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 feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus).
The award was instituted in 1976, at 24th National Film Awards and awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages; Hindi (30 awards), Malayalam (15 awards), Bengali (10 awards), Tamil (9 awards), Marathi (5 awards), Telugu, Ladakhi (2 awards each), and Assamese, and Sanskrit (one award each).
Since the 57th National Film Awards the award has been sub-categorised into Location sound recordist, Sound designer and Re-recordist of the final mixed track. At the 70th National Film Awards, the award was renamed to Best Sound Design. Two sub-categories Location Sound Recordist and Re-recordist of the Final Mixed Track were discontinued, with only sound designer being eligible to the award. The decision to discontinue the two other sub-categories received some criticism.
Winners
Awards legends
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), language(s) and citation Year Recipient(s) Film(s) Language(s) 1976 S. P. Ramanathan Bhakta Kannappa Telugu 1977 S. P. Ramanathan Godhuli Hindi 1978 Hitendra Ghosh Junoon Hindi 1979 No Award 1980 S. P. Ramanathan Nenjathai Killathe Tamil 1981 P. Devdas Elippathayam Malayalam 1982 Essabhai M. Suratwala Namkeen Hindi 1983 S. P. Ramanathan Adi Shankaracharya Sanskrit 1984 P. Devdas Mukhamukham Malayalam 1985 Hitendra Ghosh Ek Pal Hindi 1986 Durga Mitra Path Bhola Bengali Jyoti Prasad Chatterjee 1987 P. Devadas Anantaram Malayalam T. Krishnanunni N. Harikumar 1988 T. Krishnan Unni Piravi Malayalam 1989 N. Harikumar Mathilukal Malayalam 1990 N. Pandurangan Anjali Tamil 1991 Ajay Munjan Rukmavati Ki Haveli Hindi M. M. Padmanabhan 1992 N. Pandurangan Thevar Magan Tamil 1993 H. Sridhar Mahanadi Tamil K. M. Surya Narayan (M/s Media Artiste Pvt. Ltd) 1994 A. S. Laxmi Narayanan Kaadhalan Tamil V. S. Murthy 1995 Deepan Chatterji Kalapani Malayalam Halo Hindi 1996 Krishnan Unni Desadanam Malayalam 1997 Sampath Ennu Swantham Janakikutty Malayalam 1998 H. Sridhar Dil Se.. Hindi 1999 Anup Mukhopadhyay Uttara Bengali 2000 Anup Dev Moksha Hindi 2001 H. Sridhar Lagaan Hindi Nakul Kamte 2002 A. S. Laxmi Narayanan Kannathil Muthamittal Tamil H. Sridhar 2003 Anup Mukhopadhyay Bhalo Theko Bengali Deepon Chatterjee 2004 Anup Mukhopadhyay Iti Srikanta Bengali Alok De 2005 Nakul Kamte Rang De Basanti Hindi 2006 Shajith Koyeri Omkara Hindi Subhash Sahoo K. J. Singh 2007 Kunal Sharma 1971 Hindi 2008 Pramod J. Thomas Gandha Marathi Anmol Bhave 2009 Subash Sahoo Kaminey Hindi Resul Pookutty, Amrit Pritam Dutta Keralavarma Pazhassiraja Malayalam Anup Dev 3 Idiots Hindi 2010 Kaamod Kharade Ishqiya Hindi Subhadeep Sengupta Chitrasutram Malayalam Debajit Changmai Ishqiya Hindi 2011 Baylon Fonseca Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara Hindi Baylon Fonseca Game Hindi Hitendra Ghosh Game Hindi 2012 Radhakrishnan S. Annayum Rasoolum Malayalam Anirban Sengupta Shabdo Bengali Dipankar Chaki Alok De Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 2 Hindi Sinoy Joseph Sreejesh Nair 2013 Nihar Ranjan Samal Madras Cafe Hindi Bishwadeep Chatterjee Madras Cafe Hindi D. Yuvaraj Swapaanam Malayalam 2014 Mahaveer Sabbanwal Khwada Marathi Anish John Asha Jaoar Majhe Bengali Anirban Sengupta Nirbashito Bengali Dipankar Chaki 2015 Sanjay Kurian Talvar Hindi Bishwadeep Chatterjee Bajirao Mastani Hindi Justin Jose Bajirao Mastani Hindi 2016 Jayadevan Chakkadath Kaadu Pookkunna Neram Malayalam Alok De Ventilator Marathi 2017 Mallika Das Village Rockstars AssameseSanal George Walking with the Wind Ladakhi Justin Jose Walking with the Wind Ladakhi 2018 Gaurav Verma Tendlya Marathi Bishwadeep Chatterjee Uri: The Surgical Strike Hindi M. R. Rajakrishnan Rangasthalam Telugu 2019 Debajit Gayan Iewduh Khasi Mandar Kamalapurkar Trijya Marathi Resul Pookutty Oththa Seruppu Size 7 Tamil Bibin Devassy 2020 Anmol Bhave Me Vasantrao Marathi Vishnu Govind Malik Malayalam 2021 Arun Asok, Sonu KPChavittuMalayalam Aneesh BasuJhilliBengali Sinoy JosephSardar UdhamHindi 2022Anand KrishnamoorthiPonniyin Selvan: ITamil 2023 Sachin Sudhakaran Hariharan MuralidharanAnimalHindi 2024 Manas ChoudhuryBhool Bhulaiyaa 3Hindi
References
External links Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India National Film Awards Archives National Film Awards at IMDb