National Film Award for Best Animation Film explained

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^[1] 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 Each
2022–present	Producer, 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), animator(s) and citation
Year	Film(s)	Language(s)	Producer(s)	Director(s)	Animator(s)	Citation
1967	Inquiry	Music only	C. T. Baptista	C. T. Baptista
1968	Nag Aur Kauwa	Hindi	Children's Film Society	S. B. Nayampally			[2]
1969	Umbrella	English	G. K. Gokhale Films Division	B. R. Shendge			[3]
1970	No Award						[4]
1971	No Award
1972	You Said It	English	Prasad Productions	Ram Mohan			[5]
1973	No Award						[6]
1974	Synthesis	English	B. R. Shendge	A. R. Sen B. R. Dohling			[7]
1975	Business is People	English	Akbar Films	Kantilal Rathod
1976
1977	Prakriti Ka Niyam	Hindi	G. P. Asthana Films Division	B. R. Shendge	V. G. Samant		[8]
1978	No Award						[9]
1979
1980	No Award						[10]
1981	The Thinker?	English	B. R. Shendge Films Division	A. R. Sen	M. Paralkar		[11]
1982	Raju and Tinku	English	Children's Film Society	Ajoy Kumar Chakrabarty	Ajoy Kumar Chakrabarty		[12]
1983	Fire Games	English	Ranabir Ray	Ram Mohan	Naik Satam Bapu Parulekar		[13]
	A Race With Death	English	B. R. Shedge	Yash Choudhary	V. G. Samant V. K. Wankhede
1984	National Highway	English	National Institute of Design	R. N. Mistry	R. N. Mistry		[14]
1985	Karuna Ki Vijay	Hindi	Children's Film Society	K. S. Bansod	K. S. Bansod		[15]
1986	A. B. See	English	P. B. Pendharkar Films Division	Arun Gongade	Arun Gongade		[16]
1987	End Game	English	B. R. Shendge Films Division	Arun Gongade	Arun Gongade		[17]
1988	No Award						[18]
1989	My Tree	Music only	Vijay B. Chandra	B. R. Shendge R. R. Swamy	R. R. Swamy V. S. Shankardas		[19]
1990	No Award						[20]
1991	Ballu Shah	Hindi	Children's Film Society	Rajesh Aggarwal	S. M. Hasan		[21]
1992	Gaaye Ki Sachai	Hindi	Climb Films and N'CYP	Bhimsain	Bhimsain		[22]
	The Threads	English	B. R. Shendge Films Division	Girish Rao	Girish Rao
1993	Chetak	Hindi	N'CYP	V. G. Samant	V. G. Samant		[23]
1994	Mahagiri	Hindi	Bhimsain	Kireet Khurana	S. M. Hasan		[24]
1995	O	English	Bhimsain	Kireet Khurana	Kireet Khurana		[25]
1996	The Lost Horizon	Music only	Arun Gongade	Arun Gongade	Arun Gongade		[26]
1997	Trade: Commerce	Music only	Bhimsain	Kireet Khurana			[27]
1998	Education Only Her Future	Music only	Arun Gongade Films Division	Arun Gongade Films Division	Arun Gongade Films Division		[28]
1999	No Award						[29]
2000	The Landscape	Music only	Bankim Films Division	Ravi Jadhav Films Division			[30]
2001	The Pink Camel	Hindi	Children's Film Society	Paushali Ganguli	Paushali Ganguli		[31]
2002	No Award						[32]
2003	Jeo Aur Jeene Do	Hindi	Children's Film Society	B. R. Sarnaik	Harshad Sayeed Noori		[33]
2004	Raju and I	English and Hindi	Aseema Charitable Trust	Gayatri Rao	Chetan Sharma		[34]
2005	Kachua Aur Khargosh	Hindi	Ramesh Sharma Uma Gajapati Raju	C. B. Arun	Moving Picture Company Animation team		[35]
2006	Nokpokliba	English	Children's Film Society	Meren Imchen			[36]
2007	No Award							[37]
2008	Prince and The Crown of Stones	English	Children's Film Society	Gautam Benegal	Gautam Benegal		[38]
2009	No Award						[39]
2010	No Award						[40]
2011	No Award						[41]
2012	No Award						[42]
2013	No Award						[43]
2014	Sound of Joy	English	Aura Cinematics	Sukankan Roy	Rishi Sahany		[44]
2015	Fisherwoman And Tuktuk	Music only	Nilima Eriyat	Suresh Eriyat	Studio Eeksaurus Productions		[45]
2016	Hum Chitra Banate Hai	Hindi	IDC, IIT Bombay	Nina Sabnani	Piyush Varma Shyam Sundar Chatterjee		[46]
2017	Tokri – The Basket	Music only	Nilima Eriyat	Suresh Eriyat	Studio Eeksaurus
	The Fish Curry	Hindi	Munish Tewari	Abhishek Verma	Abhishek Verma
2018	No Award
2019	Radha	Music only	Fairy Cows	Bimal Poddar	Nitin Kharkar		[47]

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: 15th National Film Awards. International Film Festival of India. 21 September 2011. 2.
2. Web site: 16th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022. 3.
3. Web site: 17th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
4. Web site: 18th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
