List of awards and nominations received by Mani Ratnam

Mani Ratnam is an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer, who is well known for his work in Tamil cinema, based in Chennai, India. He entered the film industry through Pallavi Anu Pallavi, a Kannada film in 1983. The film fetched the Karnataka State Film Award for Best Screenplay for Ratnam. This was followed by a series of unsuccessful films such as Unaroo (Malayalam) and Pagal Nilavu (Tamil). However, it was after Mouna Ragam (1986) Ratnam established himself as a prominent film-maker in the Tamil film industry. The film earned him a National Film Award and a Filmfare Award for Best Tamil Director. Nayakan was released in 1987 and won three National Film Awards at the 35th National Film Awards. The film was India's official submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1988 at the 60th Academy Awards; however, it was not shortlisted among the final nominees.^[1][2] His next film Agni Natchathiram was commercially successful and won two awards each at the Filmfare Awards South and Tamil Nadu State Film Award ceremonies. In 1989 he made his Telugu language debut with Geethanjali which received the Golden Lotus Award for Best Popular Film and a Nandi Award. His "Terrorism trilogy" consisting of Roja (1992), Bombay (1995) and Dil Se.. (1998) were highly acclaimed and won numerous awards in India and film festivals abroad. Nayagan and Anjali (1990) were India's official entry for Oscars in the Best Foreign Language Film category.^[3] His Tamil film Nayagan along with Satyajit Ray's The Apu Trilogy and Guru Dutt's Pyaasa are the only Indian films to have appeared in Time magazine's All-Time 100 Greatest Movies.^[4][5]

Mani Ratnam awards and nominations

Ratnam during the shooting of Nayakan
Awards & nominations Award Won Nom Civilian honours 1 1 Filmfare Awards 4 7 Filmfare Awards South 6 8 International Film Festivals Awards 15 16 Karnataka State Film Awards 1 1 Nandi Awards 1 1 National Film Awards 7 7 Star Screen Awards 1 3 Tamil Nadu State Film Awards 4 4 Vijay Awards 1 1 V. Shantaram Awards 2 2 Other honours 1(Political Film Society Awards) 1 1
Total number of wins and nominations
Totals	44	52

The Government of India honoured Ratnam with the Padma Shri in 2002. Films like Roja, Bombay, Iruvar, Dil Se.. and Kannathil Muthamittal have been screened at many film festivals and fetched him international acclaim.^[6]

As of 2013, Ratnam has won six National Film Awards, four Filmfare Awards, six Filmfare Awards South,^[7] and numerous awards at various film festivals across the world.

Civilian Honours

Year	Award	Honouring body	Outcome	Ref
2002	Padma Shri	Government of India	Won	[8]

Filmfare Awards

Year	Film	Category	Outcome	Ref
1996	Bombay	Best Film (Critics)	Won
2003	Saathiya	Best Screenplay	Won	[9]
2005	Yuva		Won	[10]
		Best Film (Critics)	Won	[10]
2007	Guru	Best Film	Nominated	[11]
		Best Director	Nominated	[11]
		Best Story	Nominated	[11]

Filmfare Awards South

Year	Film	Category	Outcome	Ref
1986	Mouna Ragam	Best Director	Won	[12][13]
1987	Nayakan		Nominated
1988	Agni Natchathiram		Nominated
1989	Geethanjali		Won	[14]
1990	Anjali		Won	[15]
1991	Thalapathi		Won	[16]
1992	Roja		Nominated
1995	Bombay		Won	[17]
1997	Iruvar		Nominated
2000	Alaipayuthey		Nominated
2002	Kannathil Muthamittal		Won	[18]
2015	O Kadhal Kanmani		Nominated	[19]
2018	Chekka Chivantha Vaanam		Nominated	[20]
2022	Ponniyin Selvan: I		Won
2023	Ponniyin Selvan: II		Nominated

Karnataka State Film Awards

Year	Film	Category	Outcome	Ref
1982-83	Pallavi Anu Pallavi	Best Screenplay	Won	[21]

Nandi Awards

Year	Film	Category	Outcome	Ref
1990	Geethanjali	Best Story Writer	Won	[22]

National Film Awards

Year	Film	Language	Category	Outcome	Ref
1986	Mouna Ragam	Tamil	Best Regional Film	Won	[23]
1989	Geethanjali	Telugu	Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment	Won	[24]
1990	Anjali	Tamil	Best Regional Film	Won	[25]
1992	Roja		Best Film on National Integration	Won	[26]
1995	Bombay			Won	[21]
2002	Kannathil Muthamittal		Best Regional Film	Won	[27]
2022	Ponniyin Selvan: I		Best Regional Film	Won

Star Screen Awards

Year	Film	Category	Outcome	Ref
1995	Bombay	Best Director	Won	[28]
2005	Yuva		Nominated	[29]
		Best Screenplay	Nominated	[29]

Tamil Nadu State Film Awards

Year	Film	Category	Outcome	Ref
1988	Agni Natchathiram	Third Best Film	Won	[30]
1992	Roja	Best Director	Won
2002	Kannathil Muthamittal		Won
		Second Best Film	Won

Moscow International Film Festival

Year	Film	Category	Outcome	Ref
1993	Roja	Golden St. George for Best Film	Nominated	[31]

Edinburgh International Film Festival

Year	Film	Category	Outcome	Ref
1995	Bombay	Gala Award	Won	[6][32]

Jerusalem Film Festival

Year	Film	Category	Outcome	Ref
1995	Bombay	Honorable Mention	Won	[33]
2002	Kannathil Muthamittal	In The Spirit of Freedom Award - Best Feature Film	Won	[6][34]

Political Film Society Awards

Year	Film	Category	Outcome	Ref
1995	Bombay	Special Award	Won	[35]

Belgrade Film Festival

Year	Film	Category	Outcome	Ref
1997	Iruvar	Best Film	Won	[6][36]

International Tamil Film Awards

Year	Film	Category	Outcome	Ref
2002	Kannathil Muthamittal	Best Film	Won	[37]
		Best Director	Won	[37]

Berlin Film Festival

Year	Film	Category	Outcome	Ref
1998	Dil Se..	NETPAC (Special Mention)	Won	[38]

RiverRun International Film Festival

Year	Film	Category	Outcome	Ref
2002	Kannathil Muthamittal	Audience Award for Best Feature Film	Won	[39]

Zimbabwe International Film Festival

Year	Film	Category	Outcome	Ref
2002	Kannathil Muthamittal	Best Film	Won	[28]

Film Fest New Haven Awards

Year	Film	Category	Outcome	Ref
2002	Kannathil Muthamittal	Audience Award	Won
		Jury Award	Won
		Special Award	Won

Westchester Film Festival

Year	Film	Category	Outcome	Ref
2002	Kannathil Muthamittal	Best International Film	Won

Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles

Year	Film	Category	Outcome	Ref
2002	Kannathil Muthamittal	Best Film	Won	[6][28]

Venice International Film Festival

Year	Cer	Award	Outcome	Ref
2010	67th Venice International Film Festival	Jaeger-Lecoultre Glory To The Filmmaker (Honorary Award)	Won	[40]

V. Shantaram Awards

Year	Film	Category	Outcome	Ref
1992	Roja	Best Director	Won	[41]
2007	Guru		Won	[42]

Vijay Awards

Chevalier Sivaji Ganesan Award - Indian Cinema

Norway Tamil Film Festival Awards

Year	Film	Category	Outcome	Ref
2023	Ponniyin Selvan:I	Best Director	Won	[43]