The National Film Award – Special Jury Award was one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It was one of several awards presented for feature films. The recipients of Special Jury Award are awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus), cash prize of ₹200,000 (US$2,400) and certificate of merit.
| National Film Award – Special Jury Award | |
|---|---|
| National award for contributions to Indian Cinema | |
| Sponsored by | Directorate of Film Festivals |
| Formerly called | Special Commendation (1978) |
| Reward(s) |
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| First awarded | 1978 |
| Last awarded | 2021 |
| Most recent winner | Shershaah (2021) |
| Highlights | |
| Total awarded | 50 |
| First winner |
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The award was instituted in 1978, at 26th National Film Awards and awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages. This award considers all the aspects of film making than individual area. At the 70th National Film Awards, the award was discontinued.[1]
Winners
| List of award recipients, showing the year (award ceremony), awarded as, film(s), language(s) and citation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Recipient(s) | Awarded as | Film(s) | Language(s) | Citation | Refs. |
| 1978 (26th) |
No award | [2] | ||||
| 1979 (27th) |
– | Director | Acharya Kripalani | English | – | [3] |
| 1980 (28th) |
No award | [4] | ||||
| 1981 (29th) |
Satyajit Ray | Director | Sadgati | Hindi |
For making the strongest of comments in the simplest of languages on the caste system and for probing the complex relationship between a downtrodden tanner and a callous Brahmin priest in a village. |
[5] |
| 1982 (30th) |
No award | [6] | ||||
| 1983 (31st) |
Mankada Ravi Varma | Director | Nokkukuthi | Malayalam |
For successfully using a unique idiom to recreate a folk legend through dance and poetry. |
[7] |
| 1984 (32nd) |
T. S. Ranga | Director | Giddh | Hindi | – | [8] |
| 1985 (33rd) |
Sudha Chandran | Actress | Mayuri | Telugu |
For her work in the film in which, in her first screen appearance, she convincingly recreates her own life-story with courage and determination. |
[9] |
| 1986 (34th) |
John Abraham | Director | Amma Ariyan | Malayalam |
For his directorial excellence and originality in the treatment. |
[10] |
| 1987 (35th) |
M. B. Sreenivasan (posthumously) | Music director | – | – |
For his contribution to a whole genre of film music, for promoting the welfare of technicians of all disciplines in the film industry and for pioneering choral music of a very high order and community singing on a national scale. |
[11] |
| 1988 (36th) |
Ashok Ahuja | Director | Vasundhara | Hindi |
For the sensitive and compulsive evolution of the much needed love for the eco-system and for defining the role of humanity in saving mankind and nature from devastation. |
[12] |
| 1989 (37th) |
Amitabh Chakraborty | Director | Kaal Abhirati | Bengali |
For having had the courage of his convictions in making this experimental film which sets out to explore new horizons in the realm of film making. |
[13] |
| 1990 (38th) |
Pankaj Kapur | Actor | Ek Doctor Ki Maut | Hindi |
For having effectively projected the in-built trauma of an aspiring, thinking, creative mind, in the context of a demoralising, fossilised system of establishment that does not provide scope for fruitation of a path-finding spirit. |
[14] |
| Sunny Deol | Actor | Ghayal | Hindi |
For an effective portrayal of a youth, victimised by the inherent evil in aspects of the present police system. | ||
| Jayabharathi | Actress | Marupakkam | Tamil |
For a touching portrayal of the agony of a woman who has been emotionally neglected, unwittingly. | ||
| 1991 (39th) |
Soumitra Chatterjee | Actor | Antardhan | Bengali |
For his outstanding screen performances, especially in the films of Satyajit Ray. |
[15] |
| 1992 (40th) |
Sivaji Ganesan | Actor | Thevar Magan | Tamil | – | [16] |
| Ketan Mehta | Director | Maya Memsaab | Hindi | – | ||
| 1993 (41st) |
Shashi Kapoor | Actor | Muhafiz | Urdu |
For a sensitive portrayal of the feeling of the poet, who is a representative of a dying humanistic culture, in course of which the life of imagination is undermined by the pressure of materialistic values. |
