National Film Award for Best Sound Design explained

National Film Award for Best Sound Design
Subheader:National award for contributions to Indian Cinema
Sponsor:National Film Development Corporation of India
Firstawarded:1976
Lastawarded:2022
Former Name:Best Sound Recording (1976–1979)
Best Audiography (1980–2021)
Holder Label:Most recent winner
Holder:Anand Krishnamoorthi
Award1 Type:Total awarded
Award1 Winner:45
10
12
15
1 (since 2022)
Award2 Type:First winner
Award2 Winner:S. P. Ramanathan

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 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; Hindi (30 awards), Malayalam (15 awards), Bengali (10 awards), Tamil (9 awards), Marathi (5 awards), Telugu, Ladakhi (two each), and Assamese, Sanskrit (one Each).

Since the 57th National Film Awards the award has been sub-categorised into Location sound recordist, Sound designer and Re-recordist of the final mixed track. At the 70th National Film Awards, the award was renamed to Best Sound Design. Two sub-categories Location Sound Recordist and Re-recordist of the Final Mixed Track were discontinued, with only sound designer being eligible to the award.[1] [2] The decision to discontinue the two other sub-categories received some criticism.[3]

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
YearRecipient(s)Film(s)Language(s)Citation
1976
S. P. RamanathanBhakta KannappaTelugu[4]
1977
S. P. RamanathanGodhuliHindi[5]
1978
Hitendra GhoshJunoonHindi[6]
1979
No Award[7]
1980
S. P. RamanathanNenjathai KillatheTamil[8]
1981
P. DevdasElippathayamMalayalam[9]
1982
Essabhai M. SuratwalaNamkeenHindi[10]
1983
S. P. RamanathanAdi ShankaracharyaSanskrit[11]
1984
P. DevdasMukhamukhamMalayalam[12]
1985
Hitendra GhoshEk PalHindi[13]
1986
Durga MitraPath BholaBengali[14]
Jyoti Prasad Chatterjee
1987
P. DevadasAnantaramMalayalam[15]
T. Krishnanunni
N. Harikumar
1988
T. Krishnan UnniPiraviMalayalam[16]
1989
N. HarikumarMathilukalMalayalam[17]
1990
N. PanduranganAnjaliTamil[18]
1991
Ajay MunjanRukmavati Ki HaveliHindi[19]
M. M. Padmanabhan
1992
N. PanduranganThevar MaganTamil[20]
1993
H. SridharMahanadiTamil[21]
K. M. Surya Narayan (M/s Media Artiste Pvt. Ltd)
1994
A. S. Laxmi NarayananKadhalanTamil[22]
V. S. Murthy
1995
Deepan ChatterjiKalapaniMalayalam[23]
HaloHindi
1996
Krishnan UnniDesadanamMalayalam[24]
1997
SampathEnnu Swantham JanakikuttyMalayalam[25]
1998
H. SridharDil Se..Hindi[26]
1999
Anup MukhopadhyayUttaraBengali[27]
2000
Anup DevMokshaHindi[28]
2001
H. SridharLagaanHindi[29]
Nakul Kamte
2002
A. S. Laxmi NarayananKannathil MuthamittalTamil[30]
H. Sridhar
2003
Anup MukhopadhyayBhalo ThekoBengali[31]
Deepon Chatterjee
2004
Anup MukhopadhyayIti SrikantaBengali[32]
Alok De
2005
Nakul KamteRang De BasantiHindi[33]
2006
Shajith KoyeriOmkaraHindi[34]
Subhash Sahoo
K. J. Singh
2007
Kunal Sharma1971Hindi[35]
2008
Pramod J. ThomasGandhaMarathi[36]
Anmol Bhave
2009
Subash SahooKamineyHindi[37]
Resul Pookutty, Amrit Pritam DuttaKeralavarma PazhassirajaMalayalam
Anup Dev3 IdiotsHindi
2010
Kaamod KharadeIshqiyaHindi[38]
Subhadeep SenguptaChitrasutramMalayalam
Debajit ChangmaiIshqiyaHindi
2011
Baylon FonsecaZindagi Na Milegi DobaraHindi[39]
Baylon FonsecaGameHindi
Hitendra GhoshGameHindi
2012
Radhakrishnan S.Annayum RasoolumMalayalam[40]
Anirban SenguptaShabdoBengali
Dipankar Chaki
Alok DeGangs of Wasseypur – Part 1
Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 2		Hindi
Sinoy Joseph
Sreejesh Nair
2013
Nihar Ranjan SamalMadras CafeHindi[41]
Bishwadeep ChatterjeeMadras CafeHindi
D. YuvarajSwapaanamMalayalam
2014
Mahaveer SabbanwalKhwadaMarathi[42]
Anish JohnAsha Jaoar MajheBengali
Anirban SenguptaNirbashitoBengali
Dipankar Chaki
2015
Sanjay KurianTalvarHindi[43]
Bishwadeep ChatterjeeBajirao MastaniHindi
Justin JoseBajirao MastaniHindi
2016
Jayadevan ChakkadathKaadu Pookkunna NeramMalayalam[44]
Alok DeVentilatorMarathi
2017
Mallika DasVillage RockstarsAssamese
Sanal GeorgeWalking with the WindLadakhi
Justin JoseWalking with the WindLadakhi
2018
Gaurav VermaTendlyaMarathi[45]
Bishwadeep ChatterjeeHindi
M. R. RajakrishnanRangasthalamTelugu
2019
Debajit GayanIewduhKhasi[46]
Mandar KamalapurkarTrijyaMarathi
Resul PookuttyOththa Seruppu Size 7Tamil
Bibin Devassy
2020
Anmol BhaveMe VasantraoMarathi[47]
Vishnu GovindMalikMalayalam
2021
Arun Asok, Sonu KPChavittuMalayalam[48]
Aneesh BasuJhilliBengali
Sinoy JosephSardar UdhamHindi
2022
Anand KrishnamoorthiTamil

