National Film Award – Special Mention (feature film)
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The National Film Award — Special Mention (Feature Film) is a certificate of merit presented by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of several honours presented for feature films. The recipients of Special Mention are presented with a certificate of merit, without any trophies or cash prizes.
| National Film Award – Special Mention (Feature Film) | |
|---|---|
| National award for contributions to Indian Cinema | |
| Sponsored by | Directorate of Film Festivals |
| Formerly called | Special Commendation (1978) |
| First awarded | 1978 |
| Last awarded | 2018 |
| Most recent winner | |
| Highlights | |
| Total awarded | 72 |
| First winner | |
The certificate was instituted in 1978, at 26th National Film Awards and awarded for films produced in a given year across the country, in all Indian languages.
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) | Mrinal Sen | Director | Parasuram | Bengali | For the sensitive treatment of the problem of rural migrants to cities. | [1] |
| Muzaffar Ali | Director | Gaman | Hindi | For the sensitive treatment of the problem of rural migrants to cities. | ||
| 1979 (27th) | No award | [2] | ||||
| 1980 (28th) | No award | [3] | ||||
| 1981 (29th) | No award | [4] | ||||
| 1982 (30th) | No award | [5] | ||||
| 1983 (31st) | Kumar Shahani | Director | Tarang | Hindi | – | [6] |
| 1984 (32nd) | No award | [7] | ||||
| 1985 (33rd) | No award | [8] | ||||
| 1986 (34th) | Sandip Ray | Director | Himghar | Bengali | – | [9] |
| 1987 (35th) | No award | [10] | ||||
| 1988 (36th) | Aamir Khan | Actor | • Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak • Raakh | Hindi | For the imaginative, innovative and promising performance of character roles in the films. | [11] |
| 1989 (37th) | Mohanlal | Actor | Kireedam | Malayalam | For portraying young man's agony and pain marvellously and in unique style. | [12] |
| Anupam Kher | Actor | Daddy | Hindi | For having played with great finesse and an unequalled range, the role of a gifted artiste hurt by unfortunate personal relationships. | ||
| 1990 (38th) | Anoubham Kiranmala | Actress | Ishanou | Meitei | For a debut performance depicting various levels of conflict effectively. | [13] |
| 1991 (39th) | Mamata Shankar | Actress | Agantuk | Bengali | For her performance as the housewife. | [14] |
| Ravindran | Music director | Bharatham | Malayalam | For the quality of music composed for the song. | ||
| 1992 (40th) | Sibaprasad Sen | Director | Pasanda Pandit | Bengali | For his refreshing directorial debut. | [15] |
| 1993 (41st) | • Tahir Hussain • Mahesh Bhatt | • Producer • Director | Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke | Hindi | For an enjoyable and wholesome entertainment at the level of innocent comedy. | [16] |
| • Jugal Debata • Susant Misra | • Producer • Director | Indradhanura Chhai | Oriya | For their film, a sensitive exploration of a woman's experience of loneliness in the context of the inexorable passage of time, culminating on a positive note of redemption through symbolic images. | ||
| 1994 (42nd) | Mahesh Mahadevan | Music director | Nammavar | Tamil | For his unusual and innovative score, using sound effects as an integral part of his musical arrangement. | [17] |
| Bishnu Kharghoria | Actor | Xagoroloi Bohudoor | Assamese | For his poignant and memorable role for bringing alive the heartrending agony of a boatman and his grandson, who is not only deserted by his son, but also his life sustaining river – his only source of livelihood. | ||
| S. Kumar | Cinematographer | Parinayam | Malayalam | For recreating and bringing to life an ambiance and characters that help lend credibility to a difficult and complex scenario. Sensitively handled and a sustained performance where the camera and lights have been used as an extension of the creative story teller. | ||
| 1995 (43rd) | Uttara Baokar | Actress | Doghi | Marathi | For her sensitive portrayal of the agony of a mother in the midst of poverty and honour. | [18] |
| Rohini | Actress | Stri | Telugu | For her lively and poignant performance in the role of a village woman longing for love from her unpredictable paramour. | ||
| Benaf Dadachandji | Child actor | Halo | Hindi | For her charming and natural performance. | ||
| 1996 (44th) | Dolon Roy | Actress | Sanghat | Bengali | For her performance in the film. | [19] |
| Bhagirathee | Actress | Adajya | Assamese | For her performance in Durga's role in the film. | ||
| 1997 (45th) | Nagarjuna | Actor | Annamayya | Telugu | For his fine acting depicting various complex moods in wide ranging situations. | [20] |
