival	English		^[4]
1993	Indrajit Neogi	Maihar Raag	Bengali		^[5]
1994	Indrajit Neogi	Another Way of Learning	English		^[6]
	A. M. Padmanabhan
1995	Shyam Sunder	Tatva	Hindi		^[7]
1996	Nihar R. Samal	Tat Tvam Asi	Hindi English		^[8]
1997	Pankaj Shil	Matir Bhanr	Bengali		^[9]
1998	Satheesh P. M.	Kumar Talkies	Hindi		^[10]
1999	Chinmoy Nath	The Vehicle with a Soul of a Man			^[11]
2000	Hari Kumar	A Memory of the Sea	English		^[12]
2001	Anup Mukherjee	Enough of Silence	English		^[13]
2002	No Award				^[14]
2003	Ramesh Birajdar	Bhaba Paagla	Bengali		^[15]
2004	Vivek	Kshy Tra Ghya	Hindi		^[16]
2005	Anmol Bhave	Closer			^[17]
2006	Partha Barman	Bishar Blues	Bengali		^[18]
2007	Ajit Singh Rathore	Kramasha	Hindi		^[19]
2008	Mateen Ahmad	Children of the Pyre	Hindi		^[20]
2009	Lipika Singh Darai	Gaarud	Hindi Marathi		^[21]
2010	Harikumar Madhavan Nair	A Pestering Journey	Malayalam Punjabi Hindi English Tulu		^[22]
2011	Gautam Nair	1, 2	Hindi		^[23]
2012	Harikumar M.	Do Din Ka Mela	Kutchi		^[24]
2013	Gautam Nair	Chidiya Udh			^[25]
2014	Anindit Roy	Tender is the Sight			^[26]
	Ateesh Chattopadhyay
	Ayan Bhattacharya
2015	Moumita Roy	Edpa Kana	Kurukh		^[27]
2016	Ajith Abraham George	In Return Just a Book	English		^[28]
2017	Avinash Sonawane	Pavasacha Nibandha	Marathi
	Samarth Mahajan	The Unreserved
2018	Bishwadeep Chatterjee	Children of the Soil
	Ajay Bedi	The Secret Life of Frogs

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Under Secretary to the Government of India . 14 December 2023 . Report on Rationalization of Awards Conferred by the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Government of India . 25 August 2024 . Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
2. Web site: 38th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 29 March 2022.
3. Web site: 39th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 29 March 2022.
4. Web site: 40th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 29 March 2022.
5. Web site: 41st National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 29 March 2022.
6. Web site: 42nd National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 29 March 2022.
7. Web site: 43rd National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 29 March 2022.
8. Web site: 44th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 29 March 2022.
9. Web site: 45th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 29 March 2022.
10. Web site: 46th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 29 March 2022.
11. Web site: 47th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 29 March 2022.
12. Web site: 48th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 29 March 2022.
13. Web site: 49th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 29 March 2022.
14. Web site: 50th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 29 March 2022.
15. Web site: 51st National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 29 March 2022.
16. Web site: 52nd National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 29 March 2022.
17. Web site: 53rd National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 29 March 2022.
18. Web site: 54th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 29 March 2022.
19. Web site: 55th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 29 March 2022.
20. Web site: 56th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 29 March 2022.
21. Web site: 57th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 29 March 2022.
22. Web site: 58th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 29 March 2022.
23. Web site: 59th National Film Awards for the Year 2011 Announced. Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. 7 March 2012.
24. 60th National Film Awards Announced. Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. 18 March 2013.
25. 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.
26. 62nd National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 24 March 2015. 24 March 2015.
27. 63rd National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 28 March 2016. 28 March 2016.
28. 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.