[17] |
| Pallavi Joshi | Actress | Woh Chokri | Hindi |
For enacting competently and realistically, a whole gamut of experiences and emotions, embracing a women's life from childhood to adulthood. | ||
| 1994 (42nd) |
Radhu Karmakar (posthumously) | Cinematographer | Param Vir Chakra | Hindi |
In appreciation of a lifetime achievement in creating some of the most memorable moments in Indian film history. |
[18] |
| Shaji N. Karun | Director | Swaham | Malayalam |
For one of the most outstanding directors of Indian cinema, for sensitively probing the vacuum created in a family, when its central pivot is lost in death. | ||
| 1995 (43rd) |
Shyam Benegal | Director | The Making of the Mahatma | English |
For effectively recreating the formative years of Gandhi during his early years in South Africa thereby giving insight into the future "Mahatma". |
[19] |
| 1996 (44th) |
Amol Palekar | Director | Daayraa | Hindi |
For the sensitive handling of a challenging theme laying bare the agony and courage of a neglected and marginalised section of our society. |
[20] |
| Kiron Kher | Actress | Sardari Begum | Urdu |
For superb depiction of a dynamic person who breaks shackles of society and achieves excellence in her chosen profession. | ||
| 1997 (45th) |
Jaimala | Actress | Thaayi Saheba | Kannada |
For her restrained and compellig portrayal of a woman who silently goes through the journey of life with grace and poise. |
[21] |
| 1998 (46th) |
• Drishyakavya • Ashoke Viswanathan |
• Producer • Director |
Kitchhu Sanlap Kitchhu Pralap | Bengali |
The film is extra-ordinary in its experimental effort and works as a satire on our value system dominated by the pseudo intellectuals. |
[22] |
| 1999 (47th) |
Kalabhavan Mani | Actor | Vasanthiyum Lakshmiyum Pinne Njaanum | Malayalam |
For a sensitive and realistic portrayal of a blind man complete with his behavioural and gestural distortions as he copes with difficulties in making life meaningful. |
[23] |
| 2000 (48th) |
Soumitra Chatterjee | Actor | Dekha | Bengali |
For his realistic portrayal of the scion of a fading aristocracy who has lost his eyesight. Soumitra with great subtlety takes us through myriad evoking situations of his life, past and present with great sensitivity. |
[24] |
| 2001 (49th) |
Janaki Vishwanathan | Director | Kutty | Tamil |
For its realistic portrayal of the transition of a girl child from rural Tamilnadu to Chennai, in search of a livelihood. The film sensitises its viewers to the exploitation of child domestic labour, commonly prevalent within middle class families. |
[25] |
| 2002 (50th) |
Prakash Raj | Actor | Dhaya | Tamil |
For the impressive power and versatility, which he has contributed to films in multiple languages. |
[26] |
| 2003 (51st) |
Manoj Bajpai | Actor | Pinjar | Hindi |
For his portrayal of the dilemma of a man caught between the dictates of his community and his love for his wife. |
[27] |
| • Roopkatha • Goutam Halder |
• Producer • Director |
Bhalo Theko | Bengali |
For its quiet but masterful foray into the new cinematic idioms. | ||
| 2004 (52nd) |
J. Phillip | Actor | Dancer | Tamil |
For his incredible acting and dance performance despite being a physically challenged person. |
[28] |
| 2005 (53rd) |
Anupam Kher | Actor | Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara | Hindi |
For an outstanding performance in the film that brings alive the plight of an Alzheimer’s patient who is alienated from the real world. |
[29] |
| 2006 (54th) |
Vishal Bhardwaj | Director | Omkara | Hindi |
For an outstanding film that synergises international treatment with an earthy, rooted sensibility. |
[30] |
| 2007 (55th) |
• Anil Kapoor • Feroz Abbas Khan |
• Producer • Director |
Gandhi, My Father | • Hindi • English |
For throwing light on a relatively unknown aspect of the Father of the Nation and his stormy relationship with his difficult rebellious son, in a rare and compelling manner. |
[31] |
| 2008 (56th) |
• NFDC • K. M. Madhusudhanan |
• Producer • Director |
Bioscope | Malayalam |
For its exciting revival of a sincerely personal style to look back on a chapter of history. |
[32] |
| 2009 (57th) |
