The National Film Award – Special Mention is a certificate of merit presented by the National Film Development Corporation of India. It is one of several honours presented for feature films. The recipients of Special Mention are presented with a certificate of merit, without any trophies or cash prizes.
The certificate was instituted in 1978, at 26th National Film Awards and awarded for films produced in a given year across the country, in all Indian languages.
Winners
List of award recipients, showing the year (award ceremony), awarded as, film(s) and language(s) Year Recipient(s) Awarded as Film(s) Language(s) 1978 Mrinal Sen Director Parasuram Bengali Muzaffar Ali Director Gaman Hindi 1979 No award 1980 No award 1981 No award 1982 No award 1983 Kumar Shahani Director Tarang Hindi 1984 No award 1985 No award1986 Sandip Ray Director Himghar Bengali 1987 No award 1988 Aamir Khan Actor Qayamat Se Qayamat TakRaakh Hindi 1989 MohanlalActorKireedamMalayalam Anupam Kher Actor Daddy Hindi 1990 Anoubham Kiranmala Actress Ishanou Meitei 1991 Mamata Shankar Actress Agantuk Bengali Ravindran Music director Bharatham Malayalam 1992 Sibaprasad Sen Director Pasanda Pandit Bengali 1993 Tahir HussainMahesh Bhatt ProducerDirector Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke Hindi Jugal DebataSusant Misra ProducerDirector Indradhanura Chhai Oriya 1994 Mahesh Mahadevan Music director Nammavar Tamil Bishnu Kharghoria Actor Xagoroloi Bohudoor Assamese S. Kumar Cinematographer Parinayam Malayalam 1995 Uttara Baokar Actress Doghi Marathi Rohini Actress Stri Telugu Benaf Dadachandji Child actor Halo Hindi 1996 Dolon Roy Actress Sanghat Bengali Bhagirathee Actress Adajya Assamese 1997 Nagarjuna Actor Annamayya Telugu Jomol Actress Ennu Swantham Janakikutty Malayalam 1998 Dasari Narayana Rao ProducerDirector Kante Koothurne Kanu Telugu Prakash Raj Actor Antahpuram Telugu Manju Warrier Actress Kannezhuthi Pottum Thottu Malayalam 1999 Mohan Joshi Actor Gharabaher Marathi Manju Borah Director Baibhab Assamese Kavita Lankesh Director Deveeri Kannada 2000 No award 2001 Dilip Doley and Narayan Seal Director Panoi-Jongki Miri and Mishing 2002 Jyothirmayi Actress Bhavam Malayalam 2003 H. G. Dattatreya Actor Mouni Kannada Nedumudi Venu Actor Malayalam 2004 Gurdas Maan Actor Des Hoyaa Pardes Punjabi Pradeep Nair Director Oridam Malayalam 2005 No award 2006 Thilakan Actor Eakantham Malayalam Prosenjit Chatterjee Actor Dosar Bengali 2007 No award 2008 No award 2009 Padmapriya Janakiraman Actress Kerala Varma Pazhassi RajaKutty Srank Malayalam 2010 K. Shivaram Karanth Writer Bettada Jeeva Kannada 2011 Mallika Actress Byari Beary Sherrey Director Adimadhyantham Malayalam 2012 Lal Actor Ozhimuri Malayalam H. G. Dattatreya Actor Bharath Stores Kannada Bishnu Kharghoria Actor Baandhon Assamese Parineeti Chopra Actress Ishaqzaade Hindi Tannishtha Chatterjee Actress Dekh Indian Circus Hindi Hansraj Jagtap Child actor Dhag Marathi Thilakan Actor Ustad Hotel Malayalam 2013 Gauri Gadgil Child actor Yellow Marathi Sanjana Rai Child actor Yellow Marathi Anjali Patil Actress Na Bangaaru Talli Telugu 2014 Musthafa Actor Ain Malayalam Palomi Ghosh Actress Nachom-ia Kumpasar Konkani Parth Bhalerao Child actor Killa MarathiBhoothnath ReturnsHindi 2015 Rinku Rajguru Actress Sairat Marathi JayasuryaActorSu Su Sudhi Vathmeekam MalayalamLukka Chuppi Ritika SinghActressIrudhi Suttru Tamil 2016 Eleeanora Images Private Ltd. and Nila Madhab PandaProducer and DirectorKadvi Hawa Hindi Red Carpet Moving Pictures and Shubhashish BhutianiProducer and DirectorMukti Bhawan Hindi Adil Hussain ActorMukti Bhawan HindiMaj Rati KetekiAssamese Sonam Kapoor ActressNeerja Hindi 2017 Pankaj Tripathi Actor Newton Hindi Parvathy Actress Take Off Malayalam Prakruti Mishra Actress Hello Arsi Odia Yasharaj Karhade Child artist Mhorkya Marathi 2018 Sruthi Hariharan ActressNathicharami Kannada Chandrachoor Rai ActorKadakh Hindi Joju George Actor Joseph Malayalam Savithri Sreedharan ActressSudani from Nigeria Malayalam 2019 Sajin Babu DirectorBiriyaani Malayalam Benjamin Daimary ActorJonaki Porua Assamese Lata Kare Actress Lata Bhagwan Kare Marathi Abhijeet Mohan Warang DirectorPicasso Marathi 2020 Aimee Baruah ActressSemkhor Dimasa Kavya Prakash Director Vaanku Malayalam Siddharth Menon Actor June Marathi Kishor Kadam Actor Godakaath MarathiAvwanchhitMarathi Varun Buddhadev Child Actor Toolsidas Junior Hindi 2021NallandiActorKadaisi VivasayiTamilAranya and Bithan ActorsJhilliBengaliIndrans ActorHomeMalayalamJahanara BegumActressAnurAssamese 2022 Manoj Bajpayee ActorGulmohar Hindi Sanjoy Chowdhury Music composerKadhikan Malayalam 2023 M. R. Rajakrishnan Sound designerAnimal Hindi 2024 Dhanush ActorCaptain Miller Tamil Suren G. Sound Mix EngineerMeiyazhagan
See also National Film Award – Special Jury Award
References
External links Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India National Film Awards Archives National Film Awards at IMDb