National Film Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role explained

National Film Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Subheader:National award for contributions to Indian cinema
Awarded For:Best performance by an actress in a supporting role
Sponsor:National Film Development Corporation of India
Firstawarded:1984
Lastawarded:2022
Former Name:National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress (1984–2021)
Holder Label:Most recent winner
Holder:Neena Gupta for Uunchai
Award1 Type:Total awarded
Award1 Winner:41
Award2 Type:First winner
Award2 Winner:Rohini Hattangadi

The National Film Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (known as National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress prior to 69th NFA) is an honour presented annually at India's National Film Awards ceremony by the National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC), an organisation set up by the Indian Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.[1] Since 1984, the award is given by a national panel appointed annually by the NFDC to an actress for the best performance in a supporting role within Indian cinema.[1] [2] It is presented by the President of India at a ceremony held in New Delhi.[3] Since the 70th National Film Awards, the name was changed to "Best Actress in a Supporting Role".[4]

The winner is given a "Rajat Kamal" (Silver Lotus) certificate and a cash prize of . Including ties and repeat winners, the NFDC has presented a total of 41 Best Supporting Actress awards to 35 different actresses. Although Indian cinema produces films in more than 20 languages,[1] the performances of films that have won awards are of ten languages: Hindi (19 awards), Malayalam (7 awards), Bengali (4 awards), Tamil (4 awards), English (2 awards), Meitei (1 award), Marathi (1 award), Urdu (1 award), Haryanvi (1 award), Odia (1 award).

The first recipient was Rohini Hattangadi, who was honoured at the 32nd National Film Awards for her performance in the Hindi film Party (1984).[5] edition, Surekha Sikri have been honoured thrice for her Hindi films – Tamas (1987), Mammo (1994) and Badhaai Ho (2018).[6] K. P. A. C. Lalitha won the award two times for her work in the Malayalam films Amaram (1990) and Shantham (2000)[7] along with Pallavi Joshi for her work in Hindi films The Tashkent Files (2019) and The Kashmir Files (2021). Egyptian actress Aida El-Kashef, who was honoured at the 61st National Film Awards for her performance in the English-Hindi film Ship of Theseus (2013) is the only non-Indian actress to win the award.[8] Urvashi and Kalpana are the only siblings to receive the honour. Ties between two actresses have occurred in the years 1999, 2012 and 2013. Sharmila Tagore, Konkona Sen Sharma and Kangana Ranaut are the three actresses to receive honours in both acting categories: Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress. The most recent recipient is Neena Gupta, who was honoured at the 70th National Film Awards for her performance in the Hindi film Uunchai (2022).

Recipients

Key

Year! scope="col"
RecipientRoleWorkLanguage(s)
align=center 1984
scope=row Mohini BarvePartyHindialign=center
align=center 1985
scope=row MausiRao SahebHindialign=center [9]
align=center 1986
scope=row ChampaBhangala SilataOdiaalign=center [10]
align=center 1987
scope=row RajoTamasHindialign=center [11]
align=center 1988
scope=row SudhaEk Din AchanakHindialign=center [12]
align=center 1989
scope=row UnknownPudhea PaadhaiTamilalign=center [13]
align=center 1990
scope=row BhargaviAmaramMalayalamalign=center [14]
align=center 1991
scope=row UnknownYamanamMalayalamalign=center [15]
align=center 1992
scope=row PanchavarnamThevar MaganTamilalign=center [16]
align=center 1993
scope=row Geeta DeviWoh ChokriHindialign=center [17]
align=center 1994
scope=row FayyaziMammoHindialign=center [18]
align=center 1995
scope=row GrandmotherKathapurushanMalayalamalign=center [19]
align=center 1996
scope=row SakinaSardari BegumUrdualign=center [20]
align=center 1997
scope=row Nisha SandhuDil To Pagal HaiHindialign=center [21]
align=center 1998
scope=row Maltibai BarveHu Tu TuHindialign=center [22]
scope=row MalatiBariwaliBengalialign=center rowspan="2"[23]
scope=row KhukuParomitar Ek DinBengali
align=center 2000
scope=row NarayaniShanthamMalayalamalign=center [24]
align=center 2001
scope=row Deepa PandeyChandni BarHindialign=center [25]
align=center 2002
scope=row Ranga PishimaShubho MahuratBengalialign=center [26]
align=center 2003
scope=row AparnaAbar AranyeBengalialign=center [27]
align=center 2004
scope=row Margaret D'CostaAkaleMalayalamalign=center [28]
align=center 2005
scope=row K. P. VanajaAchuvinte AmmaMalayalamalign=center
align=center 2006
scope=row Indu TyagiOmkaraHindialign=center [29]
align=center 2007
scope=row VandanaThe Last LearEnglishalign=center [30]
align=center 2008
scope=row Shonali GujralFashionHindialign=center [31]
align=center 2009
scope=row Vidya's Mother ("Bum")PaaHindialign=center [32]
align=center 2010
scope=row Ammini AmmaNamma GramamTamilalign=center [33]
align=center 2011
scope=row YaipabheePhijigee ManiMeiteialign=center [34]
scope=row Dolly AroraVicky DonorHindialign=center rowspan="2" [35]
scope=row Razia BeeviThanichalla NjanMalayalam
scope=row ChannammaAstuMarathialign=center rowspan="2"
scope=row Aliya KamalShip of TheseusEnglish/Hindi
align=center 2014
scope=row UnknownPagdi – The HonourHaryanvialign=center [36]
align=center 2015
scope=row RadhabaiBajirao MastaniHindialign=center [37]
align=center 2016
scope=row Young Geeta PhogatDangalHindialign=center [38]
align=center 2017
scope=row Ramadeep BraitchIradaHindialign=center [39]
align=center 2018
scope=row Durga Devi Kaushik ("Dadi")Badhaai HoHindialign=center [40]
align=center 2019
scope=row Ayisha Ali ShahThe Tashkent FilesHindialign=center
align=center 2020
scope=row SivaranjiniSivaranjiniyum Innum Sila PengalumTamil[41]
align=center 2021
scope=row Radhika Menon The Kashmir FilesHindialign=center
align=center 2022
scope=row Shabina SiddiquiUunchaiHindialign=center

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Notes and References

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