External links

Notes and References

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  2. News: Praveen . S. R. . 2024-08-18 . Dropping of two National Film Awards in sound category kicks up a controversy . 2024-08-20 . The Hindu . en-IN . 0971-751X.
  3. Web site: Service . Express News . 2024-08-19 . Centre's decision to remove two categories in sound segment at national film awards invites criticism . 2024-08-20 . The New Indian Express . en.
  4. Web site: 24th National Film Awards. 10 July 2012.
  5. Web site: 25th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 4 October 2011.
  6. Web site: 26th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 4 October 2011.
  7. Web site: 27th National Film Awards. 10 July 2012.
  8. Web site: 28th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 4 October 2011.
  9. Web site: 29th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 4 October 2011.
  10. Web site: 30th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 4 October 2011.
  11. Web site: 31st National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 9 December 2011.
  12. Web site: 32nd National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 6 January 2012.
  13. Web site: 33rd National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 7 January 2012.
  14. Web site: 34th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 7 January 2012.
  15. Web site: 35th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 9 January 2012.
  16. Web site: 36th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 9 January 2012.
  17. Web site: 37th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 29 January 2012.
  18. Web site: 38th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 9 January 2012.
  19. Web site: 39th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 February 2012.
  20. Web site: 40th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 2 March 2012.
  21. Web site: 41st National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 3 March 2012.
  22. Web site: 42nd National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 5 March 2012.
  23. Web site: 43rd National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 6 March 2012.
  24. Web site: 44th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 9 January 2012.
  25. Web site: 45th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 11 March 2012.
  26. Web site: 46th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 12 March 2012.
  27. Web site: 47th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 13 March 2012.
  28. Web site: 48th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 13 March 2012.
  29. Web site: 49th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 14 March 2012.
  30. Web site: 50th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 14 March 2012.
  31. Web site: 51st National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 15 March 2012.
  32. Web site: 52nd National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 28 January 2012.
  33. Web site: 53rd National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 19 March 2012.
  34. Web site: 54th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 24 March 2012.
  35. Web site: 55th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 26 March 2012.
  36. Web site: 56th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2012.
  37. Web site: 57th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 28 March 2012.
  38. Web site: 58th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 29 March 2012.
  39. Web site: 59th National Film Awards for the Year 2011 Announced. Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. 7 March 2012.
  40. 60th National Film Awards Announced. Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. 18 March 2013.
  41. 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.
  42. 62nd National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 24 March 2015. 24 March 2015.
  43. 63rd National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 28 March 2016. 28 March 2016.
  44. 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.
  45. Web site: 66th National Film Awards. 9 August 2019. Directorate of Film Festivals.
  46. Web site: 22 March 2021 . 67th National Film Awards: Complete list of winners . The Hindu.
  47. News: Bureau . The Hindu . 2022-07-22 . 68th National Film Awards Updates . en-IN . The Hindu . 2023-01-27 . 0971-751X.
  48. Web site: 69th National Film Awards for the year 2021 announce; Rocketry: The Nambi Effect bags best Feature Film . 2024-02-27 . pib.gov.in.

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