| Jomol | Actress | Ennu Swantham Janakikutty | Malayalam | For her natural portrayal of an innocent adolescent who becomes psychologically disturbed due to loneliness and rejection, finally her mental and emotional balance. | ||
| 1998 (46th) | Dasari Narayana Rao | • Producer • Director | Kante Koothurne Kanu | Telugu | For taking a stand on gender discrimination. | [21] |
| Prakash Raj | Actor | Antahpuram | Telugu | For his wholesome performance of the obsessive feudal lord still, living in medieval times. | ||
| Manju Warrier | Actress | Kannezhuthi Pottum Thottu | Malayalam | For her subdued and consistence performance in several films entered for the awards. | ||
| 1999 (47th) | Mohan Joshi | Actor | Gharabaher | Marathi | For his wonderfully controlled performance of a corrupt politician. | [22] |
| Manju Borah | Director | Baibhab | Assamese | For her poetic expression in her debut film. | ||
| Kavita Lankesh | Director | Deveeri | Kannada | For her exuberant debut as a director. | ||
| 2000 (48th) | No award | [23] | ||||
| 2001 (49th) | • Dilip Doley • Narayan Seal | Director | Panoi-Jongki | • Miri • Mishing | For effectively capturing the spirit of the colourful mongoloid tribe located at the foot hills of Arunachal Pradesh . | [24] |
| 2002 (50th) | Jyothirmayi | Actress | Bhavam | Malayalam | For her remarkable performance. | [25] |
| 2003 (51st) | H. G. Dattatreya | Actor | Mouni | Kannada | For his tremendous screen presence that makes the film. | [26] |
| Nedumudi Venu | Actor | – | Malayalam | For his extra ordinary versatility in a range of roles in Malayalam films made in 2003. | ||
| 2004 (52nd) | Gurdas Maan | Actor | Des Hoyaa Pardes | Punjabi | For an effective portrayal of an innocent, helpless, patriotic young Punjabi landlord caught in crossfire between terrorists and the police. | [27] |
| Pradeep Nair | Director | Oridam | Malayalam | For his credible attempt at creating a new imagery and effective cinematic language in his debut film. | ||
| 2005 (53rd) | No award | [28] | ||||
| 2006 (54th) | Thilakan | Actor | Eakantham | Malayalam | For his evocative portrayal of a man ageing with grace and dignity. | [29] |
| Prosenjit Chatterjee | Actor | Dosar | Bengali | For his effective portrayal of a man, emotionally expressive despite his physical immobility. | ||
| 2007 (55th) | No award | [30] | ||||
| 2008 (56th) | No award | [31] | ||||
| 2009 (57th) | Padmapriya Janakiraman | Actress | • Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja • Kutty Srank | Malayalam | For the range and skill of an actor to portray varied characters in films of different languages. | [32] |
| 2010 (58th) | K. Shivaram Karanth (posthumously) | Writer | Bettada Jeeva | Kannada | For an industry that has steadfastly refused to acknowledge and reward its creative fountainhead – the creator of its stories – the citation acknowledges a literary giant, the late Dr. Shivaram Karanth. The citation also acknowledges his valuable association with the world of Indian cinema. | [33] |
| 2011 (59th) | Mallika | Actress | Byari | Beary | For boldly essaying the role of Nadira, a young Muslim woman, persecuted by a rigid patriarchal system. She faithfully portrays the nuances of her character well as she goes through a turbulent married life even as she maintains a fine balance between the film's melodramatic form and the reality of the conditions in which many Indian women are trapped. | [34] |
| Sherrey | Director | Adimadhyantham | Malayalam | For the unique visualisation of the world of a hearing impaired child in rural Kerala. He skilfully combines folk tale, performance and simple graphics to illustrate the growth of an introverted boy who reconciles his impoverished world with the facts of life. He also inserts the cinematic landscape with folk rituals and performances. | ||
| 2012 (60th) | Lal | Actor | Ozhimuri | Malayalam | A powerful portrayal of a highly surcharged role transcending different age groups in the Malayalam film Ozhimuri. | [35] |
| H. G. Dattatreya | Actor | Bharath Stores | Kannada | For his effortless and natural performance of a small time grocery retailer in the Kannada film Bharath Stores. | ||
| Bishnu Kharghoria | Actor | Baandhon | Assamese | For emoting the life and moods of an old man caught in the vortex of the tragedies of life in the Assamese film Baandhon. | ||
| Parineeti Chopra | Actress | Ishaqzaade | Hindi | For her convincing delineation of a daredevil girl in a moving drama of love and tragedy in the Hindi film Ishaqzade. | ||
| Tannishtha Chatterjee | Actress | Dekh Indian Circus | Hindi | For the portrayal of a village housewife from the oppressed and downtrodden class who fights for her dignity and honour in the face of extreme adversities | ||
