National Film Award for Best Special Effects

National Film Award for Best Special Effects
National award for contributions to Indian Cinema
Awarded for	Best special graphic effects for a feature film for a year
Sponsored by	Directorate of Film Festivals
Reward(s)	Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus) ₹50,000
First award	1992
Final award	2021
Most recent winner	V. Srinivas Mohan, RRR
Highlights
Total awarded	29
First winner	Shashilal K. Nair

The National Film Award for Best Special Effects was one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It was one of several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus). At the 70th National Film Awards, the category was combined with Best Animated Film, with two categories, one for the producer and director, and the other one for visual effects supervisor, named Best AVGC Film.^[1]

The award was instituted in 1991 at 39th National Film Awards but awarded first time at 40th National Film Awards and then awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages. As of 2020^[update], twenty six feature films have been awarded which are made in five different languages: Tamil (ten), Hindi (seven), Telugu (seven), Malayalam (two), and Kannada (one).

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) and language(s)
Year	Recipient(s)	Film(s)	Language(s)	Refs.
1991 (39th)	No Award			[2]
1992 (40th)	Shashilal K. Nair	Angaar	Hindi	[3]
1993 (41st)	Sethu	Thiruda Thiruda	Tamil	[4]
1994 (42nd)	C. Murugesh	Kadhalan	Tamil	[5]
	S. T. Venki
1995 (43rd)	S. T. Venki	Kaalapani	Malayalam	[6]
1996 (44th)	S. T. Venki	Indian	Tamil	[7]
1997 (45th)	No Award			[8]
1998 (46th)	S. T. Venki	Jeans	Tamil	[9]
1999 (47th)	Mantra	Hey Ram	Tamil	[10]
2000 (48th)	No Award			[11]
2001 (49th)	N. Madhusudhanan	Aalavandhan	Tamil	[12]
2002 (50th)	Indian Artists	Magic Magic	Tamil	[13]
2003 (51st)	Bimmini Special Fx Design Studios  • James Colmer  • Lara Denman	Koi... Mil Gaya	Hindi	[14]
	Digital Art Media  • Marc Kolbe  • Craig Mumma
2004 (52nd)	Sanath (Firefly Digital)	Anji	Telugu	[15]
2005 (53rd)	Tata Elxsi	Anniyan	Tamil	[16]
2006 (54th)	EFX, Chennai	Krrish	Hindi	[17]
2007 (55th)	Indian Artists	Sivaji	Tamil	[18]
2008 (56th)	Govardhan (Tata Elxsi)	Mumbai Meri Jaan	Hindi	[19]
2009 (57th)	R. C. Kamal Kannan	Magadheera	Telugu	[20]
2010 (58th)	V. Srinivas Mohan	Enthiran	Tamil	[21]
2011 (59th)	Red Chillies VFX  • Harry Hingorani  • Keitan Yadav	Ra.One	Hindi	[22]
2012 (60th)	Makuta VFX	Eega	Telugu	[23]
2013 (61st)	Intermezzo Studio Alien Sense Films Pvt Ltd	Jal	Hindi	[24]
2014 (62nd)	No Award			[25]
2015 (63rd)	V. Srinivas Mohan	Baahubali: The Beginning	Telugu	[26]
2016 (64th)	Naveen Paul	Shivaay	Hindi	[27]
2017 (65th)	R. C. Kamal Kannan	Baahubali 2: The Conclusion	Telugu	[28]
2018 (66th)	Srushti Creative Studio	Awe	Telugu
	Unifi Media	KGF: Chapter 1	Kannada
2019 (67th)	Siddharth Priyadarshan	Marakkar: Lion of the Arabian Sea	Malayalam	[29]
2020 (68th)	No Award
2021 (69th)	V. Srinivas Mohan	RRR	Telugu	[30]

References

1. Bharat, E. T. V. (13 February 2024). "National Film Awards Undergo Changes, Nargis Dutt, Indira Gandhi Categories Renamed". ETV Bharat News. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
2. "39th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 February 2012.
3. "40th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
4. "41st National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
5. "42nd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
6. "43rd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
7. "44th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
8. "45th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
9. "46th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
10. "47th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
11. "48th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
12. "49th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
13. "50th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
14. "51st National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
15. "52nd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
16. "53rd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
17. "54th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
18. "55th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
19. "56th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
20. "57th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 28 March 2012.
21. "58th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
22. "59th National Film Awards for the Year 2011 Announced". Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
23. "60th National Film Awards Announced" (PDF) (Press release). Press Information Bureau (PIB), India. Retrieved 18 March 2013.
24. "61st National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. 16 April 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
25. "62nd National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. 24 March 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
26. "63rd National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. 28 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
27. "64th National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
28. "65th National Film Awards LIVE: Sridevi Posthumously Awarded Best Actress; Vinod Khanna Honoured With Dada Saheb Phalke Award". News 18. 13 April 2018. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
29. "67th National Film Awards: Complete list (updating)". The Hindu. 22 March 2021.
30. "69th National Film Awards 2023 complete winners list: Rocketry, Alia Bhatt, Kriti Sanon, Allu Arjun, RRR, Gangubai Kathiawadi win big". 24 August 2023.

External links

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