The National Film Award for Best Animation Film 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 Golden Lotus (Swarna Kamal).
The award was instituted in 1967, at 15th National Film Awards and awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages.
Awards
All the awardees are awarded with 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus Award) and cash prize. Award winners include Producer, Director and Animator of the film.
Cash prize amount varied over the period. Following table illustrates the cash prize amount over the years:
Year (Period) Cash prize 1967–1973 Producer: A Medal and Director: A Plaque and 1974–1976 Producer: Rajat Kamal and Director: Rajat Kamal and 1977–1980 Producer: Rajat Kamal and Director: Rajat Kamal and Animator: Rajat Kamal and 1981–1983 Producer, Director and Animator: Rajat Kamal and Each 1982–2005 Producer, Director and Animator: Rajat Kamal and Each 2006–2021 Producer, Director and Animator: Rajat Kamal and Each2022–presentProducer, Director and Animator: Rajat Kamal and Each
Following are the winners over the years:
Indicates a joint award for that year
List of award films, showing the year (award ceremony), language(s), producer(s), director(s) and animator(s) Year Film(s) Language(s) Producer(s) Director(s) Animator(s) 1967 Inquiry Music only C. T. Baptista C. T. Baptista 1968 Nag Aur Kauwa Hindi Children's Film Society S. B. Nayampally 1969 Umbrella English G. K. Gokhale Films Division B. R. Shendge 1970 No Award 1971 No Award 1972 You Said It English Prasad Productions Ram Mohan 1973 No Award 1974 Synthesis English B. R. Shendge A. R. Sen and B. R. Dohling 1975 Business is People English Akbar Films Kantilal Rathod 1976 1977 Prakriti Ka Niyam Hindi G. P. Asthana B. R. Shendge V. G. Samant 1978 No Award 1979 1980 No Award 1981 The Thinker? English B. R. Shendge A. R. Sen M. Paralkar 1982 Raju and Tinku English Children's Film Society Ajoy Kumar Chakrabarty Ajoy Kumar Chakrabarty 1983 Fire Games English Ranabir Ray Ram Mohan Naik Satam and Bapu Parulekar A Race With Death English B. R. Shedge Yash Choudhary V. G. Samant and V. K. Wankhede 1984 National Highway English National Institute of Design R. N. Mistry R. N. Mistry 1985 Karuna Ki Vijay Hindi Children's Film Society K. S. Bansod K. S. Bansod 1986 A. B. See English P. B. Pendharkar Arun Gongade Arun Gongade 1987 End Game English B. R. Shendge Arun Gongade Arun Gongade 1988 No Award 1989 My Tree Music only Vijay B. Chandra B. R. Shendge and R. R. Swamy R. R. Swamy and V. S. Shankardas 1990 No Award 1991 Ballu Shah Hindi Children's Film Society Rajesh Aggarwal S. M. Hasan 1992 Gaaye Ki Sachai Hindi Climb Films and N'CYP Bhimsain Bhimsain The Threads English B. R. Shendge Girish Rao Girish Rao 1993 Chetak Hindi N'CYP V. G. Samant V. G. Samant 1994 Mahagiri Hindi Bhimsain Kireet Khurana S. M. Hasan 1995 O English Bhimsain Kireet Khurana Kireet Khurana 1996 The Lost Horizon Music only Arun Gongade Arun Gongade Arun Gongade 1997 Trade: Commerce Music only Bhimsain Kireet Khurana 1998 Education Only Her Future Music only Arun Gongade Arun Gongade Arun Gongade 1999 No Award 2000 The Landscape Music only Bankim Films Division Ravi Jadhav Films Division 2001 The Pink Camel Hindi Children's Film Society Paushali Ganguli Paushali Ganguli 2002 No Award 2003 Jeo Aur Jeene Do Hindi Children's Film Society B. R. Sarnaik Harshad Sayeed Noori 2004 Raju and I English and Hindi Aseema Charitable Trust Gayatri Rao Chetan Sharma 2005 Kachua Aur Khargosh Hindi Ramesh Sharma and Uma Gajapati Raju C. B. Arun Moving Picture Company 2006 Nokpokliba English Children's Film Society Meren Imchen 2007 No Award 2008 Prince and The Crown of Stones English Children's Film Society Gautam Benegal Gautam Benegal 2009 No Award 2010 No Award 2011 No Award 2012 No Award 2013 No Award 2014 Sound of Joy English Aura Cinematics Sukankan Roy Rishi Sahany 2015 Fisherwoman And Tuktuk Music only Nilima Eriyat Suresh Eriyat Studio Eeksaurus Productions 2016 Hum Chitra Banate Hai Hindi IDC, IIT Bombay Nina Sabnani Piyush Varma and Shyam Sundar Chatterjee 2017 Tokri – The Basket Music only Nilima Eriyat Suresh Eriyat Studio Eeksaurus Productions The Fish Curry Hindi Munish Tewari Abhishek Verma Abhishek Verma 2018 No Award 2019 Radha Music only Fairy Cows Bimal Poddar Nitin Kharkar 2020 No Award 2021 Kandittundu Malayalam Studio Eeksaurus Productions Adithi Krishnadas 2022 A Coconut Tree English JB Productions Joshy Benedict Joshy Benedict 2023 No Award 2024 Touched as Water Silent Joshy Benedict Joshy Benedict Joshy Benedict
References
External links National Film Awards Archives Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India