5. Web site: 20th National Film Awards. International Film Festival of India. 26 September 2011. 4. https://web.archive.org/web/20131105220349/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm20thNFAAward.aspx. 5 November 2013. dead.
6. Web site: 21st National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
7. Web site: 22nd National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022. 28.
8. Web site: 25th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
9. Web site: 26th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
10. Web site: 28th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
11. Web site: 29th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
12. Web site: 30th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
13. Web site: 31st National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
14. Web site: 32nd National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
15. Web site: 33rd National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
16. Web site: 34th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 28 March 2022.
17. Web site: 35th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 27 March 2022.
18. Web site: 36th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 28 March 2022.
19. Web site: 37th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 28 March 2022.
20. Web site: 38th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 28 March 2022.
21. Web site: 39th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 28 March 2022.
22. Web site: 40th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 28 March 2022.
23. Web site: 41st National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 28 March 2022.
24. Web site: 42nd National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 28 March 2022.
25. Web site: 43rd National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 28 March 2022.
26. Web site: 44th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 28 March 2022.
27. Web site: 45th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 28 March 2022.
28. Web site: 46th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 28 March 2022.
29. Web site: 47th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 28 March 2022.
30. Web site: 48th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 28 March 2022.
31. Web site: 49th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 28 March 2022.
32. Web site: 50th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 28 March 2022.
33. Web site: 51th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 28 March 2022.
34. Web site: 52nd National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 28 March 2022.
35. Web site: 53rd National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 28 March 2022.
36. Web site: 54th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 28 March 2022.
37. Web site: 55th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 28 March 2022.
38. Web site: 56th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 28 March 2022.
39. Web site: 57th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 28 March 2022.
40. Web site: 58th National Film Awards, 2010. Directorate of Film Festivals. 28 March 2022.
41. Web site: 59th National Film Awards, 2010. Directorate of Film Festivals. 28 March 2022.
42. Web site: 60th National Film Awards, 2010. Directorate of Film Festivals. 28 March 2022.
43. Web site: 61st National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 16 April 2014. 16 April 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140416181218/http://www.dff.nic.in/List%20of%20Awards.pdf. 16 April 2014.
44. 62nd National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 24 March 2015. 24 March 2015.
45. 63rd National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 28 March 2022.
46. 64th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals. 7 April 2017. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170606051143/http://dff.nic.in/writereaddata/NFA64PressNote2016.pdf. 6 June 2017.
47. Web site: 67th National Film Awards announced; Sikkim wins award for Most Film Friendly State. 2021-04-01. pib.gov.in.