A. Sreekar Prasad | Editor | • Kaminey • Keralavarma Pazhassiraja • Kutty Srank |
• Hindi • Malayalam • Malayalam |
For his continued pursuance of excellence to the art and craft of editing, covering a range of themes and styles. |
[33] |
| 2010 (58th) |
• Bindiya Khanolkar • Sachin Khanolkar • Anant Mahadevan |
• Producer • Producer • Director |
Mee Sindhutai Sapkal | Marathi |
For a powerful cinematic presentation of an epic journey of a living character, an abandoned woman who refused to become a victim and in the process not only transformed her own life but also the lives of many others. |
[34] |
| 2011 (59th) |
Anjan Dutt | • Actor • Director • Singer • Writer |
Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbona | Bengali |
For his versatility. He is an actor, singer, writer and director. As actor, he has portrayed with complete ease the alcoholic, debauched and ageing pop singer whose arrogance blinds him to the fine feelings of others. The stage performance at the beginning establishes his multi dimensional abilities. Finally as a director, Dutt imbues the film with a surrealistic look of a world of dreams, drugs and irresponsibility. His performance is a cry from the heart for a lost age and a reconciliation with an emergent new angst. |
[35] |
| 2012 (60th) |
Rituparno Ghosh | • Actor • Director • Writer |
Chitrangada | Bengali |
For his excellent grasp of the medium of cinema and his multi-faceted versatility. |
[36] |
| Nawazuddin Siddiqui | Actor | • Dekh Indian Circus • Gangs of Wasseypur • Kahaani • Talaash |
Hindi |
An actor with an enviable range of histrionics who created a niche for himself in a variety of films. | ||
| 2013 (61st) |
• Viva in En • Mahesh Limaye |
• Producer • Director |
Yellow | Marathi |
An unbelievably inspiring film about a specially gifted girl who overcomes all the odds to make an international mark. |
[37] |
| • Future East Film Pvt Ltd • Ashim Ahluwalia |
• Producer • Director |
Miss Lovely | Hindi |
Set in the criminal depths of Mumbai’s c-grade film industry, bathed in sleaze and sex, the plot explores intense and mutually destructive relationships. A densely layered narrative, period costumes and production design conveys a pulp style, all its own. | ||
| 2014 (62nd) |
Bhaurao Karhade | Director | Khwada | Marathi |
For a hard-hitting but restrained narration of the harsh realities of a nomadic shepherd community who are in search of stability. |
[38] |
| 2015 (63rd) |
Kalki Koechlin | Actress | Margarita with a Straw | Hindi |
For the realistic performance as a young woman afflicted with cerebral palsy. |
[39] |
| 2016 (64th) |
Mohanlal | Actor | • Janatha Garage • Munthirivallikal Thalirkkumbol • Pulimurugan |
• Telugu • Malayalam • Malayalam |
For his mastery in dealing with characters of various shades with unparallel acting brilliance. |
[40] |
| 2017 (65th) |
• Sani Ghose Ray • Kaushik Ganguly |
• Producer • Director |
Nagarkirtan | Bengali | – | |
| 2018 (66th) |
• Shraddha Dangar • Shachi Joshi • Denisha Ghumra • Niilam Paanchal • Tarjani Bhadla • Brinda Nayak • Tejal Panchasara • Kaushambi Bhatt • Ekta Bachwani • Kamini Panchal • Jagruti Thakore • Riddhi Yadav • Prapti Mehta |
Actresses | Hellaro | Gujarati |
For the ability of a group of rural women characters, acting as a unit, to bring about social transformation while taking the audience through an emotional catharsis. |
|
| Indradip Dasgupta | Director | Kedara | Bengali |
For using a range of Cinematic Techniques and Methodology to explore one single main character in a limited space. | ||
| 2019 (67th) |
R. Parthiban | • Actor • Director • Producer • Writer |
Oththa Seruppu Size 7 | Tamil |
For telling the story innovatively about the confessions of a poor man's crime. It elaborates through his enactment and a well designed sound and voices which we do not see on the screen. |
[41] |
| 2020 (68th) | Ojaswee Sharma | Director | Admitted | • Hindi • English |
[42] | |
| 2021 (69th) |
• Vishnuvardhan • Karan Johar • Dharma Productions |
• Director • Producer |
Shershaah | Hindi |
The story of a young soldier on the border who sacrifices his life for the integrity of the nation. |
[43] |
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