| Hansraj Jagtap | Child actor | Dhag | Marathi | For his realistic portrayal of an impressionable yet responsible poor boy, living in the unlikely environs of a crematorium and his coming of age on the demise of his father in the Marathi film Dhag. | ||
| Thilakan (posthumously) | Actor | Ustad Hotel | Malayalam | For his sensitive performance as a crusading self-made small-time hotelier with a heart for basic human values. | ||
| 2013 (61st) | Gauri Gadgil | Child actor | Yellow | Marathi | To pay our salutation to the indomitable spirit of a special child. | [36] |
| Sanjana Rai | Child actor | Yellow | Marathi | For his effortless and natural performance of a small time grocery retailer in the Kannada film Bharath Stores. | ||
| Anjali Patil | Actress | Na Bangaaru Talli | Telugu | Kudos to the courage of a girl, who brought out her real life story and told it to the world. | ||
| 2014 (62nd) | Musthafa | Actor | Ain | Malayalam | For the minute and nuanced manner in which he assays the imperceptible transformation of a carefree youth into a compassionate and responsible young man. | [37] |
| Palomi Ghosh | Actress | Nachom-ia Kumpasar | Konkani | For her extraordinarily energetic performance as a girl whose infectious passion for singing and love comes at enormous personal cost. | ||
| Parth Bhalerao | Child actor | • Killa • Bhoothnath Returns | • Marathi • Hindi | For lovable portrayals with rare aplomb of an impish and caring child in both Killa and Bhootnath Returns. | ||
| 2015 (63rd) | Rinku Rajguru | Actress | Sairat | Marathi | For her effective portrayal of a lively girl who defies societal norms but ultimately has to face the wrath of her family. | [38] |
| Jayasurya | Actor | • Su.. Su... Sudhi Vathmeekam • Lukka Chuppi | Malayalam | For his inventive and heartfelt performance in varied roles. | ||
| Ritika Singh | Actress | Irudhi Suttru | Tamil | For her gutsy performance of a boxer in the making. | ||
| 2016 (64th) | • Eleeanora Images Private Ltd. • Nila Madhab Panda | • Producer • Director | Kadvi Hawa | Hindi | For highlighting the farmer's struggle against the changing environmental conditions. | [39] |
| • Red Carpet Moving Pictures • Shubhashish Bhutiani | • Producer • Director | Mukti Bhawan | Hindi | A film which talks about death with the spirit of hope. | ||
| Adil Hussain | Actor | • Mukti Bhawan • Maj Rati Keteki | • Hindi • Assamese | Two different films, two different characters, one same actor. One word – Brilliant. | ||
| Sonam Kapoor | Actress | Neerja | Hindi | A convincing performance of a real life icon. | ||
| 2017 (65th) | Pankaj Tripathi | Actor | Newton | Hindi | [40] | |
| Parvathy | Actress | Take Off | Malayalam | |||
| Prakruti Mishra | Actress | Hello Arsi | Odia | |||
| Yasharaj Karhade | Child artist | Mhorkya | Marathi | |||
| 2018 (66th) | Sruthi Hariharan | Actress | Nathicharami | Kannada | For the complex and nuanced portrayal of a new age Indian woman. | |
| Chandrachoor Rai | Actor | Kadakh | Hindi | Effective depiction of the emotions of an agitated husband. | ||
| Joju George | Actor | Joseph | Malayalam | For a convincing portrayal of a vigilante, who busts a "Human organ" racket. | ||
| Savithri Sreedharan | Actress | Sudani from Nigeria | Malayalam | For subtly portraying the emotions of a mother. | ||
| 2019 (67th) | Sajin Babu | Director | Biriyaani | Malayalam | A powerful portrayal of a vibrant Muslim woman victimized by her society and her unique revenge. | [41] |
| Benjamin Daimary | Actor | Jonaki Porua | Assamese | A sensitive portrayal of a young man struggling to find his sexual identity. | ||
| Lata Kare | Actress | Lata Bhagwan Kare | Marathi | A powerful portrayal of the real story of Lata Kare, struggling for survival on the one side and at the same time venturing into running and winning the Baramati marathon at the age of sixty five. | ||
| Abhijeet Mohan Warang | Director | Picasso | Marathi | The director interestingly portrays the life of a struggling folk artist and his son aspiring to enter a world renowned painting school in the backdrop of popular folk theatre (Dasaavatar). | ||
| 2020 (68th) | Aimee Baruah | Actress | Semkhor | Dimasa | For a highly convincing portrayal of a tribal woman's plight in the movie Semkhor. | |
| Kavya Prakash | Director | Vaanku | Malayalam | For underlining the right of women for social equality for the film Vaanku in her debut directorial. | ||
| Siddharth Menon | Actor | June | Marathi | For an effective portrayal of the conflicts of the adolescent mind in the film June. | ||
| Kishor Kadam | Actor | • Godakaath • Avwanchhit | Marathi | For a convincing portrayal of the sympathetic soul in Godakkath and Avwanchhit. | ||
| Varun Buddhadev | Child Actor | Toolsidas Junior | Hindi | For an assertive performance as a teenager on the path of achievement in Toolsidas Junior.. | ||
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