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 non-feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus).
The award was instituted in 1990, at 38th National Film Awards and awarded annually for the short films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages. At the 70th National Film Awards, both Best Audiography and Best On-location Sound Recordist were clubbed to a single category as Best Sound Design. Since then, only the sound designer is eligible for the award.
Winners
Award includes 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus) and cash prize. Following are the award winners over the years:
Awards legends
List of award recipients, showing the year (award ceremony), film(s) and language(s) Year Recipient(s) Film(s) Language(s) 1990 Sujit Sarkar Mohor Bengali 1991 Anil Tendulkar Sons of Abotani: The Misings Mishing Gautam Bora 1992 Sanjoy Chatterjee Wangala: A Garo Festival English 1993 Indrajit Neogi Maihar Raag Bengali 1994 Indrajit Neogi Another Way of Learning English A. M. Padmanabhan 1995 Shyam Sunder Tatva Hindi 1996 Nihar R. Samal Tat Tvam Asi Hindi and English 1997 Pankaj Shil Matir Bhanr Bengali 1998 Satheesh P. M. Kumar Talkies Hindi 1999 Chinmoy Nath The Vehicle with a Soul of a Man 2000 Hari Kumar A Memory of the Sea English 2001 Anup Mukherjee Enough of Silence English 2002 No Award 2003 Ramesh Birajdar Bhaba Paagla Bengali 2004 Vivek Kshy Tra Ghya Hindi 2005 Anmol Bhave Closer 2006 Partha Barman Bishar Blues Bengali 2007 Ajit Singh Rathore Kramasha Hindi 2008 Mateen Ahmad Children of the Pyre Hindi 2009 Lipika Singh Darai Gaarud Hindi and Marathi 2010 Harikumar Madhavan Nair A Pestering Journey Malayalam, Punjabi, Hindi, English and Tulu 2011 Gautam Nair 1, 2 Hindi 2012 Harikumar M. Do Din Ka Mela Kutchi 2013 Gautam Nair Chidiya Udh 2014 Anindit Roy Tender is the Sight Ateesh Chattopadhyay Ayan Bhattacharya 2015 Moumita Roy Edpa Kana Kurukh 2016 Ajith Abraham George In Return Just a Book English 2017 Avinash Sonawane Pavasacha Nibandha Marathi Samarth Mahajan The Unreserved 2018 Bishwadeep Chatterjee Children of the Soil Ajay Bedi The Secret Life of Frogs 2019 Allwin Rego Radha Musical Sanjay Maurya Saptarshi Sarkar Rahas Hindi 2020 Ajit Singh Rathore Pearl of the Desert Rajasthani Sandip BhatiJadui Jangal (Magical Forest)Hindi Pradeep Lekhwar 2021 Krishnanunni N R Ek Tha Gaon Garhwali and Hindi Suruchi Sharma Meen Raag Rajasthani 2022 Manas ChoudhuryYaan Hindi and Malwi 2023 Shubharun SenguptaDhundgiri Ke Phool Hindi 2024 T S Hari Hara SudhanBlue Tamil
References
External links Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India National Film Awards Archives